Progress in Writing Worksheet

Second grade writers are ready to do more than get words onto the page – they are ready to go back, look at what they wrote, and make it better. The Progress in Writing Worksheet walks students through that whole process on a single sheet. First they clean up sentences that need a capital letter and an end mark, and then they write a short story of their own from a picture prompt. Editing and composing sit side by side, so children see that fixing writing and creating writing are two halves of the same job.

Part A gives three sentences that each carry two mistakes: a missing capital letter at the beginning and a missing end mark at the end. Students rewrite each sentence the right way on the line below it. Part B shows a picture of two friends flying a kite on a windy afternoon, and four ruled lines invite students to tell the story of what is happening. Print the page, hand it out, and let students work through it in order. The included answer key shows the corrected sentences and a model story, so you can check work quickly or display a sample response for the class.

What’s Included

• One printable worksheet page with two parts
• Three editing sentences that practice capital letters and end marks
• A picture prompt with four ruled writing lines
• A full answer key with the corrected sentences and a model story

Three Reasons This Helps Kids

• Editing first shows students what a finished sentence looks like, so they carry that habit straight into their own story.
• A picture prompt removes the blank-page problem, because every child has something to write about right away.
• Ruled lines sized for second grade give young writers room to form letters carefully instead of cramming them in.

Teacher and Parent Ideas

Use this 2nd grade writing prompt worksheet as a Monday warm-up and keep the finished stories in a writing folder so students can compare their work across the year. Have partners trade papers after Part B, read each other’s stories out loud, and name one thing each writer did well. For a small group, cover the picture and ask students to write their own two-mistake sentences for a friend to fix. The Progress in Writing Worksheet also works as a quick check of capitalization and end punctuation before you begin a longer writing unit.

Related Resources

• You Write the Story Kids Picture Worksheet
• Editing Capitalization Worksheet
• Correcting Capitalization Worksheet
• Story Elements Song