Are you looking for writing prompts to use for narrative writing, informative writing and opinion writing? Are you looking for writing rubrics to assess personal narrative, informative, and opinion writing? This resource is going to save you time, provide you with standards-based rubrics, and give you a management system for your writing assessment for the entire year!

How It Works:

✅ Use the generic rubric in students' writing folders for a reference tool for their daily writing.

✅ The Writer's Conference Checklist with anecdotal notes will give you focused goals and areas of strength for students during writing conferences.

✅ The three, standards-based rubrics (personal narrative, informative, and opinion) will provide you with assessment tools.
✅ Use the student-generated writing ideas for each writing genre.

✅ Use the thirteen templates for a year of writing folders or journals with your students.

✅ The All About Me page is always a hit with students!

Writing Assessment and Organization Tools Included:

• 4 Rubrics (generic, personal narrative, informative, and opinion)
• 3 Writing Prompts (personal narrative, informative, and opinion)
• Writer's Conference Checklist
• Anecdotal Notes Form
• Teacher's Instructions
• Student Writing Goals & Areas of Focus Form (student & teacher copies)
• 3 Writing Surveys with Area for Student-Generated Writing Ideas (personal narrative, informative, and opinion)
• Writing Process Mini-Poster Set
• Writing Genres Mini-Poster Set
• 'What Do Great Writers Do?' Mini-Poster Set
• 13 Writing Journal Covers (one for each month plus one generic)
• 2 Blank Writing Templates

Student Writing Tools Included:

• All About Me Page
• Editing Marks Page
• Writer's Checklist
• Safe Paragraph Starters
• Safe Opinion Piece Starters & Transition Words

Why You'll Love This Resource:

❤️ It is classroom tested and loved by students.

❤️ Everything is done for you; simply print and go!

❤️ Standards-based makes it perfect for your classroom.

Let's face it. Teaching and managing writing is tough. I created this resource out of a need to help students improve their writing skills and to keep writing pieces organized as I assessed them. It worked super well for me! My students thrived on the writing conferences and goal setting. Yours will, too!

Happy and Healthy Teaching,

Susan

Grade 2 Hullabaloo