2nd Grade - Writing

By the end of the school year, your child is expected to:

• Develop confidence as a writer.

• Recognize words that should be capitalized:

- days of the week

- months of the year

- first words in sentences

- names of special people and places

• Understand when to use specific punctuation marks:

. period - end of telling a sentence

? question mark - and of an asking sentence

! exclamation point - end of an exciting sentence

• Write in complete sentences.

• Produce stories of 5 or more related sentences with a flow from beginning to end.

• use detail in writing.

• Sequence events of own writing. Tie the thoughts together.

• Write answers to questions.

• Write about what is observed.

• Write a story with a beginning, middle, and ending.

• Write notes and invitations.

• Write a descriptive paragraph.

• Write about experiences.

• Begin to revise and edit own writi