Sort the Evidence is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on putting gathered evidence into the right category, aligned to Common Core standard W.3.8. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Number these to show how Louis Braille built his system.
He was blinded at the age of three.
A soldier showed the school a code of dots.
He settled on a cell of six dots.
He learned to read raised letters at school.
He spent three years simplifying it.
2.Number these to show a salmon's life.
It smells its way back upstream.
The salmon hatches in river gravel.
It swims down to the sea.
It lays its eggs in the gravel.
It lives at sea for several years.
LessonPrint · W.3.8 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Sort the Evidence
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Correct order: 1, 4, 2, 5, 3
2.Correct order: 2, 3, 5, 1, 4
Questions about Sort the Evidence
What does the Sort the Evidence worksheet cover?
It practises putting gathered evidence into the right category — 2 questions for Grade 3, all on Common Core W.3.8: Take brief notes from sources and sort them into given categories. The instruction to pupils is “Number the boxes to show the right order”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Sort the Evidence practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.8 — W.3.8, in the Writing domain for Grade 3. The published standard reads: “Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Sort the Evidence is written for Grade 3, typically ages 8-9. It is one of the sheets on W.3.8, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Sort the Evidence come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Sort the Evidence can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Sort the Evidence free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Sort the Evidence, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for W.3.8
Take brief notes from sources and sort them into given categories.