2nd Grade Engages in Text Evidence and Opinion Writing this Week

Should the pigeon drive the bus?  This is the question that 2^nd graders are grappling with this week in their ELA classrooms as they begin to study text evidence and opinion writing.  Today students in Mrs. Morton’s and Mrs. Calfe's class participated in a writing lab where they worked with peers to co-construct a pro/con list of reasons why pigeon should…and why pigeon shouldn’t drive the bus.  All pros for the list were taken right from the text and classified as text-dependent.  All cons for the list were generated through student thinking about the text. 

In continuation of this genre study, students will weigh evidence in the following categories to support their position: compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution, and types/kinds.