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Back to School, English Language Arts, Writing

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, 2-LS4-1

, 2-LS2-1

, 2-LS2-2

Writing Center - Perfect For Literacy Centers, Work on Writing and Word Work!

Created by

Cindy Gilchrist

This writing center has been featured on Scholastic.com and numerous other websites. It is the original Writing Center on Teachers Pay Teachers and has been completely revised with more samples and new templates!!! This kit is also available in a MONEY SAVING BUNDLE! Click here to check it out: Save With A Bundle: Writing Center and Information Folders - Student Resources for Reading, Writing, and Math Make a Writing Center! Everything you need to set up a center full of ideas and suc

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 4th

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Centers

CCSS:

W.K.2

, W.K.3

, W.K.5

, W.K.7

, W.K.8

...

2nd and 3rd Grade Writing Lessons for Back to School | Writing Boot Camp

Created by

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

Subjects:

Back to School, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

W.2.3

Back to School, ELA Test Prep, Tools for Common Core

, W.3.3

...

Also included in: 2nd and 3rd Grade Writing Lessons for the Entire School Year

2nd Grade ELA Common Core- (ALL STANDARDS) Assessment Pack- 329 pages

Created by

Teaching Times 2

*** 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 - answer keys are includedIMPORTANT- 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 g

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd

Types:

Assessment, Centers

CCSS:

, RL.2.2

, RL.2.3

Writing, Writing-Essays, Writing-Expository

, RL.2.5

...

Paragraph Writing How to Write a Paragraph of the Week for 1st and 2nd grade

Created by

Rachel Lynette

Paragraph writing just got easier! Whether you need print or digital, these ready-to-use pages (and slides) are an effective way to help your students learn how to write a paragraph. You'll get everything you need for opinion, informative, and narrative writing. Check out the product preview to see it all!Here's What's Included:Print Versions and Digital Access60 different writing prompts (20 opinion, 20 informative, & 20 narrative)Brainstorming PagesOrganizing and Planning PagesFirst Draft

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Worksheets, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

W.1.1

, W.1.2

, W.1.3

, W.1.5

, W.1.8

...

Also included in: Paragraph Writing of the Week - Differentiation Bundle for Grades 2-3

2nd and 3rd Grade Writing Lessons for Personal Narratives

Created by

English Language Arts, Writing

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

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

W.2.3

Back to School, Close Reading, English Language Arts

, W.3.3

...

Also included in: 2nd and 3rd Grade Writing Lessons for the Entire School Year

First Day Jitters Activities | First Day Jitters Book Activities

Created by

The Applicious Teacher

First Day Jitters Activities-Do you love using the book “First Day Jitters” at back to school time? Then, you and your students will love this engaging and fun First Day Jitters book activities unit! This week-long unit is packed with an emoji writing craft, responding to literature activities, vocabulary, quick prints, and soooo much more!INCLUDES DIGITAL STUDENT ACTIVITIES! _____________________________________________________________✊ Buy the bundle and SAVE BIG!!! ✊Ready to have your student

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.6

, RL.1.7

, RL.2.1

...

Also included in: Reading Activities Beyond the Text All Year Bundle

Genius Hour Pack for Elementary

Created by

Poet Prints Teaching

Are you looking to do Genius Hour in elementary? This packet has all of the teaching materials and plans, student worksheets, and caregiver letters to make sure that your Genius Hour is one of the best things you do all year in second, third, or fourth grade. Genius Hour in the lower grades can be a lot of work if you are unprepared, but this packet makes it simple! What's included in this Genius Hour planning pack? For Teachers: What is Genius Hour? A brief overview of Genius Hour and its pur

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Science

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Projects

CCSS:

RI.2.5

, RI.3.5

, W.2.7

English Language Arts, Poetry, Writing

, W.3.2

...

Poetry Unit - 2nd Grade

Created by

Jessica Zannini

Looking for a way to help students learn to read and write poetry? This 2nd grade poetry unit has everything you need to make poems exciting any time of the year. Your students will quickly dive into the poetry standards and get excited about reading and writing poetry. The unit includes over 300 pages of resources for you and your students to use any time throughout the school year. What’s included in this poetry unit:26+ days of poetry lesson plans on 2nd grade reading and writing standards

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Writing

, RL.2.6

, RL.2.7

, RI.2.2

...

Also included in: 2nd Grade - Writing Unit Bundle - Poetry, Personal, & Fictional Narrative

Paragraph Writing How to Write a Paragraph of the Week 2nd 3rd 4th Grade Prompts

Created by

Clutter-Free Classroom

Paragraph writing with 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 and can internalize.This paragraph writing resource includes informative, narrative, and persuasive/opinion for the entire school year (plus there's a digital version in

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Printables

CCSS:

W.1.2

, W.1.5

, W.1.6

, W.1.7

, W.1.8

...

2nd and 3rd Grade Writing Lessons for Informational and Paragraph Writing

Created by

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository

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

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

RI.2.5

, RI.3.7

, W.2.2

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Thanksgiving

...

Also included in: 2nd and 3rd Grade Writing Lessons for the Entire School Year

Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity

Created by

Carly and Adam STEM

Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Activities, Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

W.2.8

, W.3.10

, W.4.10

, W.5.10

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

...

Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE

2nd and 3rd Grade Writing Lessons for Opinion, Persuasive, and Letter Writing

Created by

English Language Arts, Writing

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

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

W.2.1

English Language Arts, Math, Other (Arts)

, W.3.1

, W.3.4

...

