2nd grade Opinion Writing Resources

All About Me!

Let's get to know you! Have your beginning writer complete this activity all about her, a great way to build confidence in herself and in her writing.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Favorite Food Opinion Writing

Worksheet

Favorite Food Opinion Writing

Let your students work up an appetite for writing with this opinion writing prompt. First students will consider their favorite food while they fill in the structured pre-writing planner, then they can use the second page to write their opinion essay.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Celebrating Black History Month with the Sounds of African-American Music: Jazz and Hip-Hop

Lesson plan

Celebrating Black History Month with the Sounds of African-American Music: Jazz and Hip-Hop

What do like to groove to? Bebop or hip-hop? In this Black History Month lesson plan, students will listen to and learn about two music genres heavily influenced by African-Americans. Then they will write about which genre they prefer.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Teaching Expression with Music

Lesson plan

Teaching Expression with Music

In this lesson, your students will use music and art to visualize emotions and express feelings. They will love using music to practice writing!

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Fact or Opinion: Part 1

Lesson plan

Fact or Opinion: Part 1

Cats are the best! Pizza is better! My teacher rules! In Fact or Opinion: Part 1, your students will combine reading and writing to learn about the differences between facts and opinions and how those differences are communicated.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Letter Writes: Persuasive Opinion Writing

Lesson plan

Letter Writes: Persuasive Opinion Writing

Students begin this letter-writing journey with a dog whose opinion is persuasively portrayed, and by learning that opinion is not fact. Activities include partner role-play and the chance for students to write a persuasive opinion letter of their own.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Facts and Opinions: What's the Truth?

Lesson plan

Facts and Opinions: What's the Truth?

Use this lesson to teach your students about facts and opinions. Teach them that a certain belief that they have about someone or something is not a fact!

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

The Write Direction

Workbook

The Write Direction

Get your second grader's creativity flowing with this workbook, boasting all of the right stuff he needs to create events in a sequence, and eventually even pen his own prompts!

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Book Report Outline

Worksheet

Book Report Outline

Need a template for your child to write his book report ? Here is a fun, postcard themed book report outline.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

In the 'Hood

Workbook

In the 'Hood

How well do you know your community? Give your child the tools she needs to learn about her local government, community helpers and how she can have a voice in her community.

2nd grade

Social studies

Workbook

Here’s What I Think!

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.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Recess Opinion Writing

Worksheet

Recess Opinion Writing

Encourage your second graders to develop a well-reasoned argument about the length of recesses with this writing prompt and rubric. Students can use the pre-writing planner to develop their argument, then they'll write out their opinion on page two.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Fact or Opinion: Part 3

Lesson plan

Fact or Opinion: Part 3

In Fact or Opinion: Part 3, your students will take what they learned from the previous lessons and apply it by writing their own personal opinion essays.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

My Teacher for President!

Lesson plan

My Teacher for President!

Need a promotion? Then have your students participate in a writing lesson that will have them voting for you! Give students the opportunity to place teachers in the spotlight, as they persuade others why teachers make the best presidents.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Favorite Subject Opinion Writing

Worksheet

Favorite Subject Opinion Writing

Learn more about your students' favorite school subjects with this engaging opinion writing prompt and rubric. Students will contemplate their favorite subject while they fill out the pre-writing planner, then they'll write out their essay on page two.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Fact or Opinion: Part 2

Lesson plan

Fact or Opinion: Part 2

My dog is better! In this lesson, your students will combine reading, writing, and movement to practice distinguishing and supporting facts and opinions.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Dear Teacher: Opinion Letters

Lesson plan

Dear Teacher: Opinion Letters

Build community and teach students that opinions matter with this activity that includes survey interviews and a letter to the teacher.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

My Favorite Book Outline

Worksheet

My Favorite Book Outline

Help your students prepare to write about their favorite book with this opinion writing organizer. This handy worksheet breaks down opinion writing into easy-to-follow steps that will have your kids writing persuasive essays with ease in no time.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Extra, Extra! Read All About It

Lesson plan

Extra, Extra! Read All About It

Students will learn to structure their written arguments as they create their own class paper full of opinion editorial pieces in this fun, real-world driven lesson. Step right up and write all about it!

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Opinion Organizing Outline

Worksheet

Opinion Organizing Outline

Help your students develop and prepare a well-reasoned argument with this handy organizer! First students will choose a topic that they feel strongly about, then they'll explain the reasons for their opinion and practice writing a concluding statement.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Fact or Opinion? #5

Worksheet

Fact or Opinion? #5

A fact is a true statement, while an opinion is just someone's personal view. Learn to tell the difference with this worksheet on facts and opinions!

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Plan a Persuasive Paragraph

Worksheet

Plan a Persuasive Paragraph

Teach your students to write a persuasive paragraph with this worksheet. Your student will choose an issue, explain their opinion, provide supportive reasoning for their opinion, and then write a paragraph on the issue.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

"Fu" for You (Good Fortune for You)

Lesson plan

"Fu" for You (Good Fortune for You)

What do red envelopes, pomelos, and water narcissus flowers have in common? They all bring good fortune during the Chinese New Year! In this lesson, students will write about someone to whom they would like to grant good fortune.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Fact or Opinion? #1

Worksheet

Fact or Opinion? #1

Learn the difference between fact and opinion! Your child will build basic logic skills as she decides which statements are facts and which are not.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Opinion Writing: Peer Revision

Worksheet

Opinion Writing: Peer Revision

Once students have completed their first draft of opinion writing, guide students through a peer review conference with this checklist! Students will reread their own work and then a partner's work, checking for punctuation, capitalization, and more.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

2nd grade Opinion Writing Resources