All week we have been "warming" up our arguing skills. One would think fifth graders would not need help in this area. However, we are starting to discover that even when we have an opinion we need to base that opinion on facts. Today in our Storyworks magazine there was a great debate article on cursive writing. Students had to find evidence from the article to support teaching cursive in school and not teaching cursive at school. Ask your child which side they feel has more evidence! Also ask them what topics we have warmed up with.
Next week we will start to research our opinion writing. They are so excited to know what it is!
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