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 24 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 villages were forgotten, The programme was a success, 41 per cent of those polled said housing, 140,000 homes were built last year
FactOpinion
2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: The agreement fixed prices for five years, Shortages rather than politics set the pace, Private firms would have done better, The white paper proposed 300,000 homes a year
FactOpinion
3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: The councils build too slowly, The waiting list held 11,600 families, The minister was right to admit it, The House divided 310 to 246
FactOpinion
LessonPrint · D3.2.3-5 · Set 24 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Checkable or Contestable?
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. 140,000 homes were built last year — Fact 2. 41 per cent of those polled said housing — Fact 3. The programme was a success — Opinion 4. The villages were forgotten — Opinion
2.1. Private firms would have done better — Opinion 2. Shortages rather than politics set the pace — Opinion 3. The agreement fixed prices for five years — Fact 4. The white paper proposed 300,000 homes a year — Fact
3.1. The councils build too slowly — Opinion 2. The House divided 310 to 246 — Fact 3. The minister was right to admit it — Opinion 4. The waiting list held 11,600 families — 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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