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