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G2–3 Write Lab

Your child turns things they've done and imagined into English stories with a beginning, middle, and end.

To find writing ideas, your child reads social studies and science texts on topics like habitats, life cycles, and maps. They also practice vocabulary, story structure, and grammar separately.

Check your child's English writing to see if this level fits

We look at your child's English writing and the English books they read now to see whether they include specific details and whether their sentences flow.

If your child is just starting to write English sentences, K–G1 may fit better. If they already write stories well, G4–5 may be the right level.

Where G2–3 fits in Write Lab
  1. K–G1Telling stories through language playLanguage Play & Story Foundations
  2. G2–3Writing stories from experience and imaginationCreative WritingThis level
  3. G4–5Organizing information to explain a topicInformative Writing

What your child writes in grades 2–3

Your child's writing now and in G2–3

Your child's writing now

  • Writes each sentence as a separate thought.

Writing in G2–3

  • Adds who, when, where, and what happened so the reader can picture the scene.
  • Puts events in beginning–middle–end order to make a complete story.

Reading about social studies and science for writing ideas

Your child reads English texts on social studies and science topics they can compare with their own experiences.

Subject · Topics in G2–3

Social studies
Maps & Geography, Cultures Around the World, Famous People, Goods & Services
Science
Habitats, Life Cycles, States of Matter, Solar System

Putting what they read into their own sentences

Your child explains characters, events, and facts in their own words and picks out what matters. Then they write about a similar experience or idea in English sentences and link them into a paragraph.

A child writing in a notebook

Practicing vocabulary, writing structure, and grammar

When your child gets stuck writing a story, they practice that part separately. Model writing is only a starting point: your child reworks it into their own story.

Practice by skill

  • Vocab: Words in context

    Your child works out how words relate and completes sentences with the word that fits the context.

  • Language Arts: How writing is organized

    Your child studies the order and phrasing in model writing and tries them in their own story.

  • Grammar: Fixing mistakes

    Your child rereads their sentences and paragraphs and fixes grammar and wording mistakes.

Writing a full English story, from plan to rewrite

Steps to a full English story: choose an experience to share, plan the beginning, middle, and end, write a draft, get written corrections and rewrite
  1. Step: Choose an experience to share

    At this step, your child: Decides who to tell and which experience to share, then collects ideas in a mind map.

  2. Step: Plan the beginning, middle, and end

    At this step, your child: Decides which events and thoughts go at the beginning, middle, and end.

  3. Step: Write a draft

    At this step, your child: Links sentences in the planned order to draft an English story.

  4. Step: Get written corrections and rewrite

    At this step, your child: Adds missing content and fixes incorrect sentences based on the instructor's corrections, then rewrites.

What your child's writing is assessed on

Area · What the instructor checks

Content
Whether the story includes experiences and ideas that fit the topic or question
Order
Whether events and sentences move naturally from beginning to middle to end
Words and grammar
Whether learned words fit the situation, and whether basic word order, grammar, and spelling are correct

Rewritten stories and assessment results go into your child's portfolio, and we send you the instructor's comments too. See how parents get progress updates

Textbooks and homework

How it's chosen

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    Writing textbooks

    How it's chosen
    We choose from CGP English, Cambridge Academic Writing Skills, Writer’s Choice, Daily Paragraph Editing, and Analogies and Writing Models materials to match your child's level.
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    Homework

    How it's chosen
    We assign what your child needs: rewriting corrected pieces, reading, or vocabulary practice. The amount depends on what they can write now.
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    Writing Clinic

    How it's chosen
    Extra English writing with in-depth written corrections. We'll let you know during consultation whether it's currently offered.

Explore other grades and courses

*Hover over or tap a card to see the details and its link.

  • CourseK–G1 Write Lab

    What you'll find
    Your child listens to English stories, talks about their own experiences, and writes short English sentences.
    Link
    See K–G1 Write Lab

  • CourseG4–5 Write Lab

    What you'll find
    Your child picks information from their reading and writes to explain and compare.
    Link
    See G4–5 Write Lab

Plan your child's G2–3 Write Lab classes

Tell us about something your child wrote in English recently or the English books they're reading now. We'll talk it over with you and decide together whether G2–3 is where they should start.

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