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Lesson Plan

What's the Fact, Jack? Facts and Opinions

Do your students know the difference between a fact and an opinion? In this lesson, your class gets the practice they need to sort fact from opinion.
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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to tell the difference between a fact and an opinion.

Introduction

(5 minutes)
  • Gather your class together to begin.
  • Tell your students that today they'll learn the difference between a fact and an opinion.
  • Ask your students if they know what a fact is. After some discussion, define a fact as a piece of information that is true and is supported by evidence.
  • Choose volunteers to tell you what they think an opinion is. After some guessing, define an opinion as what someone believes or feels about something.