1. + A Daily Dose of Writing
for 2nd graders
By Sherrie Berry
LISD Elementary Curriculum Specialist

2. Let’s get to work interns!

3. Look at the picture and make up a story about it.
DAY Dr. Description’s Prescription for better writing is a Daily Dose of Writing. Take out your journals and WRITE!
Edit and correct the following sentence:
brad cant find his blew tennis shoes
Look at the picture and make up a story about it.
Purple word of the day: tidy – neat and orderly or organized.
It is an adjective.
Try using it in a sentence.

4. Brad can’t find his blue tennis shoes.
DAY 4 –ANSWER KEY
Brad can’t find his blue tennis shoes.
I hope you had fun writing about the picture. It makes me smile. I think he looks like an elderly super hero who is getting his daily Vitamin C. ;-)
My mom told me to clean my room and then to keep it tidy because we were having company.

5. sam and lisa draws cars on there papers during mrs bears art class
DAY Dr. Description’s Prescription for better writing is a Daily Dose of Writing. Take out your journals and WRITE!
Edit and correct the following sentence:
sam and lisa draws cars on there papers during mrs bears art class
Dec. 4 is “National Cookie Day.” YUMM!!! Create a new kind of cookie. What are the ingredients? What is its name? Draw a picture of it and describe it. Watch this short video:
Purple word of the day: aroma – a good smell. It is a noun.
Try using it in a sentence.

6. Sam and Lisa draw cars on their papers during Mrs. Bear’s art class.
DAY 5 –ANSWER KEY
Sam and Lisa draw cars on their papers during Mrs. Bear’s art class.
YUMM!!!
The aroma of sugar cookies filled our house when we were baking for the holidays.

7. can we get hamburgers from sonic for lunch
DAY Dr. Description’s Prescription for better writing is a Daily Dose of Writing. Take out your journals and WRITE!
Edit and correct the following sentence:
can we get hamburgers from sonic for lunch
Purple word of the day: prefer – to like one thing better than another. It is a verb.
Try using it in a sentence.

8. Can we get hamburgers from Sonic for lunch?
DAY 6 –ANSWER KEY
Can we get hamburgers from Sonic for lunch?
Share a few of your favorite things. The items on your list are great topics for you to write about later too.
I prefer chocolate ice cream over vanilla.

9. Write a story about this picture.
DAY Dr. Description’s Prescription for better writing is a Daily Dose of Writing. Take out your journals and WRITE!
Edit and correct the following sentence:
i and my brother are going to see grandma in july
Write a story about this picture.
Purple word of the day: adore – to love something very much. It is a verb.
Try using it in a sentence.

10. My brother and I are going to see Grandma in July.
DAY 7 –ANSWER KEY
My brother and I are going to see Grandma in July.
*Be careful. In this sentence Grandma is used as her name so it gets capitalized. If the sentence said “our grandma,” it would not be capitalized.
Share your story.
I adore my new fluffy kitten.

11. we went christmas shopping at walmart last tuesday
DAY Dr. Description’s Prescription for better writing is a Daily Dose of Writing. Take out your journals and WRITE!
Edit and correct the following sentence:
we went christmas shopping at walmart last tuesday
Purple word of the day: chuckle – to laugh softly. It is a verb.
Try using it in a sentence.

12. We went Christmas shopping at Walmart last Tuesday.
DAY 8 –ANSWER KEY
We went Christmas shopping at Walmart last Tuesday.
*Tell your neighbor why you capitalized each of these words. Use the words: PROPER NOUN
Share your playground.
When I watch my kittens play, I chuckle.

13. uncle bobby have a birthday in december
DAY Dr. Description’s Prescription for better writing is a Daily Dose of Writing. Take out your journals and WRITE!
Edit and correct the following sentence:
uncle bobby have a birthday in december
How would you finish this sentence? I deserve a day off from school because… Make a list of reasons you deserve a day off.
Purple word of the day: incomplete – not finished. It is an adjective.
Try using it in a sentence.

14. Share your list of reasons you want to have a day off from school.
DAY 9 –ANSWER KEY
Uncle Bobby has a birthday in December.
Share your list of reasons you want to have a day off from school.
The teacher said you need to finish your paper because it is incomplete.

15. the too kids runned all the way home frum skool
DAY Dr. Description’s Prescription for better writing is a Daily Dose of Writing. Take out your journals and WRITE!
Edit and correct the following sentence:
the too kids runned all the way home frum skool
Pretend that your hands are shaped like mittens. Write about your day at school with mitten hands.
Purple word of the day: frigid – very cold. It is an adjective.
Try using it in a sentence.

16. Share your mitten hands story.
DAY 10 –ANSWER KEY
The two kids ran all the way home from school.
Share your mitten hands story.
The old cabin felt frigid in the winter time, because there was no heater.

17. Happy Writing!