Everything you Need to Create a Writing Center | Literacy Centers for 2nd & 3rd Grade

$11.99

Need some NO PREP writing center activities to use for literacy centers, small groups, Daily 5 work on writing, or whole class learning?

These print & go writing centers are perfect for second or third grade teachers setting up centers for the first time, or for teachers in 2nd or 3rd grade looking for fun + easy to use writing activity ideas to add to their teacher toolbox.

These writing center activities include student friendly instruction cards to help introduce every writing activity and foster student independence. PLUS all necessary supplemental materials are ready to PRINT and GO. (Because you’re busy Super Teacher!)

You can also purchase this item as part of the Literacy Center Super Bundle (and save 20%) HERE.

Highlights

  • Digital downloads PDF
  • Grades 2nd - 3rd
  • Subjects English Language Arts, Writing
  • Standards
    CCSS W.2.1CCSS W.2.2CCSS W.2.3CCSS W.3.1CCSS W.3.2CCSS W.3.3CCSS L.2.1CCSS L.2.2CCSS CCRA.W.1CCSS CCRA.W.2CCSS CCRA.W.3
  • Tags Activities, Centers, Homeschool, Printables
  • Pages 533

Description

Included with this pack you will find ten writing activities

*Dear Journal (2 different instruction pages, & 2 Dear Journal printables)
*Letter Writing (friendly letter guide & 15 letter writing papers)
*Question of the Day (35 prompts & blank question strip)
*Perfect Paragraphs (25 prompts & stars and bars planning page)
*What if . . . Silly Starters (35 prompts & blank strips)
*Would You Rather . . . (40 prompts & blank strips)
*Story Starters (10 prompts & blank strips)
*Elaboration Sentence (printable plus simple sentence cards)
*Pet Shop (3 different instruction pages & 48 pet cards)
*Handwriting (3 sizes of blank lines, lower and uppercase handwriting guides in 2 fonts with arrows in portrait, landscape, and individual letter strip sizes)

Step-by-step instruction pages (student-friendly) for all activities are included.

Plus

*All writing prompts are included in 3 sizes to fit whole page/screen, spiral notebook and composition notebooks
*Editable templates for all student-friendly direction pages, grading options and writing prompts
*Grading options for centers (Centers Tracker & Centers Sign Off options)
*ALL supplementary materials for the activities ready to print, copy, and laminate!

I hope you find these activities useful in your classroom. Please contact me with any questions or suggestions. I would love, love, love your feedback!

Have a fab day Super Teacher,
Katie

Teacher Testimonials

“Fantastic, ready to use resource! It fit right into my language arts rotations, and I began using it the very next day after purchase! I’ll keep my eye out for more items by this seller.” -Carmen M.

“I have been looking for some writing activities for a center that I do not have to change every week and I found it. I am looking forward to using these activities when I return to school in a few weeks. My guest teacher said the few I have sent are engaging and the children moan when center time is over and will ask if they can finish when there is down time. Thank you for creating a center that has rigor and is engaging.” -Robin P.

“One of the things I’ve struggled to implement in my classroom is writing. It became so much easier for me having this guide! Thank you!!” -Kaitlyn G.

“I have been wanting to incorporate writing centers into my fifth grade instruction so I am able to work with my below, on level, and advanced writers once per week. I believe this resource in addition to others I already have will go along way in helping this transition to be much easier for me and my students.” -Making Reading and Writing Simple to Teach

“This has been so helpful in setting up my writing center…it even inspired me to create some of my own writing center ideas!” -The Poole Pages

“Great resource for Daily 5’s Work on Writing.” -Tara R.

My students love the writing prompts and I love that they can use them during center time with little help from me. -Denise B.

“Perfect for creating my new writing center. The kids will love the fresh and new ideas.” -Molly T.

Terms & Conditions

You may:

  • Use this item for your own classroom and/or students.
  • Make copies of anything in this product for use in your classroom by your students.
  • Use this product in your own classroom year after year.

You may not:

  • Give this item to others.
  • Copy this item for use by others.
  • Use any piece of this product to create a product, free or priced.
  • Post, share, or save this product to any sort of digital site or server including, but not limited to, a personal, classroom, or district website.

