$5 - $10 2nd Grade Creative Writing Activities (by date, oldest first)

Ignite creativity and improve writing skills with our Writing Prompts with Pictures! This educational resource features 15 engaging writing prompts designed to inspire young minds. Each prompt is accompanied by a colorful illustration, making the writing experience more enjoyable and visually appealing for children.

Features:

• Variety of Prompts: Each page includes a different prompt, such as “My favorite season is…” or “In the future, I want to be a…”, encouraging kids to express their thoughts and ideas.
• Visual Stimulation: Each prompt is paired with an attractive image, helping to spark inspiration and guide students in their writing.
• User-Friendly Format: Each sheet includes sections for the student's name, teacher, class, and date, promoting organization in classroom settings.
• Versatile Use: Ideal for classroom activities, homework assignments, or creative writing exercises, this resource is perfect for educators and parents alike.

Encourage students to develop their writing skills in a fun and interactive way with this delightful set of writing prompts!

This Valentine's day craft activity bundle includes 4 February holiday printables that are ready to go, easy and require no prep

Great for:

1. bulletin boards
2. classroom displays
3. hallway decorations for valentines day and the 100th day of school
4. Valentine's Day writing activities
5. Valentine's Day letter writing

100th Day of School Craft

• When I'm 100 years old writing prompt and paper
• Matching graphic organizer included
• Engaging writing prompt for the 100th Day of School celebration
• Printable templates for easy organization and implementation
• Graphic organizer to reinforce organization and share ideas
• Ideal for classroom celebrations of the 100th day of school

Valentine's Day Self Love and what I love about my school

• Inspiring craft activity to promote self-love
• Encourages students to reflect what they love about their school
• Printable templates for easy distribution
• Students write on hearts and and focus on the positive aspects of themselves and their school

Writing Paper

• Adorable writing paper design including hearts, and spacing great for 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders.
• Perfect for notes to classmates, creative writing prompts, and journal writing, or letters to parents and teachers
• Enhances student engagement and encourages expression

Valentine's Day Mailbox Decorations for 2nd Graders

• Printable mailbox decorations for Valentine's Day class celebrations
• Designed specifically for kindergarten, 1st grade,2nd-grade, or third grade classrooms
• Students love decorating and personalizing their mailboxes
• print and go, no prep, easy implementation

February Planning and fun crafts taken care of!

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The Wacky Writing Kids' Bundle comes with 3 products bundled together for a discounted price. The bundle comes with All Wacky Writing Kids templates and writing prompts.

The Wacky Writing Kids products are great to incorporate fun and creativity while practicing the different types of writing. Students will love to construct each Wacky Kid Template. The template serves as a Writing Anchor Poster or Plan for each type of writing. After students create their writing plan they can write their paragraph on the lined paper provided. The Wacky Writing kids template also includes a writing checklist to proofread and edit their writing. The Wacky Writing kids make a fun wall display! This is a great activity as part of a Writing Lesson, at a Writing Workstation, or as an Art and Craft project.

The Wacky Writing Kids Bundle includes all three of the following products:

Wacky Writing- Informative Kit

Informative Isaac Body Template (writing plan)

Informative Isabelle Body Template (writing plan)

Line Writing Paper Template

Writing Prompt and Title Template

Blank Writing Prompt and Title Template

Wacky Writing- Narrative Kit

Narrative Nate Body Template (writing plan)

Narrative Natalie Body Template (writing plan)

Line Writing Paper Template

Writing Prompt and Title Template

Blank Writing Prompt and Title Template

Wacky Writing- Persuasive Kit

Persuasive Pete Body Template (writing plan)

Persuasive Paula Body Template (writing plan)

Line Writing Paper Template

Writing Prompt and Title Template

Blank Writing Prompt and Title Template

All printables in black and white.

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This set of 180 picture writing prompts inspires daily creativity and excitement in your students. These quick writes build writing skills through describing and inferring 180 engaging photos. Perfect for daily journaling, morning meeting activities, literacy centers, morning work and more! Encourage descriptive storytelling, expand vocabulary and boost critical thinking as students create quick narratives from diverse images all year long!

What's Included:

• 180 Pictures (1 for each school day) with "who? what? where? when? why?" Guiding Questions.

Uses:

• morning writing
• journaling
• creative writing class
• ELA
• literacy centers
• small group
• whole group
• homework writing assignments
• collaborative writing
• quick writing prompts
• paragraph writing practice
• extensions for GT, or accelerated learners
• teaching writing skills (Leads, paragraphs, grammar, editing)
• substitute activities
• and much more!

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*Note this product may be used in brick an mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

Grab this end-of-year bundle to wrap up the school year with your students and get them excited for summer! This bundle includes a printable memory book, fillable awards, crowns and fun summer-themed gift tags. Let's make those final days unforgettable!

