Classroom Resource

Fact and Opinion

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

3, 4

Overview

Trying to determine whether a statement is a fact or opinion just comes down to one thing: Can it be proven? The classroom resource provides an instructional video on facts and opinions. The video teaches the students to identify statements as being either a fact or an opinion. This classroom resource includes worksheets to help with understanding and encourage application.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.25

Identify statements in informational texts as facts or opinions.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.3.25

Vocabulary

  • Identify
  • Statements
  • Informational text
  • Facts
  • Opinions

Knowledge

Students know:
  • A fact is a statement that can be proven with evidence.
  • An opinion is a personal belief that cannot be proven true in every case.
  • Informational text can present both facts and opinions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify facts within an informational text.
  • Identify opinions within an informational text.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • A fact is a thing that is known or proved to be true, and an opinion is a personal view or judgment about something.
  • To fully comprehend a text, they must distinguish between facts and opinions.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

    ELA21.4.20

    Use details and examples from a text to indicate what the text explicitly states.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:ELA21.4.20

    Vocabulary

    • Details
    • Examples
    • Explicitly

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Explicit means directly stated within the text.
    • Specific details and examples from the text an be used to demonstrate an understanding of the text's explicit meaning.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Identify details and examples from a text that demonstrates comprehension of the text's explicit meaning.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Explicit meanings are directly stated in text, and they can use specific details and examples from the text to show they understood the text's explicit meaning.
    Link to Resource
    https://www.roomrecess.com/Lessons/FactAndOpinion/Video.html

    CR Resource Type

    Audio/Video

    Resource Provider

    Room Recess
    Accessibility
    License

    License Type

    Public Domain

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