Grade 2
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Composition
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Language
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Reading: Foundational Skills
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Reading: Informational
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Reading: Literature
KAS ELA Standard: C.2.1.f
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
Writing Haiku in Primary
Your youngest students will learn to write Japanese Haiku poetry.
Improving Shakespeare’s Repetition
Let’s help William Shakespeare with his use of repetition.
Change A Story’s Genre
What if we rewrote a story’s climax into a totally different genre?
A Halloween Costume Gone Wrong
Let’s go roller skating in a Halloween costume! What could possibly go wrong?
Lipogram: Rewrite “Mary Had A Little Lamb”
What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?
Lipogram: Rewrite “Twinkle, Twinkle”
What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?
Holiday Writing: Packing Crates
An old photograph. A holiday scene. Pick one object in the picture and write from its point of view.
Back to School: Rewriting The Beatles’ “Help!”
Can your students come up with a one-syllable word to sum up their time away from school? And then rewrite The Beatles’ song Help!?
Writing Sample: Peter Pan
A passage from “Peter Pan” to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.
Writing Clear Directions
Can you write directions so clear that a group of kids can put a toy together with no illustrations?