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Dear Ms. Rivera: The Best Class Job

Grade 2 opinion writing: study a student's letter about the best class job, then plan a letter about the best special class.

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Aligned toW.2.1

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students identify the topic, opinion, reasons and ending in an opinion letter.
Students choose reasons that support an opinion and join them with because.
Students plan an opinion letter with an opening, two reasons and an ending.

How to use

Read Tomás's letter together and talk about each part, then let students answer on their own. Use the planning boxes to draft a real letter to your principal.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.2.1

Write an opinion piece that introduces the topic or book, states an opinion, gives reasons, links them with words like because, and ends with a conclusion.

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Dear Ms. Rivera: The Best Class Job

Study an opinion letter, then plan your own letter about the best special class.

Read Tomás's letter

An opinion letter tells what the writer thinks and gives reasons. Read Tomás's letter to his teacher.

The Best Class Job

1Dear Ms. Rivera,
Next week, our class will pick new class jobs. There are lots of good jobs, like line leader and messenger. I think plant helper is the best job in our room.

2First, I like this job because I get to care for something alive. The plant helper gives the bean plants on the windowsill a drink of water. Every week, I can see the plants grow a little taller.

3Also, plant helper is a quiet job. I can water the plants before our lessons start, so nobody has to stop learning. It is a calm way to begin the day.

4That is why plant helper is the best class job. Please let me be the plant helper next week!
Your student,
Tomás

What job does each sentence do in Tomás's letter? Sort the sentences.

Also, plant helper is a quiet job.That is why plant helper is the best class job.I think plant helper is the best job in our room.First, I like this job because I get to care for something alive.Next week, our class will pick new class jobs.