Persuasive Writing

Persuasive Writing Lesson For Second Grade

We are going to begin our Persuasive Writing Unit in a couple of weeks. I will post our Anchor Charts and student activities after we do them. If you would like to get some insight on teaching persuasive writing to second graders click on the picture and you will be taken to my store at TpT. Please leave feedback.

The Water Cycle

We have really been working hard this week on The Water Cycle. Click the picture and check out my mini unit at my store. Many of the ideas were from other wonderful teachers with a tweak of my own.

American Symbols FREEBIE

Hey guys I have corrected and redone a 7 page American Symbols Book for my second graders to write on after studying different American Symbols. If you want to check it out, come by my store and click on the picture to download your own.

Seasons

We have been studying about the 4 different Seasons. In Texas the kids have a hard time understanding about the seasons because our seasons are not as distinct as the seasons up north. Here are a few examples of some season drawings from my kids.

Writing Anchor Charts

These are just a few of my Writing Anchor Charts. Since I just started blogging, I don't have student projects examples yet, but they will be coming. Many of the anchor charts are tweaked from other teacher's ideas.

Story Writing Anchor Charts

During this year we have been working on transition words and parts of a story.  The students have been learning about leads, transition words and wrap around sentences.  Below are a few examples of my anchor charts.

Letter Writing

I think it is really important to have the students make connections when writing letters.  So I used this anchor chart to show the kids the parts of the letter.

President's Anchor Charts

Benjamin Franklin,George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Reports by Second Graders



After studying about the presidents, I decided to teach the students about another important non-president figure.  We read Now and Ben in our reading books.  We made an anchor chart of Benjamin Franklin Facts and then the kids used my premade template to create his head.



This is an example of one of my students finished reports.

George Washington Writing



                                                         Abraham Lincoln Writing

Abraham Lincoln

 These are the reports that my students wrote about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

Spring Break at Fredricksburg, Texas

Isn't Spring Break so much fun?  I was looking forward to going to Fredricksburg, Texas.  We got there on Saturday and before we knew it...we were headed home.  We had so much fun going through antique shops.  We bought the most amazing display case for my vintage bowls that I collect.  We also got a wine barrel that my husband is going to make into a table for our outdoor kitchen with a granite top.  So excited.  Well school begins again on Monday and I will be blogging about our fun lessons.  I look forward to sharing my anchor charts and wonderful projects that my students are working on.