by CreativeCOTA LLC
1st - 4th Grade
This FREE Digital Canva™, PDF, and PowerPoint Would You Rather This or That Opinion Writing Questions and Gross Motor Movement resource is a no-prep way to get students thinking, talking, moving, and opinion writing in a fun, low-pressure format. Each prompt encourages students to make a choice, explain their reasoning, and listen to others—making it ideal for elementary classrooms, special education, speech therapy, occupational therapy, ELL support, and early middle school settings.
✅ The growing bundle gives you access to general, seasonal and holiday versions.
With 5 student-friendly Spring Themed Would You Rather questions, this resource works as morning work, icebreakers, brain breaks, opinion writing prompts, discussion starters, and warm-up activities. The digital Canva™ version includes audio prompts and short gross motor movement videos, while the PowerPoint and PDF versions offer a simple, flexible option for whole group or small group instruction.
When to use this resource:
- Morning work or arrival time
- Icebreakers at the start of the day or week
- Indoor recess
- Brain breaks gross motor movement between lessons
- Writing warm-ups or journal prompts
- Small group instruction
- Speech therapy sessions
- Occupational therapy sessions
- ELL discussion practice
- Social skills groups
- Early middle school warm-ups
- Emergency sub plans or low-prep days
What’s Included
Digital Canva Version
- Audio narration for each of the 5 Would You Rather questions
- Short video movement exercises connected to student choices
- Supports students who benefit from auditory input, visual modeling, and movement
- Easy to project, assign digitally, or use during therapy sessions
(Access via the included Canva™ link)
PowerPoint Version
- Same 5 Themed Would You Rather prompts with exercise images
- Clean, simple slides for projecting or displaying
- No audio—perfect for teacher-led or student-led discussion
PDF Version
- Prompts for no-prep use
- Great for centers, sub plans, or quick grab-and-go activities
Students Practice:
- Making choices and explaining their thinking
- Oral language and discussion skills
- Answering “why” questions
- Opinion writing and sentence expansion
- Listening and turn-taking
- Expressive language and vocabulary development
- Following directions
- Self-regulation through movement
- Attention and focus during transitions
- Social skills and peer interaction
How to Use – Whole Group
- Display the slides or play the Canva™ Slides with audio prompts.
- Read or listen to the question together.
- Have students respond by:
- Raising hands
- Moving to the exercise that corresponds to their choice
- Showing a signal (thumbs up, point, stand/sit)
- Invite students to explain why they chose their answer.
- The movement activity supports attention and regulation.
How to Use – Small Group, Speech Therapy, or Special Education
- Play the audio prompt from the Canva™ version.
- Let students take turns answering.
- Encourage complete responses using sentence starters:
- “I picked ___ because…”
- “I chose ___ since…”
- Supports:
- Expressive language
- Answering “why” questions
- Turn-taking and listening skills
- Vocabulary and sentence structure
How to Use for Writing
- Display one Would You Rather question.
- Have students:
- Write a sentence explaining their choice
- Draw a picture and label it
- Write a short paragraph using the provided thinking prompts
- Great for:
- Opinion writing
- Sentence expansion
- Low-stress journaling or morning work
Why Teachers, Therapists, and Specialists Use This Resource
- No prep and easy to implement
- Encourages participation with no right or wrong answers
- Builds reasoning, communication, and discussion skills
- Includes movement for regulation and engagement
- Works across general education, special education, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and ELL
- Appropriate for elementary through early middle school students
Key Features
- 5 engaging Spring Themed Would You Rather questions
- PDF, PowerPoint, and Digital Canva versions included
- Audio prompts and movement videos in Canva
- No-prep, flexible, and classroom-friendly
- Designed for whole group, small group, therapy, or independent use
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