Opinion writing activities

Last week we started opinion writing! It’s my FAVORITE genre to teach, and typically, the one my sweet seconds like best too! I thought I’d share how I launch opinion writing! I spend an entire week launching this particular writing genre – I want my kids to feel comfortable sharing their opinion, as well as ... Read more

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Description First Grade Writing Prompts - Winter This set includes 18 First Grade Writing Prompt Organizers, 18 writing pages for those prompts, 2 blank writing pages for children who write a longer story, and an editing checklist for the students. The set can help you take your students through the writing process from organizing their thoughts to writing and then editing their work. This set is aligned with First Grade CCSS, and includes 6 Opinion writing prompts, 6 Narrative writing…

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Students will love practicing PERSONAL NARRATIVE, INFORMATIVE HOW-TO, & OPINION writing as they work through the writing process with this fun and engaging unit! CCSS 1st/2nd: Please Re-Pin for later 😍💞 writing paper template, #writing #paper #template

Description Have you read "A Turkey for Thanksgiving" by Eve Bunting? If you haven't read this to your class, please do...it always has my students on the edge of their little seats. Once, one of them called out, "It's a nail-biter!" It is an adorable Thanksgiving story with a very happy ending for Mr. Turkey - and we all loved that! Here is a FREEBIE that you can use to go along with it: There are two copies for differentiated responses. My first graders are just beginning to learn how to…

If you need additional resources for opinion writing, I created a planning sheet and writing paper that can be used for any opinion piece throughout the school year! Grab it below (for free)! :) Hav

With students in your classroom who may not have the basics of sentence writing completely down yet, it can be overwhelming to begin planning your opinion writing, or persuasive writing, unit. For young writers learning

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Hello Everyone!! Happy New year to all of you! The end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016 have been very emotional for me. We started off our winter break visiting my son, Jordan in Indiana. He has m