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Reasons That Count: A Walking Club at Recess

Grade 4 opinion writing: give reasons that are supported by facts and details, using a model piece about starting a walking club at recess.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toW.4.1.b

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students match each reason in an opinion piece to the facts and details that support it.
Students tell facts and details apart from opinions.
Students support a reason of their own with a fact or detail.

How to use

Read the model piece aloud, then have students work through the questions on their own or in pairs. Ask them to say which fact or detail backs up each reason before they write their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.4.1.b

Give reasons for an opinion that are supported by facts and details.

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Reasons That Count: A Walking Club at Recess

Support each reason with facts and details.

Read the opinion piece

Read the opinion piece. Look for the reasons and for the facts and details that back them up.

Jamal wrote an opinion piece for his class blog. He wants to show that each of his reasons is backed up by facts and details.

Let's Start a Walking Club

1Recess is my favorite part of the school day, but not everyone knows what to do with it. I think our school should start a walking club at recess. A walking club would help students stay active and make new friends, and it would be easy to start. Here are my three reasons.

2My first reason is that walking is good exercise. When you walk, your heart beats faster and your muscles work harder. Exercise like this helps keep your body strong. Our school already has a dirt path that circles the soccer field. It takes about five minutes to walk around it once, so a student who walks the path three times gets about fifteen minutes of exercise.

3My second reason is that a walking club would help students make friends. In a quick survey of my class, nine of the twenty-four students said they sometimes stand alone at recess because they do not know who to play with. Walking is a good way to meet someone new, because you can talk side by side as you go. A student who just moved to our school could join the club on the very first day.

4My third reason is that a walking club is easy to start. Soccer needs a ball, and jump rope needs a rope, but walking needs no equipment at all. The club would need only one adult to watch the path, and my teacher, Mr. Ortega, said he would be happy to do it. Students could join on any day they like.

5A walking club would give students exercise, friendship, and an easy way to enjoy recess. I hope our principal will let us start next month.

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