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Look and Ask: teacher key

How to Check If Something Is True, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Some things you hear are not true. Ask who says it, look in a second place, and see how fairy photos fooled many.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

  1. What do you ask first?
    • Who says it? (answer)
    • What time is it?
    • Is it big?
  2. What is a fact?
    • A paper fairy
    • A thing you can check (answer)
    • A hat horn
  3. What held up the paper fairies?
    • Glue
    • Hat pins (answer)
    • Wind
  4. Who said the fairy photo was real?
    • No one
    • Only a dog
    • Many men and women (answer)
  5. Why look in a second place?
    • A fact is in many good places (answer)
    • It is fun
    • It is short

Words

  • fact: a true thing
  • proof: a clear sign
  • cousins: kin kids