August 8, 2017

by Byron Delcomb

Lesson plan

Find ‘Em and Quote ‘Em! Facts and Opinions

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Grade

Fifth Grade

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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to evaluate texts for facts, opinions and related ideas using context clues.

Introduction

(5 minutes)

Write the word checklist on the board and ask your students to turn to an elbow partner and tell them all the different uses we have for checklists.
Have your students share out what they said or heard from a partner while you write ideas down in a brainstorm fashion.
Explain that checklists allow us to evaluate things based on a set of features.
Inform students that they will be learning how to use checklists to evaluate facts, opinions and their related ideas.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

(5 minutes)

Preview and demonstrate how to use the Facts, Opinions and Related Ideas resource with the Sea Level Rise text selection. Answer student questions as needed.

Guided Practice

(10 minutes)

Hand out a class set of the Sea Level Rise article and read it aloud with your students.
Hand out and preview the Facts, Opinions and Related Ideas resource.
Together, find one fact, one opinion and their related ideas. Answer any clarifying questions.

Independent working time

(10 minutes)

Release students to complete the Facts, Opinions and Related Ideas resource with a partner or in small groups.

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Differentiation

Support:

Evaluate the Sea Level Rise article for two or more facts or opinions whole class.

Enrichment:

Have students evaluate the Sea Level Rise article with the Facts vs. Opinion resource.
Students can use the Fact vs. Opinion checklist with the Sea Level Rise article.

Assessment

(5 minutes)

Have your students make up one fact and one opinion and explain why they labeled each fact or opinion.

Review and closing

(10 minutes)

Discuss: Why is it important for citizens to be able to determine fact from opinions?

Lesson plan

Find ‘Em and Quote ‘Em! Facts and Opinions

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

Guided Practice

Independent working time

Differentiation

Assessment

Review and closing

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Lesson plan

Find ‘Em and Quote ‘Em! Facts and Opinions

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

Guided Practice

Independent working time

Differentiation

Assessment

Review and closing

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