This resource gives your students practice creating an outline of an informational paragraph.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

Can you tell the difference between fact and opinion? Give your students a hand with basic logic, and help them decide what kinds of statements these are.

After reading the classic Aesop fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare," students will use their imaginations to compose their own introductions using one of the most common story hooks (fact, question, description, statement, or sound).

Don’t just read nonfiction—learn from and engage with it in this graphic organizer!

After learning about a predator/prey relationship in the wild, students can use these organizers as a pre-writing exercise for informational paragraph writing. Students will use action verbs and adjectives to describe their predator and prey.

It’s more fun to revise with a partner! After writing personal narratives, have students share their writing with a partner. Partners should identify at least three parts in the narrative where three descriptive details could be added.

What would happen if two snails entered a race? Start your own story with these slow-and-steady snails!

Students will get to track their own learning on a topic using this graphic organizer. First they'll write down thoughts and questions they have about a topic. After reading, they'll record their new thoughts and consider how their responses have changed.

Analyze a friendly letter with this second-grade reading worksheet!

Take the intimidation out of narrative writing with this exciting alternative! Budding writers and artists alike will love the chance to get creative with this comic book template.

In this two-part project, children will choose five things they are thankful for, and write them on feathers.

Two of these sentences are not like the others! Students will identify and remove extraneous ideas to revise a paragraph about raccoons and then rewrite their new and improved text.

What is the boy in his swim trunks asking the boy in his rain coat? Use your imagination and write down questions the two boys may be asking each other!

Being able to write a strong conclusion is an essential skill for all story-tellers. With this activity, budding writers will practice this skill by writing two types of endings for their personal narratives.

In this activity, students will organize their thoughts, then write their own definitions for two common classroom objects. When they finish, have them share their work aloud so students can see the variations around the room!

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

Inspire creative thinking this Earth Day with a nature-themed reflective writing prompt.

Learn more about your students' favorite school subjects with this engaging opinion writing prompt and rubric. Students will contemplate their favorite subject while they fill out the pre-writing planner, then they'll write out their essay on page two.

Encourage your second graders to develop a well-reasoned argument about the length of recesses with this writing prompt and rubric. Students can use the pre-writing planner to develop their argument, then they'll write out their opinion on page two.

Young editors will read "Josie's Garden" and add commas, periods, and quotation marks. Practice with punctuation perfectly in this punctuation worksheet.

Kids will practice their editing skills by adding punctuation to the story. Read about the new girl at school while adding periods, commas, and quotation marks.

Gerry is learning how to sew, but she needs some punctuation in her story! Your kid will add life to Gerry's story by adding commas, periods, and quotations.