Daily Paragraph Editing, Grade 2 Teacher Edition

By Kristen Kunkel and Evan Moor Educational Publishers

Book Overview

This second grade teacher's resource includes 36 weeks of targeted lessons that will immediately become your favorite supplement to your language arts curriculum. The 176 focused language arts activities provide the practice students need to produce error-free writing assignments and include easy-to-use teacher support to deliver the lessons.

Lessons include 36 weeks of daily practice that cover these second grade skills and concepts:

capitalization language usage punctuation: apostrophes punctuation: commas punctuation: periods punctuation: quotation marks other types of punctuation spelling

Additional resources include:

a reproducible student language handbook that provides simple, clear rules and examples of their application to guide students in correct use of the mechanics, grammar, and spelling skills covered in the daily paragraphs. a page of reproducible proofreading marks that models the standard markings used to correct and edit text. an editing checklist to guide students in reviewing and revising their own writing or that of a peer. an assessment rubric to guide teachers in conducting a holistic evaluation of student writing.

How it Works:

Students apply grade 2 language skills to correct a paragraph on Monday through Thursday; when read together, the four paragraphs form a cohesive composition. A writing prompt on Friday relates to the week's four-paragraph composition and provides an opportunity for students to apply the targeted language conventions they practiced.The weekly passages cover a broad range of expository and narrative writing forms, including:

nonfiction texts on grade-level social studies and science topics biographies, book reviews, instructions, interviews, journal entries, and letters fables, fantasy and science fiction, historical fiction, personal narratives,
and realistic fiction

About Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Igniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK - 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557999562
• ISBN13: 9781557999566
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 7 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 3

Customer Reviews

Great Resource for reinforcing grammar rules...

Hello- I am a third grade teacher of children with special needs (language delayed students who are typically reading on a 2nd grade level). I love using the Daily paragraph editing as a "brain-warmer" activity at the start of the day. This allows the students to practice specific grammar rules- such as punctuation, commas in a series, capitalization, proper nouns, spelling, possessives, plurals, etc- in a quick refreshing way. There are four short editing paragraphs relating to the same topic and each one lists what grammar rules are being targeted. This helps the students to find the mistakes if they have a more difficult time recognizing the errors independently. For students who are higher level, I simply white out the "hint" area and allow them to find the errors blindly. I made transparencies of my favorite paragraphs, and every morning I put one up on the board and have the class copy the paragraph down in their "writing notebook" making the appropriate corrections utilizing editing marks. It's a great way to save paper, reinforce grammar rules, and keep the class fresh on the grammar rules they have learned and are continuing to master.