That’s a Fact! Learning Facts About Our Solar System and the Earth
Facts are real. Facts are true. Facts are information. Facts are nonfiction.
We are learning facts about our solar system and the Earth.
This engaging resource can be used as a lesson or a mini-unit. It includes descriptions of some features of nonfiction texts right alongside the actual features in a text about the solar system. Here is a preview of some of the pages in Google Slides:
Reading comprehension strategies included:
– think about what they already know (prior knowledge)
– guess what might come next (prediction)
– look closely at the pictures (visual cues)
– listen carefully for new words (vocabulary)
– talk about what they see or read (comprehension)
“That’s a Fact!” Game
In class, we play a game called, “That’s a Fact!” Students listen to a sentence and then decide if it is a fact or an opinion. If it’s a fact, we say, “That’s a Fact!” in our gameshow voices. If it’s not a fact, we make a buzzer sound.
Click here to learn 6 Facts About Our Earth
