3rd grade opinion writing

Calling all upper elementary writing teachers, this completely FREE opinion writing starter kit will help you teach or review opinion writing with your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. This set inclues an opinion writing anchor chart, modeled writing with coordinating guiding questions to help you teach this genre, student reference page and prompt project to get you started! You will love this free opinion writing printable set! Click today to grab it and it to your writing lesson plans!

Oreos can make pervasive writing more fun! I came across a graphic organizer titled "OREO" when researching ways to teach facts and opinions. I ended up getting way off track but in the end found a brand new-to-me teaching idea. I decided to try this method with Alyssa (Age 8). It was something different from our regular routine which provided a little more variety to our homeschool day. Prior to using the Oreo Opinion Organizer we watched an OREO powerpoint to introduce the method and…

Free Printable Graphic Organizers for Opinion Writing by Genia Connell

How do you introduce opinion writing to your students? Do you use fun videos, interactive games, books to build background knowledge, or current events? There are many different ways teachers can help students understand the purpose of opinion writing. Here are 7 ideas to introduce opinion writing to your elementary students.

Opinion writing prompts for school. Printables for opinion writing prompts for google apps and in a printable for grades 2-4

This Opinion Writing activity is a great way to teach students how the difference between reasons and supporting details when writing an essay. Check out this post to download this free lesson that is great for students in upper elementary classrooms. This lesson pairs well with other minilessons from my opinion writing unit for upper grade students in 4th and 5th grade. It can also be paired with any writing prompts or topics. Use this before students complete their graphic organizers.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.1 Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

OPINION WRITING: Step by Step Reference Chart (Be sure to correct the spelling of "separate" if you recreate this!)

Try this opinion writing lesson with your second or third grade students to engage their brains and get them ready to write. A fun way to kick off an opinion writing unit!

Well, today was the first official day back to school after the longest winter break ever (seriously, 19 days!) with a snow day at the very beginning and then two in a row tacked on at the end. If you are a mid-westerner like myself, you were definitely in the same boat with these frigid wind-chills and mounds of snow. In fact, I had to give my little Honda a pep talk this morning to get through some of those side streets that were still in desperate need of some plowing. "C'mon Hondie, you…