Writing skills continue to develop in grade 2 and become more exciting as students learn new ways to express themselves with more complex words, thoughts, phrases and ideas. As they speak and write the become more attentive the the formal and informal uses of language and English conventions and will spell most words correctly in their writing by using what they know about vowel and consonant patterns. Students will use nonfiction reading skills to identify facts to participate in research projects, will write fiction stories that include a short sequence of events with details, learn to state opinions and support their thinking with details, and experiment with different forms of creative writing. It is big year for writing!