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2nd grade creative writing lessons
Personal Narrative Writing Unit for First Grade
This personal narrative writer's workshop unit is aligned with the common core standards! It uses small moments to help guide students in writing narratives about their life. This was designed with first grade in mind, but can easily work in kindergarten and second grade classrooms. I needed structure and guidance for my first graders to successfully write their own personal narratives, so I created this packet to do just that! In this unit:Teacher Tips from my classroomDaily lessons in the "I d
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: First Grade Writing Workshop Units for the Year
Writing Poetry in the Primary Grades
This poetry unit for first and second grade gets students writing both form and free-verse poems as they let their creativity fly!My students love to write poetry as a break from our traditional writing units. They really buy into the "no rules" aspect of free-verse poetry and when I show them different examples of poetry, they tend to take off and make many different writing pieces. I hope you and your students have as much fun as we do with this one!In this unit:Teacher Examples for each type
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: First Grade Writing Workshop Units for the Year
Narrative Writing: Create a Mystery Story
Create a Mystery Story: Narrative Writing Graphic Organizers
Use these no prep graphic organizers to guide your students through the narrative writing process while centering their writing around the elements of the mystery genre. I use this in my classroom as a culminating narrative writing project for my third grade students!
Includes:
* Mystery Brainstorm
* Characters Brainstorm
* Design a Detective Costume
* Design a Suspect Costume
* Setting: Where and when does the story take place?
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Also included in: Narrative Writing: BUNDLE
Friendly Letter Writing Unit - Parts of a Friendly Letter Template Paper
Teaching your students about writing a friendly letter is a valuable and fun activity. This Friendly Letter Unit has everything you need to introduce your students to this writing genre and guide them to independent friendly letter writing. Begin by teaching the parts of a friendly letter to your students and let them practice sorting them into the correct place. Then teach your students the format using the friendly letter templates provided in this resource. They will love the cut and past
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1st - 2nd
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Opinion Writing Unit
Opinion writing for primary grades! This writing unit is filled with opinion writing graphic organizers and writing prompts that get your kindergarten, first and second grade students excited about writing!Please download the preview to see if you can use it in your classroom!Help your students tackle the opinion writing standard with this easy-to-use writing packet!In This Unit:Anchor charts for: Opinion, Fact, Persuade, OREO WritingTeacher tips from my classroomDaily Lesson Plans in the "I do,
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: First Grade Writing Workshop Units for the Year
Elementary Writing Workshop Resources Bundle - Teaching Without Frills
This bundle includes all of the K-5 elementary writer's workshop resources I've made to accompany the videos on my Teaching Without Frills YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/c/teachingwithoutfrillsI'm currently in the process of updating many of the products to include new videos, slides, and other resources. Grab the bundle now before the price increases!14 resources are included. See each individual resource listing and previews for more information! :)Recently Updated:Personal Narra
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K - 5th
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Beginning of the Year Activities (2nd Grade)!
