Fact and Opinion Reading Probes Editable

About this resource

Everything inside: 25 pages · 6 original passages, each a deliberate mix of fact and opinion · 24 statements to mark (4 per form, 2 fact and 2 opinion) · a shared answer-key and scoring page for all six forms · a data log and scaled trend graph · a caseload summary · a ready-to-send family update · a classroom teacher check-in (a second setting) · a 17-starter phrase bank · a binder cover and 4-section binder map · a worked, invented example.

The store had probes for main idea, compare and contrast, and cause and effect, but nothing that measures whether a student can tell a fact (something that can be checked or proven) from an opinion (a feeling or judgment) inside a real passage. This file hands the student six original, invented passages, each about 55–75 words, on an everyday school topic (a class pet, a field trip, a recess game, a school garden, a class read-aloud, a spring concert), each carrying two statements straight from the text and two judgment statements built on words like “best,” “cutest” or “greatest.” The student reads silently and marks each of four statements Fact or Opinion — nothing else is on the page. Scoring, the rubric and the answer key live on separate adult-only pages, never in the student's hands.

WHAT IS INCLUDED — 25 pages, 431 type-in fields

Prepare To Give The Probes

• Binder Cover and Section Map — a spine/cover card, a 4-box section reference (not a cutting page, solid-bordered, no cut instruction), and an 8-row "where to find things" index
• How This Pack Works — how the six forms share one rubric and one key page, plus a 3-row table comparing what each of the file's three tools measures
• Fact and Opinion Goal, Rubric and Directions — a sample IEP-style goal (invented, every bracket editable), a baseline table (median of the first three probes), a binary Correct/Incorrect rubric (no partial credit), and a 2-row benchmark table

Take The Data

• Six Probe Forms (A–F) — each a clean, student-facing page: a "My name" line, one kid-worded instruction with a book icon, the passage, and four numbered statements, each with two real marking boxes labeled Fact and Opinion — nothing scored, no goal text, no marks on this page
• Answer Keys and Scoring — one shared adult-only page listing each form's fact and opinion statements by number and a Score /4 field per form

Track, Report And Share

• Fact and Opinion Accuracy Data Log — 12 dated rows, one form per row
• Fact and Opinion Accuracy Trend Graph — a scaled 0–100% grid plus a 12-row log table
• Caseload Summary — 12 students by 8 probes, baseline and criterion percent, trend and decision columns
• Family Update — Reading at Home — a ready-to-send communication page: what was read, how it went in plain words, a practice idea, and a 7-day practiced table
• Classroom Fact and Opinion Check-In — two half-page notes per sheet, cut apart: a checkbox, one sentence, no codes, for the general education teacher or paraprofessional during regular class reading (a different setting from the six probe forms)
• Progress Note Phrase Bank — 17 observable-language starters across 5 groups (fact-identification accuracy, opinion-identification accuracy, pattern across probes, next steps, the quarterly-report sentence), every one ending in a blank pulled from a data sheet in the file
• A Filled-In Probe Set and Log — a worked, invented example (Jordan R., third grade) with a 4-row weekly log and a 2-row answer-key excerpt, every number cross-checked against the arithmetic behind it

Plus a Start Here quick-start, a 3-section contents page with real page thumbnails, 3 section dividers, and a "what's next" back page.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

It is a fillable PDF. Open it in a PDF reader, click a field, type, save. It works offline with no account or subscription. It is NOT a Google Sheets file, a Google Doc, or an Excel workbook, and it does not calculate a percent for you. The six probe forms print cleanly for the student to write directly on.

It is not a norm-referenced or standardized reading test, and it is not a Lexile or grade-level placement tool. It does not set a passing criterion or sort a student into any category — that is a blank line for your team. It is not Compare and Contrast Reading Comprehension Probes, Cause and Effect Reading Comprehension Probes, or Main Idea and Supporting Details Reading Comprehension Probes, each of which measures a different comprehension skill from the same six-form shape; a student whose goals name more than one of these skills is well served by more than one file.

No age, eligibility or IDEA-timeline claim anywhere; no health data is pre-filled, and the example student (Jordan) is invented and named as such on page 24.

Who This Is For

Special education teachers, reading interventionists and case managers who need fact-and-opinion comprehension measured with the student's own marks as the evidence, scored from an answer key in under a minute a form.

If You Want More

Main Idea and Supporting Details Reading Comprehension Probes, Compare and Contrast Reading Comprehension Probes and Cause and Effect Reading Comprehension Probes are the sibling comprehension-passage probes, the same six-form shape, each a different skill. Listening Comprehension Probes and Auditory Processing Data Sheets Editable pairs a passage the adult reads aloud instead of silent reading.