🤔Every child has an opinion about whether they would rather fly or be invisible. These 40 original prompts turn that opinion into writing, with a traceable version for K–1 and an OREO version for grades 2–3.
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Would You Rather Opinion Writing is a K–3 writing resource built around 40 original Would You Rather prompts. Each question gives children two choices to weigh, which is exactly the thinking opinion writing asks for: pick a side and explain why.
Every prompt comes in two differentiated versions. Version A, for kindergarten and 1st grade, shows two picture choices, asks children to circle one and supports them with traceable I would rather and because sentence starters, primary lines and a drawing box.
Version B, for 2nd and 3rd grade, uses the same prompts with the OREO framework: state an Opinion, give a Reason, add an Example, then restate the Opinion Again. Sentence starters on standard lines help students build a complete paragraph.
Teaching pages introduce the genre before students write. A What Is an Opinion? anchor chart explains OREO, a Fact or Opinion? sort with an answer key sharpens the difference, and a Linking Words poster offers because, also, for example, another reason and that is why. A rubric works for both student self-checks and teacher scoring.
A 4-week writing plan, a complete prompt list, a Make Your Own Prompt page, a What Did Our Class Choose? vote graph and an Opinion Writing Star Award round out the 93 pages. Use them in writing centers, journals, morning work, homework, early finisher tubs and sub plans.
📖 Teaching guide · 12 min readTeaching Opinion Writing in K–3 with Would You Rather Questions and the OREO StrategyRead the guide →Would You Rather questions give every child an easy, low-stakes opinion to defend, so the energy goes into giving reasons. Two versions of the same 40 prompts let a K–3 class or a mixed group write about the same question at the right level.
Kindergarten through 3rd grade. Version A is for K and 1st, and Version B is for 2nd and 3rd.
OREO stands for Opinion, Reason, Example, Opinion Again. It is explained on the anchor chart and used as the framework in Version B.
There are 40 original prompts, each in two differentiated versions, plus a Make Your Own Prompt page.
An opinion writing rubric is included for both student self-check and teacher assessment.
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