Fact or Opinion?One can be checked. The other cannot. Telling them apart is a life skill.3rd GradeFACTCan be proved true or falseSame for everyone"Water boils at 100°C.""The match lasted 90 minutes."Look it up and settle itOPINIONWhat somebody thinks or feelsCan differ from person to person"Maths is the best subject.""That was a boring match."Signal words: best, worst,should, I thinkTHE DIFFERENCE THAT MATTERSA false statement is still a fact-type claim — 'the Sun orbits Earth' isa fact that happens to be wrong, not an opinion.Adverts mix the two deliberately. Spotting which is which is the wholepoint of this poster.Fact or Opinion?learnposters.com
Fact or Opinion? — printable literacy wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Fact or Opinion? poster

FACT against OPINION, side by side.

Adverts mix the two deliberately. Spotting which is which is the whole point of this poster.

Questions about the Fact or Opinion? poster

What’s on the Fact or Opinion? poster?
FACT against OPINION, side by side. FACT: Can be proved true or false; FACT: Same for everyone; FACT: "Water boils at 100°C."; FACT: "The match lasted 90 minutes."; FACT: Look it up and settle it; OPINION: What somebody thinks or feels; OPINION: Can differ from person to person; OPINION: "Maths is the best subject."; OPINION: "That was a boring match."; OPINION: Signal words: best, worst, should, I think; A false statement is still a fact-type claim — 'the Sun orbits Earth' is a fact that…. Adverts mix the two deliberately. Spotting which is which is the whole point of this poster.
Who is the Fact or Opinion? poster for?
Fact or Opinion? is filed under 3rd Grade (ages 8–9), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
When should you use the Fact or Opinion? poster?
Read a review or an advert together and sort the sentences. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Fact or Opinion? belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Fact or Opinion??
Working Out a New Word, Punctuating Speech and Using a Dictionary sit alongside Fact or Opinion? in the 3rd Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Working Out a New WordPunctuating SpeechUsing a Dictionary
Is the Fact or Opinion? poster free to download and print?
Yes. Fact or Opinion? downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 3rd Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Fact or Opinion? poster print at?
Fact or Opinion? is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Fact or Opinion? loses nothing.Printing guide

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