✨ Save 30% with this bundle! ✨

What's Included

Summer Treat Gift Tags

Fillable Student Awards

Memory Book

Crowns

Summer Treat Gift Tags

10 Gift Tags Included:

• It's O'FISHALLY summer!
• You were one SMART COOKIE this school year!
• I DONUT want to say goodbye to you!
• You MINT so much to me this school year!
• You have BLOWN me away this school year!
• Stay super SHARP this summer!
• You will always have a PIECE of my heart!
• Have a super SWEET summer!
• DIG into a good book this summer!
• CHIP CHIP hurray it's summer time!

Fillable Student Awards

50 Awards Included:

Amazing Artist

Math Wizard

Worker Bee

Super Reader

Tech Expert

Observant Scientist

All-Star Athlete

Classroom Leader

Wonderful Writer

STEM Genius

Class Clown

Science Star

Aspiring Nurse

Social Butterfly

Fabulous Friend

Earth Hugger

Future Teacher

Smart Cookie

Future Actor

Future Actress

Team Player

Ray of Sunshine

Creative Writer

Bright Thinker

S. Studies Buff

Safety Patrol

Eager Explorer

Kindness Queen

Kindness King

Coolest Kid

Curious Cupcake

Leaps & Bounds

Star Speller

Lunchroom Leader

Animal Lover

Handy Helper

Word Shark

Most Improved

Recess Buddy

Goal Getter

Budding Author

Hard Worker

Creative Kid

Happy Camper

Marvelous Mathematician

Organization Guru

Growth Mindset

Attentive Listener

Never Giver Upper

Awesome Attitude

End of Year Memory Book

15 Pages Included:

• cover page for first, second, third and fourth grades

• about me

• about my teacher

• all about my friends

• my school day

• favorite memories

• brag sheet

• goal setting

• this or that school memories

• letter to my future teacher

• find someone who "my classmates"

• favorite books

• autographs page

• a note from my teacher

• my symbols

Crowns

What's Included:

5 black & white crowns with writing prompts

3 extra extension bands students can also color

Prompts Included:

This summer I will...

My favorite memory this school year was...

This year I learned...

Next school year, I am most excited for...

This summer I will...

More End of The Year Resources...

Roll & Read Phonics

Roll & Race Math

100's Chart Mystery Picture

*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

This bundle includes THREE different Johnny Appleseed resources. There is an activity resource with a printable booklet, word search puzzle, comic book page, write the room activity, color by number and color by sight word pages. There is also a Solve and Color with a Twist resource that includes two projects with eight differentiated worksheet options. The last resource is a book report activity to use with your favorite Johnny appleseed read aloud. These products are all fun and engaging for young learners!

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This BUNDLE includes 6 different activities that focus on The Little Red Hen folktale and retelling the story PLUS 5 paper sack puppet crafts. Activities are: an 11-page emergent reader, write the room to write a story (includes words to display and a work page to write beginning, middle and ending before writing the story), a color by number page, a word search, a color by word page, and a comic page to retell the story with pictures and words. This is also a great resource to use as emergency sub plans!

If you are a teacher-author and need the clipart to add this project to a resource, you can find the clipart HERE.

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This BUNDLE includes 8 FUN and engaging activities that provide opportunities for comprehension of the fable as well as retelling the story. SAVE MONEY BY PURCHASING THE BUNDLE!

Activities included are:

• 8-page emergent reader
• BME graphic organizer
• write the room to write a story
• a color by number page
• word search
• color by word page
• comic page to retell the story with pictures and words.
• printable craft project

This is also a great resource to use as emergency sub plans!

Here are some fables, folktale and fairy tale resources that are available now:

Tortoise and the Hare Activities

Town Mouse and Country Mouse Activities

The Boy Who Cried Wolf Activities

The Little Red Hen Activities

The Frog Prince Activities

The Gingerbread Man Activities

Johnny Appleseed Activities

The Lion and the Mouse Activities

Fables Lapbook Activities

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This BUNDLE includes 6 different activities that focus on Martin Luther King as well as MLK Addition Color by Number Worksheets and a booklet with a comprehension quiz over the text. Other activities are: a write the room to write a story (includes words to display and a work page to write beginning, middle and ending before writing the story), a color by number page, a word search, and 2 comic pages to retell the story with pictures and words. This is also a great resource to use as emergency sub plans!

Please FOLLOW my store as new resources are added daily. All of my followers get HALF OFF of NEW RESOURCES for the first 24 hours after they are added! WHAT A DEAL!!!

This BUNDLE includes 8 FUN and engaging activities that provide opportunities for comprehension of the fable as well as retelling the story. SAVE MONEY BY PURCHASING THE BUNDLE!

