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The New York Times

News and News Analysis: Navigating Fact and Opinion in the Times

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Help your class understand the difference between fact and opinion by exploring the New York Times homepage and articles. In pairs or small groups, pupils complete a scavenger hunt, answering the provided questions. Next, discuss the...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Fact Versus Opinion

For Teachers K - 1st
Is that a fact or an opinion? Learners explore the difference using this pocket chart activity during which partners read statement cards and determine whether they are facts or opinions.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Comprehension: Text Analysis, Fact or Opinion Football

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Touchdown! Try out this game to help your learners differentiate between fact and opinion. In pairs, pupils switch off reading cards to one another. Learners determine if the sentences on the cards are facts or opinions and continue...
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Curated OER

Juggling Fact and Opinion in Today's Information Overload

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Teaching children to evaluate information is critical to differentiate between fact and opinion.
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Curated OER

Eastside Literacy Reading Lesson - Fact or Opinion

For Teachers Higher Ed
Analyze critical thinking skills that involve the ability to distinguish between fact and opinion through self-reflection. Higher education students will collect a newspaper article, advertisement, magazine article, tabloid article,...
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Curated OER

Fact vs. Opinion (Part II)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
How can you tell the difference between fact and opinion? Using newspapers, learners determine which articles contain statements of fact, and which articles reflect the writer's opinion. The lesson plan includes a discussion format and a...
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For the Teachers

Fact vs. Opinion

For Teachers 1st - 12th Standards
Many informational texts are written as factual, but can your learners determine when an opinion is presented as fact? Have your kids read several articles on the same topic and record the statements that contain either facts or...
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Curated OER

The Final Analysis: Cause and Effect, Fact and Opinion

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Middle schoolers read and review informational texts, analyze cause and effect, and distinguish fact from opinion. They assess a "one-minute mystery" you read aloud for cause and effect relationships. Resource includes complete set of...
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Curated OER

Fact or Opinion?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Challenge your class to determine between facts or opinions in the following PowerPoint. Each section contains an advertisement with stated facts and opinions. This is a great game for learners to play individually or with partners.
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Curated OER

Is It Fact or Opinion?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Distinguish between fact and opinions in this nonfiction reading lesson plan. Middle schoolers read 'The Diary of an Early American Boy' and work in groups to analyze the text. They record the facts and opinions for the text.
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E Reading Worksheets

Fact and Opinion - Worksheet: 3

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
How can you prove a fact? With supporting evidence, of course. Learners read 25 statements and determine if it is fact or opinion. Then, if the statement is a fact, youngsters write a sentence explaining how they can prove it.
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Curated OER

Comparing and Contrasting: Fact vs. Opinion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Elementary schoolers investigate nonfiction stories by analyzing facts and opinions. They read nonfiction stories about the Lewis and Clark expedition. Pupils utilize a T-chart to list the facts and opinions on opposite sides, and then...
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DePaul University

Contrast and Evaluate Fact and Opinion

For Students 8th Standards
How can you tell when an author is expression an opinion or stating a fact? Use two short reading selections to emphasize the difference between a statement that you can prove and one that you can't. The first passage explains food...
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DePaul University

Contrast and Evaluate Fact and Opinion

For Students 3rd Standards
Looking for a resource that helps learners practice identifying fact and opinion? A four-page worksheet includes two informational text reading passages. Pupils read each passage and respond to four multiple choice and one short answer...
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E Reading Worksheets

Fact and Opinion - Worksheet: 1

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Pupils identify fact and opinion statements with a language arts worksheet. Then, they explain their thinking in a sentence, including the clues or set of words that helped them arrive at their answer.
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Polk Bros Foundation

I Can Classify Facts and Opinions

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Telling fact from opinion can be tricky. Direct your class to practice their reading and comprehension skills by taking notes on the facts and opinions in a text. Pupils fill out a two-column chart and write down how they know a...
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E Reading Worksheets

Fact and Opinion - Worksheet: 5

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
After reading 25 sentences, individuals decide if they are facts or opinions. Then, they explain their answer in a supporting sentence.
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E Reading Worksheets

Fact and Opinion - Worksheet: 2

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
After reading a statement, learners decide if it is a fact or opinion. Then, they write a sentence explaining how they know their answer is correct. The sheet contains 25 fact and opinion sentences.
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E Reading Worksheets

Fact and Opinion - Worksheet: 6

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Practice discerning fact and opinion with a activity that contains 25 statements. Once learners determine if they are fact or opinion, they circle their answer and write a sentence explaining how they know.
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Media Smarts

Fact versus Opinion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Part of a series aimed at breaking down cultural bias from the Canadian Media Awareness Network, this activity identifies where opinions do and don't belong in a newspaper. Pupils review handouts about the purpose of editorial comments...
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Curated OER

Build Mastery: Fact and Opinion

For Teachers K - 3rd
Is it a fact or an opinion? Get your kids up and moving during this reading comprehension activity. They listen to you read a book or passage (consider writing something yourself to get the ideal text), listening for facts and opinions....
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Curated OER

Fact and Opinion Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 8th
How are fact and opinion different? Middle schoolers explore fact and opinion and write articles pertaining to a football match, eliminating all opinion statements in order to focus on the facts. Then they discuss bias in the media....
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Curated OER

Veterans Day Fact And Opinion

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this fact and opinion worksheet, students answer 10 questions about the Veterans Day holiday. Students decide if the statements given are facts or opinions.
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Curated OER

Fact or Opinion

For Teachers 2nd
Have your class differentiate between fact and opinion using this presentation. Learners read a series of statements and identify whether the example is fact or opinion. This is a terrific and motivating way to explore this topic.

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