Looking to incorporate writing into your Back to School activities? In unit 1 of our Write On! resource, students will write narratives about surviving a new grade level in a fun & engaging writing boot camp! This unit will guide your students in writing two personal narrative pieces and includes everything you need to drive your instruction. We have two themes for writing in this writing unit: My (2nd/3rd) Grade Survival Guide and Secret Sergeants. These are the perfect way to begin your ye

*** EVERYTHING YOU NEED *** for your ELA Common Core Assessment needs- all student pages 152 student assessments and 46 binder divider pages-Great Resource - Just print and go. Some assessments are 2 pages- we only counted them as 1 assessment - So there are 290 plus pages in all with this packet -no answer keyIMPORTANT- We combined all of our 2nd grade ELA Common Core Packets into this one big I WANT IT ALL bundle packet- If you buy this packet there is no need to purchase the 2nd grade domain

Teach students HOW to write a paragraph with these simple steps!Use back to school picture books to give students step-by-step lessons in how to write a structured paragraph!***************************************************************************Use Picture Books That Focus on ProceduresAt the beginning of the school year I love reading picture books that focus on classroom procedures. I feel that these books help teach students my behavior expectations in a student friendly way. However, I'v

When it comes to getting students to write stories that will keep readers or listeners on the edge of their seats, nothing beats a good old-fashioned SCARY or SCARY STORY. This Halloween Narrative Writing Unit is perfect to help your kiddos write super scary stories! There is even a Google Slides version if you are doing distance learning. Click on the PREVIEW to see everything that is included.This product contains two magic words: CHOICE and TOOLS.  Students are offered a buffet of plots, set

Are you looking to spice up your writing block with fun, engaging, and meaningful activities? This is UNIT TWO of our 11 unit series. This unit will guide your students in writing two personal narrative pieces and includes everything you need to drive your instruction. We have two themes for writing in this writing unit: My Ouch Story (A time when I was sick or hurt) and Boo! I Mean it! (A time when I was afraid). We also included everything you need to know about your writing block. Here's what

In 1st and 2nd Grade, students begin writing paragraphs for the first time. They need continual practice with real-world prompts. The 64 prompts and differentiated graphic organizers in this resource are ones my students loved! I printed the prompts, put them on a binder ring, and hung them in our Work on Writing center. Students had easy access to them and the coordinating writing templates/organizers.Notes to the TeacherGeneral Writing Paper (lines & primary lines)Narrative Writing Resourc

Are you ready to teach poetry? This easy to use second grade unit has everything you need to make poetry exciting any time of the year. ***Now updated for Distance Learning with a Google Slide Student Handbook, Digital Poetry Vocabulary Book, and a Digital Poetry Portfolio to easily upload to Google Classroom.The 26 day unit includes over 300 pages of resources for you and your students.. What’s included:26+ days of lesson plan on second grade reading and writing standardsLessons Included: (A

Are you looking to spice up your writing block with fun, engaging, and meaningful activities? This is UNIT FOUR of an 11 unit series. This unit will guide your students in writing three informational writing pieces and includes everything you need to drive your instruction. We have three themes for this writing unit: Writing Informative Paragraphs with Hamburger Paragraphs (in this week students will also inform the reader about their friend), All About Holidays, My Specialty: _____ where stude

Paragraph writing w/ PARAGRAPH OF THE WEEK is better than a hamburger paragraph template at teaching 2nd, 3rd & 4th graders how to write a paragraph using templates writing rubrics, graphic organizers and a step-by-step system that scaffolds the writing process in a way students understand in grade 2, grade 3 and grade 4 can internalize.76 PARAGRAPH WRITING PROMPTS and ACTIVITIES (informative, narrative & persuasive / opinion) FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR with a DIGITAL VERSION INCLUDED for FREE

This 20 Day Writing Unit will encourage your students to become authors of opinion, persuasive, and letter writing! They will walk through the writing process from brainstorming to publishing in an organized and structured way! Weeks 3-4 are structured a little differently to allow students time to read books and respond to literature while forming opinions and writing persuasive letters. You will notice a difference in format for those two weeks but everything needed is still included! He

Personal Narrative Writing Unit including scripted minilessons, tips, posters/anchor charts, resources, and graphic organizers for adding details, stretching moments, and elaborating from planning to publishing! It is also included in a Writing BUNDLE:Writing BUNDLE Common Core Do you find it challenging to get your students to stretch their moments and write detailed personal narratives that come alive? This packet contains specific strategies, tips and resources to help your students (grade

Are you looking for something to help assess all of the 2nd grade Common Core Language Arts standards? This comprehensive assessment packet is for you. Having an assessment for every standard all in one place is a huge time saver. What does this product include?This assessment packet includes at least one assessment for EVERY Common Core Language Standard including each sub-category within the standards. The assessments include a variety of whole group, small group, and individual assessment

