2nd Grade Writing Worksheets – Prompt, Picture Box, Lines

All 60 prompts

Stories 15

A kite pulled me up into the sky. When I looked down, I saw
I found a tiny door at the bottom of a tree. Behind it was
I planted a seed and by lunch it was taller than the school. Then
It snowed so much that school was closed. That day I
My dog and I switched places for one day. In the morning,
One morning my backpack started to wiggle. I opened it and
Tell about a time you felt proud. What happened first, next and last?
Tell about a time you lost something. How did you find it?
Tell about a time you tried something new.
Tell about a trip you took. Where did you go and what did you do?
Tell about the first time you rode a bike or a scooter.
Write about a rainy day when you had to stay inside.
Write about a time you helped someone. How did they feel?
Write about a time you were surprised.
Write about the best day you have had at school this year.

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Opinions 15

Is it better to be the oldest child or the youngest? Tell why.
Should every class have a class pet? Why or why not?
Should kids help choose what is for dinner? Why or why not?
Should recess be longer? Give your reasons.
What is the best book you have read? Why should a friend read it?
What is the best food for lunch? Tell why you think so.
What is the best game to play outside? Tell why.
What is the best pet? Give two reasons.
What is the best season for a birthday? Give your reasons.
What is the best thing about second grade? Give reasons.
What is the most important rule in our classroom? Tell why.
Which animal would make the best helper? Give two reasons.
Which is better, summer or winter? Tell why.
Which is more fun, the beach or the park? Give two reasons.
Would you rather read a book or watch a movie? Tell why.

Facts and reports 15

Describe a place you like to visit. What can you see and hear there?
Describe your neighborhood. What places are near your home?
Describe your school to someone who has never seen it.
Tell about an animal you have watched. What does it eat?
Tell about something you collect or would like to collect.
Tell about your favorite holiday. What do people do on that day?
Tell what a plant needs to grow.
Tell what you know about the moon.
What do firefighters do? Write what you know.
What is the weather like in each season where you live?
Write about a job a grown-up does. What do they do all day?
Write about a sport. How do you play it and how do you score?
Write about an insect. What does it look like? Where does it live?
Write about your family. What do you like to do together?
Write three facts about an animal you know well.

How-to 15

Explain how to build a snowman or a sandcastle.
Explain how to draw a house. Start with the first shape.
Explain how to play your favorite game.
Explain how to set the table for dinner.
Explain how to welcome a new student to your class.
How do you borrow a book from the library? Tell the steps.
How do you brush your teeth? Use first, next, then and last.
How do you get ready for school in the morning? Write the steps.
How do you make a paper airplane? Write the steps in order.
How do you make your bed? Write the steps in order.
How do you make your favorite sandwich? Write the steps in order.
How do you pack a backpack for school? Tell what goes in first.
How do you plant a seed? Write what to do first, next and last.
How do you take care of a pet? Tell the steps.
How do you wash your hands? Write each step.

How this list was compiled: Prompts written for this site on 2026-09-30, fifteen in each of four sets. The first three sets follow the three kinds of writing the Common Core State Standards name for grade 2 (opinion pieces, informative or explanatory texts, narratives), read on 2026-09-30 in the standards document at https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf (Writing Standards K-5, page 19); How-to is our own fourth set, a kind of explaining. The grade is our suggestion: no published prompt list, programme or test was copied, and no prompt is claimed to come from the standards. Licence: own work

How it works

Each of these 2nd grade writing worksheets prints one prompt with a box to draw in and three-line handwriting rows under it. They are second grade writing worksheets in four sets: stories, opinions, facts and reports, and how-to.

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Pick the kind of writing

Set changes the kind: Stories, Opinions, Facts and reports, or How-to. Each set holds 15 prompts, and all 60 are listed under the tool. To print a different one, copy it into the box: what you type replaces the sample.

One prompt a page, or more

Boxes puts 1 to 9 prompts on a page. Under More options, Kind of sheet switches to Boxes to write in, which fills the whole box with rows, and Writing lines changes the three lines to a baseline only.

Text size sets the height of the rows as well as the prompt: Large gives bigger rows for children who still write big.
Untick the Name and Date line, under More options, when the pages go into a journal.

Questions and answers

What kinds of writing do second graders do?

The Common Core standards for grade 2 name three: opinion pieces, informative or explanatory texts, and narratives. The Opinions, Facts and reports and Stories sets follow them. How-to is a fourth set of our own, for writing steps in order.

Can I type my own writing prompt?

Yes. Type it in the box above the sheet, up to 80 characters, and it replaces the sample prompt. Type up to nine prompts, one per line, and each gets a box of its own on the page.

What lines do the sheets have?

Three-line handwriting rows: a top line, a dotted middle line and a base line. Writing lines, under More options, changes them to a baseline only or to no lines.

How do I print a different prompt?

Choose another Set, or copy any of the 60 prompts from the list under the tool into the box. Boxes puts two or more prompts on one page, each with its own space to draw and rows to write on.

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