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Finding Facts Together

English · Writing Composition · ages 5-9
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Where can you find facts for a research project?

    • A toy box
    • A book
    • A lunch box

  2. What does a research project help you do?

    • Learn facts about a topic
    • Only color pictures
    • Play a game

  3. You can write about things you already know from your own life.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Your class is writing about the ocean together. What can you do to help?

    • Share an idea or a fact you know
    • Stay quiet and let others work
    • Draw something unrelated

  5. Mia is doing a class project about frogs. Who can help her find facts?

    • Only her toy frog
    • Nobody, she must know everything already
    • Her teacher and a library book

  6. If you visited a farm, you can write facts about farms from that visit.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. One friend saw a real panda at a zoo. Another read a book about pandas. How should the group use both?

    • Use only the book and ignore the visit
    • Use only the zoo visit and ignore the book
    • Combine both the visit and the book facts in the writing

  8. Leo wrote about bears using only his own guesses, with no book or person to check. What did he miss?

    • Drawing a picture
    • Checking a source to make sure the facts are true
    • Choosing a topic
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Answer key

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  1. A book · Books have facts you can use. You can also ask an adult.
  2. Learn facts about a topic · A research project helps you learn and share facts about a topic.
  3. True · Facts from your own experience count too, like things you have seen or done.
  4. Share an idea or a fact you know · Sharing your ideas and facts helps the whole class project.
  5. Her teacher and a library book · Teachers and library books both help you gather facts for a project.
  6. True · Things you saw and did are real facts you can use in your writing.
  7. Combine both the visit and the book facts in the writing · Combining ideas from everyone, including experiences and books, makes the project stronger.
  8. Checking a source to make sure the facts are true · Good research checks facts from a book or a person, not just guesses.
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