2nd Grade Writing-Expository Resources

Each writing poster for the classroom has the stage of the writing process in bold letters, along with instructions for what should be done at each stage. These writing posters will help you and your students keep track of where they are during writer's workshop. I laminate and hang the posters as well as prepare clothespins with each child's name on one. As a child works on a piece of writing his/her clip is moved to the appropriate stage of the writing process.

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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

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I have created non-fiction writing project templates and checklists with my resource designed to meet the needs of ALL learners! This 24-page print-and-go kit is a complete solution for a non-fiction writing unit, featuring differentiated graphic organizers, checklists, and writing paper. Facilitate engaging animal research projects effortlessly.

Differentiated Graphic Organizers: - Tailored for diverse learning needs, my resource includes two versions of graphic organizers. One for higher learners and a fill-in-the-blank version for struggling students.
Checklists for Prewriting Research: - Ensure students cover all bases with prewriting checklists, fostering organization and thorough research.
Differentiated Final Product Checklists: - Guide students through the final stages with checklists designed for diverse learning abilities.
Variety of Writing Paper: - Spark creativity with different versions of writing paper for students' final drafts. Accommodate individual preferences and needs.
Clear Instructions: - My product comes with crystal-clear instructions, allowing for effortless implementation in your special education classroom.

This product is ideal for teachers who:

1. Seek a complete, ready-to-use non-fiction writing unit for their students.
2. Value differentiation to address diverse learning needs within the classroom.
3. Prioritize simplicity and efficiency with a print-and-go approach.
4. Desire clear instructions for easy implementation in their teaching practice.

Elevate your non-fiction writing unit with our comprehensive resource designed for special education settings. Make learning enjoyable and accessible for every student!

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Veteran’s Day Bundle

This three packet activity bundle has more than 50+ handouts to help students define, understand, and discuss the importance of Veteran’s Day.

Packet 1: Veteran’s Day Thank You Cards (English and Spanish)

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Pages: 23

Instill gratitude for our Armed Services with these 20 Veteran's Day Thank You Cards. Write a note of thanks, color images, fold, and give to make a veteran smile!

Includes a mix of English and Spanish gratitude phrases, black and white images to color, and one blank card for students to create their own Veteran's Day message. Highlights each branch of the Armed Services: Army, Marines, and Navy. Includes female and male armed services members.

Use as across curriculum government/history/social studies and ELA lesson, to practice fact-based letter/note writing skills, develop social skills, learn more about U.S. history, practice vocabulary, and meet local veterans in your community. Contact your local Veteran's of Foreign Wars (VFW) for a list of veterans in your area.

Packet 2: 30 Veteran’s Day Activities

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Pages: 32

30 activities to celebrate Veteran's Day! Coloring, lists, poems, writings, and more...for using critical thinking skills to learn about a national holiday.

Includes:

Democracy is...
Freedom is...
Liberty means...
The eagle is representative of...
Veteran's Day Speech
Map for listing no. of veterans/naming veterans
10 Ways to Thank a Veteran
Make your own dog-tags
Many faces of soldiers
Many roles of soldiers
What Veteran's Day means to me...
Thank you to a Veteran
My Message to a Veteran
Decorate the tombstone of a fallen soldier
Veteran Acrostic Poem
A Veteran's Poem
My favorite branch of armed services
My Pledge for Peace
Veteran's Day Maze
Veteran's Day Word Search
Women's roles in the Armed Services
How many words can you make from "veteran"
What will you do on Veteran's Day?
From a soldier's point of view: What Veteran's Day means...
The War Wall--fill in to make and display your own war wall

30 activities to help students acknowledge, appreciate, celebrate, and honor veterans and what the special day means.

Packet 3: Get Fit Action Story: A Veteran’s Day Celebration

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Pages: 15

What is Veterans Day? When does it fall each year? What kinds of celebrations honor our veterans? Students get an introduction and definition of Veterans Day, plus why it is different than Memorial Day. Then, get ready to join the parade! Play ball, watch fireworks, and thank a veteran for serving!

Get Fit Action Stories combine reading, sight words, listening, speaking, directions, and physical education into one assignment. It's a fun, physical learning adventure!

Action Words included:
1. salute
2. clap
3. Miss America wave
4. struts
5. moves a scepter up and down
6. twirl
7. toss
8. catch
9. plays a violin
10. toots a horn
11. beats a drum
12. pedal
13. flip hamburgers
14. toss salads
15. swing bats
16. hit homeruns
17. yells, “Ewwwww” then “Awwwww”
18. “Thank you!”
19. salute
20. “Happy Veterans Day!”

This three packet activity bundle with over 50+ handouts will encourage discussions, increase understanding, and reinforce meaning of Veteran’s Day.

This is a 64-page set of worksheets to help grade 3 students practice the R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy. The R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy (Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summarize) is a method that students can use to write meaningful responses to questions about a written text.

For each week in the WonderWorks Interactive Worktext for Grade Three, there are two questions for students to answer using the R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy. Please note that students must have the WonderWorks Interactive Worktext for Grade Three in order to answer the questions in these worksheets.

