1st & 2nd Grade Informational Writing Center – Winter

More About This Resource

These informational writing prompts with sentence starters are a low-prep resource designed to engage 1st & 2nd Grade students. With space to draw, graphic organizers, built-in sentence starters, and blank writing paper, this resource supports 1st and 2nd grade students at a variety of writing stages. Students can listen to QR code videos, draw, and write about winter topics like polar bears and harp seals. These writing prompts can be easily incorporated into your writing centers or small group writing instruction.

Resource Features:

•Winter-Themed Informational Writing: Engage 1st and 2nd grade students with fun, winter-themed writing topics. Students listen to informational videos via QR codes before writing about a topic.

•Built-in Support: Each writing prompt includes a graph organizer and sentence starters to guide students in structuring their thoughts, supporting writers as they express their ideas and share information learned.

•Easily Differentiated: There are two writing paper options available. Students can use the writing paper with a sentence starter or write independently using a blank writing paper.

•Low Prep & Easy to Use: This resource is ready to go—just print, grab a device to scan the QR codes, and go! Laminate QR codes for durability. Perfect for literacy centers, writing stations, or small group writing instruction.

•Editing Checklists: Students can edit their writing with a clear checklist guide

Key Benefits:

•Supports Writers: The included graphic organizers and writing paper options help students gain confidence in their writing and share their knowledge about a topic.

•Builds Topical Knowledge & Writing Organization Skills: Students learn about topics from a variety of sources and gain practice organizing the information for presentation

•Seasonal Engagement: With a fun winter theme, students stay engaged and excited about writing as they describe scenes and objects.

•Versatile Use: This resource fits perfectly into a variety of classroom settings, whether in literacy centers or during small group writing instruction.

What’s Included:

•1 Student-friendly direction sheet

•8 QR Codes for fall topic research

•8 Graphic organizers

•8 Writing pages with picture box and sentence starters

•8 lined writing pages with picture box and topic

•2 blank writing paper options (primary and secondary lined)

•Informative writer Editing Checklist Cards

Topics:

•Polar Bears

•Harp Seals

•Caribou (Reindeer)

•Wolves

•Emperor Penguins

•Beluga Whales

•Arctic Fox

•Walrus

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