Find the Fiction

The Set Up

1) Teammates write 3 statements:

2 true and 1 false.

2) One student on each team stands, and then reads his or her statements to teammates.

3) With out consulting teammates each student writes down his or her own best guess as to which statement is false.

4) Teammates Round Robin and defend their “best guess” (Note: teacher may or may not ask teams to attempt to reach consensus)

5) Teammates announce their guess

6) The standing student announces the false statement.

7) Students celebrate: The standing student congratulates teammates who guessed correctly.

8) The next team mate stands to share. The process is repeated from Step 2.

Variations

1. TEACHER FICTIONS: Try Find the Fiction with whole class. Teacher could write 3 Statements and children examine them to find the Fiction. Could use Numbered Heads Together to ensure PIES are present when children are analysing the statements.

2. FIND HOW MANY FICTIONS: To make the structure more challenging, either one, two or three of the statements maybe false. Teammates guess which ones are true and which ones are false.

3. FACT OF FICTION: In Fact or Fiction, each student comes up with one statement instead of three. The statement is either a believable fiction or an unlikely fact. Teammates attempt to guess if the statement if a factor fiction. Fact-or-Fiction is well suited for young students who have difficulty remembering three facts at once.

4. PLAYING FOR POINTS: Students can play for points to ass friendly competition. Students earn points fir how many teammates they fool; students earn points for how many fictions they identify correctly.

5. TEAM FIND THE FICTION: Teammates work together to come up with three statement for Find-The-Fiction or one for Fact-or-Fiction. One student on the team is chosen as a team representative to present the statement(s) to the class. Other teams try to figure out which statement is fiction (Find the Fiction) or whether it is true of false (Fact or Fiction).

Respose Modes:

Thumbs up, Thumbs down- Individuals can vote with their thumbs.
Finger Responses- Students signal their guess by holding up one, two or three fingers.
Card Responses: Students hold up cards with the number corresponding to the fiction.

PIES

How to use

Maths: Find the Fiction

25% of 100 is 25

75 X 1.000 = 75.100

98 + 1.46= 99.46

Science: Find the Fiction

An example of an insulator is rubber

All conductors are some kind of metals

Wood if a kind of resistor

Management Tips

Use Find the Fiction Cards so children can come with individual responses independently.

Be sure to praise the winners.

Make sure the person reading the three statements stay standing up all the way to the end of his/her turn.

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