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A Corner for Kids: Linking Reasons in a Letter to the Clinic

Help a student link reasons in a letter asking a health clinic for a kids' corner, then plan an opinion using consequently and specifically.

Grade 5ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toW.5.1.c

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 5
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students choose linking words, phrases and clauses that show results, exact details and another side.
  • Students tell linking words, phrases and clauses apart.
  • Students plan an opinion paragraph that links each reason to the opinion.

How to use

Read Beatriz's notes together, then let students choose the links on their own. Students can turn the planning frame into a short opinion paragraph.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.5.1.c

Link an opinion and its reasons with words, phrases, and clauses such as consequently and specifically.

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A Corner for Kids: Linking Reasons in a Letter to the Clinic

Help Beatriz link her opinion and reasons, then plan your own opinion.

Link the notes

Beatriz wants the Hollow Creek Health Clinic to add a kids' corner to its waiting room. She is writing a letter to the clinic manager, Ms. Varga. Read her notes, then help her link her ideas.

Beatriz's notes
• Opinion: The clinic should add a kids' corner to its waiting room.
• Families often wait a long time before they see a doctor.
• The waiting room has only rows of chairs and a stack of grown-up magazines.
• My four-year-old brother, Rafi, gets restless and nervous while we wait.
• A kids' corner could have a small rug, a bookshelf, picture books and puzzles.
• Parents could fill out forms while their children play.
• A rug and a bookshelf would not cost much.
• Some people worry that toys spread germs. Toys can be wiped clean every evening.
1.
Which link best fills the blank?
Families often wait a long time before they see a doctor. ______ young children get bored and restless.
  • A. For example,
  • B. Consequently,
  • C. Instead,
  • D. Similarly,
2.
Read Beatriz's sentence.
A kids' corner would not need much; specifically, it would need a small rug, a bookshelf and a few puzzles.
What does the word specifically do in this sentence?
  • A. It shows a result of the idea that comes before it.
  • B. It shows that Beatriz is changing her opinion.
  • C. It adds a new reason that is less important.
  • D. It names the exact things the corner would need.

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