Please download the preview first!In this 88-page packet, you'll find all kinds of goodies to help make the beginning of the year a special and memorable one for your second graders. This packet will help your students establish routines and make new friendships! This packet has everything you will need for your first week back teaching!The beginning of the school year is such a fun and magical time for 2nd graders (and for teachers, as well!). It is an important time to establish routines and m
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2nd
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Writing Realistic Fiction Writer's Workshop Unit (Grades 1-2)
This realistic fiction writing unit is so much fun for your first and second graders!Looking for more writing resources?! You can find ALL my writing resources for a fraction of the price here in my FIRST GRADE WRITING - EVERGROWING BUNDLE!This unit has students digging deeper into the writer's workshop process as they expand on characters, add problems and solutions, and come up with satisfying endings to their stories!In this unit:How to get started: background and preparationIn my classroomDa
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: First Grade Writing Workshop Units for the Year
2nd Grade Teachers Taking Back Their Weekends BUNDLED
2nd Grade Teachers Taking Back Their Weekends BUNDLED * * SAVE 50% OFF WITH THIS BUNDLE * *View a video preview HERE! I'm super excited to release these packets for second grade! For the longest time I was completely oblivious that it was not normal to spend every evening and weekend working at school or "on school" at home. These packets are designed to give you back your weekends! They have classroom ideas that require minimal preparation and will get you out of a last minute pinch if you
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1st - 2nd
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2nd & 3rd Grade Writing Unit Bundle w/ Writing Process, Journal Prompts, Rubrics
Write On! is a year long writing resource for the 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. Each unit encourages students to become authors that find a love for writing. Every unit is very different, but most of the units follow these writing steps: Brainstorm, Write, Revise, Edit, and Publish. We also incorporate grammar skills into the editing portion of the units. To know more about the units included, check out the links below and the previews for each one. Check out the individual units below:
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2nd - 3rd
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Mo Willems Author Study
This Mo Willems author study is the perfect way for your K-2 students to read, study, and enjoy some of Mo Willems' popular books!This 75 page unit is packed with literacy and writing activities designed to get your primary students interacting with the text.Please download the preview to see some examples of the types of activities included!In this unit:Who is Mo Willems?Fact Sheet about the authorTimeline of popular books included in this unitSpecific activities for the following Pigeon books:
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K - 2nd
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Art Sub Lessons - Silly Sandwich Art Lesson Art Sub Plans .pdf .pptx
Do you need elementary or middle school art sub plans ASAP? How about a fun, no-prep, fully scripted art activity that uses simple materials? Would you like an easy to use drawing lesson you can keep in your emergency sub folder? If the answer to any of these is, "yes," check out this art sub lesson called, "Silly Sandwich."In this activity, students use their imaginations to create a drawing of a silly sandwich. It may be presented as a projected Powerpoint or a printed out .pdf and shown close
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1st - 6th
Differentiated Story Writing Prompts Templates Set 1 - from Writing Bundle 1
Story writing can be daunting for emergent readers. This differentiated resources is specifically designed to scaffold emergent short story writing by including "finish the story" writing prompts. It is also designed to be flexible enough to challenge advanced students when writing a story by prompting the use of more complex descriptive sentences and self-editing. Most importantly, the differentiation is discreet, with no additional work for the teacher.You may also be interested in these FREE
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Writing Workshop ENTIRE YEAR BUNDLE (9 Top Writing Program Resources)
Jory John Book Companions Reading Comprehension Crafts Writing
Are you looking for some good books to teach children about message and character education. This fun bundle will engage your students as they follow the character's journey to finding happiness. This activity pack is filled with comprehension strategies to focus on the Common Core State Standards. There are also writing and word work activities. There are activities for The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, The Cool Bean, The Great Eggscape, The Couch Potato, The Smart Cookie, and The Good, The Bad and
Grades:
K - 2nd
Writing Reviews: A Writer's Workshop Unit
Opinion writing unit for primary grades that focuses on writing reviews! This writing workshop unit is an extension of my Opinion Writing Unit where I previously taught them how to write opinions and provide reasons for them. That being said, this unit could stand on its own without the previous opinion unit. Your students may require a few extra "what is an opinion?" lessons!Students will brainstorm different things and give them a 1-5 star rating with reasons to support their opinion!Please do
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: First Grade Writing Workshop Units for the Year
Persuasive Writing Christmas Theme {Holiday Sweater Contest}
Holiday Sweater Contest: Help your students develop their persuasive writing skills with this creative writing and art project! The task involves designing a holiday sweater for a vintage department store contest. After designing, students will use persuasive writing to convince the judges why their design deserves to win the grand prize.This resource includes:Detailed lesson plans for two days (or stretch it out over several days)Small group warm-up activity to engage students and review persua
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Holiday Persuasive Writing Bundle {Halloween and Christmas}
Stretch The Sentence Writing Activities
Students can practice stretching out sentences with these fun writing activities! The focus is to add more details to sentences by answering the questions who, what, when, where, why, and how? These will get students thinking about what details to add to make their sentences more interesting! Try these activities in writing centers, writing workshop, and just for extra practice.
