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Build confident young writers with this Paragraph Writing Unit for 1st and 2nd grade! Designed to support research, organization, and informational writing skills, this comprehensive writing unit focuses on inform and explain paragraph structure.
Build confident young writers with this Paragraph Writing Unit for 1st and 2nd grade! Designed to support research, organization, and informational writing skills, this comprehensive writing unit focuses on inform and explain paragraph structure. Students will learn how to introduce a topic, give and explain a detail (or more), and wrap up with a clear sense of closure.
Our goal? Independent paragraph writing by the end of the year—and this resource helps get your students there!
This paragraph writing unit for 1st and 2nd grade includes everything you need to introduce, model, and guide students through writing informative paragraphs. It’s perfect for teaching research-based writing, building structure, and reinforcing strong writing habits.
What’s Included:
Teacher Resources
Graphic Organizers
Publishing Pages
QR Code Research Cards
Assessment Tools
Student Paragraph Samples
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Kayla Leonard –
I have purchased many writing resources! This has been the most helpful in getting my students to start writing. Thank you!
Alisha S. –
I loved using this resource. It was extremely helpful
Terese P. –
This resource was very helpful in providing assistance to my students with writing paragraphs.
Amy H. –
Thank you for sharing a fabulous resource! It was very helpful for me and therefore my students’ organization.
Kelsey W. –
Since our district still teaches writing with Lucy, our students really need help to understand how to structure their writing. This will be a part of our future informational writing for sure!
Kiddlywinks –
Everything from Brown Bag Teacher is always 5 stars! The graphic organizers were great for my second graders and the video about the hand movements was very helpful.
Diana K. –
Great guide and resources to teach important this important skill.
teachyterra –
My students loved using this resource and I loved teaching it! Easy to use with very minimal prep needed.
Meet Ms Marsh –
These were engaging and fun for my students. Thank you.
Jackie Y. –
I really found the materials perfect for the introduction to paragraph writing. Loved the approach!! Months later, when I tell my students that they are to write a paragraph they begin the gestures! This translates to paragraphs that make sense and have all the parts.
Dakota D. –
My students LOVED doing this in class! It is such a great way to show them what is needed in a paragraph!
Marquette G. –
This resource helped my students with opinion writing.
Kimberly T. –
Great hands-on activities for teaching paragraph writing.
Victoria M. –
This is a great way of introducing this genre of writing to my students. It helped them see each part of their paragraph.
Bethany Perry –
This was very helpful for my students on the autism spectrum.
Amy S. –
This was perfect for teaching my 2nd graders the jump from sentences to paragraph writing.