Football
The Oskie Bears are the best football team.
Opinion
You can learn about new things at the School Library.
Fact
Monkeys like bananas.
Fact. (Turn and talk with your neighbor about how you could prove this!)
Ms. Sierra was a better president than George Washington.
Opinion. (How would you prove that someone is better than another?)
Ms. Erin is the best teacher.
Opinion. (Turn to your partner and talk about why this is an opinion!)
Quarterbacks are the most athletic football players.
Opinion. (How can you prove "most athletic?")
University of Kansas is in Lawrence, KS.
Fact
Monkeys live in trees.
fact. (How could you prove this to someone?)
The Pony Express was a bad way to deliver mail.
Opinion. (How do you PROVE that something is bad?)
Ms. Jamie LOVES Christmas.
Fact.
The Chiefs have won more than 1 Super Bowl game.
What is a fact. (How could you prove this? Turn and talk with your neighbor.)
Oskaloosa is the most amazing school in our district!
Opinion. (How can you prove if something is amazing?)
Dogs are the best animals!
Opinion. (How do you prove that something is the best? Turn and talk with your neighbor about why this statement is an opinion.)
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the U.S.
What is a fact (I can look this up in an encyclopedia or history book!)
Yellow is the best color.
Opinion. (Can we PROVE if something is boring or not?)
Education happens in a school.
Fact. (You can prove this is true)
There are 2 2nd grade teachers at Oskaloosa.
Fact (We can prove this to be true by counting the teachers.)
Monkeys stink.
Opinion. (How do you prove that something smells bad? What one person thinks is stinky, another might think smells like perfume!)
Texas is a better place to live than Kansas.
Opinion. (Many have different ideas on what is "better.")
The Xbox series X costs $500.
Fact.
Football is better than soccer.
Opinion. (You can't prove "better.")
Oskaloosa has beautiful artwork up all over the building.
Opinion. (How do you PROVE if something is beautiful?)
Monkeys take care of their families.
Fact. (Where could I look to prove this statement?)
The Colorado mountains are gorgeous.
Opinion. (There are different ideas on what gorgeous really looks like.)
Cleaning is a waste of time.
Opinion. (This is how somebody FEELS and BELIEVES, so it is an opinion.)