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FACT AND OPINION English Language Arts Revision Unit Week 1 Third Grade 2019

Objective: To distinguish between a fact and an opinion. To support differentiation between fact and opinion with text based evidence. Express opinion using “I think…” Tell a fact using “I know…”

This is fiction. It tells a story and has characters.

This is

non fiction.

It tells real information about something. You can learn many facts from this.

In today’s class we’ll read a non fiction text.

We are going to read about… • The Giant Panda • What do you know about the Giant Panda?

I know…

Let’s check the key words… To understand the main idea. •bamboo: a plant •nutritious: food that is good for your body. •healthy: good for you •molars: teeth •shoots: small parts of bamboo.

•starve: not having food to eat and dying. •scarcity: very little of something

Let’s check the key words… To understand the main idea.

•population: the amount of pandas that exists. •handstands: standing on your hands instead of your feet. •climb •swimmers

The giant panda High in dense bamboo forests in the misty, rainy mountains of southwestern China lives the giant panda, also called the panda.

The giant panda Pandas eat almost nothing but bamboo shoots and leaves. Occasionally they eat other vegetation, fish, or small animals, but bamboo accounts for 99 percent of their diets. Pandas eat fast, they eat a lot, and they spend about 12 hours a day doing it. Bamboo is not very nutritious, so in order to stay healthy, they have to eat a lot.

The giant panda Pandas' molars are very broad and flat. The shape of the teeth helps the animals crush the bamboo shoots, leaves, and stems that they eat. A panda should have at least two bamboo species where it lives, or it will starve.   A scarcity in bamboo is bad for the panda population.

The giant panda An adult female panda weighs around 100 kg and a male can weigh up to 165 kg. Pandas can climb as high as 3 metres and are also very good swimmers. Sometimes male pandas relax by doing handstands against trees. Pandas are shy; they don't go into areas where people live. This restricts pandas to very limited areas.

Let’s check comprehension! •What is the food pandas eat the most? •Where do pandas live? •What can pandas do? •How much does a male panda weigh?

Let’s check comprehension! •What did you learn about pandas? •What do you know now?

I know…

now listen! •What did the teacher say? •Which are facts? •Which is an opinion?

We express an opinion using…

“I think”

I think pandas are the best animals in the world. I think football is the best sport. I think my mum is very beautiful. I think puppies are cute. I think salad is delicious.

in your copybook… Write two facts about pandas. Write two opinions about pandas.

uSE CAPITAL LETTER AND FULL STOP.