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The end of the year offers opportunities for some engaging opinion writing! Have 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students reflect on the school year while practicing their writing skills. Use the EOY opinion writing prompts below as inspiration. If your students are still struggling with opinion writing, then these opinion writing tips and paragraph frames can help provide scaffolding. 1. FAVORITE …
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students while sneaking in some fun writing practice with one of the 9 ideas below. It’s a win-win for students and teachers!1. Write a LimerickSt. Patrick’s Day is an ideal time to teach your upper elementary students about limericks. This fun poem is believed to be named after Limerick, …
Teaching opinion writing to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students soon? Use the sentence starters and paragraph frames below in your lessons to help students structure their writing, use transitional words, stay on topic, and support their opinions. Templates like the examples below are a great way to introduce opinion writing. The hope is that eventually, students will go …