Real or Made-up?

With all of the tall tales being told in first grade, some of the kids have been asking, "is that true?"

So we decided to spend some time talking about 'real'  vs. 'made up'.   Here students are sorting some scenes from the story of John Henry.  They are deciding if the story details could be real, or if they were probably made up. 

We have been encouraging students to support their claims with evidence.  Even though many groups came up with different conclusions, all students had strong supporting evidence to back up their claims!   

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