Guided Writing Practice for WIDA Tier A
A set of picture-supported writing prompts for 2nd-grade English learners, built around everyday school scenes like a classroom and school lunch. Students write short sentences with word banks and First-Then-Last sequencing frames, building the Tier A skills tested on the WIDA Writing assessment; it can serve as one full prompt in a sitting or as 10-minute practice throughout the year.
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use one full prompt as a guided writing session in a 30-40 minute block, reading the picture and word bank aloud together before students write independently.
- Discussion question: What is happening in this picture, and which word from the word bank helps you say it?
- Scaffold for students still building English: offer sentence starters such as "The students ___" and let them point to pictures or say their sentence aloud before writing.
- Extension for advanced students: ask them to add a detail (where, when, or how) to each sentence, or to retell the First-Then-Last story using two more connecting words.
- For the 10-minute practices, pick one picture and one sequencing frame per session so students can repeat the routine across the year with growing independence.
Guided Writing Practice for WIDA Tier A
A set of picture-supported writing prompts for 2nd-grade English learners, built around everyday school scenes like a classroom and school lunch. Students write short sentences with word banks and First-Then-Last sequencing frames, building the Tier A skills tested on the WIDA Writing assessment; it can serve as one full prompt in a sitting or as 10-minute practice throughout the year.
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use one full prompt as a guided writing session in a 30-40 minute block, reading the picture and word bank aloud together before students write independently.
- Discussion question: What is happening in this picture, and which word from the word bank helps you say it?
- Scaffold for students still building English: offer sentence starters such as "The students ___" and let them point to pictures or say their sentence aloud before writing.
- Extension for advanced students: ask them to add a detail (where, when, or how) to each sentence, or to retell the First-Then-Last story using two more connecting words.
- For the 10-minute practices, pick one picture and one sequencing frame per session so students can repeat the routine across the year with growing independence.