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Strong Endings: A Piano for Maple Square

Grade 3 opinion writing: read a piece about a town square piano, pick strong concluding statements and write one of your own.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toW.3.1.d

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students choose a concluding statement that restates the opinion of an opinion piece.
Students tell a concluding statement apart from reasons and details that belong in the middle.
Students write a concluding statement for an opinion piece.

How to use

Read Lina's piece together and talk about why it feels unfinished, then let students answer the questions and write their own endings.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.3.1.d

Write a concluding statement or section for an opinion piece.

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Strong Endings: A Piano for Maple Square

Choose and write a concluding statement for an opinion piece.

Read Lina's opinion piece

Lina wrote an opinion piece for her town newsletter. She has not written her ending yet.

A Piano for Maple Square

1Maple Square is the heart of our town. People sit by the fountain, buy flowers and wait for the bus there. I think our town should put a piano in Maple Square for anyone to play.

2First, a piano would fill the square with music. Right now, the loudest sounds in the square are buses and car horns. If a piano stood under the big oak tree, kids could practice their songs, and grown-ups could play tunes they remember. Even people who cannot play could stop and listen.

3Second, a piano would help neighbors meet each other. When someone plays, people gather around to listen. They might sing along or ask the player to teach them a song. Strangers could become friends because of one simple instrument.

4Some people worry that rain would ruin the piano. However, the town could build a small roof over it and cover it with a tarp at night.

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