2nd Grade Writing Resources : Page 3

This composition prompt asks kids to consider one thing they can do and one thing they can stop doing this Earth Day.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Super powers and saving the world will make any child want to write! Your third grader will learn about adding supporting details to their main idea.

Practice letter-writing basics with this cut-out Mother's Day card template!

Write a letter to the president of the United States with this fill-in-the-blanks worksheet!

Help young readers think critically about the organization of a paragraph using this reading and writing activity. Students will read a paragraph about recycling and then choose the best sentences to add to the piece to make it even better!

Help your students solidify their use of transition words with this cute version of the classic ugly duckling story. By helping to fill in the missing transition words throughout the narrative, students will flex their sequencing and organization skills.

Use this worksheet to practice sequencing a character’s feelings using transition words.

Clue your child into the anatomy of a house! She'll use the word bank to fill in the names of each room.

Describe and draw dad in this fill-in-the-blank Father's Day worksheet!

A magical pirate scene serves as a prompt for young writers in this creative writing worksheet.

Get into the Halloween spirit with this creative writing activity! Answer questions about how you celebrate by filling in the blanks to complete the sentences.

What is your favorite part of Thanksgiving? Answer this question and more in this exercise that allows you to practice sentence writing.

With this worksheet, your student can rearrange these nouns and verbs into complete sentences, building creative writing skills.

This open-ended worksheet inspires students to research fascinating inventors!

Learn the difference between fact and opinion! Your child will build basic logic skills as they decide which statements are facts and which are not.

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Learning to add details is an important skill for early writers. Your second grader will be guided to think of details to write about a pet in this worksheet.

Challenge your students to form a well-reasoned argument with this writing prompt (and rubric!) that's sure to evoke some strong opinions. Students will think about how much homework second graders should be given and make their case in essay form.

This worksheet walks second and third graders through the steps of planning and writing a persuasive paragraph, from selecting a topic to forming an opinion and providing reasoning for their opinion.

Kids read a story about a puppy, then finish it by writing what they think will happen next.

Children will create a timeline of a parent, grandparent, or loved one with this biography template.

Help your early reader get to know a classic Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare. He'll make a prediction about what will happen, and identify the moral.

Practice letter-writing basics with this cut-out Mother's Day card template!

Let your creative juices flow in this crazy writing prompt worksheet!