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📖 Kindergarten · ELAW.K.1Unit 8: Opinion writing: drawing & telling what I like

Giving reasons

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🎯 Objective: Students add a reason to an opinion.

Lesson outline

  1. Model adding “because”.
  2. Partner practice.
  3. Revise writing.
  4. Exit: one reason.

Lesson 3 of 4 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

W.K.1

Common Core State Standards for ELA, Kindergarten — typical US scope & sequence (literacy block)

🏁 Unit goals

  • State an opinion about a topic or book using drawing, dictating and writing
  • Give a reason

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

📚 All Kindergarten skills📚 Read-aloud stories⚡ Capy Live class quiz

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More lessons in “Opinion writing: drawing & telling what I like”

  1. What is an opinion?
  2. My favorite book
  3. Giving reasons
  4. Sharing our opinions

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