Transcript Fact and Opinion Communication Arts Teacher’s Page Content Area: Language Arts Objective: Students will make inferences based on details from the story and prior knowledge.

Fact and Opinion
Communication Arts
Teacher’s Page
Content Area: Language Arts
Objective: Students will make
inferences based on details from the
story and prior knowledge in order to
draw conclusions.
Created By: Jami Polly
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Fact or Opinion?
Fact
 a sentence that is TRUE
Opinion
 what someone THINKS or
FEELS
 tells about something that is
MAKE-BELIEVE or FALSE
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Directions
REMEMBER…
When you see this
picture
A
fact is a
sentence that is
TRUE.
 An opinion tells
what someone
THINKS or
FEELS.
you will need your
paper and pencil.
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Read these sentences.
Can you decide which ones
are fact or opinion?
I go to school.
I think I would make
a good astronaut.
Yesterday, I ate
some food.
The earth moves
around the sun.
Winter is the best
time of the year.
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FACT
OPINION
FACT
FACT
OPINION
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Write TWO facts and ONE opinion
about a good friend.
Make sure you use complete
sentences.
My friend has on an orange shirt.
Fact: __________________________
Fact: ___________________________
My friend is a girl.
Opinion: ________________________
My friend is fun to play with.
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Animals
What do you know?
What do you think?
BIRDS
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Birds have wings.
Fact:____________
Fact:____________
Birds build nests.
Birds are
Opinion:_________
________________
beautiful creatures.
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What about…
Dogs are
Fact:________
mammals.
____________
Dogs can
Fact:________
bark.
____________
Dogs
Opinion:______
are my favorite pet!
____________
Dogs?
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Or, what about…
Fish live in
Fact:__________
water.
______________
Fish are
Fact:__________
amphibians.
______________
Fish feel
Opinion:_______
funny.
______________
Fish?
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FACT and OPINION
REVIEW
opinion
An ___________
tells what someone thinks
or feels.
A ___________
is a sentence that is true.
fact
Fact or Opinion?
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

Football is the best sport of all!
Each student in my class is in 3rd grade.
Missouri is a state in the U.S.A.
You should eat pickles every night.
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You can state both
FACT and OPINION
in a paragraph!
Write a paragraph about an animal you would
love to have as a pet.
Make your paragraph at least five sentences
long.
Write both facts and opinions.
Draw ONE line under your sentences with
FACTS.
Draw TWO lines under the sentences with
OPINIONS.
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