Second grade writing

Simple tips for improving writing in your second or third grade classroom. These tips are a must if you want better writers!

Fun 2nd grade writing prompts

Inspire your second writers with this list of journal ideas and 2nd grade writing prompts shared by one of our Journal Buddies readers!

This is part of the free editing set from First Grade Wow. For kindergarten, I use it to show what they can do (smiley face in the check box) and what their newest personal challenge is (I highlight the check box). They keep it in their writing folders. It helps differentiate learning and gives each student focus. There are many other useful pages in the packet, too. All free!

Sentence Starters and Transitions Anchor Chart for Informational Writing! Helps Grade 1-3 students transition from their topic sentence, to points, facts, and closing. Great support for independent writing.

Writing doesn’t have to be hard. Whenever I talk to fellow teachers about what they HATE teaching… it always seems to be writing. Why is that? I theorize that it’s because writing is very personal. There’s no cut and dry methods that work for ALL students. It is also time consuming to teach AND especially […]

The pre write stage of the writing process is important for students to brainstorm their writing ideas. In your writing lessons and literacy lessons, you need these writing graphic organizers! These planning pages are worksheets that are perfect for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade writing centers. These are narrative writing, opinion writing, informational writing, and how to writing printables. You need these for the first lesson plan in your writing unit!

With students in your classroom who may not have the basics of sentence writing completely down yet, it can be overwhelming to plan tackling opinion writing with students in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade. For young

This freebie features a FREE narrative writing prompt in 5 versions (K-4th Grade). Check out my blog post where I share this and TWO other freebies!

Check out these no prep writing crafts. This blog post talks about these fun and engaging writing prompts, which are ideal for Kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade students. These craftivities are great for writing lessons, writing centers, or writer's workshop. They are seasonal and fun for kinder, first grade and second grade (spring, summer, fall, and winter). There are digital options too. Each craftivity is perfect for bulletin boards, as well as arts and crafts and literacy lessons…

Getting your students to write detailed sentences can be such a difficult task. Come see how my class practices writing expanded sentences with this simple activity.

2nd Grade Reading Worksheets are a great way to expand their love for language. Communication and expression are very important skills for all children to have.

In this worksheet, learners will match each of eight pairs of words to its corresponding contraction. Download to complete online or as a printable!

Good Writers Anchor Chart for Kindergarten and First Grade

FREE WRITING PROMPTS FOR 2ND AND 3RD GRADE are perfect for fostering writing skills and writer confidence!

Looking for some sentence writing activities for first grade that will help improve their writing skills? With these sentence building, and sentence fixing activities, students can learn about the parts of a sentence (Who, did what, and where). You can even use it as a first grade writing center!

Teaching opinion writing can be a lot of fun in First Grade. First graders have LOTS of opinions, and they love to share them! Here are a few ideas that have helped me to teach opinion writing to first graders. Start by teaching students how to write a topic sentence. I have found that having an anchor chart with sentence starters for students to refer to is super helpful. I like to create the chart in front of the students. It might look something like this: Once the chart is completed…

Just found out you're teaching second grade! Here's a quick start guide!