Unicorn Facts and Opinions on Book Talk Thursday

Fact and opinion can be fun when unicorns are involved! Find ways to help students understand this somewhat tricky skill.

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Unicorns, fact or fiction? I always believed they are real, out there somewhere. And so do many of my students. But facts and opinions with unicorns? You bet! With the book You Don't Want a Unicorn (affiliate link) will help us all understand those important facts and opinions.

Book Summary

It all starts when a young boy walks up to a fountain to make a wish ~ for a unicorn. An outside force, the author, tells him why he shouldn't have a unicorn. They shed, they scratch, and they can't be house-trained. Of course, there are plenty of fun things about unicorns, but the young boy needs to understand why it would not be wise to have such an amazing creature.

Classroom Application

I used this book with my fourth and fifth graders to teach facts and opinions. The book is full of both of them in a fun way. While reading the book to my students, I split them into two groups, one group to find facts and one to find opinions. They wrote them out and shared them out in the group.