Celebrate Thanksgiving in your classroom with this fun writing activity that doubles as classroom decorations! Students can each decorate a piece of the banner and reflect and write about what they are thankful for this year. This is a great writing center activity and students will love seeing their writing displayed as a banner in the classroom or hallway.

This activity set is perfect for use during November, around Thanksgiving, or anytime during the Fall.

This printable banner activity is perfect for third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, and sixth grade. With minimal prep time, this activity is ready to go in just minutes.

Make sure to take a look at more of my Thanksgiving Resources:

- Thanksgiving Writing Prompts

- Thanksgiving Activity Placemat

- Thanksgiving Coloring Pages/Placemats

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Get ready for an exciting adventure in learning with our Research Reading Passage and Body Biography Poster Bundle!

Explore the remarkable life and legacy of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, with our engaging 2-page nonfiction reading passage. Filled with intriguing insights, memorable moments, and vibrant illustrations, this passage invites students to delve into Barack Obama's journey from childhood to presidency, providing essential research material for the poster project.

INCLUDED- Reading Comprehension Questions! Differentiated and can be used with any reading passage about an influential female leader. Perfect for close reading!

• Colored and black-line version
• Reading comprehension questions for early elementary (1-3) and separate worksheet for upper elementary (4-6)

Then, dive into creativity with our Body Biography Poster - a 12-piece collaborative masterpiece! Students color, assemble, and fill in the details, choosing between lined or unlined boxes to suit their style. As they work on their poster, they'll uncover Barack Obama's inspiring leadership, historic achievements, and enduring impact on the world stage.

Once done, proudly display their work in the hallway, on bulletin boards, or as door decorations, showcasing their hard work and celebrating the enduring legacy of Barack Obama!

It's the perfect blend of fun and learning for grades 1-6 - guaranteed to make every lesson about Barack Obama unforgettable!

This product is especially fun for your class animal writing projects! It is a fun engaging writing task your students will enjoy. Prep Free! Ready to go!

Task:

1. Students are going to write a five sensory informational writing about your favorite animal using the Red Barn Craft Book pages.

2. This is a seven page-writing project: one page for the cover, one page for the topic sentence, four pages for the middle (five sensory writing: eye/see, hand/feel, ear/sound, mouth/food, + action), and one page for the conclusion.

3. Each student will choose an animal of his own to write.

Step by step assignment directions are giving using Teacher Writing Sample "Horses" as a model.

You could use this Red Barn Craft Book to write anything related to Animal Studies.

This product includes:

- Red Barn Craft Book in four formats: colored with/without writing lines and black lined with/without writing lines

- Lesson Plan for My Favorite Animal Writing Project

- Step by Step Assignment Directions

- All the posters your students need to write their favorite animals

- 1 Teacher Animal Writing Sample

- 2 Student Animal Writing Samples

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Ready to write? This set of 24 writing prompts task cards for September will help you get your writing center started in your class. These slightly simpler prompts give your second, third, and fourth grade students both fiction and non-fiction questions to answer, asking for them to write lists, paragraphs, letters, and simple main idea / details answers, depending upon the question. Also included are two cover pages for both a full size and a half size journal, and four writing to pages to print multiple copies of and bind together with the covers to create student journals. You can choose from simple lines or from primary dotted lines for your journal pages.

Lined writing paper with picture box. Publishing writing paper for any elementary classroom writing assignment grades 1-4. These 6 pages of decorative writing paper are great for final copies of any writing assignment.
Printable for publishing personal narratives, expository writing, opinion writing, and paragraph writing.

Includes:

3 different paper designs.

2 pages for each design - a page with a space for a picture and a full page of lines.

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A perfectly adorable February Bulletin Board! 4 sweet animal templates made with hearts and options for extending the craft with expository writing! A cute way to learn about animals while having festive fun. Options to use purchased foam hearts or construction paper hearts from the patterns included.

*Bonus! "These Animals Have Our Hearts" Bulletin Board Headers!

Animal crafts and non-fiction text included in this resource:

Owl

Panda

Leopard

Groundhog

Each non-fiction text can be used for student readers or reports and include a color picture of the animal.

*Groundhog is also sold separately

This product includes;

*Student Nonfiction Research Packet

(Geared towards research on animals but one page is without headings for you to adjust as you'd like)

-There are sections for Habitat, Young, Physical Features, Food, Interesting Facts, and an extra blank form.

-Schema

-Questions you have on the animal

-Important words

-Resources Page

*Final Product RAFT Menu

*Rubric for Grading

Feel free to see more in depth on this product and how it is used on my blog at

http://firstgradefabulosity.blogspot.com/2014/03/nonfiction-research-project.html

This Thanksgiving writing activity set has everything you need to get your students writing about Thanksgiving.

Prompts included:

My _______ will be at my Thanksgiving Table. (8 different family options to choose from)

My favorite food at Thanksgiving is _____.

I am thankful for _____.

I am thankful for you because ______. (letter to friend or family member)

Also included:

Build your own family cut and paste

Build your own Thanksgiving dinner cut and paste with 12 food options, with and without text labels.