Activities included are:

• 8-page emergent reader
• BME graphic organizer
• write the room to write a story
• a color by number page
• word search
• color by word page
• comic page to retell the story with pictures and words.
• printable craft project

This is also a great resource to use as emergency sub plans!

Here are some fables, folktale and fairy tale resources that are available now:

Tortoise and the Hare Activities

Town Mouse and Country Mouse Activities

The Boy Who Cried Wolf Activities

The Little Red Hen Activities

The Frog Prince Activities

The Gingerbread Man Activities

Johnny Appleseed Activities

The Lion and the Mouse Activities

Fables Lapbook Activities

Please FOLLOW my store as new resources are added daily. All of my followers get HALF OFF of NEW RESOURCES for the first 24 hours after they are added! WHAT A DEAL!!!

This BUNDLE includes 8 FUN and engaging activities that provide opportunities for comprehension of the fable as well as retelling the story. SAVE MONEY BY PURCHASING THE BUNDLE!

Activities included are:

• 8-page emergent reader
• BME graphic organizer
• write the room to write a story
• a color by number page
• word search
• color by word page
• comic page to retell the story with pictures and words.
• printable craft project

This is also a great resource to use as emergency sub plans!

Here are some fables, folktale and fairy tale resources that are available now:

Tortoise and the Hare Activities

Town Mouse and Country Mouse Activities

The Boy Who Cried Wolf Activities

The Little Red Hen Activities

The Frog Prince Activities

The Gingerbread Man Activities

Johnny Appleseed Activities

The Lion and the Mouse Activities

Fables Lapbook Activities

Please FOLLOW my store as new resources are added daily. All of my followers get HALF OFF of NEW RESOURCES for the first 24 hours after they are added! WHAT A DEAL!!!

This BUNDLE includes 8 FUN and engaging activities that provide opportunities for comprehension of the fable as well as retelling the story. SAVE MONEY BY PURCHASING THE BUNDLE!

Activities included are:

• 8-page emergent reader
• BME graphic organizer
• write the room to write a story
• a color by number page
• word search
• color by word page
• comic page to retell the story with pictures and words.
• printable craft project

This is also a great resource to use as emergency sub plans!

Here are some fables, folktale and fairy tale resources that are available now:

Tortoise and the Hare Activities

Town Mouse and Country Mouse Activities

The Boy Who Cried Wolf Activities

The Little Red Hen Activities

The Frog Prince Activities

The Gingerbread Man Activities

Johnny Appleseed Activities

The Lion and the Mouse Activities

Fables Lapbook Activities

Please FOLLOW my store as new resources are added daily. All of my followers get HALF OFF of NEW RESOURCES for the first 24 hours after they are added! WHAT A DEAL!!!

This BUNDLE includes 8 FUN and engaging activities that provide opportunities for comprehension of the fable as well as retelling the story. SAVE MONEY BY PURCHASING THE BUNDLE!

Activities included are:

• 8-page emergent reader
• BME graphic organizer
• write the room to write a story
• a color by number page
• word search
• color by word page
• comic page to retell the story with pictures and words.
• printable craft project

This is also a great resource to use as emergency sub plans!

Here are some fables, folktale and fairy tale resources that are available now:

Tortoise and the Hare Activities

Town Mouse and Country Mouse Activities

The Boy Who Cried Wolf Activities

The Little Red Hen Activities

The Frog Prince Activities

The Gingerbread Man Activities

Johnny Appleseed Activities

The Lion and the Mouse Activities

Fables Lapbook Activities

Please FOLLOW my store as new resources are added daily. All of my followers get HALF OFF of NEW RESOURCES for the first 24 hours after they are added! WHAT A DEAL!!!

This BUNDLE includes 8 FUN and engaging activities that provide opportunities for comprehension of the fable as well as retelling the story. SAVE MONEY BY PURCHASING THE BUNDLE!

Activities included are:

• 8-page emergent reader
• BME graphic organizer
• write the room to write a story
• a color by number page
• word search
• color by word page
• comic page to retell the story with pictures and words.
• printable craft project

This is also a great resource to use as emergency sub plans!

Here are some fables, folktale and fairy tale resources that are available now:

Tortoise and the Hare Activities

Town Mouse and Country Mouse Activities

The Boy Who Cried Wolf Activities

The Little Red Hen Activities

The Frog Prince Activities

The Gingerbread Man Activities

Johnny Appleseed Activities

The Lion and the Mouse Activities

Fables Lapbook Activities

Please FOLLOW my store as new resources are added daily. All of my followers get HALF OFF of NEW RESOURCES for the first 24 hours after they are added! WHAT A DEAL!!!

Do your students say they don't know what to write about? Well NO MORE.

