Countable or Arguable? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on using fact and opinion to judge credibility, aligned to Common Core standard D3.2.3-5. 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 23 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Countable or Arguable?
D3.2.3-5
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Sort each sentence into fact or opinion.
1.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: 22,000 tons of grain were landed in 1888, The uplands were better before the mills, The wage cut was unavoidable, One passage cost 4 pounds
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2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: The mills made the region, The board voted six for and three against, Families were better off leaving, Deaths ran at 27 per thousand in the mill district
FactOpinion
3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: The mill district held 11,200 people in 1891, The relief fund held 340 pounds, The harbour mattered more than the mills, Children should never have worked half-time
FactOpinion
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Answer key — Countable or Arguable?
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. 22,000 tons of grain were landed in 1888 — Fact 2. One passage cost 4 pounds — Fact 3. The uplands were better before the mills — Opinion 4. The wage cut was unavoidable — Opinion
2.1. Deaths ran at 27 per thousand in the mill district — Fact 2. Families were better off leaving — Opinion 3. The board voted six for and three against — Fact 4. The mills made the region — Opinion
3.1. Children should never have worked half-time — Opinion 2. The harbour mattered more than the mills — Opinion 3. The mill district held 11,200 people in 1891 — Fact 4. The relief fund held 340 pounds — Fact
More practice for D3.2.3-5
Use the difference between fact and opinion to judge whether sources can be trusted.
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