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You will have unlimited download access to this product after purchase, and can download this digital file to your home and school computers and/or other devices indefinitely. However, if the download link is shared violating the terms of use outlined above, I reserve the right to revoke access to the download.

When you create a login during your purchase, in addition to having a direct link to the product sent to your email, you will also be able to download your purchase from this site.

Returns & Refunds

Because all products are digital files, and you will have immediate access to them after purchase, I cannot refund customers once a download link has been used. However, refunds will be given if you have purchased a product in error, or have purchased duplicates of a product. Please contact me by replying to your purchase confirmation email, or at the contact information below with any questions.

Contact

If you have any questions before purchase, feel free to email me at katiesmith@iwanttobeasuperteacher.com or contact me through the contact forms here on the site. I would love to hear from you!

 

If you like this product, you might also like:
Everything You Need to Create a Word Work Center
Literacy Center Super Bundle | Word Work and Writing Centers 2-3

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98 reviews for Everything you Need to Create a Writing Center | Literacy Centers for 2nd & 3rd Grade

  1. Molly T. –

    Perfect for creating my new writing center. The kids will love the fresh and new ideas.

  2. Renee L. –

    Fantastic resource and easy to use. My team is so jealous!

  3. Allison W. –

    Good resource

  4. Lauren E. –

    Easy to implement writing center resource. Wish I had more time to use it.

  5. Lauren E. –

    Great resource

    Easy to implement writing center resource. Wish I had more time to use it.

  6. Kelly T. –

    My students loved these activities and were very engaged.

  7. Neatly Planned Teaching –

    I use this resource for my writing center. It saved me so much headache and stress. There are lots of options to choose from. My kids are really enjoying it. Thanks so much!

  8. Maryanne D. –

    Loved this resource! 🙂

  9. Kelly D. –

    This is an EXCELLENT writing resource! I’m using several of the prompts as centers for my third graders. We love the variety of formats and the topics/questions are so engaging! Great resource!!

  10. Rhiannah S. –

    Great Resource!

  11. Monique W. –

    My students loved some of the ideas that this writing center included.

  12. Jenna W. –

    Great engaging resource!

  13. M Neuman –

    Great resource! Thanks!

  14. Kathryn C. –

    This resource worked great during guided reading rotations.

  15. Verna Lynn G. –

    Great resource – thanks!!

  16. Elizabeth R. –

    This is perfect for my writing station!

  17. Donna G. –

    Great Resource!

  18. Kristin K. –

    Great prompts to help with my writing program!

  19. Cindy R. –

    Great resource

  20. Kalli Sexton –

    Excellent resource! Very easy to use

  21. Allison M. –

    perfect for 3rd grade!

  22. Karen H. –

    Great resource!

  23. Amanda F. –

    Great writing center resource!

  24. Jenney S. –

    Amazing resource for a writing center.

  25. Laura B. –

    Great! Thanks!

  26. Bright Beginnings by Taylor –

    I can’t wait to get this going in my classroom!

  27. Sara P. –

    Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

  28. Lindsey K. –

    Great resource!

  29. Stephanie E. –

    Thank you so much for putting this together.

  30. Sarah S. –

    I cant wait to use this. Thank you!

  31. Jennifer F. –

    This is an amazing resource. It made my center much easier and more exciting for my students.

  32. Tara R. –

    Great resource for Daily 5’s Work on Writing.

  33. Ashley P. –

    Great writing center resource!

  34. Cheryl Tsang –

    Great resource! Awesome part of my writing center.

  35. Lacy Dianne D. –

    A great resource for writing!

  36. janaye ince –

    Can’t wait to try!

  37. Suzi Menfi –

    Thank you!!!

  38. Elizabeth P. –

    This helped me with writing centers so much! Thank you!!

  39. Denise B. –

    My students love the writing prompts and I love that they can use them during center time with little help from me.

  40. Amy W. –

    I placed this in our newly created writing center. The kids are so excited about it!. Thanks!!

  41. Tami W. –

    There is a lot of variety and great story starters in this packet.

  42. Julie H. –

    So AMAZING! Thank you!!

  43. Kristin Holm –

    Thank you for helping to make a teachers busy schedule less stressful

  44. Lisa M. –

    I love the many different writing choices within each writing section. Great source for a writing center or for early finishers.

