Opinion writing activities

Are you about to start your opinion writing unit? These opinion writing prompts and worksheets are ideal for elementary students.

Teaching opinion writing can be a lot of fun in First Grade. First graders have LOTS of opinions, and they love to share them! Here are a few ideas that have helped me to teach opinion writing to first graders. Start by teaching students how to write a topic sentence. I have found that having an anchor chart with sentence starters for students to refer to is super helpful. I like to create the chart in front of the students. It might look something like this: Once the chart is completed…

Are you teaching opinion/persuasive writing? This craft is PERFECT for your literacy lessons and will create a stunning bulletin board!

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The pre write stage of the writing process is important for students to brainstorm their writing ideas. In your writing lessons and literacy lessons, you need these writing graphic organizers! These planning pages are worksheets that are perfect for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade writing centers. These are narrative writing, opinion writing, informational writing, and how to writing printables. You need these for the first lesson plan in your writing unit!

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!

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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.

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…

This is a simple graphic organizer to use when students are working on an opinion piece with the OREO strategy. There is both a lined and unlined version. Check out some of my great phonics packets! AR Worksheets & Activities - NO PREP! OR Worksheets & Activities - NO PREP! ER, IR, UR Worksheets & Activities - NO PREP! Bossy R Bundle (AR, OR, ER, IR & UR) Worksheets & Activities - NO PREP! AI & AY Worksheets & Activities - NO PREP! OI & OY Worksheets & Activities - NO PREP! OA & OW…