Fact or opinion?: Digital Life lesson notes (ages 8+)

Ages 8+ · Digital Life · Searching and ads

Fact or opinion?

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A fact can be checked.

The big ideaA fact can be checked. An opinion is what someone thinks.

A fact can be checked, by counting, measuring or looking it up in a book.

An opinion is what someone thinks or feels. Nobody can measure cute or best.

A fact can be checked and still not be true, so check in two good places.

Opinions are fine. Share yours kindly.

Checking, or thinking.

Hamsters are the cutest, and dogs are the best.
Nobody can count or measure cutest or best.
Leila and Dev can think different things, because opinions are not true or untrue.

A post said, Cats are the best pets, because they sleep a lot.
Cats sleep many hours a day can be checked. Cats are the best is what the writer thinks.
Pull the post apart into the part you can check and the part someone thinks.

A mixed post.

A post said, Goldfish forget everything in three seconds.
It sounds like a fact, so Leila and Dev checked in a library book and with their teacher.
Both said goldfish remember for months, so the post was not true.

Clue words like best, worst, cutest, yummiest and boring point to an opinion.
Numbers, counting, measuring and checking in a book point to a fact.
An opinion can sound loud, but loud does not make it a fact.
Some facts are hard to check alone. Ask a grown-up, and you are never in trouble for asking.

Answers: 1. An opinion · 2. A fact · 3. Not for sure · 4. In two good places, like a book and a teacher

Try at homeAsk a grown-up: can we find one post or ad and sort it into facts and opinions together?

For grown-upsPick one post or ad together and sort each sentence into a fact and an opinion, then check one fact in a book.

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