1/19/2027

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Morning Meeting Agenda

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Literacy of the Day

Can you prove it?

A fact can be checked. An opinion is what somebody thinks. Both are useful — but mixing them up is how people get fooled.

Words of the Day: FACT and OPINION. A fact is true for everybody. An opinion is how you feel — and someone else might feel differently!

FACT “Pizza is round.” You can look and check! True for everybody OPINION “Pizza is the best food.” Some people disagree! What you think

One you can check. One is how you feel.

Let’s talk
  • Fact or opinion: “Today is Tuesday.”
  • Fact or opinion: “Recess is the best part of the day.”
  • Tell me one FACT about yourself. Now tell me one OPINION!
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“Today is Tuesday” is a FACT — check the calendar! “Recess is the best” is an OPINION — some people love art or reading best. Both are okay to say. They’re just different kinds of sentences.
Try it

Thumbs game! I’ll say a sentence. Thumbs UP if it’s a fact, thumbs SIDEWAYS if it’s an opinion. Ready? “The sky is blue.” “Blue is the prettiest color.” “We are at school.”

Here’s where it gets interesting. The hardest sentences aren’t clearly one or the other — they’re opinions dressed up to sound like facts.

Three kinds of statements FACT “The bus boycott lasted 381 days.” You can check it in the records. OPINION “I think King was the best speaker.” Says “I think” — honest about it. DISGUISED “Everyone knows this is the best way.” Sounds factual. Isn’t.

The third one is the one to watch for.

Let’s talk
  • What makes “everyone knows” a warning sign? What is it doing to the listener?
  • Is this one a fact or an opinion: “Chattanooga is the best city in Tennessee”? How would you rewrite it honestly?
  • Opinions aren’t bad — we need them. So what actually makes an opinion worth taking seriously?
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“Everyone knows” pressures you to agree without thinking — it implies you’re the only one who doesn’t. Watch for its cousins: obviously, clearly, any reasonable person. “Chattanooga is the best” is an opinion; honestly stated it’s “I think Chattanooga is the best, because…” And that’s the answer to the third: an opinion is worth taking seriously when it’s supported by facts and the person is honest that it’s an opinion. Facts are the ingredients. Opinions are what you build with them.
Try it

Disguise detector! With a partner, write one opinion three ways: honest (“I think…”), disguised (“Everyone knows…”), and supported (“I think… because [fact]”). Which version would actually convince someone who disagreed with you?

Additional Notes/Activities

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