Facts and Opinions Game for a Small Group Activity: OUCH

Are you looking for a fun game that your students can play as they practice differentiating between facts and opinions? This is a hands-on game that your elementary-aged students will love! They can play with a partner or in a small group. They will read statements and classify them as facts or opinions. This game includes 45 statements in all, so there are lots of facts and opinions to identify.

Directions and answers are included. Students take turns drawing a strip, reading the sentence, and determining if the statement is a fact or an opinion. If they answer correctly, they get to keep their card and place it on their collection sheet. The first player to collect 3 FACT cards and 3 OPINION cards wins the game! But be careful! If a student draws a card that says "OUCH", they must return all of the cards they previously collected back into the pot, and they must start collecting again.

If you've never played an OUCH! game in your classroom before, give it a try! It's super fun!

Here's what teachers like you had to say about using these task cards with their students:

• Stacie B. said, "I have played this game with my students for two years and the students have loved it both years. It starts out as a quiet little game but as they continue to play they get so nervous to get an OUCH that the volume levels and excitement goes up. Great game!"

• Jennifer M. said, "This resource was fun and engaging and my students were engaged and had lots of fun. My students had lots of fun playing this game during reading rotations, it provided practice but most importantly it allowed my students to have fun."

• Camber L. said, "This was such a good activity to determine the difference between fact and opinion. This was a very engaging activity that sparked great discussion."

• Megan D. said, "Students loved playing this game and have asked for it multiple times. They get so excited when they pull an ouch card!"

My related resources include:

Facts and Opinions PowerPoint

Basketball Craftivity

Football Craftivity

Fact and Opinion Task Cards (32 task cards!)

Facts and Opinions: "I have... Who Has...?" Game

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