2nd Grade Opinion Writing - Vacaville Unified School District

Unit 7

2nd Grade

Opinion Writing

Class Assessment Records (CA1?CA5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Conference Notes (CN1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Student Self-assessment (SA1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Individual Writing Assessment (IA1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Unit 7? Week 1? Day 3

Class Assessment Record? CA1

Observe the students and ask yourself:

? Are the students able to complete the sentence frame with an idea they seem to care about?

? Can they give reasons that support their opinions?

Other observations:

All or most students

About half of the students

Only a few students

Considerations: If you notice many students struggling to start writing after 5?10 minutes, call for the class's attention and have a few volunteers share what they have written so far; then have the students resume writing on their own.

Support any student who continues to struggle by asking questions such as:

Q What is something you feel you should be allowed to do? How might you write that in your letter?

Q What is one reason why you should be allowed to [stay up later]? Q What are some other reasons you can write?

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Unit 7? Week 1? Day 4

Class Assessment Record? CA2

Observe the students and ask yourself:

? Are the students able to complete the sentence frame with an idea they seem to care about?

? Can they give reasons that support their opinions?

Other observations:

All or most students

About half of the students

Only a few students

Considerations: If you notice many students struggling to start writing after 5?10 minutes, call for the class's attention and have a few volunteers share what they have written so far; then have the students resume writing on their own.

Support any student who continues to struggle by asking questions such as:

Q What is something you feel you should not have to do? How might you write that in your letter?

Q What is one reason why you should not have to [clean your room]? Q What are some other reasons you can write?

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Unit 7? Week 2? Day 4

Class Assessment Record? CA3

Observe the students and ask yourself:

? Are the students adding to their writing?

All or most students

About half of the students

Only a few students

? Do they state their opinions clearly?

? Do the students give reasons to support their opinions?

? Do they use linking words to connect reasons to their opinions?

? Do the students write closing sentences for their pieces that restate their opinions?

Other observations:

Considerations: Support any student who is struggling by asking questions such as: Q Do you clearly state what your opinion is in your piece? Where? If not, where can you put it? Q What are some reasons you can write to support your opinion? Q How might you use linking words to connect reasons to your opinion? Q What might you write to close your piece?

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Unit 7? Week 3? Day 1

Class Assessment Record? CA4

Observe partners and ask yourself:

? Are partners listening carefully to each other's writing?

? Do they give each other feedback about their writing?

? Are they interacting in a helpful and respectful way?

Other observations:

All or most students

About half of the students

Only a few students

Considerations:

Make note of productive ways you see partners interacting, as well as any problems you notice, so that you can discuss them at the end of the writing period.

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