Students just wouldn't believe me when i said that it is a fact that cheese is the best food in the world. They were very persuasive in telling me why that was an opinion. I just don't see how someone cannot like cheese!? I told the students that next to the word cheese in the dictionary it states, "The best food in the world," but they didn't buy that either!
Students sharpened their pencils and used their best handwriting as they started their final copies of their fables. On Monday, students will have the opportunity to read their fables to the class while they use the document camera to show their illustrations and the microphone to read their fable. They should feel so proud of their hard work! In reading we have been working on identifying if a sentence is a fact or an opinion. I read aloud If You Decide to go to the Moon and as a class we sorted sentences into fact and opinion columns. Then we read a kids' website about Mars and students had to sort sentences into facts or opinions with the rest of the kids at their tables. The discussions were wonderful to listen to. I heard "it is an opinion because it says 'may still' which means it hasn't been proven." I also heard "it says 'fascinating' and some people might not think it is fascinating." One table had to take a vote on a sentence strip because some thought it was fact and some thought it was opinion. A class discussion was used to explain if each strip was fact or opinion.
Students just wouldn't believe me when i said that it is a fact that cheese is the best food in the world. They were very persuasive in telling me why that was an opinion. I just don't see how someone cannot like cheese!? I told the students that next to the word cheese in the dictionary it states, "The best food in the world," but they didn't buy that either!
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erica
2/3/2012 06:59:28 am
love all the things
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Mrs. Ellis
2/4/2012 11:19:08 am
and I love all the things you do! :)
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Mrs. Ellis
2/4/2012 11:20:45 am
When I get your quilt square and your book review, I will be sure to put it on the book review page, Ty! It looks like you had a good start on the square with your drawing and coloring. I will be waiting for it!
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joseph t
2/14/2012 06:13:47 am
where am i
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ally
2/28/2012 06:27:32 am
I love showing my parents my work!
ally
2/29/2012 07:43:14 am
Me to!
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Mrs. Ellis
2/29/2012 09:22:35 am
I am so glad you both enjoyed writing your fables. They certainly are a different and fun kind of writing. I loved reading them! Now I cannot wait to read the essays when they are finished. Leave a Reply. |
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