All About Mrs. Fillman's
2nd Grade Class
Summer Writing Ideas:
Have your child keep a journal during family vacations.
Have your child add items to the weekly grocery list- using cursive handwriting!
All handwriting ideas should be done in cursive handwriting!
Write poems
Write stories
Put a story to a picture
Change the ending of a story
Write questions about a story or book read
Write a fairy tale
Write a tall tale
Write letters (and send them?)
Expand sentences (good use for adjectives!)
Example: The dog ran by the bench.
The big dog ran by the bench.
The big, brown dog ran by the bench.
The big, brown dog ran by the long bench.
The big, brown dog ran by the long, white bench.
The big, brown dog ran by the long, white, park bench.