As I was about to throw my empty Snapple bottle into the recycling can, I read the "Real Fact" under the cap. "Real Fact" #854 - Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee. I never knew that. I threw it into the can and thought, that's a cool fact to tell my students. That's when I reached back into that can and saved that top. Now I am washing and saving all of the Snapple caps! I had to come up with some way to incorporate this in my classroom. So I created "Real Facts" as either a Center activity or a task that students can work on when they are finished with independent work early (Fast Finishers). Now, the assignment will encourage students to read each "fact" with an incredulous mind because I'm pretty sure not all of those facts are correct. However, it gets kids thinking about different/new topics and provides them with some incentive to perhaps research a topic further. The assignment allows students to write a detailed response to the fact (we use RSSE format) and then write a creative story or essay with the genre of their choice using the fact as a prompt. The assignment has an example I created to get kids started. "Real Fact" #749 - The average housefly lives for one month. Ironically, the fact I chose to write about was easy for me because we have seen an increase in flies lately. Ugh - annoying.
This is the story I wrote based on my "Real Fact" that is included in the product. "Real Facts" is the first product I have on TPT that is for sale and not free. It's actually my 3rd product uploaded to my store. It's not elaborate, but it's made with a determined mind and creativity :] Feel free to let me know what you think!
I am excited to try it out in September and see what else can come from it! I know I will be buying a lot more Snapple :]
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