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Let's Have a Toy Swap: Linking Opinions and Reasons

Grade 3 opinion writing: read a class speech about a toy swap, check how linking words connect opinions and reasons, and use them in your own sentences.

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Aligned toW.3.1.c

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

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students explain what the linking words therefore and for example show in an opinion speech.
  • Students tell whether a linking word correctly connects an opinion and a reason.
  • Students use because and since to connect their own opinions and reasons.

How to use

Read Hana's speech aloud and have students raise a hand at each linking word. Then let them answer the questions on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.3.1.c

Use linking words and phrases such as because, therefore, since, and for example to connect the opinion and the reasons.

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Let's Have a Toy Swap: Linking Opinions and Reasons

Use because, since, therefore and for example to connect ideas.

Read the speech

Hana gave this speech to her class. Look for the words that link her opinion to her reasons.

Let's Have a Toy Swap

1Good morning, Room 9! My name is Hana, and I have an idea for our class. I think we should hold a toy swap at the end of the month. At a toy swap, everyone brings a toy they do not play with anymore and trades it for a toy that is new to them.

2A toy swap is a smart idea because it costs nothing. Nobody needs to spend any money to get something new. You just bring one toy and take home another.

3A swap is good for the earth, too. Some toys end up in the trash when kids get tired of them. Since another kid might love your old toy, swapping gives it a second life.

4A swap can even help us make friends. For example, you might trade with a classmate you do not know well and find out that you both love board games.

5Every kid in our class has toys they have outgrown. Therefore, a toy swap would be easy to plan. Please vote yes, and let's swap!

Linking words in Hana's speech

Linking words connect an opinion to its reasons. Answer the questions about the speech.

1.
Each sentence is missing a linking word or phrase. Match each sentence to the one that fits.
  1. A toy swap is a smart idea ____ it costs nothing.
  2. The swap will have all kinds of toys. ____, there might be puzzles, dolls, and board games.
  3. Every kid has toys they have outgrown. ____, a toy swap would be easy to plan.
  1. A. therefore
  2. B. because
  3. C. for example
2.
In paragraph 5, what does the word Therefore show?
  • A. An example of a toy someone could bring is next.
  • B. Hana is about to ask the class a question.
  • C. The next idea is a result of the one before.
  • D. Hana is starting a new topic about the earth.
3.
Why does Hana use the words For example in paragraph 4?
  • A. To show how a swap could help kids make friends
  • B. To give a reason that the swap costs nothing
  • C. To tell the class what day the swap will be
  • D. To let the class know that her speech is over

Use linking words

A linking word must fit the ideas it connects. Answer the questions, then write your own sentences.

4.
Does the linking word make sense in each sentence? Sort the sentences.
Kids should bring clean toys because nobody wants a sticky toy.Toys are fun to share. Therefore, my sister is seven years old.The swap will have many kinds of toys. For example, it is on a Friday.Since many kids love games, the swap should have a game table.Some toys are tiny. For example, a toy car can fit in your hand.We should swap toys because the trash can is green.
Makes senseDoes not make sense
5.
Which sentence uses therefore correctly?
  • A. The swap is in the gym. Therefore, my favorite toy is a kite.
  • B. Toys can be big or small. Therefore, the swap is on a Friday.
  • C. I have a red ball. Therefore, puzzles have many pieces.
  • D. Many kids want to trade toys. Therefore, the swap will be busy.
6.
Hana wants to join these two sentences into one: Our class should have a toy swap. Swapping is a free way to get new toys. Which sentence joins them best?
  • A. Our class should have a toy swap for example swapping is a free way to get new toys.
  • B. Our class should have a toy swap because swapping is a free way to get new toys.
  • C. Because our class should have a toy swap, swapping is a free way to get new toys.
  • D. Our class should have a toy swap therefore swapping is a free way to get new toys.
7.
Leo agrees with Hana. Finish his note with linking words from the word bank. Use each one once.
Word bank: therefore · because · for example

I agree that we should have a toy swap   I have lots of toys I never play with.  , I have a race car set that I have never opened. Lots of kids want new things to play with.  , the swap will be busy!

8.
Join these two sentences into one sentence. Use the linking word since.
We should hold the swap in the gym. The gym has lots of room for tables.
9.
What toy would you bring to a toy swap? Write one sentence that names the toy and tells why. Use the linking word because.

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