What’s on their minds? In this lesson, students will have the opportunity to creatively express their opinions in the context of a "letter to the editor." Students will make connections between real social issues and writing!

Help your students become expert editors as they go back and make their writing even better.

With this lesson you can teach students to be peer editors. Students will sharpen their writing skills by learning to provide pointed feedback to their peers in the form of compliments, suggestions and corrections.

In this lesson, your students will think about what attracts them to a book. They will learn about the types of people involved in getting a book published.

Students begin this letter-writing journey with a dog whose opinion is persuasively portrayed, and by learning that opinion is not fact. Activities include partner role-play and the chance for students to write a persuasive opinion letter of their own.

In this lesson, students will learn to create an animated character using the education coding app ScratchJr.

Give your second graders a glimpse into the life of an author as they give and receive feedback to revise their stories.