Grade 2 Overall Expectations:
Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience;
- Complete EnglishSmart: Grade 2 (Book)
- Bears Make the Best Writing Buddies (Book)
- Idea Jar (Book)
- Writing a Personal Narrative: Brainstorming a Story for Kids (YouTube)
- Writing a Personal Narrative: Planning & Pre-Writing a Story for Kids (YouTube)
- Grammar Worksheets (Website)
- Punctuation Worksheets (Website)
- Second Grade Writing Worksheets (Website)
Draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience;
- How to Write a Book Report (Book)
- Messages in the Mailbox (Book)
- Parts of a Story Song – Little Songs for Language Arts (YouTube)
- Editing Writing for Kids (YouTube)
- Looking at Writing (Website)
- Rhyming Dictionary for Kids (Website)
Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively;
- You Can Write a Story!: A Story-Writing Recipe for Kids (Book)
- The Sentence Song (YouTube)
- Punctuation Explained (YouTube)
- Second Grade Writing Prompts (Website)
- Second Grade Spelling Words (Website)
Reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
- Diary of a Spider (Book)
- Diary of a Fly (Book)