Happy Summer teacher world! How happy are you right now??
The other day I literally spent an hour and a half in Barnes and Noble browsing the children's section. I found some amazing new books I can't wait to read to my firsties! BUT I'm here to tell you that I found a book that has made opinion writing SO fun! (Opinion writing was always fun... but this book... all the hearts and giggles!)
You Don't Want a Unicorn by Ame Dyckman is my new FAVORITE opinion mentor text. It is a perfect way to teach the importance of giving reasons to support our opinions (I mean seriously, who WOULDN'T want a unicorn??) The reasons are silly and fun, but can be a great way to end your opinion unit or kick it off!
Naturally, my creative side got to thinking and I went straight home and created a FREEBIE to go along with the book and opinion writing. I used this as something fun the last week of school. We read the book, identified the author's opinion, identified supporting details. Then, we listed reasons why we would want a unicorn or why we wouldn't want a unicorn on a T-Chart. Then the firsties determined their own opinion and got to work listing reasons!
Included in the freebie:
-Lesson overview
-T-Chart Headers
-Graphic Organizer
-Writing Page
Click the photo to head straight to the product and click here to purchase the book!
*Please note I do not own the rights to the book and this is not a sponsored post*
