Get Your Students Answering Fact or Opinion Questions

In the age of social media and fake news, helping students distinguish between facts and opinions is more important than ever before.

To help your student practice this essential life skill, the Teach Starter team has created this set of fact or opinion questions task cards. Each task card contains a multiple-choice question for the students to answer. For example:

Which of these statements is a fact about fire trucks?

a) Fire trucks drive too fast.
b) Fire trucks are very loud.
c) Fire trucks have a siren to use in emergencies.

The answer, of course, is c!

This resource downloads as a full-color PDF or editable Google Slides file. It contains:

• Instruction page
• 24 task cards
• Student recording sheet
• Answer sheet

Read on to learn more about how to use this resource in your fact or opinion lessons.

Multiple Uses for These Fact or Opinion Questions

These versatile fact or opinion task cards can be integrated into your lessons in multiple ways. Here are some suggestions to get you thinking:

• Lesson Warm-Up – Use a few task cards at the beginning of a lesson to get students thinking about the differences between facts and opinions.
• Small Group Discussions – Have students take turns reading and answering a card, explaining their reasoning to their peers.
• Scoot Activity – Place the cards around the room and let students rotate through each one, answering questions as they go.
• Fast Finisher Challenge – Provide the task cards as an extension activity for students who complete their work early.
• Exit Tickets – Use a few task cards at the end of a lesson to assess student understanding before they leave the classroom.

Whether used for whole-class instruction, small group work or independent learning, this set of fact or opinion questions makes learning about facts and opinions engaging and effective.

Download These Fact or Opinion Task Cards

Use the download button above to access either the easy-print PDF or the editable Google Slides version of these fact or opinion task cards. (Note: You will be prompted to make a copy of the Google Slides template on your personal drive before accessing it.)

We recommend printing the task cards on cardstock for added durability. Place the cards together in a ziplock bag for easy access.

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This resource was created by Kendall Britnell, a teacher in Colorado and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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