Included:
• How to stretch the sentence page with example
• Stretch it out example page
• 15 stretch it out practice
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1st - 3rd
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Personal Narrative Writing Unit 2nd Grade Graphic Organizer Anchor Charts
Are you looking for a fun way to teach your second grade students how to write personal narratives? This Personal Narrative Writing Unit is perfect for you! It comes with kid-friendly rubrics, anchor charts, graphic organizers, and centers. Plus, there’s even a mentor text to help you get started.Your students will love writing personal narratives with this unit! The lessons are easy to follow and the activities are engaging. Plus, the included rubrics make grading simple.When it comes to w
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2nd
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Also included in: 2nd Grade Writing Units BUNDLE Personal Fictional Opinion Informational
Pumpkin Pie in a Cup
Are you looking for a fun treat to do with your class for Thanksgiving? Pumpkin pie in a cup is the perfect dessert to make with your students. You can use the mini book provided to follow the directions to make the pumpkin pie treat. While you make it, you will read directions, work on teamwork and end up with something delicious. Your students can also predict, survey, graph and do a little math with their data. In addition, there is a fun pumpkin pie in cup craft, class graphing tools, and
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Pumpkin Pie Thanksgiving Activities Task Cards BUNDLE
The Ultimate End of Year Writing Bundle: 5 Writing Activities & Craftivities
The end of the year is near and this unit has everything you need to engage your summer hungry kiddos in five super easy projects. This 149 page unit is packed with the resources needed to create a paper bag style memory book and time capsule, along with three other end of year writing activities and crafts. This unit also features a writing activity that will fill your classroom with spirit at the beginning of next year to welcome all of your new kiddos to their next grade level. Your new kiddo
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1st - 5th
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First Grade Poetry Writing
This is a hot seller! Get your students excited for poetry with this set! Students will have a blast writing poems about their friends, pets, favorite foods, and more! This pack includes a rationale, common core standards correlation, photographs, tips for room prep, posters and suggestions for having an "open mic" day in your classroom each week, tips and printables for executing a poetry celebration, fun posters to display around the room, description of each type of poetry and examples. Th
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: First Grade Writing Workshop Bundle
Unit 2: Illustration Mastery- Digital + Printable Distance Learning
***BEFORE YOU BUY, PLEASE SEE THIS GUIDE****This product has been updated to include Seesaw & Google Slides options for distance learning. I get it. Writing Workshop can be hard. But what if I told you that teaching students to properly illustrate was just as critical as teaching them to print? We can instantly lift the level of our students' writing workshop pieces with some explicit lessons in illustrating! Benefits of teaching students how to draw: -Students will take pride in their work
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Writing Process Workshop BUNDLE
Persuasive Writing Bundle {Design a Donut and Promote a Pet}
This resource includes two persuasive writing projects perfect for any time of the year! The Design a Donut Project is a best-selling resource with over 1,300 positive reviews! The Promote a Pet Project is one of my newest resources and has a similar format as Design a Donut.Both resources include:Print and Digital versionsDetailed lessons plansA small-group activity to engage studentsPlanning PagesChoices of final project pages (print and digital)Grading RubricsPlease check out the previews of
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2nd - 5th
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Bubble Gum Fun! (Math, Writing, & Reading)
Take a break from the normal routine and curriculum and have fun with a day filled with bubble gum!
My students aren't allowed to have gum in school, so a day of learning that involves gum gets the kids SO excited they would never know they're actually learning!
Included are TONS of reading, math, and writing activities. Feel free to do all one one day or break it up throughout the week! Can be adapted for all grades!
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Page 3: Class Graph- “Can You Blow a Bubble?” (To be displayed
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1st - 5th
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