Includes index

Process of writing: All about writing: Starting to write -- Using the writing process -- Prewriting and drafting: Keeping an idea notebook -- Planning your writing -- Writing the first draft -- Revising and checking: Revising your writing -- Writing conferences -- Checking for errors -- Publishing your writing -- Sentences and paragraphs: Writing sentences -- Writing longer sentences -- Writing paragraphs -- Forms of writing: Personal writing: Writing in journals -- Writing friendly notes -- Writing friendly letters -- Writing all-about-me stories -- Subject writing: Writing about books -- Making counting books -- Writing news stories -- Writing business letters -- Writing directions -- Making posters -- Research writing: Using the library -- Writing reports -- Making picture dictionaries -- Story writing: Writing circle stories -- Writing add-on stories -- Writing fables -- Writing mysteries -- Poetry writing: Writing small poems -- Making shape poems -- Tools of learning: Reading skills: Reading graphics -- Reading new words -- Reading to understand -- Working with words: Using phonics -- Making new words -- Making contractions -- Using a glossary -- Speaking and listening skills: Learning to view -- Learning to listen -- Learning to interview -- Performing stories -- Telling stories -- Giving oral reports -- Learning skills: Getting organized -- Working in groups -- Taking tests -- Proofreader's guide: Using punctuation -- Checking mechanics -- Checking your spelling -- Using the right word -- Checking your sentences -- Understanding our language -- Using theme words -- Student almanac: Useful tables and lists -- All about maps -- Working with math -- Improving handwriting -- History in the making -- Index

Grade 2

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