SECOND GRADE EXPLICIT OPINION WRITING CURRICULUM l 40 Lessons

Description

Teach opinion writing with confidence using this no-prep, explicit writing curriculum! Students learn to state an opinion, support it with reasons, strengthen their ideas with examples and evidence, and write complete opinion pieces through engaging, step-by-step lessons that build confidence and independence.

Simply display the slides and teach—everything is planned for you!

⭐ Why Teachers Love It

• ✔️ 40 ready-to-teach digital lessons
• ✔️ No prep—just click and teach
• ✔️ Explicit Watch Me, Our Turn, Your Turn instruction
• ✔️ Step-by-step lessons that gradually build independent writers
• ✔️ High-interest topics and background-building activities ensure every student has something meaningful to write about
• ✔️ Standards-aligned and designed for all learners

📝 Students Will Learn To:

• Distinguish facts from opinions
• Write clear opinion statements
• Support opinions with reasons
• Strengthen reasons with examples and evidence
• Use linking words and concluding statements
• Revise, edit, and publish opinion pieces independently

📦 What’s Included

• 📖 40 digital lesson plans
• 📄 Printable student pages
• 📊 Observation checklists
• ✅ Opinion writing rubric
• 🖼️ 11 classroom posters

❤️ Perfect For

• 2nd Grade classrooms
• Intervention
• Special education
• Homeschool

Build confident second-grade writers through explicit, systematic instruction that makes teaching opinion writing simple, engaging, and effective.

Here’s what two teachers said:

This is one of the BEST purchases I have ever made on TPT. Thank you for this resource!!! I will be buying more from you. You have made opinion writing so easy and fun to teach! -Penni

I love how sequential and purposeful each lesson is! -Kathleen