Lesson Plan
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.