Why Teach Fact and Opinion?

Learning how to tell facts from opinions is a critical skill that helps students understand what they’re reading in a deeper, more critical way. They are tasked with figuring out if something is based on hard evidence or if it’s just someone’s viewpoint. This year, we’re excited to help you teach your students the difference between fact and opinion with brand-new digital learning activities!

Fact or Opinion? Digital Learning Notebook

This digital resource is designed to serve as an independent practice activity for students to complete when demonstrating their ability to read, write, and sort statements based on whether they are facts or opinions. It features six interactive slides in which students will click, drag, drop, and type responses to demonstrate their understanding. Some activities included are:

• Fact and Opinion Sorting Activity
• Identifying Opinion Statements
• Matching Facts and Opinions
• Writing Fact and Opinion Statements

This resource must remain in EDIT mode in order to interact with the textboxes and drag/drop features.

Download and Go!

This downloadable teaching resource is available as an Interactive Google Slides Activity. To get your new resource, click the download button. You will be prompted to make your copy. From there, assign the activity to Google Classroom or project the slides on your screen and complete the activity as a whole group.

This resource was created by Cassandra Friesen, a teacher in Colorado and Teach Starter Collaborator.

Even More Resources for Teaching Fact and Opinion

Don’t stop there! Make sure you grab these printable Fact and Opinion activities before you go!

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Fact and Opinion Sorting Activity

Use this fact and opinion sort to teach your students the difference between statements of fact and statements of opinion.

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Comprehension Task Cards - Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion

A set of comprehension task cards to help students distinguish between fact and opinion when reading.

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Fact and Opinion Scoot Activity

A set of 20 fact and opinion task cards to use as a whole-class scoot activity.