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Reading – Fact vs. Opinion

Reading · Level 5 · CCSS: RI.5.8, RI.5.6 · Worksheet 3 of 5 · Practice Set 2

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Practice SetsSet 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9 Set 10

1 Fact or Opinion?

🧐 A fact can be proven true. An opinion is what someone thinks or feels. Write F (fact) or O (opinion).

Fact: "The sun rises in the east." ← This can be proven!

Opinion: "Sunsets are the most beautiful thing ever." ← This is a feeling!

Statement	F or O?
The Great Wall of China is over 13,000 miles long.
Roller coasters are more fun than water slides.
Bees make honey from flower nectar.
Winter is the best season of the year.
The human body has 206 bones.
Basketball is more exciting than baseball.
Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius.
Homework should be banned in every school.

2 Find Facts and Opinions in Text

📖 Read the passage. Then find ONE fact and ONE opinion from it.

Sharks are fish that have skeletons made of cartilage instead of bone. Some sharks can detect a single drop of blood in millions of drops of water. I believe sharks are the most misunderstood animals in the ocean. Many people are afraid of them, but most sharks rarely attack humans. A group of sharks is called a shoal.

	Write it here	How do you know?
Fact
Opinion

3 Opinion Signal Words

🚦 Opinions often use signal words. Underline the signal word and mark each as F or O.

Common Opinion Signal Words I think I believe best worst should favorite most probably

Statement	F or O?	Signal word
I believe every student should learn to code.
The moon orbits the Earth about every 27 days.
Reading is probably the most relaxing hobby there is.
Thomas Edison patented over 1,000 inventions.

4 Write Your Own

✍️ Write one FACT and one OPINION about each topic.

Topic: Your school

Fact:

Opinion:

Topic: Animals

Fact:

Opinion:

Topic: Food

Fact:

Opinion:

5 SBA Performance Task: Extended Response

This section is like a performance task on the state test. Read carefully, find evidence, and write a complete response.

Question: Identify one fact and one opinion from the text. Explain how you can tell the difference between them.

My claim or answer:

Evidence 1: (Quote or detail from the text)

Evidence 2: (Another quote or detail)

My explanation: (Connect the evidence to your claim in 2-3 sentences)

+ Bonus Reading Practice

Use this short practice to extend Set 2.

Topic words: library, shelf, book, clue

1. Write one sentence using two of the words above.

2. What detail would you expect to find in a passage about this topic?

3. Write one inference a reader could make from a text about this topic.