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Students learn to tell the difference between things that happen in real life and things that happen in stories.
Imagine you wake up and see a purple dragon brushing its teeth in your bathroom! Would you believe your eyes, or would you think you were still dreaming?
1. You feel hungry. 2. You pick up a round, red apple. 3. You take a bite and it tastes sweet and crunchy. 4. This is real because you used your senses and the apple exists in your kitchen.
Quick Check
If you see a bird flying in the sky, is that real life or make-believe?
Answer
Real life, because birds have wings and it is possible for them to fly in our world.
1. You see a movie where a school bus grows wings. 2. The bus flies to the moon in five seconds. 3. You know that real buses don't have wings and the moon is very far away. 4. This is make-believe because it breaks the rules of science.
Quick Check
Is a story about a cat who cooks spaghetti and wears a chef hat real or make-believe?
Answer
Make-believe.
It is important to know what is real so we can stay safe. If we see a superhero jump off a tall building on TV, we must remember that in real life, gravity would make us fall and get hurt. It also helps us with honesty. Being honest means telling things exactly as they happened in real life. If we tell a pretend story as if it were real, people might get confused or stop trusting what we say.
1. A friend tells you they found a gold coin in the park. 2. You ask, 'Was it a real coin or a chocolate one?' 3. They say, 'It was real! I used it to buy a juice box.' 4. This is a real-life event because finding money and buying juice are things that actually happen.
Which of these is a sign that a story is make-believe?
Why is it important to know that a movie is pretend?
Gravity is a rule of real life that makes things fall down.
Review Tomorrow
Tomorrow, look at your favorite book. Can you find one thing that is real and one thing that is make-believe?
Practice Activity
Draw a picture of yourself doing something real (like playing soccer) and something make-believe (like playing soccer on Mars)!