Expository Writing Teaching Resources for 2nd Grade
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Amelia Earhart Constructed Response Worksheet
Use this passage, second grade writing prompt, and worksheet to help students write a constructed response paragraph about Amelia Earhart.
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5 W's and 1 H Graphic Organizer - Landscape
A blank 5 W’s and 1 H graphic organizer to use when planning a piece of writing text.
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5 W's and 1 H Graphic Organizer - Portrait
A blank 5 W’s and 1 H graphic organizer to use when planning a piece of writing text.
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Explanation Report Text Examples and Worksheet Pack
Use this set of explanation text examples and analysis worksheets to help students identify and apply key features of explanation texts.
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Natural Disasters Report – Mini Book Template
Download this natural disasters expository writing prompt to use when teaching expository writing to elementary students.
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Procedure Text Poster Pack
Use this set of procedure texts posters to support your young writers understand the purpose and elements of procedure writing.
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Biography Checklist Pack
Use this biography checklist pack to help students review and refine their writing with structured guidance on essential biography features.
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Paralympic Athlete Profile Template
Get your students excited about their favorite Paralympic competitors with our Athlete Profile Template.
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Informational Text Anchor Charts
Display this set of 5 informational text anchor charts in your classroom during your informational writing unit.
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Community Helper – Digital Report Writing Activity
Use this community helpers activity to model the purpose and structural elements of informational texts.
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How to Make A Jelly Sandwich - Procedural Writing Craftivity
Teach your students all they need to know about procedural writing by exploring how to make a jelly sandwich!
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How to Stay Healthy – Procedural Writing Project
Get your students writing high-quality procedure texts with this fun “How to Stay Healthy” procedural writing project.
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Sequence a Procedural Text – Cut and Paste Worksheets
Use these procedural writing examples to teach your students about sequencing instructions in a logical order.
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Information Text Graphic Organizers
Get your students to plan and write informational texts with this set of 6 differentiated graphic organizers.
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Patriot Day Vocabulary Cards and Writing Center
Increase vocabulary and build background knowledge about Patriot Day (September 11th) with a set of vocabulary word wall cards and writing worksheets.
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Build-a-Bat Report Writing Template
Research, write and create a bat report with a cut-and-assemble bat shaped writing template.
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Benjamin Franklin - Constructed Response Worksheet
Learn facts about Benjamin Franklin with an informational reading and writing activity focusing on the constructed response format.
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Declaration of Independence- Constructed Response Passage Worksheet
Blend reading, writing, and historical concepts with the Declaration of Independence worksheet.
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Assessment Rubric - Procedural Writing
An assessment rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' procedural writing.
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Exploring Informational Texts Teaching Slides
Teach your students how to write an informational text using this detailed slideshow targeted at lower elementary school students.
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Procedural Writing Checklists
Use these procedural writing checklists when teaching your students how to editing their procedure texts.
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Improving Procedure Texts Worksheets
Download these procedural writing worksheets to get your students bumping-up some simple procedure texts.
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Informative Writing - Animal Research Task
Use a printable animal research organizer booklet for students to record facts about animals when learning to write informative texts.
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Explanation Text Poster Pack
Use this Explanation Text poster set with your students to clearly show the structure and text elements of an explanation text.
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Exploring Simple Explanations PowerPoint
Use this Exploring Simple Explanations PowerPoint to teach your students about what explanation texts are, why they are written, and how they are structured.
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Life Cycle Explanation Project Writing Scaffold Pack
Use this project including life cycles and explanation planning templates when exploring explanations with your early years students.
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Red Ribbon Week - Write the Room Activity
Use these Red Ribbon Week Writing prompts with your students during literacy centers.
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Compare and Contrast - Tornadoes and Hurricanes Worksheet Pack
Compare and contrast tornadoes and hurricanes with a set of printable paired passage reading worksheets.
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Biography Graphic Organizer Pack
Use this biography graphic organizer pack to simplify the process of planning and presenting biographical information for your students.
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What’s the Heading? Task Cards
Explore the heading text feature with this set of task cards perfect for reading centers.
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All About Smoke Alarms Fact File & Writing Activity
Learn all about smoke alarms and boost writing skills with a printable fact file and writing scaffold worksheet pack.
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Animal Information Report – Writing Craftivity
Use this animal-themed writing and craft activity to teach your students in the primary grades about informative writing.