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Fiction is any story made up by an author. It’s a creation of the author’s imagination. It is not based strictly on history or facts. The opposite of fiction is non-fiction , writing that deals with facts. Was the story of how the bear lost his tail fiction or non-fiction? Fiction or Non-Fiction?
Tales That Teach
Folktales were often told to teach people lessons. What do you think is the lesson being taught in the tale, “Why the Bear has a Stumpy Tail”?
Why do you think this?
Help Fox use the pre xes UN and DIS to create new words. Look at each word and write UN or DIS on the line. Can you nd one root word that works with both UN and DIS? Pre x Fox
BEAUTIFUL FICTION HISTORY STUMPY FROZEN PROUD FACTS OFF
Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways, and diagonally. L
A L S T U M P
T T I F R O Z E N
T R R A
B E A U T I F U L
P L F E H A S T R
R O K A B O L H O
O T N R C
U L A A L T V R E
D G Y R O T S I H
D N O I T C I F
safe own sure like known common color play usual
civil real
obey hinge miss
true joint card taste loyal tidy plug gust latch
F F
BEAR TALE TAIL BRAG HURT FISH YANK
You’re so good at this that it’s un believable!
L E E W
O H L
Y D
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Standards Link: Language Arts: Identify and know the meaning of common prefixes.
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