Name:__________________________________________ Date: _______________________ Fair or Unfair? Read each situation and circle Fair if you think the statement/situation is fair and circle Unfair if you think the statement/situation is not fair. 1 Jack is in a wheelchair. He can’t get to the school library because there are steps. He never gets to take books out of the library unless his teacher or a friend remembers to get him one. Is this FAIR or UNFAIR? 2 Mr. Parker, the first grade teacher, decided to give everyone with brown hair an A on a math test. Is this FAIR or UNFAIR? 3 Everyone in the class want to take the class pet home for Thanksgiving so the teacher Is puts all of the names in a hat to choose one person who will take care of the pet. this FAIR or UNFAIR? 4 Fields School only has one soccer field. There is a girls’ soccer team and a boys’ soccer team. Only the boys get to use the field because they always get there faster after school. Is this FAIR or UNFAIR? 5 Mrs. Doggett tells the students they will get extra recess if they get an A on the spelling test. She encourages them to study. Peter doesn’t study and he is the only student that does not get an A. He does not get extra recess. Is this FAIR or UNFAIR?
Name:__________________________________________ Date: _______________________ Fair or Unfair? Read each situation and circle Fair if you think the statement/situation is fair and circle Unfair if you think the statement/situation is not fair. 1 Jack is in a wheelchair. He can’t get to the school library because there are steps. He never gets to take books out of the library unless his teacher or a friend remembers to get him one. Is this FAIR or UNFAIR? 2 Mr. Parker, the first grade teacher, decided to give everyone with brown hair an A on a math test. Is this FAIR or UNFAIR? 3 Everyone in the class want to take the class pet home for Thanksgiving so the teacher puts all of the names in a hat to choose one person who will take care of the pet. Is this FAIR or UNFAIR? 4 Fields School only has one soccer field. There is a girls’ soccer team and a boys’ soccer team. Only the boys get to use the field because they always get there faster after school. Is this FAIR or UNFAIR? 5 Mrs. Doggett tells the students they will get extra recess if they get an A on the spelling test. She encourages them to study. Peter doesn’t study and he is the only student that does not get an A. He does not get extra recess. Is this FAIR or UNFAIR?
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