Spiders are a great topic for writing. All week, we read nonfiction books on spiders. We also watched this video from Discovery, click
here. We collected our information on a chart.
One of our major objectives in writing is for first graders to be able to write on opinion piece. First we sorted some statements about spiders into fact or opinion. Then, before we wrote we talked about OREO writing. In an OREO piece, students state their
Opinion, give a
Reason, give some
Evidence, then restate the
Opinion. The first graders had to choose their opinion: Are spiders creepy or cool? Then, they were to use the information we had learned about spiders as their reasoning and evidence. The first graders worked very hard. Such hard work on an Oreo opinion piece deserves a cookie treat, yes?
The pieces turned out great. Here are just two examples read by the authors. One creepy opinion and one cool opinion. What do you think?
We also made some cute spiders to go with our opinion pieces. You should check out our writing and art work in the hallway during conference time.
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