Also included in: 2nd and 3rd Grade Writing Lessons for the Entire School Year

2nd Grade Early Fast Finisher Activities Year-Long Bundle

Created by

Lucky Little Learners

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

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd

Types:

Worksheets, Homework, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

...

2nd Grade Reading Tests | 2nd Grade Reading Comprehension Assessments

Created by

The Applicious Teacher

Second Grade Reading Comprehension TestsLooking for assessments to be used as reading formatives or reading assessments in your 2nd grade classroom? These 2nd grade reading comprehension passages and questions are perfect for spot-checking your student's reading throughout the year. They are designed to progress monitor second graders' reading comprehension throughout the year. This pack includes 12 highly engaging 2nd grade reading assessments or reading tests. Each assessment is designed to a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2nd

Types:

Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

, RL.2.2

, RL.2.3

English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal, Writing

, RL.2.5

...

Also included in: Reading Comprehension Tests Multi-Grade Bundle

Writing Prompts, Journals & Posters w/ End of the Year Writing Center Activities

Created by

Proud to be Primary

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

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Printables, Centers

CCSS:

W.K.1

, W.K.2

, W.K.3

, W.K.5

, W.K.6

...

Common Core Language Arts Assessments for 2nd Grade

Created by

Jodi Southard

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

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

2nd

Types:

Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

, RL.2.2

, RL.2.3

Primarily Speaking by Aimee Salazar

, RL.2.5

...

Also included in: Common Core Assessments for 2nd Grade Language Arts & Math Bundle

Thanksgiving

Created by

Integrating social studies and language arts is a great way to reinforce the standards while teaching history. This unit can be used to teach history while practicing reading and writing skills. About this unit:This unit includes a variety of materials that can be used to teach your students about the Mayflower, the Pilgrims, The First Thanksgiving, and even turkeys. You decide how and what you want to teach your students. These materials can be used with any book, presentation, or discussion y

Subjects:

Thanksgiving, Tools for Common Core, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.2.1

, RI.2.10

, W.2.1

, W.2.2

, W.2.3

...

Writing Prompts Bundle with End of the Year Writing Activities - 1st & 2nd Grade

Created by

Lucky Little Learners

1st and 2nd grade no-prep writing pages with engaging writing prompts allow for easy writing activities, centers, writing journals, or daily writing! This resource includes differentiated monthly prompts for opinion writing, informational writing, narrative writing, and free writes. Digital versions of each prompt are included.⭐️DOWNLOAD THE PREVIEW FILE TO SEE THIS RESOURCE IN DETAIL ⭐️Need no-prep writing activities?The writing pages can be printed out and stapled or bound together for a journ

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

W.1.1

, W.1.2

, W.1.3

, W.1.5

, W.1.6

...

Penguin Writing Freebie ~ Read and write about 6 species of penguins

Created by

Teacher Treasure Hunter

This freebie features information pages about these penguin species: Emperor, King, Gentoo, Adelie, Macaroni and Little. The pages are written in an easy-to-read format making it easier for young students to study these birds and write reports. They can read the information page, record key facts on the graphic organizer and then use this information to write a research paper. This product supports the common core standards for reading informational texts and non-fiction writing. A metric ve

Subjects:

Informational Text, Science, Writing

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Research, Printables

CCSS:

RI.K.1

, RI.K.5

, RI.K.10

, RI.1.1

, RI.1.10

...

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"My Animal Research Project," A CCSS Aligned Informative Writing Unit

Created by

Katie Crystal

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"

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Printables, Rubrics

CCSS:

W.2.2

, W.2.7

Autumn, English Language Arts, Halloween

...

Crankenstein Activties

Created by

The Applicious Teacher

Crankenstein Activities Are your kids obsessed with "Crankenstein" by Samantha Berger? Then, they'll love this Beyond the Text reading unit! You'll love the academic focus this Crankenstein unit has! Science of Reading Aligned!This Crankenstein unit has everything done for you and follows a Science of Reading base and classroom-proven five-day lesson plan routine. Not only do these Crankenstein activities engage your students, but the activities are backed by best practices outlined by SoR resea

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.4

, RL.1.6

...

Also included in: Reading Activities Beyond the Text All Year Bundle

Scientists & The Scientific Method, Scientific Processes NGSS | 2nd 3rd Grade

Created by

Linda Kamp

This resource is a complete science unit with engaging lessons and experiments to introduce second, third, and even fourth grade students to science, the scientific method, and other processes scientists use. Students learn the different areas of science, types of scientists and the jobs they do, science tools, science safety, and planning and conducting experiments using the scientific method. Your students will enjoy ten high engagement lessons in a detailed teaching Power Point, science journ

Subjects:

Basic Principles, General Science, Science

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

W.2.7

Thanksgiving, Visual Arts, Writing

, W.3.7

, W.3.8

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-3

, 2-PS1-1

Also included in: Scientists & The Scientific Method Print & Digital NGSS BUNDLE

Thanksgiving Writing Prompts Quilt: Bulletin Board Activity w/ I am Thankful for

Created by

Games 4 Learning

This Thanksgiving writing activity includes 7 printable writing prompts to make a class quilt display. It is a fun and engaging Thanksgiving activity that combines writing and art. It will get your students keen to write while they also contribute to a display that they will be proud of!Key Features:This packet includes 7 different writing prompts.Each of these Thanksgiving writing prompts comes in 2 different formats - 4 squares to a page or 2 squares to a page. You can choose the size that yo

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

W.2.2