• Practice for every day of the school year • Help students prepare for standardized testing

someone thinks or believes. Invite students to list different facts and opinions about a favorite food, 
such as pizza. Tell students they will read a passage about the ostrich. Then remind students of the 
Visualization 
strategy. Say: Remember that reading slowly and making mental images can help 
you better understand what you read. Then read the instructions at the top of the page aloud. 
Direct students to read the passage and to complete the activities. Review the answers together.
DAY
4
Remind students of the 
Fact and Opinion
skill and the 
Organization 
strategy. Say: One way writers 
keep readers interested is to mix facts and opinions together in a passage. Just because you read 
a fact or an opinion, you can’t assume the next sentence will also be a fact or an opinion. Read the 
instructions at the top of the page aloud. Then direct students to read the passage and to complete 
the skill and strategy practice activities. Review the answers together.
DAY
5
Tell students they will practice both the 
Cause and Effect
and 
Fact and Opinion
skills and that they 
will also use the 
Visualization
strategy to help them understand the passage. Read the instructions at 
the top of the page aloud. Then direct students to read the passage and to complete the skill practice 
activity. Review the answers together. For the strategy practice activity, guide students in rereading 
the second paragraph and in producing a drawing similar to the one described in the answer key on 
a separate piece of paper. 
Cause and Effect
Students practice the skill by looking for what happens (the effect) and
why it happens (the cause). 
Fact and Opinion
Students determine whether parts of the passage can be proved (facts) or 
represent what someone thinks or feels (opinions).
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