Checkable or Contestable? 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 11 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.
Checkable or Contestable?
D3.2.3-5
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Sort each sentence into fact or opinion.
1.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: The white paper proposed 300,000 homes a year, The minister was right to admit it, The councils build too slowly, 140,000 homes were built last year
FactOpinion
2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: The waiting list held 11,600 families, The agreement fixed prices for five years, The programme was a success, The villages were forgotten
FactOpinion
3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: The House divided 310 to 246, 41 per cent of those polled said housing, Shortages rather than politics set the pace, Private firms would have done better
FactOpinion
LessonPrint · D3.2.3-5 · Set 11 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Checkable or Contestable?
Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. 140,000 homes were built last year — Fact 2. The councils build too slowly — Opinion 3. The minister was right to admit it — Opinion 4. The white paper proposed 300,000 homes a year — Fact
2.1. The agreement fixed prices for five years — Fact 2. The programme was a success — Opinion 3. The villages were forgotten — Opinion 4. The waiting list held 11,600 families — Fact
3.1. 41 per cent of those polled said housing — Fact 2. Private firms would have done better — Opinion 3. Shortages rather than politics set the pace — Opinion 4. The House divided 310 to 246 — 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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