BPJ Facts and Opinions

Which is Moby’s opinion about eating his ice cream cone?

• Moby hates chocolate ice cream.

• Moby loves chocolate ice cream.

• Ice cream is cold.

• Ice cream is sweet.

Mia reads that ground squirrels hibernate in the winter. She CONFIRMS this by looking it up in a different book. What does CONFIRM mean?

• to check that something is true

• to share information with others

• to find a book in the library

• to takes notes as you read

Which word signals an opinion in this sentence? “My favorite author Dr. Seuss wrote many children’s books.”

• books

• author

• favorite

• Dr. Seuss

Your heart beats around 100,000 times a day. Which is the BEST source for verifying this fact?

• a poem about exercising

• a student’s blog about the heart

• a website that teaches how to grow fruits and vegetables

• a book titled The Heart: All about Our Circulatory System

Which is an opinion about Abraham Lincoln?

• He led the country during the Civil War.

• He is on the penny and the five-dollar bill.

• He was the sixteenth president of the United States.

• He gave the most important speech in American history.

To VERIFY the fact that dolphins are mammals, Moby looks it up in a book. Which word has the same meaning as VERIFY?

• think

• prove

• research

• discuss

Mia wants the grocery store to stop using plastic bags because they are bad for the environment. Which fact supports her argument?

• Plastic bags come in many different sizes.

• Plastic bags are easy to use and affordable.

• Plastic bags take up little space and can be reused for other things.

• Plastic bags can take 100 years to break down in the environment.

What is an opinion?

• Something you can prove. 
• Someone's thoughts on a topic. 

What is a fact?

• Your belief on something

• Something that can be proven

Red leaves are the prettiest.

• FACT
• opinion