These NO-PREP early finishers activity packets for 2nd grade are full of engaging pages! They are fun & easy activities for early finishers, skill practice, or review! Each worksheet in the early finishers packets targets a math, ELA, science, social studies, art, or SEL skill. This helps students practice content in a fun way! ⭐️DOWNLOAD THE PREVIEW FILE TO SEE THE EARLY FINISHERS ACTIVITIES IN DETAIL⭐️Read more about how I use early finishers activity packets HERE!Need no-prep early finish

This unit includes everything you need to teach, practice and assess personal narrative writing for eight full weeks. Students will be learning all of the skill necessary to write a small moment stories with dialogue, a strong lead, interesting word choice, paragraphs and so much more! The best part of this unit is that it includes EVERYTHING you need. You do not need to purchase a long list of books. All of the necessary mentor texts are included! Are you teaching writing virtually? Good news!

This CCSS aligned informative writing unit contains lesson plans, student printables, rubrics, anchor papers, and other materials needed to teach the information gathering process for research-based writing. Specifically, this pack includes:--Detailed day by day lesson plans broken into 3 categories: -2 weeks for the research and note-taking process -2-3 weeks for writing a multi-paragraph research paper OR -2-3 weeks for writing a nonfiction book--"My Research Notebook"

Are you looking to spice up your writing block with fun, engaging, and meaningful activities? This is UNIT TEN of an 11 unit series. This unit will guide your students in writing two fictional stories, focusing on fairy tales, and includes everything you need to drive your instruction. We have two themes for writing in this fairy tale writing unit: The Magical Frog and The Poisonous Apple. We also included everything you need to know about your writing block. Here's what is included:The Magical

This is a fun unit on Character traits. Your students will identify character traits of different monsters. They will have to infer based on the details that are given for each character. This is good practice because students will be required to identify character traits in texts and they need a background on what character traits are and how to identify them.First read the monster posters to your students and display them where your students can see them. Next when you are done reading all

Daily writing practice for the Whole Year has 20 different printable writing mats for 10 months (that's 200 writing prompts) plus writing conventions posters to support writing instruction! Create a simple, easy-to prep writing center in your classroom with the perfect writing materials!Buy the bundle and SAVE $15 (3 packs for FREE), plus get FREE Writing Conventions posters as a bonus (for bundle owners only)! This BUNDLE is a collection of 10 sets of monthly Writing Mat resources. View the pre

Are your students struggling to find information on famous historical figures for their biography reports? Do you have technology in your classroom to help in their research, but aren't sure if they will find the right websites? The QR Codes for Biography Research Reports are what you need. No longer will students struggle with finding enough information, or writing their biography report, on their chosen historical figure.Included in the package:► 25 colorful pages of historical figures (1 fi

Are you looking to spice up your writing block with fun, engaging, and meaningful activities? This is UNIT THREE of an 11 unit series. This unit will guide your students in writing three how-to/procedural writing pieces and includes everything you need to drive your instruction. We have three themes for this writing unit: How to Make a Pie in a Cup (will need recipe materials), Writing an Original How-To (any topic), STEM project with How-To (students transform a box into a new creation with a

Teaching opinion writing can be tricky but this comprehensive unit takes you and your students step by step through the process from basic opinion writing to adding enhancing features. This 2nd and 3rd Grade Writing unit includes:Scripted minilessonsPowerPoint presentation that lines up with unit- NEW AS OF January 2022Writing promptsAnchor ChartsWriter's Scaffolded ChecklistsWriting samplesAssorted writing papersGraphic organizers for each topic Blanks for different topics (complete break

Text features are fun to learn with this unit!This pack is filled with effective lessons for teaching nonfiction text features. Your students will understand the terms that go with informational or nonfiction texts. Your students will create their own animal report using text features in their report. The entire report is first modeled using the example included. All materials included for a great report.This unit on text features first starts out with the teacher using the gradual release of

SYSTEMS OF THE HUMAN BODYTHIS TEACHING RESOURCE INCLUDES:• a Smart Art science project• a research template for a Body Part Report• a set of Poems and Songs about the human bodyThe Smart Art activity contains directions, photos, and templates for a creative, hands-on science & art project focusing on six major systems of the human body. Samples can be viewed in the PREVIEW above.- The Nervous System- The Circulatory System- The Respiratory System- The Muscular System- The Skeletal System- Th

Are you looking to spice up your writing block with fun, engaging, and meaningful activities? This is UNIT NINE of an 11 unit series. This unit will guide your students in writing two fictional stories, and includes everything you need to drive your instruction. We have two themes for writing in this fiction/realistic fiction writing unit: How I Became A Pirate and My Night in the White House. We also include everything you need to know about your writing block. Here's what is included:Ho