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Acting Out as we Go

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use motor imaging to remember the definitions of words. In this vocabulary lesson, 4th graders work in groups to make a pantomime to help them remember a word. Students document the experience in their notebooks.
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Worksheet for Analysis of a Newspaper Article

For Students 8th - 12th
In this primary source analysis worksheet, students respond to 20 short answer questions that require them to analyze their selected newspaper articles.
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Freedoms of the Press

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine journalism ethics. In this journalism lesson, students complete a think, pair, share activity about the journalistic code of ethics. Students then discuss an ethics scenario.
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Judicial Branch & Supreme Court Questions

For Students 7th - 12th
In this U. S. government learning exercise, students respond to 19 short answer questions about the responsibilities of Supreme Court members in the United States.
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Estimating Prices

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners practice making reasonable estimates. In this consumer math, students round purchase prices of items to estimate the total cost. Learners practice using metal computations to arrive at estimates.
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The Sepoy Revolt of 1857

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students participate in a role-play activity. They examine the factors dividing colonial India. They examine how the British raj contributed to the formation of Indian nationalism.
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Which Animals Should Be Saved?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the concepts related to the endangerment of different animal species. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The skills of prediction are used to show the possible outcome of the extinction of a...
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GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research different environmental issues in order to become familiar enough in order to brainstorm possible solutions. They form a task force that makes projects that are proposed solutions to environmental problems.
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Creative Writing

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders write a persuasive letter to the editor using the writing process.
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African-American Heroes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore websites about famous African-Americans. They work in pairs to decide on an African American who should be honored with a stamp. They write a letter recommending this person for a stamp including appropriate reason why...
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Fact and Opinion Worksheets

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Fact and opinion practice exercises, answer sheets, and explanation summaries are included on this tutorial site. Worksheets are tiered in levels of difficulty.
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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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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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Read Works

Read Works: Lessons: Lesson 3: Identifying Facts and Forming Opinions

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students identify facts and form opinions using the book Animal Smell.
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Read Works

Read Works: Fact and Opinion Kindergarten Unit: Opinion

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

Read Works: Fact and Opinion Kindergarten Unit: Fact

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A activity 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...
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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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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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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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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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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 young scholars the difference between fact and opinion.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Newspapers: Facts and Opinions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In order to sharpen a student's understanding of the differences between facts and opinions, this lesson incorporates both the close reading of a newspaper and the writing of a factual article and a letter to the editor.
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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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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.

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