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Read Works

Read Works: News Debate Tough Cell

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether or not students should be allowed to use cell phones in school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Will You Go to School This Summer?

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating the pros and cons of year-round school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Sinking City

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about an idea that might keep the city of Venice, Italy from sinking. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: On Hallowed Ground

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about several Civil War sites that are slowly disappearing due to modern industry. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Tribal Tribute

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian, part of the Smithsonian Institution. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Coins!

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about coins made in the U. S. Mint. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Fact and Opinion: Reading Test 3

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
A 25-question quiz where students must identify statements as fact or opinion. Results can be printed, saved, or emailed.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Fact vs. Opinion

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn the difference between fact and opinion as it relates to scientific thinking.
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Fact and Opinion 1st Grade Unit

For Teachers 1st
[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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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Fact and Opinion 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd
[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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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Two Lesson Unit: Fact and Opinion

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Designed to teach students to identify fact and opinion in a text. Lessons are based on the text "Dear Diary" and the book Penguins by Lynn M. Stone. Includes ideas for direct teaching, guided practice,...
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Fourth Grade: Two Lesson Unit: Fact and Opinion

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit on fact and opinion through which students identify facts and opinions in a newspaper article and understand how facts support opinions in an editorial. With free login, users have...
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Fact/opinion Kindertarten Unit: Identifying Facts, Forming Opinions

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson 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 text. Includes...
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Read Works

Read Works: Fact and Opinion Kindergarten Unit: Fact

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using Animal Touch by Kirsten Hall to teach students to find factual information inside informational texts. Includes ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent practice. Although the...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Life Isn't Fair Deal With It" by Mike Myatt

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Life Isn't Fair-- Deal With It" by Mike Myatt, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Fact and Opinion Kindergarten Unit: Opinion

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A activity using Animal Touch by Kirsten Hall to teach students to form opinions based on information found within informational texts. Includes ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Should Girls Be Allowed to Play High School Football?" by Josh Bean

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Should Girls Be Allowed to Play High School Football?" by Josh Bean, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Think Critically

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Learn how to think critically by distinguishing between facts, opinions, and reasoned judgments. Practice exercise included.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Differentiate Between Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Opinions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn to differentiate fact from opinion and to decide whether an opinion is substantiated or not. These are important reading and writing skills.
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Lesson Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Is It What I Think or What I Know? (Fact or Opinion)

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
This short lesson provides a fairly simple way to teach young students the difference between fact and opinion.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc Skillswise: Fact or Opinion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Matter of Fact or Opinion [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students work with a partner to write facts and opinions on different word cards. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Fact or Opinion Game [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students play a game where they move around a board by determining if statements are facts or opinions. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Fact or Opinion Football [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students play a football card game by determining if sentences are facts or opinions. Materials are included.