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Read Works: News Debate Password Protected
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether or not schools have the right to monitor what students post online. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: News Debate Cell Phone Scramble
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether students should or should not be allowed to use cell phones in class. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Should Adoption Records Be Open?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether adoption recorders should remain opened or closed. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Should School Be Year Round?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating year-round school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: News Debate Battle of the Binge
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text arguing for and against competitive eating contests. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Washington Rides Again
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about wax statues of George Washington at Mount Vernon in Virginia. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in identifying fact and opinion.
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Read Works: The Homework Hubbub
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the effectiveness of homework. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: News Debate Phone Patrol
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the police being able to search through cell phones without a search warrant. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Should Dogs Work?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether dogs should work or just be pets. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: It's All in the Mind
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether or not psychics are real. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Fact and Opinion 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on fact and opinion through which students learn how to identify opinions through signal words, identify facts in a non-fiction text, and use facts to help them formulate opinions of...
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Read Works: Fact and Opinion 3rd Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-instructional activity unit on fact and opinion through which students learn how to identify facts and opinions in different fiction genres. Students also use non-fiction texts to identify and...
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Read Works: Fact/opinion Kindertarten Unit: Identifying Facts, Forming Opinions
[Free Registration/Login Required] A instructional activity using Animal Smell by Kirsten Hall to teach students to find factual information inside informational texts and begiE3229:E3236n to form opinions based on information within the...
Education.com
Education.com: 1st Grade Opinion Writing Practice
[Free Registration/Login Required] This collection of worksheets will engage kids in writing their own opinions and identifying their reasons for these opinions. Graphic organizers for opinion writing and prompts with "I would rather"...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Science Fact or Opinion?
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents the relationships of facts, explanations, and opinions in science.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Gorillas
Learn about the lives of gorillas born in captivity in this video segment from Nature. [8:21]
BBC
Bbc Skillswise: Fact or Opinion
As part of the BBC's Skillswise unit, this resource covers the basics of separating fact from opinion through a worksheet, a factsheet, and a quiz.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Scientific Explanations and Interpretations Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A brief explanation of the difference between facts, observation, and opinions. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Matter of Fact or Opinion [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students work with a partner to write facts and opinions on different word cards. Materials are included.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Fact or Opinion Game [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which learners play a game where they move around a board by determining if statements are facts or opinions. Materials are included.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "What Adolescents Miss by Grow Up in Cyberspace" by Brent Staples
In this informational text, Brent Staples explores how the Internet may be impacting teenagers' development. As you read, take notes on what teenagers use the Internet for and how it impacts their development. [Free account registration...
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Education.com: Purposeful Writing: Kindergarten
[Free Registration/Login Required] Your kindergarten students will learn how to share their opinion with others through entertaining and purposeful persuasive writing practice. At the completion of this lesson, students will be able to...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science : Scientific Explanations and Interpretations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents the relationships of facts, explanations, and opinions in science.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Fact vs. Opinion
This lesson is a hands-on way for middle schoolers to learn how to discern between fact and opinion. This is an important skill for citizenship in that citizens should be informed about what is happening in their communities and should...