  45. Tameka Morales –

    Awesome product!

  46. Valena T. –

    Thank you

  47. Erin G. –

    Thanks!

  48. Kirk T. –

    My kids love it!

  49. Roxanne H. –

    Great resource, thank you!

  50. Candice Masar –

    This really helped out with my centers!

  51. Robin P. –

    I have been looking for some writing activities for a center that I do not have to change every week and I found it. I am looking forward to using these activities when I return to school in a few week. My guest teacher said the few I have sent are engaging and the children moan when center time is over and will ask if they can finish when there is down time. Thank you for creating a center that has rigor and engaging.

  52. Kelly L. –

    Great resource!

  53. Janice N. –

    Thanks

  54. Making Reading and Writing Simple to Teach –

    I have been wanting to incorporate writing centers into my fifth grade instruction so I am able to work with my below, on level, and advanced writers once per week. I believe this resource in addition to others I already have will go along way in helping this transition to be much easier for me and my students.

  55. Terumi A. –

    Thanks!

  56. Sasha K. –

    Thanks!

  57. Kelli R. –

    Great age appropriate ideas

  58. Janel C. –

    Thank you! A firm part of my language arts centers!

  59. Alyssa Bradley –

    This is great! My students love it!

  60. Teaching Whatnots –

    Great resource!

  61. Karen P. –

    A wonderful resource!

  62. Hits Your Target –

    This has been so helpful in setting up my writing center…it even inspired me to create some of my own writing center ideas!

  63. RaChelle L. –

    Worth every penny!

  64. Buyer –

    Large collection of prompts to use all year. Thank you for designing writing forms to help guide my students while they write.

  65. Gloria P. –

    LOVE IT!!!!! I now have a writing center that I can use all year long and it cost less than $10!!!! I have been wanting to start a writing center for years, but didn’t know where to begin. THANK YOU!!!!

  66. Heather E. –

    Excellent Product

  67. Colleen McNamara –

    I have started using this already and I love it!

  68. Katie Nanney –

    This is fantastic!! Thank you:)

  69. Cool Teaching Tools –

    Much obliged!

  70. Kelly B. –

    This will be a great place to start!

  71. Errin Willson –

    Thank you!!

  72. Heidi D. –

    Thanks!!!

  73. Kellie S. –

    Cant wait to use in my classroom!

  74. Melissa F. –

    Perfect for Writing Centers!

  75. Ellen B. –

    Can’t wait to use this!!

  76. Heather B. –

    Thanks!

  77. Creations by Kim –

    Thanks

  78. Kara C. –

    Lots of great ideas to get kids writing! Thank you!

  79. Savannah H. –

    Great way for me to get started. Thank you!!

  80. Katie Miller’s Creations –

    Thanks for a great product!

  81. Carmen M. –

    Fantastic, ready to use resource! It fit right into my language arts rotations, and I began using it the very next day after purchase! I’ll keep my eye out for more items by this seller.

  82. Julie H. –

    Wonderful!

  83. Rhonda S. –

    Excellent Resource! Thank you! 🙂

  84. Jennifer G. –

    I am excited about this purchase and enhancing my writing center.

  85. Kayla C. –

    Thank yoU! My students will enhoy 🙂

  86. Tina B. –

    Worked really well for my kids!

  87. Paula C. –

    Fun activities for my fourth graders. easy to implement, and it’s user friendly for the kids.
    They love sharing what they write.

  88. Buyer –

    Can’t wait to get a chance to put all this together and get it in the kids hands. Thanks!

  89. Kaitlyn Millar –

    One of the things I’ve struggled to implement in my classroom is writing. It became so much easier for me having this guide! Thank you!!

  90. Ruthanne N. –

    Nice writing prompts…very practical.

  91. Susan W. –

    Great resource. Thank you.

  92. Ann D. –

    Good beginning information

  93. Jenna B. –

    Can’t wait to use this 🙂

  94. Christine C. –

    easily adapted for younger and older grades

  95. Kim R. –

    I will really use this!

  96. Tania D. –

    Thank you! This unit saved me a lot of time!

  97. Beanie Girl –

    Thanks! I struggle to find ideas for getting my students writing. I am glad you are sharing!

  98. Sandra F. –

    Great job!!! Thank you!!

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