All pages are offered only in black and white so your students can customize to their specific family or meal preferences!

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Keywords: Thanksgiving, writing, Kindergarten, first grade, 1st grade, writing practice, my family, at my Thanksgiving table, Thanksgiving dinner, Thanksgiving food, reading, ELAR

This document includes two half-page writing checklists that students can use to self evaluate their writing pieces. The grading rubric is simple and easy to follow. It allows students to grade themselves on a four point grading scale based on writing quantity, quality, and neatness.

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Turtle themed writing paper with lines can be used for for final copies and writing centers in your classroom. Paper is available with and without midlines and in a variety of widths. Use these pages for fiction or nonfiction writing about turtles or nature!

• Science and ELA should be integrated.
• This fish wordlist and writing paper will help with that! Even the most reluctant writers will write when they feel confident about the topic and their spelling!
• The papers are on three levels, which can help you differentiate the assignments.
• Check out the preview to see if this resource is right for you and your students.

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Wacky Writing Kids' Bundle. The above bundle includes this product and the Wacky Writing Kids' Narrative and Informative Activity products at a discounted price.

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Meet Informative Isabelle and Isaac. They are the Wacky Writing Informative twins.

The Wacky Writing Kids product incorporates fun and creativity while practicing the different types of writing. Informative Isaac and Isabelle make writing exciting! 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! All the printables included are: A Complete Wacky Kid Template, Writing Paper, Writing Prompt, and frames. This is a great activity as part of a Writing Lesson, at a Writing Workstation, or as an Art and Craft project.

Informative Writing Activity Includes:

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

All printables in black and white.

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A fun way to introduce compare and contrast writing through collaborative learning and peerworkshopping for elementary, ELL, and emergent writers. Includes: Group exercise for working with compare and contrast Interactive comparing/contrasting essay writing assignment Handouts for group/individual listings (graphic organizer) Slide by Slide writing guide: intro, bodies, conclusion Easy to follow examples Thesis Intoduction Relationship Words handout Peer workshopping component Scoring rubric for grading Diploma for mastery of compare and contrast essay Great way to get students to discuss concepts and skills. Easy introduction for lower level learners. Also, great icebreaker activity! Students will be excited about compare and contrast writing Meets CCSS.

Research Report Template for Biographies- Trifold- Women's + Black History Month- Black Changemakers!

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Are you a teacher looking for an engaging way to develop your students' research and presentation skills? Look no further! Our "Harriet Tubman Research Report Template for Biographies" is the perfect tool to inspire creativity, critical thinking, and research skills in your classroom.

Two blank templates-

-One that is pre-filled with Harriet Tubman's picture and name

-One that is blank and requires the student to write his name and draw his portrait (can be used for any person)

Key Features:

1. Structured Framework: This template provides a well-organized and structured framework for students to conduct research on a chosen individual's biography. It guides them through essential components such as background, early life, accomplishments, and more.
2. Versatility: Tailor the template to fit the unique needs of your curriculum. Whether your focus is historical figures, contemporary leaders, or cultural icons, this template is adaptable to a variety of subjects.
3. Encourages Independent Learning: Empower students to take ownership of their learning journey. The blank spaces prompt students to conduct independent research, fostering a sense of curiosity and self-directed learning.
4. Develops Research Skills: Our template encourages students to utilize various research methods, including online resources, books, and interviews. It's a fantastic opportunity for them to hone their research skills and discern reliable information.
5. Promotes Presentation Skills: Beyond researching, students will practice organizing information coherently and presenting it in a well-structured report. This template lays the foundation for effective communication, a crucial skill in any academic or professional setting.

How It Works:

1. Choose a Subject: Students select an individual to research (Harriet Tubman). This could be anyone from historical figures, scientists, artists, to contemporary leaders or influencers. Harriet Tubman is pre-filled in on version of this template.
2. Fill in the Blanks: The template guides students through the research process. They'll fill in key sections, providing biographical information, accomplishments, and the impact of the chosen individual.
3. Present to the Class: The completed reports become the basis for engaging class presentations. This step encourages students to express themselves confidently and articulately.

Why Choose Our Template:

• Time-Saving: No need to create a research template from scratch. Our product saves you time and ensures a standardized approach to student research projects.
• Engagement: Transform mundane research projects into exciting opportunities for self-discovery and exploration.
• Skill Development: Equip your students with essential research, organization, and presentation skills that will serve them well in their academic and professional journeys.

Invest in the future of your students with our "Harriet Tubman- Research Report Template for Biographies." Ignite a passion for learning and watch as your students blossom into confident researchers and communicators!

Ready to write? This set of 24 writing prompts task cards for August will help you get your writing center started in your class. These slightly simpler prompts give your second, third, and fourth grade students both fiction and non-fiction questions to answer, asking for them to write lists, paragraphs, letters, and simple main idea / details answers, depending upon the question. Also included are two cover pages for both a full size and a half size journal, and four writing to pages to print multiple copies of and bind together with the covers to create student journals. You can choose from simple lines or from primary dotted lines for your journal pages.