Fact or Judgement? is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on telling fact from opinion, aligned to Common Core standard D3.2.K-2. 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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Sort: The school closed on Tuesday, Emma Shaw was 11 in 1871, The noise at the mill was very great, The river wall should have been raised sooner
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2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: The repair will cost 800 pounds, The museum is the best in the county, The mill employed 200 people, Life was harder in 1871 than now
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3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: Tuesday is the best day for a market, The council spent the money wisely, The shuttle is made of boxwood, Seven councillors voted for the repair
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LessonPrint · D3.2.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Fact or Judgement?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Emma Shaw was 11 in 1871 — Fact 2. The noise at the mill was very great — Opinion 3. The river wall should have been raised sooner — Opinion 4. The school closed on Tuesday — Fact
2.1. Life was harder in 1871 than now — Opinion 2. The mill employed 200 people — Fact 3. The museum is the best in the county — Opinion 4. The repair will cost 800 pounds — Fact
3.1. Seven councillors voted for the repair — Fact 2. The council spent the money wisely — Opinion 3. The shuttle is made of boxwood — Fact 4. Tuesday is the best day for a market — Opinion
Questions about Fact or Judgement?
What does the Fact or Judgement? worksheet cover?
It practises telling fact from opinion — 3 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D3.2.K-2: Judge a source by telling fact apart from opinion. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each sentence into fact or opinion”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Fact or Judgement? practise?
D3.2.K-2 — D3.2.K-2, in the Evaluating Sources and Using Evidence domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Evaluate a source by distinguishing between fact and opinion.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Fact or Judgement? is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D3.2.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Fact or Judgement? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Fact or Judgement? can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Fact or Judgement? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Fact or Judgement?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach D3.2.K-2?
Yes — “Fact or Judgement?” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D3.2.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Fact or Judgement? is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D3.2.K-2
Judge a source by telling fact apart from opinion.
Teaching this next? Fact or Judgement? is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.