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Features

  • A squirrel story in three parts: beginning, middle and end, each with a box to draw
  • Plan the details of a true story: who, where, when, what happened and how they felt
  • Time words in groups, with feeling words too
  • A story frame: One day, Then, After that, Finally
  • Two endings for one story, then choose the better one
  • Set in Andika, a face made for children learning to read

Skills Covered

  • Tell events in order
  • Add details: who, where, when
  • Tell how characters felt
  • Use time words
  • Write an ending
  • Choose the stronger of two endings

How to Use This Pack

Five pages. Page 1 plans a story about a squirrel that cannot find its nuts, in a beginning, middle and end, each with a box to draw. Page 2 plans the details of a true story. Page 3 is a page of time words and feeling words with rows to try them. Page 4 is a story frame. Page 5 asks for two different endings and which one is better.

In the Classroom

Read a short animal story aloud and point out its beginning, middle and end. Then model page 1 with a story of your own. Page 5 makes a good partner talk: each student reads both endings to a friend, who votes.

At Home

Ask your child to tell a story about a pet or an animal they saw, and ask for details: where were you, when was it, how did you feel? Then let them write it.

Tips for Success

  • Plan the beginning, middle and end first
  • Tell who, where and when
  • Use time words to move the story along
  • Show how the characters feel
  • Try two endings and keep the best

Narrative Writing for 2nd Grade

2nd Grade

Story organizers and frames for telling events in order with details. Students plan a beginning, middle and end, add who, where and when and how characters felt, use time words and try two endings.

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What’s Included

  • 1 story plan and 1 details plan
  • 1 time words page
  • 1 story frame and 1 two endings page
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