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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Critical Reading as a Learning Strategy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on critical reading using a downloadable PowerPoint presentation, "Critical Reading 101," which includes separating fact from opinion, 6 propaganda techniques, and 6 common fallacies in reasoning. Also provided is...
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Other

Grade 1 Informative Writing Lessons

For Teachers 1st Standards
Authored by the Tsehai Russell and Della Wright, CLR fellows, this resource provides a 5-day unit of informative writing lessons. Focus lessons related to facts and opinions and paragraph writing. This series is supported by the Academic...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Comprehensive Questions: Nonfiction [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Questions are provided to help students determine the main idea, topic, and fact versus opinion of a nonfiction piece. Students are prompted to write a summary of an informational text.
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University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Teaching Strategies (Reading) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Printable, fifty-five page PDF file of a staff development manual containing strategies for teaching reading. Includes chapters on vocabulary, main ideas and supporting details, author's purpose, chronological order, plot and conflict...
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Other

Cuesta College: Interpreting What You Read

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Cuesta College provides both in-depth definitions of fact and opinion, and several clear examples of each.
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Sam Houston State University

Texas Center for Academic Excellence: Fact or Opinion Ii

For Students 5th Standards
Answer eight multiple-choice questions over fact and opinion. Includes link to answers for checking.
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Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Fact or Opinion

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Fact or Opinion."
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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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Quia

Quia: Comprehension: Fact or Opinion? Game #2

For Students 4th Standards
Read each sentence and determine whether it is a fact or an opinion in this thirty-question quiz.
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Read Works

Read Works: Washington Rides Again

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about wax statues of George Washington at Mount Vernon in Virginia. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in identifying fact and opinion.
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University of South Florida

University of South Florida: Fcat Express: Author's Purpose Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Practice identifying author's purpose by recognizing the purpose in titles, understanding the difference between fact and opinion, and identifying the purpose of various forms of writing.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Test Skill Builders for Reading: Making Judgments [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Standardized test practice for students in grades 5 and 6. Students read a practice passage and answer questions that require them to make judgments about such things as fact or opinion and the author's purpose. Answers to the practice...
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Read Works

Read Works: Nobel Work

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Nobel Prizes and prize winners in 2006. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Right On

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a program called "Do Something About It" designed to teach kids about the Bill of Rights. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: A Constitution for Kids

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a children's book that translates the Constitution for kids. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Weight Debate

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether or not schools should send reports home about students' body mass index (BMI). A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Seven Billion and Counting

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the increasing world population. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Should You Be Afraid of Sharks?

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about sharks and why they should not be feared. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Cutest Animal Finalists

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares the information about animals that students have voted as being "the cutest" in a Weekly Reader contest. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
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Read Works

Read Works: From Pet to Threat

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about problems caused by exotic pets like pythons and tigers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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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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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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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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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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