Thematic Writing Center (Second Grade)

What is the Thematic Writing Center?

The Second Grade Thematic Writing Center includes word cards and independent writing sheets for the entire school year. Each month covers ten themes for a total of 90 themes. The themes can be interchanged between any months. The themes are independent of one another and can be swapped to fit your needs. Each theme has 5 word cards for a total of 450 word cards. These cards come with nonfiction/realistic photographs. The cards can be displayed for students to access. Along with the word cards, each theme comes with twelve activities. The twelve activities are repeated for every theme so that the task only has to be taught once.

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What is included in this Second Grade Thematic Writing Center?

- 450 nonfiction word cards (5 word cards per 90 themes)

- 12 activity posters (2 sizes available)

- 8,500 activity sheets (950 pages per month)

- Start Up Guide

What makes THIS writing center so unique?

This writing centers rocks SIMPLISTIC BLISS! What does that mean? This packet allows you to teach the 12 activities and then have them simply repeat for each theme! This allows you TIME that you are not repeating directions each month!

This writing center offers SO MANY themes that you can easily combine and swap themes. If you are teaching lifecycles, you can pull out all of the lifecycle themes and teach them at once!

Please view the attached preview to SEE the packet up and close!

What themes are included?

Just a reminder that the themes are independent of one another! You can swap the themes to any month you need!

September:

Apples

School

Transportation

Fairy Tales

School Helpers

Park

Family

Feelings

School Supplies

School Subjects

October:

Halloween

Fall Animals

Fire Safety

Owls

Fall

Pumpkins

Jungle Animals

Three Little Pigs

Three Little Bears

Three Billy Goats

November:

Thanksgiving

Baking

Then and Now

Scarecrows

Veteran’s Day

Maps & Globes

Community

Bees

Reptiles

Mammals

December:

Reindeer

Gingerbread

Christmas

Holidays

Needs

5 Senses

Polar Express

Winter

Colors

Manners

January:

New Year

Arctic Animals

Snow

Bears

Winter Sports

Woodland Animals

Hibernation

The Mitten

Penguins

MLK

February:

Dental Health

President’s Day

Valentine’s Day

Germs

My Body

Friendship

Groundhog’s Day

Castles and Kings

Western

Travel

March:

St. Patrick’s

Dinosaurs

Moon

Snakes

Spring

Pond

Pets

Construction

Exercise

Healthy Food

April:

Easter

Frogs

Butterflies

Plants

Weather

Farm

Bugs

Space

Ponies

Chickens

May:

Zoo

Ocean

Community Helpers

Pirates

Beach

Summer

Bedtime

Koalas

Picnic

Camping

What activities are included in the writing center?

Just a reminder that these TWELVE activities are replicated for all 90 THEMES!

The following activities are included for each of the 90 themes. Each of these systematic activities allow you the simplistic bliss of teaching the activity only one time for the entire school year. Each of the activities include five versions for variety and differentiation.

- Poems

- Recipes

- Paragraphs

- Idea It (Story Map & Writing)

- Alphabetizing

- Greeting Cards

- Tune-Ups

- Mail (Letters and Post Cards)

- Lists

- Booklets

- Free Write Story

- Story Starters

Do you offer this bundle for K-1?

Yes! I have a Kindergarten and First Grade versionHERE!

What is different from this bundle and the K-1 bundle?

This is an all new bundle from the K-1 writing thematic center! This bundle has new brand new activities: alphabetizing, poems, recipes, paragraphs and idea it! This bundle has second grade appropriate writing lines and more rigorous tasks! Please view the attached preview to see a theme so that you can decide if it works for your class!

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