Opinion Writing

You may have been wondering what our 1st graders have been up to with the collections they brought to school earlier this month. Well, our opinion pieces are almost completed and are looking to be published by the end of the week!

We had collections of just about everything, from comics to fishing lures, seashells to racecars. Since the children are passionate about their collections it was easy for them to formulate an opinion as to which item in their collection they felt was the best. Nevertheless, our new opinion writers quickly discovered that to convince their readers they must give many reasons to support their choice of which item deserves the 'Blue Ribbon Award.' 

This is the longest we have worked on a piece of writing thus far, and the children are doing a fantastic job of revising and continually adding more convincing details that further support their opinion. The children have shared their collections with numerous classmates and have even begun to anticipate disagreement by quoting experts. 

We hope to have these terrific pieces displayed early next week for your viewing pleasure.  I am confident these 1st graders will indeed convince you of their opinion!