Language, level: 3-5

Posted Sun Apr 29 16:32:46 PDT 2012 by Jefhreen Laskar (Jefhreen Laskar).
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Hunter College, Sunnyside, NY
Materials Required: Stuffed Animal, 2 worksheets, board
Activity Time: about 45 minutes
Concepts Taught: Fact and Opinion

Jefhreen Laskar Fact or Opinion Lesson

Teaching Objective:
Define fact and opinion
Sort sentences into fact or opinion
Generate a fact or opinion when asked
Teacher Direction: Students will be seated on the rug. I will ask students, Can anyone
tell us or remember what a fact is? After hearing students answers, I will then write
the definition of fact on the board. The definition written will be: Facts: Information that
is true. Facts can be proven or checked. I will then give an example of a fact such as:
Alleys shirt is yellow. I will ask the class if that fact is true. I will also explain that facts
can be false or true. Then I will try to transition from learning about facts to learning the
meaning of an opinion. I will turn the fact Alleys shirt is yellow into an opinion by
saying, Alleys yellow shirt is pretty. I will then write the definition of opinion on the
board: Opinion: what someone thinks, feels, ore believes.
Guided Instruction: I will have a T-chart on the board. The 2 columns on the T-chart will
be labeled Fact and Opinion. I will bring out something tactile such as a stuffed animal
and ask the class for a fact about the stuffed animal. I will choose a student to give me
a fact. I will write that fact on the chart below the fact column. Then I will ask the class
to turn that fact into an opinion. I will choose a student for that answer and write it on
the board. I will try to ask at least 12 opinion or fact questions about the stuffed animal
so every student has a chance to answer. I will also try to ask the students to give me a
true fact about the stuffed animal, and a false fact about the stuffed animal. After were
done filling in the chart, I will show students 2 worksheets.
Independent Practice: Students will return to their seats. They will be provided 2
worksheets.
Worksheet # 1: The directions will prompt students to choose a season: winter, spring,
summer or fall. Write 2 facts about your season. Then turn the facts into opinions. A
sheet will have a chart with 4 boxes. The top 2 boxes will be labeled Fact 1 and Opinion
1. The bottom 2 will be labeled Fact 2 and Opinion 2. There will be a text box between
the fact and opinion boxes that say to turn the fact into an opinion.
Worksheet # 2: Read each statement. Write an F in the box if the statement is a fact.
Write an O in the box if the statement is an opinion. The worksheet will display a key
box that shows students to write F for fact and O for opinion. There will be 9
sentences for students to determine if it is a fact or opinion.
Closing/ Share Out: Students will return to the rug. I will display another T-chart labeled
fact and opinion. I will ask students about the facts and opinions they generated during
independent practice. I will write them down on the chart. I will try to write an answer
from all the students in the class.
Name: _______________________ Date:______________
Directions: Choose a season: winter, spring, summer or fall. Write 2 facts about your

season on the chart. Then, turn the facts into opinions!

What is your season?
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Fact 1:
Opinion 1:
Fact 2:
Opinion 2:
Name: _____________________________ Date:_________________
Directions: Read each statement. Write an F in the box if the statement is a fact. Write
an O in the box if the statement is an opinion.
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Ooks.
Challenge: Write a fact and an opinion about classroom.
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