Opinion Writing - 1st Grade

This introduction to opinion writing intervention is filled with prompts, samples / models, sentence frames, brainstorming organizers, word banks, checklists, rubrics, paper & more! Scaffolds make it easy to outline and publish opinion pieces in 1st grade, intervention, and special education groups.

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For Students:

• Increase engagement and improve attitudes toward writing.
• Prevent “I don’t know what to write” and learned helplessness.
• Boost confidence. Students are willing to try when they know it won’t be too hard.
• Accelerate progress with more writing practice and less wasted time.

For Teachers:

• No prep. Print and go. Save yourself hundreds of hours adapting materials.
• Easy for paraeducators to use with small groups.
• Get ideas for writing IEP goals, present levels, and progress reports.
• Spend more time teaching and less time managing avoidance behaviors.

Research Supports:

• Scaffolding
• Task repetition
• Models and exemplars
• Graphic organizers
• Feedback

Effortlessly incorporate all of these into your writing instruction!

This Writing Intervention Includes:

10 Weekly Opinion Prompts

Every Prompt Has:

• a model
• planning organizer with sentence starters
• brainstorm list
• word bank
• writing paper
• revising & editing checklists

Time-Saving Teacher Tools Included:

• Teacher notes
• Example schedule (1 prompt per week)
• Tied to standards (CCSS, TEKS, Florida’s BEST)
• IEP goal examples
• Present level examples
• Progress report statements
• Rubrics
• Conference record
• Leveled writing paper options
• MORE prompts that may be used for writing journals and extra practice
• Organized list of sentence starters for reference

Can be used for:

• Special Education, Tier 3 small groups
• Intervention Groups, Tier 2
• ESL
• Summer school
• Homeschool

FAQ: What is the difference between 1st grade and 2nd grade levels?

• The first grade level has handwriting lines.
• The second grade level has more sentence starters to choose from.
• They have the same prompts and different models for every prompt.

Bundle and Save!

This is included in these bundles:

• Writing Intervention Bundle - First Grade
• Special Education Writing Intervention K-2 Bundle

Background:

When my school adopted Writing Workshop, my special education students were overwhelmed. They needed lots of support to reduce their cognitive load and break tasks down into manageable steps. I spent many hours adapting writing tasks to their individual levels. My students stopped avoiding writing and started to feel successful and confident. In fact, general ed teachers noticed and asked to use my resources with their struggling students, too. I’m happy to share my work with you in the hopes it will lighten your workload and make writing time more enjoyable and stress-free for everyone.

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