Paragraphs and opinions: 3rd to 5th reading & writing
Paragraphs (topic sentence, details, closing) and opinion pieces. A free 3rd to 5th lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: paragraphs (topic sentence, details, closing) and opinion pieces.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: what do you already know about paragraphs and opinions?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (15 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: paragraphs and opinions.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.
Practise (20 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Learn: Trail: Build a paragraph (https://peabody.kids/world/write/write-build-a-paragraph)
- Learn: Trail: Fact or opinion? (https://peabody.kids/world/write/write-fact-or-opinion)
- Play: Link words (https://peabody.kids/words/c4-connectors)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about paragraphs and opinions, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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