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 17 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 minister was right to admit it, 140,000 homes were built last year, Shortages rather than politics set the pace, The House divided 310 to 246
FactOpinion
2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: The waiting list held 11,600 families, The villages were forgotten, Private firms would have done better, The white paper proposed 300,000 homes a year
FactOpinion
3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: 41 per cent of those polled said housing, The programme was a success, The agreement fixed prices for five years, The councils build too slowly
FactOpinion
LessonPrint · D3.2.3-5 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Checkable or Contestable?
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. 140,000 homes were built last year — Fact 2. Shortages rather than politics set the pace — Opinion 3. The House divided 310 to 246 — Fact 4. The minister was right to admit it — Opinion
2.1. Private firms would have done better — Opinion 2. The villages were forgotten — Opinion 3. The waiting list held 11,600 families — Fact 4. The white paper proposed 300,000 homes a year — Fact
3.1. 41 per cent of those polled said housing — Fact 2. The agreement fixed prices for five years — Fact 3. The councils build too slowly — Opinion 4. The programme was a success — Opinion
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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