Fact or Judgment? is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on telling fact from opinion, aligned to C3 Framework indicator 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 students 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: Life was harder in 1871 than now, Emma Shaw was 11 in 1871, The school closed on Tuesday, Tuesday is the best day for a market
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2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: Seven councilors voted for the repair, The shuttle is made of boxwood, The noise at the mill was very great, The council spent the money wisely
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3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: The museum is the best in the county, The repair will cost 800 pounds, The mill employed 200 people, The river wall should have been raised sooner
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LessonPrint · D3.2.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Fact or Judgment?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Emma Shaw was 11 in 1871 — Fact 2. Life was harder in 1871 than now — Opinion 3. The school closed on Tuesday — Fact 4. Tuesday is the best day for a market — Opinion
2.1. Seven councilors voted for the repair — Fact 2. The council spent the money wisely — Opinion 3. The noise at the mill was very great — Opinion 4. The shuttle is made of boxwood — Fact
3.1. The mill employed 200 people — Fact 2. The museum is the best in the county — Opinion 3. The repair will cost 800 pounds — Fact 4. The river wall should have been raised sooner — Opinion
Questions about Fact or Judgment?
What does the Fact or Judgment? worksheet cover?
It practices telling fact from opinion — 3 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on C3 Framework D3.2.K-2: Judge a source by telling fact apart from opinion. The instruction to students is “Sort each sentence into fact or opinion”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does Fact or Judgment? practice?
D3.2.K-2, under Evaluating Sources and Using Evidence for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published indicator reads: “Evaluate a source by distinguishing between fact and opinion.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Fact or Judgment? 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 student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Fact or Judgment? 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 Fact or Judgment? can I print?
25 — one per student, 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 Fact or Judgment? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Fact or Judgment?, 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 — “Fact or Judgment?” 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. Fact or Judgment? 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? Fact or Judgment? is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.