Olympic Opinions

This reflective reading and writing worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 strengthen comprehension strategy awareness and personal response writing by focusing on On My Own questions within the QAR framework. After reading a passage about the first Olympic Games, students respond to questions that rely on personal experience, opinions, and background knowledge rather than direct evidence from the text.

Learning Goals

• Identifying On My Own Questions (Grades 4-6): Recognize questions that do not require information from the passage.
• Differentiating Question Requirements: Understand when text evidence is needed and when personal insight is appropriate.
• Personal & Opinion Writing: Write clear, thoughtful responses based on individual experiences or beliefs.
• Reflective & Evaluative Thinking: Consider ideas thoughtfully and explain personal viewpoints.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to support upper elementary reading comprehension instruction.
• Strengthens QAR Understanding: Helps students clearly distinguish On My Own questions from other QAR types.
• Encourages Student Voice: Provides space for individual perspectives and self-expression.
• Flexible Classroom Use: Ideal for reading journals, comprehension strategy lessons, homework, or assessment.

This printable worksheet helps students build confidence in recognizing when questions ask for personal thinking rather than text-based answers. By responding to On My Own prompts about the Olympic Games, learners strengthen reflection, opinion writing, and comprehension strategy awareness. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this resource provides meaningful practice with QAR distinctions, personal response writing, and thoughtful evaluation.

This worksheet is part of our QAR (question-answer relationships) worksheets collection.