Look and wonder
Notice, Think, Wonder
Study a strange little alien, then sort your ideas into what you notice, what you think and what you wonder.
Thinking sheet · Look and wonder
Fact or Opinion?
Sort pizza sentences into facts you can check and opinions people feel, then write your own of each.
- Grades
- 2–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Look and wonder
- Kids practice
- fact and opinion, critical thinking, reading closely
What kids do
“A fact can be checked. An opinion is what someone thinks. Which is which?”
- Tick one box for each sentence
- A fact about me:
- An opinion I have:
- How I can check a fact:
How to run it
- Ask: “Could we prove it?” If yes, it’s a fact.
- Words like best, worst, gross and better are opinion clues.
- Have kids defend their opinion with a reason.
Talk about it
- Can two people have different opinions and both be okay?
- Where do you see opinions dressed up as facts?
- Can a fact ever change?
Take it further
Find one fact and one opinion in a book or ad at home.
Pairs well with
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