Your first graders have been working hard on honing their narrative writing, so now it's time to put their practice into action! Use this writing prompt activity to assess your students’ abilities to develop a setting when writing narrative texts.

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.

Do your students know when to start new paragraphs within a narrative text? Give them a little practice organizing a narrative piece of writing with this worksheet!

What if you had $1,000, but you couldn't spend it on yourself? Flex your creativity and goodwill thinking with this writing prompt.

What do you want to be when you grow up? This cute worksheet will help them learn about supporting the main idea with supporting details with their writing.

Although most people communicate through the internet these days, writing a letter is an important skill to know!

Get the scoop on your stories with this ice cream graphic organizer!

Learn all about the practice of personification in writing, then try it your hand at it by bringing life to some silly characters in this writing worksheet.

The key to a strong story is superb editing. Students are asked to read the short story, then come up with compliments, suggestions, and corrections to improve the story.

Young writers respond to three relatable prompts in this three-page nonfiction writing exercise.

What is Georgie Porgie up to? Build phonics and comprehension skills with this nursery rhyme worksheet.

Give your students the opportunity to put a friendly letter together!

This checklist can be be used when revising all types of writing! Have students use this handy writing tool to help them make their writing as strong as can be as they check for correct spelling, use of details, neatness, and more!

Children discover how a paragraph resembles an inverted traffic light, with its topic, supporting, and closing sentences.

This friendly sea turtle is trying to say something, can you help him? Give your second grader practice writing sentences with this worksheet.

This resource gives your students practice outlining an informational paragraph on changes during the spring season.

An acrostic poem is one of the most easy and rewarding ways for younger children to write poetry. Fill in the blanks to spell out "family".

It’s fun to dream about the future! In this activity, students write a persuasive paragraph about why their dream career is a good choice.

Give your young writer a chance to practice procedural writing by sharing how to complete a simple recipe of their choosing. Having students consider each step of a process sets them up for success when writing how-to books.

Children draw on their own experiences to craft a personal narrative in this essay-writing worksheet.

Help students track their thinking in the beginning, middle, and end of learning new concepts.

Use this resource to assess your students’ skills when it comes to responding to narrative prompts.

Students practice sequencing story events with this worksheet. Cut out the sentences into strips and then build your story by arranging them in the best order.

Second graders love food! Help your young writer share their opinion about the best kind of food using this helpful paragraph organizer. Fair warning, this activity might make you hungry!

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.

Take your stand among the comic book greats, and create your own superhero legend!

Children learn to plan and organize their compositions with this writing prompt and template.

This baby dinosaur needs help forming his first sentence! Your second grader can build reading and writing skills with our beginning sentence writing worksheet.

Use this exercise with your students to pick out facts that would support a paragraph about spring cleaning

This writing exercise integrates both the construction of a friendly letter and the labeling of standard letter components.