Facts and Opinions in Media is a Grade 3 ELA media literacy resource that teaches students to distinguish factual statements from opinions and recognize language that signals judgment rather than evidence.

Tell Facts from Opinions

Students explore the difference between facts and opinions in media messages. They sort statements as facts or opinions and explain their reasoning, building a practical foundation for evaluating the information they encounter in texts and media.

Notice Opinion Signal Words

The activities focus on signal words that suggest opinion or judgment rather than evidence. Students examine wording closely and use these clues to decide whether a statement presents information as evidence or expresses a viewpoint.

Support Answers with Evidence

Students use evidence from a text to answer comprehension questions and explain why a statement belongs in the fact or opinion category. This connects media literacy with reading comprehension and encourages students to base their responses on information from the text.

Practice in Multiple Formats

Students work with multiple-choice questions, true-or-false statements, short-answer responses, a reading passage, matching, a cloze passage, an essay, and a “Did You Know?” activity. These formats give students opportunities to classify statements, identify opinion language, explain their thinking, and use textual evidence.

Included Instructional Support

• Student Notes & Lesson Summary supplement for reinforcing the lesson concepts.
• Separate Teacher Guide PDF with learning objectives, teaching tips, discussion questions, and common mistakes.

Classroom Use

Use this facts and opinions worksheet during Grade 3 media literacy instruction, guided practice, independent work, or review. Students can analyze media messages, classify statements, identify judgment-based language, and support comprehension responses with evidence from the text. The resource identifies Ontario as its standard/framework.