Teaching students to identify facts and opinions is one of my favorite lessons in the nonfiction unit. This comprehensive resource has everything you need to teach and review fact and opinion! The variety of engaging activities included are great for students to use independently, during reading groups, or as part of shared reading activities during your nonfiction unit and throughout the year.
This resource includes:
4 anchor charts/reading notebook pages (color and black-and-white versions)
5 interactive notebook foldable elements
3 fact and opinion sticky note templates
graphic organizer
5 worksheets (great for classwork, homework, or assessment)
4 passages
fact and opinion sort
20 task cards (paper version and digital version on Boom Learning™ website)
30 flash cards (great for a quiz-and-trade game)
guessing came cards
directions and teaching tips
answer keys
Recommended Grade Levels: 4, 5
Number of Pages: 54 pages, plus 20 Boom cards
Supported Standards: Virginia Reading SOL 4.6 and 5.6
What Teachers Are Saying:
"Loved this resource. Used it during one of my observations and got great feedback for using. Lots of different activities." - Kaylee
"This is such a great resource! Plenty of practice in various formats and engaging topics. My kids really enjoyed it. I used the short passages as morning work to monitor their understanding and inform my next lesson. Really happy, thank you!" - Rebecca
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