How to Worksheet
This How to Worksheet gives 2nd graders five how-to steps for a pinecone bird feeder printed out of order, two short questions, and an answer key for no-prep practice with sequencing and how-to writing.
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Description
Before a child can write a how-to, the child has to hear the order inside one. This How to Worksheet gives second graders five real steps for making a pinecone bird feeder, printed out of order, and asks them to number the steps 1 to 5. Working out that the string is tied on before the peanut butter goes on, and that the peanut butter has to be sticky before the birdseed will stick to it, is exactly the reasoning a how-to essay is built from. Order words like first, next and last are the writing skill; putting real steps in the only order that works is the thinking behind it.
This 2nd grade sequencing worksheet is ready to use with no preparation. Students read the five steps, write a number in the box beside each one, and then answer two short questions that send them back to the steps for the answer. Because every step is printed in an identical box with the same amount of room, nothing on the page hints at which one comes first, so a student has to read rather than guess. A full answer key finishes the set, and the activity takes about ten minutes.
What’s Included
- 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
- Answer key
- 5 how-to steps printed out of order
- 2 short-answer questions and a full-color illustration
There are three reasons this How to Worksheet builds real writing strength. First, the steps come from a project a child can actually do at home, so the order is something they can picture and test instead of memorize. Second, the two questions ask for a detail from the steps, which teaches the habit of going back to the text for evidence. Third, a how-to is the friendliest kind of essay a second grader can write, and reading a good one in order is the fastest way to learn how to build one.
Teachers and parents can build a whole lesson around this page. Ask students to underline the word in each step that tells what to do, which turns the page into a verbs lesson. Have partners read the steps aloud in their numbered order and act them out to check that nothing is missing. Then make the feeder together with a pinecone, string, peanut butter and birdseed, and hang it where the class can watch. Finish by having each student write their own how-to for something they know well, in five steps.
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