This is a pack of 173 Personal Narrative WRITING PROMPTS. Your students will soon learn that they all have a story to tell, and that usually the simplest, everyday stories are the best ones!

Each prompt comes with a planning space, a space for vocabulary and in some cases a word bank. Perfect for teachers and subs.

THIS IS A GROWING PACKET. Keep an eye out on your purchases page for new prompts added to the resource MONTHLY at no extra cost!

Thankful Flap Book for Thanksgiving

This flap book is easy to put together as well as fill out. Students have space to draw a picture of what they are thankful for as well as write a sentence about it. Thankful Flap Book for Thanksgiving also comes with a cute turkey topper to make it even more festive. I hope you enjoy this cute Thanksgiving resource!

Who wouldn't want to be on Santa's Reindeer Team? This fun and simple craft and writing activity allows students to write what they have learned (or made up) about their reindeer and what awesome features it has. In a job application, they express their reasons for wanting to be on Santa's Team! Add the cute reindeer faces, and this craft is one that you and your students will love!

The craft is simple! No prep! The students just color, cut, and paste (and its all on one page)!

Includes:

TEAM SANTA bulletin board headers with holly leaves and berries for decoration

One page, no prep reindeer craft

Writing page with different line options.

Thanks so much for your purchase, and Happy Holidays!

I would love to see your finished projects! If you post them on Instagram, please tag me! @smalltownteacherlife or use #smalltownteacherlife

Thank you!

-Leslie

Help your students master CVC words with this ultimate bundles CVC Unscramble Sentences with short vowels Fix-It, Write-It, Cut-and-Paste, and Draw-It Worksheets! This resource is packed with engaging activities designed to improve early reading, writing, and sentence-building skills, perfect for kindergarten and 1st-grade learners.

Each worksheet includes:

• Unscramble Sentences featuring CVC words to practice correct word order.
• A Fix-It section where students correct capitalization and punctuation.
• A Write-It section for students to rewrite the sentence independently.
• A Cut-and-Paste activity where students cut out words and rearrange them into a complete sentence.
• A Draw-It activity that encourages students to draw a picture related to the unscrambled sentence.

These hands-on activities are great for literacy centers, independent work, or morning tasks. Your students will have fun while strengthening their understanding of CVC words and sentence structure!

This all-in-one bundle offers a comprehensive set of early literacy resources designed to build confidence and fluency in young learners. Save time and money with five essential products tailored to introduce and reinforce foundational reading and writing skills. Perfect for engaging classroom activities or practice at home, this bundle is packed with fun, engaging exercises for young readers.

What's Included:

1. My First 100 Sight Words – Worksheets based on Fry’s first 100 sight words for kindergarten and 1st grade. Activities include tracing, reading, unscrambling, coloring, rewriting, and filling in blanks to help students master sight words.
2. My First Sight Word Sentences with CVC Words – Kindergarten-friendly CVC worksheets with short, simple sentences that strengthen sight word recognition and basic reading skills.
3. Spell It, Write It! CVC Words with Short Vowels – Printable activities to practice spelling and writing CVC words, focused on short vowels to boost early phonics skills.
4. Kindergarten Comprehension Passages and Questions – A variety of engaging comprehension worksheets that build critical thinking and reading understanding. Each worksheet encourages kids to read, trace, draw, and write.
5. Decodable Sentences Practice with CVC Words – Read, trace, and write sentences designed to reinforce decoding skills with CVC words. Students engage through fun illustrations and practice to boost reading fluency.

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Explore a treasure trove of creativity with these 180 creative writing and drawing prompts designed specifically for kindergarteners and 1st graders! This comprehensive resource is perfect for inspiring young minds and fostering a love for writing and storytelling.

Each page features a unique prompt carefully crafted to ignite imagination and encourage expression. From imaginative stories to descriptive narratives, these prompts cover a wide range of topics to keep young writers engaged throughout the year and beyond.

The layout of each page includes dotted lines for writing, providing guidance for early writers while allowing them to practice proper letter formation. Additionally, there's ample space for drawing, allowing students to illustrate their ideas and bring their stories to life visually.

With enough prompts to last for a full school year or year-round use, this resource is ideal for teachers, homeschooling parents, or anyone looking to enhance literacy skills and creative thinking in young learners.

No prep needed for teachers!

Featuring:

Labor Day

Halloween

Veteran's Day

Thanksgiving

Christmas

Kwanzaa

Hanukkah

Winter

New Year's

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Groundhog Day

Valentine's Day

Random Acts of Kindness Day

President's Day

Pi Day

St. Patrick's Day

April Fool's Day

Easter

Earth Day

Arbor Day

Memorial Day

End of School Year

& non-holiday prompts for the rest of the school year.