Fact or Opinion? 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 park gate closes at dark, Soup is nicer than sandwiches, The park is the best place in town, Milk costs 3 coins
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2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: It rained on two days, The letter came from the fire station, Old schools were better, Red hats look silly
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3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: Watering the plant is the easiest job, The hat has a yellow star, Rainy days are boring, There are five jobs on the chart
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LessonPrint · D3.2.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Fact or Opinion?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Milk costs 3 coins — Fact 2. Soup is nicer than sandwiches — Opinion 3. The park gate closes at dark — Fact 4. The park is the best place in town — Opinion
2.1. It rained on two days — Fact 2. Old schools were better — Opinion 3. Red hats look silly — Opinion 4. The letter came from the fire station — Fact
3.1. Rainy days are boring — Opinion 2. The hat has a yellow star — Fact 3. There are five jobs on the chart — Fact 4. Watering the plant is the easiest job — Opinion
Questions about Fact or Opinion?
What does the Fact or Opinion? 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 Opinion? 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 Opinion? 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 Opinion? 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 Opinion? 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 Opinion? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Fact or Opinion?, 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 What Somebody Thinks” 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 Opinion? 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 What Somebody Thinks is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.