Fact Or Opinion 1 Lesson Plan for 2nd Grade Example Students

Topic: understanding the difference between facts and opinions

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify facts and opinions in their daily lives and in the news.

Materials

• Examples of facts and opinions (e.g. "it's raining today" = fact; "I love rain" = opinion)
• Colored pencils or markers

Warm-up

• Ask students to share an opinion about something (e.g. their favorite animal, the coolest sport).
• Write their opinions on the board.
• Ask students if they think these opinions are fact or opinion.
• Discuss their responses and how they knew if the opinions were facts or opinions.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the term "fact" and give examples of facts (e.g. 1+1=2, the Earth is round).
• Introduce the term "opinion" and give examples of opinions (e.g. I think cats are cooler than dogs, I think soccer is the coolest sport).
• Ask students to share an opinion and have them identify if it is a fact or opinion.
• Have students work in pairs to identify if a statement is a fact or opinion.
• Have students share their answers with the class and discuss their reasoning.

Guided Practice

• Give students a list of statements and have them work in pairs to identify if the statements are facts or opinions.
• Have students share their answers with the class and discuss their reasoning.

Independent Practice

• Give students a worksheet with a variety of statements, some of which are facts and some of which are opinions.
• Have students identify the statements as facts or opinions and explain their reasoning.

Closure

• Review the difference between facts and opinions and the importance of distinguishing between them.
• Ask students to share any interesting or surprising statements they found on their worksheets.

Assessment

• Observe students during the sorting activity to evaluate their understanding of the distinction between facts and opinions.
• Review the answers to the worksheet questions to assess each student's ability to accurately identify facts and opinions.
• Use a checklist to assess students' ability to accurately classify statements as facts or opinions in their independent practice activity.