First Grade Opinion Lessons

Power Writing Lessons

These lessons focus on the skills needed to master the chosen standard and are designed to compliment the companion writing lessons.

Companion Writing Lessons

These lessons are built to extend the skills taught in the power lessons. The intent is to allow the students to demonstrate their knowledge of the skills needed to master the chosen standard.

Power Lesson

Using Adjectives to Help Support Opinion Writing

First Grade Power Opinion .pdf

Companion Lesson

Writing Opinion Sentences Without a Sentence Frame

First Grade Companion Opinion .pdf

Power Lesson

Let Me Share a Few Good Reasons: Supporting Opinions with Good Reasons

First Grade Power Lesson -- Let Me Share a Few Good Reasons revised 1.30.2022.pdf

Companion Lesson

The Best Pet: Supporting Opinions Using Text-based Evidence

First Grade Companion Lesson -- The Best Pet revised 1.30.2022.pdf

Power Lesson

My Opinion Is... Establishing Opinions about Illustrations and Events in Text

First Grade Power Lesson -- My Opinion Is....pdf

Companion Lesson

Making My Opinion Count: Evaluating a Story by Writing an Opinion Paragraph

First Grade Companion Lesson -- Making My Opinion Count.pdf

Power Lesson

Save the Best for Last: Ways to Provide a Sense of Closure in an Opinion Writing Piece

First Grade Power Lesson -- Save the Best for Last.pdf

Companion Lesson

How Not to Write “The End”

First Grade Companion Lesson -- How Not to Write The End.pdf

Foundational and Mastery Skill-based Lessons

These lessons serve as a scaffold of the specific learning targets and move from the foundational level into the mastery level of the standard.

First Grade Mastery Lesson -- Opinion -- I can support my opinion writing with reasons.pdf

Opinion Writing Mastery Lesson: Supporting opinion writing with reasons

First Grade Foundational Lesson -- Opinion -- I can recognize that opinions are based on specific reasons or evidence.pdf

Opinion Writing Foundational Lesson: I can recognize that opinions are based on specific reasons or evidence.

Recommended Mentor Texts

The Perfect Pet

Tacky the Penguin

I Want a Dog: My Opinion Essay

Cats vs. Dogs

Hey, Little Ant

Red is Best

Duck! Rabbit!

Earrings

I Wanna New Room

I Wanna Iguana

Stella Writes an Opinion

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