This apples fact or fiction activity lets Kindergarten to 2nd Grade students sort 24 apple sentence cards into true facts and make-believe fiction. A practice page and answer key included make it ready to use.
Is it true, or is it what I think?
Kindergartners get a gentle first look at the difference between what is true for everyone and what someone thinks or feels. "Apples grow on trees" is a fact you can check. "Apples are the best snack" is an opinion, and a friend might disagree! Kids practice with simple sentences about things they know, like pets, food and weather. Words like "I think," "best" and "yummy" become clues. The click comes when a child says, "That's just your opinion!" and grins.
Keep it about everyday things kids can see, taste and check.
Say a sentence aloud. Thumbs up for a fact, thumbs sideways for an opinion. "Dogs have four legs." "Dogs are cuter than cats." Ask "Can we check it?" every time.
Why it works: in a well-known study, a few short sessions of a simple number board game measurably boosted young children's number skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).
Try it withApples Fact or Fiction ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Before opinions, practice checking if a statement is true at all. Kids sort apple sentences into true and not true. Our Apples Fact or Fiction activity is a fun fall warm-up for this.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withApples Fact or Fiction ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Share your opinion about a snack, then ask kids for theirs. Show how both can be right because opinions are about feelings. It teaches respect for different views too.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
They get an early introduction. Formal fact and opinion lessons are more common in 2nd and 3rd grade, but kindergartners can tell what is true from what someone thinks.
A fact is something true that we can check. An opinion is what someone thinks or feels, and other people might feel differently.
Fact: The sun is hot. Opinion: Summer is the best season. Fact: A cat has whiskers. Opinion: Cats are the best pets.
Words like I think, I feel, best, worst, favorite and yummy usually signal an opinion.
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