as a matter of fact…or is it?
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As a matter of fact…or is it?A webquest focusing on fact and opinion
using spiders as a topic for inquiry
By: Janet Pages
Introduction
How do you feel about spiders. Some of you will say “they’re scary”, and others will say “ they’re cool”. It's OK for one person to think one thing about spiders, and another to think something different. These are opinions - what people think. We also know basic facts about spiders. For example, spiders have 8 legs.
Of all the sentences and statements you've been told and have read throughout your life, do you think you would ever know the difference between the ones that were facts and the ones that were opinions?
Task In groups of two you will use the World Wide
Web to locate information about spiders. You will learn the difference between fact and opinion.
You and your partner will create a fact and opinion chart about spiders using several of the websites and printouts provided on this webquest.
ProcessStudents are to log into the internet and search for the following ten websites: 1. http://mrsdell.org/gr2/factopinion.html
Fact and Opinion key words. Do not use the links. They are outdated2. http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/factopin.pdf
Print out this link for the fact opinion graphic organizer you will complete in the evaluation.3. http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/
PBS website with a fun fact and opinion game based on the Arthur series4. http://cuip.uchicago.edu/www4teach/97/jlyman/default/quiz/factopquiz.html
Fact and opinion quiz- Complete toward the end of the webquest experience.5. http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/factopinion.html
Super teacher worksheets. There are four different links to choose from with printable fact and opinion activities6. http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/factoropinion.shtml
Fact and opinion quiz that is scored on the spot. A good review
Process – More websites
7. http://www.tooter4kids.com/Spiders/Spiders.htmGreat learning link about spiders. Many places to click
and learn.8. http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/spiders/index.htm
More Spider facts. The links include photos, facts, and games.9. http://www.amnh.org/ology/index.php#
The American Museum of Natural History. Quick link with more unusual facts.10. http://www.abcteach.com/free/f/factoropinion_food.pdf
A printable activity that asks food related fact and opinion questions.
Evaluation
Each student will complete a rubric about their partner.Beginning
1Develop
ing2
Accomplished
3
Exemplary4
Score
Working in a
Partnership Rarely
listens to, shares with, or supports
the efforts of others.
Usually is not a good
team player.
Often listens
to, shares
with and supports
the efforts of others,
but sometimes is not a good team
player.
Usually listens to,
shares with and
supports the efforts of others. Does not
cause "waves" in the group.
Almost always
listens to, shares
with and supports
the efforts of others.
Tries to keep
partnership working
well.
Evaluation
Each student will be graded separately on a completed fact and opinion graphic organizer.
Use this link to print the graphic organizer
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/factopin.pdf
Conclusion
After the children researched the ten sites provided to them on the World Wide Web by the teacher, they should be able to easily read a statement or text and determine whether the information is "a matter of fact... or opinion.“
You've done a SPIDERIFIC job in researching, forming an opinion, and sharing with others creatively!
Books for Children
Fiction
1. Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (An Owlet Book)by Gerald McDermott
2. Charlotte's Web (Trophy Newbery)
by E.B. White 3. Diary of a Spider
by Doreen Cronin 4. The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales
(BookFestival) by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst 5. The Spider and the Fly
by Mary Howitt
Books for Children
Non-Fiction
1. About Arachnids: A Guide for Children (About...)by Cathryn Sill
2. DK Readers: Spiders' Secrets (Level 3: Reading Alone)
by DK Publishing 3. Spiders Have Fangs: And other amazing facts about arachnids (I Didn't Know That) by Claire Llewellyn 4. Spinning Spiders (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
by Melvin Berger
Credits Please see the links in the ‘Process’ section I used two webquests as a guide in
creating my own1. Where Do Pigs Belong? by Teresa Pfeifer,
George Davison Elementary2. As a Matter of Fact…or is it? by Teresa
Hernández-Acosta, Shenandoah Elementary School
StandardsStandards FLORIDA SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS: LA.A.2.1.4 knows strategies to use to
discover whether information presented in a text is true, including asking others and checking another source
LA.A.2.1.5 uses simple materials of the reference system to obtain information
LA.A.2.2.6 recognizes the difference between fact and opinion presented in a text