Checkable or Just a View? is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on telling fact from opinion, aligned to Common Core standard D3.2.K-2. It prints 3 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.
Sort: Oranges taste better than apples, Pepper the cat is black with white paws, The old street was better than now, Apples cost 3 coins
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2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: The fair is on 12 June, The playground is a waste of the car park, The number 4 bus takes 20 minutes, Oak Street is the nicest street in town
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3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: Bin day is Tuesday, Twenty minutes is far too long, The library closes at 1 on Saturday, The library should open on Sunday
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LessonPrint · D3.2.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Checkable or Just a View?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Apples cost 3 coins — Fact 2. Oranges taste better than apples — Opinion 3. Pepper the cat is black with white paws — Fact 4. The old street was better than now — Opinion
2.1. Oak Street is the nicest street in town — Opinion 2. The fair is on 12 June — Fact 3. The number 4 bus takes 20 minutes — Fact 4. The playground is a waste of the car park — Opinion
3.1. Bin day is Tuesday — Fact 2. The library closes at 1 on Saturday — Fact 3. The library should open on Sunday — Opinion 4. Twenty minutes is far too long — Opinion
Questions about Checkable or Just a View?
What does the Checkable or Just a View? worksheet cover?
It practises telling fact from opinion — 3 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D3.2.K-2: Judge a source by telling fact apart from opinion. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each sentence into fact or opinion”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Checkable or Just a View? practise?
D3.2.K-2 — D3.2.K-2, in the Evaluating Sources and Using Evidence domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Evaluate a source by distinguishing between fact and opinion.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Checkable or Just a View? is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D3.2.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Checkable or Just a View? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 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 Checkable or Just a View? 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 Checkable or Just a View? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Checkable or Just a View?, 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.
Is there a lesson plan to teach D3.2.K-2?
Yes — “Checkable or Just a View?” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D3.2.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Checkable or Just a View? is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D3.2.K-2
Judge a source by telling fact apart from opinion.
Teaching this next? Checkable or Just a View? is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.