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1 LM 1 Home/School onnections: istinguish and Evaluate Fact and Opinion 1. Make Text-to-World Strategy onnections iscuss a sports event you went to or participated in at school with your family. State one fact and one opinion about the event. ring your ideas to school to share with the class. 2. Make Text-to-Text Strategy onnections You have seen two of the Seven Wonders of the ncient World the Great Pyramid and the Lighthouse of lexandria on a poster. Read an article or book about one of the other Wonders of the ncient World. Find one fact and one opinion in the article or book, and write them on a sheet of paper. ircle any signal words that help you identified the opinion. ring your examples to school to share with the class. 3. Make a Strategy onnection to Social Studies Read about the region of the country you live in. Find out about its natural features, its recreational opportunities, and its cities. Then write at least two facts about the region and at least two of your opinions about the region. Underline the signal words you used in your opinions. 4. Make a Strategy onnection to Math Write a math problem that includes some facts and some opinions. ring your problem to school to share with the class. Exchange problems and solve the problem. ircle the information needed for the math problem. Underline the opinions in the problem. Share the answers with classmates. 5. Make a Fact and Opinion hart Talk with your family about a favorite book or story everyone has read. Record some facts and some opinions on a Fact and Opinion chart. You can ask a family member to help you. Together discuss whether you agree with the opinions. Sign your name and your family member s name to your chart. ring your chart to class to share. 6. Think and Write bout the Strategy Think about how learning about facts and opinions has helped you become a more strategic reader. Write about how and when you use this strategy to help you understand what you are reading.

2 LM 2 isappearing Forests Forests disappear for many reasons. Wildfires burn hundreds of thousands of trees around the world every year. Powerful storms can rip up trees by their roots. People cut down and burn trees to prepare land for farming and ranching, or to make way for new homes and roads. Today, the most rapid deforestation, or loss of forests, takes place in tropical rain forests. Thousands of square miles of South merica s mazon rain forest are cleared each year for farms, ranches, homes, and roads. eforestation is dramatically changing Earth s landscapes, and not in a good way. Protecting the world s forests is among the most important environmental challenges of this century. Keeping Earth s forests healthy is everybody s job. Facts: Wildfires burn hundreds of thousands of trees around the world every year. Powerful storms can rip up trees by their roots. People cut down and burn trees to prepare land for farming and ranching, or to make way for new homes and roads. Facts: The most rapid deforestation takes place in tropical rain forests. Thousands of square miles of the mazon rain forest are cleared each year for farms, ranches, homes, and roads. Opinions: eforestation is dramatically changing Earth s landscapes, and not in a good way. Protecting the world s forests is among the most important environmental challenges of this century. Keeping Earth s forests healthy is everybody s job benchmark education company, LLc cap1 4 0 Grade 5 istinguish & Evaluate Fact & Opinion Nonfiction Poster 2 e n c h m a r k e d u c a t i o n c o m p a n y

3 LM 3 Regions of anada anada is the second largest country in the world. It includes many different geographical regions. In the rctic north are the frozen plains, or tundra. In the southeast is a hilly, rocky region. Western anada consists of several geographical regions, too, including wideopen prairies. The prairies are mostly flat, and have very fertile soil. Farther west, the Rocky Mountains rise abruptly, creating a region of towering mountains and dramatic valleys. One of the most beautiful regions of western anada is the coast of the Pacific Ocean. The coastal region has the country s wettest and mildest climate. Parts of Vancouver Island, just off anada s western coast, get as much as 262 inches (665 centimeters) of rain per year! anada is a country of vastly ranging geographical regions. Grade 5 istinguish & Evaluate Fact & Opinion Nonfiction Poster 3 Gulf of laska Pacific Ocean hukchi Sea Yukon Territory Victoria Whitehorse ritish olumbia eaufort Sea Northwest Territories rctic Ocean lberta Edmonton Great ear L. Yellowknife Great Slave L. Saskatchewan Regina Nunavut Territories Manitoba Winnipeg Hudson ay Ontario affin ay Toronto Iqaluit Ottawa Québec Québec ity harlottetown Fredericton Norwegian Sea Newfoundland and Labrador New runswick Halifax Nova Scotia St. John s e n c h m a r k e d u c a t i o n c o m p a n y L. Winnipeg Lake Superior Lake Huron Prince Edward Island tlantic Ocean Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake Michigan Facts: Opinions: 2010 benchmark education company, LLc cap141 GR5_FactOpn_pstr.indd 3 3/19/10 10:56:12 M

4 LM 4 e n c h m a r k e d u c a t i o n c o m p a n y Genes Genes are tiny cell parts that determine certain traits, such as the shape of your eyes or the color of your hair. Genes determine not only how you look, but how you grow. Genes can affect how healthy you will be, too. You are born with your genes. It is important that you understand what your genes can and cannot do. You should understand what genes mean to your health, your personality, and how you look. Scientists are trying to learn more about genes and how they work. Perhaps through research, scientists will be able to control genes, and cure diseases caused by faulty genes benchmark education company, LLc cap141 Grade 5 istinguish & Evaluate Fact & Opinion Nonfiction Poster 4

5 LM 5 Genes: omprehension Questions irections: Use information from the poster to answer questions Perhaps through research, scientists will be able to control genes. Which word signals that the statement is an opinion? research scientists perhaps control 2. Which sentence is a fact? Genes are tiny cell parts that determine certain traits. Genes in your body are very clever. Genes like to play with each other. Every scientist knows all about genes and what they can do. 3. Which sentence is an opinion? You are born with your genes. Genes can affect how healthy you will be. It is important that you understand what your genes can do. Genes determine how you look and how you grow. 4. What is the main idea of the passage? Scientists study genes to find out about diseases. Genes determine the color of your hair. Genes determine how you look and grow. Genes determine how healthy you will be.

6 LM 6 onstructed Written Response: Fact and Opinion Fact Opinion Fact and Opinion Writing hecklist I wrote about heredity. I included facts. I included opinions.