- Building Foundations That Last
First Grade Opinion Model Planning Form
Date: April Quarterly Benchmark: Q4
Standards & Curriculum Connection:
1.W.1 Opinion Writing
Reach – Unit 7 – Then and Now (Background – Shared Reading - Now and Ben)
Grammar – Past Tense Verbs
Phonics – Read and Spell with /ar/
Vocabulary – past, present
High Frequency Words – today, people
Process
• Uses an organized plan
(I/B/C)
• Plans with opinion words
• Identifies topic/purpose
Surface Features
• 5-6 sentences
• Uses knowledge of more
complex letter/sound
relationships
• Capitalizes beginning of
sentences, “I” and proper
nouns ...
1st Opinion Q4 Ben Franklin Invention.pdf 
