Here’s What I Think!

Second graders love field trips and sharing their opinions! This fun lesson combines both, as students must convince their teacher to take them on a field trip by practicing their opinion writing and using paragraph structure.

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Learning Objectives

Students will write an opinion paragraph using linking words.

Introduction

(5 minutes)

Ask students to close their eyes and imagine the most amazing place the class could go for a field trip. When they have a place in their mind, ask them to show a thumbs-up.
Explain that today the students are going to get a chance to write an opinion paragraph that convinces you to take them to a particular place for a field trip.

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