Grade 1 Library Guide, PXES: Opinion Writing

Meet Stella. She has lots of opinions. Like, the best food is ice cream and kids should be allowed to bring toys to school and Ms. Merkley is the nicest teacher in the whole world. So, when Ms. M. tells the class they get to write an opinion, Stella gets excited. But how will she choose what to write about? Go with Stella on her writing journey and see how one kid's opinion can change a school. What could be more fun than to write what you think about an important topic. Now that's power!

When Olivia and Oscar find out their school crossing guard will lose her job, they want to take action. Together they write an opinion piece explaining what they think. They organize their arguments and remember to consider the other side's opinion. Will others see their point of view?

A fun book about different perspectives and why ants are important and shouldn’t be stepped on.

Fun-filled photos inspire kids to write their first opinion essays. What is the best song ever? Who is the greatest sports star of all-time? In this early introduction to composition, little scribes discover techniques for writing persuasive opinion pieces, including how to craft strong topic sentences and choose supporting examples. With full-color photographs and easy-to-follow text, this engaging resource is part inspiration, part lesson plan, and full of fun!

Young writers discover techniques for crafting persuasive opinion essays. Think rabbits make the best pets or that winter is better than summer? Share your opinion through writing! Filled with fun photographs and easy-to-read text, this engaging nonfiction book includes basic writing instructions, tips, and prompts tailored to beginning writers' needs. Perfect for research writing, browsing, or reading for fun!

This is a great story about an artist and how he collected everything as a child. That collection grew and he realized that certain things looked good together. This is a great book to introduce kids to art, but can also lead to some discussions about opinions.

From the author-illustrator of Children's Choice Book Award Winner I'm Trying to Love Spiders- a plea to please give bees a chance! Not sure whether to high-five bees or run away from them? Well, maybe you shouldn't high-five them, but you definitely don't have to run away from them.

Could anything possibly be more fun than a pig parade!? You wouldn't think so. But you'd be wrong. A pig parade is a terrible idea. Pigs hate to march, refuse to wear the uniforms, don't care about floats, and insist on playing country music ballads. Those are just some of the reasons. And trust me, this hysterical book has plenty more!

Do you think students should go to school on Saturdays? Tillie’s principal does! He loves school so much that he decides everyone should go to school all the time! This is a great springboard for some of the most common opinion writing topics, like should we extend the school day. If we’re in school more, do students learn more?

If you have students write about which pet is the best, this book brings out all of their good and bad qualities. It gives a lot of reasons why one may be better than another. It’s a fun and engaging book for younger learners.

The Big Bed is a humorous picture book about a girl who doesn't want to sleep in her little bed, so she presents her dad with his own bed--a camping cot!--in order to move into her parents' big bed in his place.

Alex just has to convince his mom to let him have an iguana, so he puts his arguments in writing.

Alex is not happy about being sent to his grandparents' retirement community while his parents go on a fabulous vacation. What could be worse than tagging along to Grandma's boring bridge game or enduring the sight of Grandpa's dentures?

Writing letters to his mom convinced her to let him get his pet iguana, so Alex puts pencil to paper again, this time determined to get his own room. Though all of his powers of persuasion can't get his dad to expand the house, he does come through with a fun alternative to give Alex some space of his own.

A funny book to share with kids who really, really, REALLY want a pet! Elizabeth really wants a pet. She'd like a horse, a dog, a cat, or even a turtle. But her parents do not want a pet. Instead they give her a cactus. Even though Elizabeth's new plant proves to be a good listener, Elizabeth still really wants a pet. While Elizabeth campaigns to find the right pet, her family imagines some hair-raising possibilities, until Doug comes along. Doug is, without a doubt, the most unusual, perfect pet of all. Doug is a bug! He's not big like a horse or loud like a dog. He doesn't scratch, or shed, or jump on furniture. And he hardly eats a thing.

A stick or a stone? A cat or a dog? Rain or snow? Which would you rather be?