With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
Common Core State Standards, Grade 2, Writing · Read it at the source · Checked October 14, 2026
What W.2.6 Means in Plain English
Second graders take a finished piece to a screen and publish it with an adult nearby: type it in a word processor, add a title and a photo, fix what the red underline flags, and post it to a class website or blog, often with a partner.
The wording is the same as 1st grade (W.1.6). What grows is the writing: longer pieces, and partners who split the typing and the choices. Third grade (W.3.6) names keyboarding skills and uses the screen to share ideas and work with others.
W.2.6 I Can Statements
I can type my writing with a partner and an adult.
I can add a title and a picture to my page.
I can fix words the computer underlines before we post.
W.2.6 Worked Example
Two partners, one Field Day post, typed two ways: one is only typed, the other is published.
Prompt
With your partner, type our Field Day writing on the laptop and get it ready for the class website. Take turns at the keyboard, add a title and a photo, and check for red underlines before Mr. Patel posts it.
Not Yet(Typed by Leo while Sam watched. No title, no photo, every red underline left in.) we did feild day it was fun we did the sack race and the tug of war we wonThe words made it onto the screen, but only one partner worked and the red underline under feild was ignored. Nothing turns it into a page someone would read on the website: no title, no picture, no capitals or end marks.
Meets the Standard(Sam typed the title and the first half, Leo typed the rest and added the photo, and they read it aloud together before Mr. Patel posted it.) Our Field Day! On Friday we had Field Day on the big field. First we did the sack race, and I fell down two times. Then we played tug of war against Room 12. We pulled so hard that we won! Field Day was the best day of the year.Both partners had a job, and the title and photo turn typed words into a page. The red underlines are gone because the partners changed feild to field and reread each sentence, and the teacher posting it is the adult support the standard expects.
Moves to Use
Split the jobs: one partner types, the other reads the draft aloud.Switch places at the keyboard halfway through.Add a title and a photo that match the writing.Fix each red underline, then read the whole post aloud.
Common Mistakes with W.2.6
One partner does all the typing
Leo types the whole post while Sam watches
Try this: Set a timer to switch typist and reader every three minutes, and have each partner type at least two sentences.
Trusting the red underline to catch everything
“We one the tug of war.” gets posted because nothing was underlined
Try this: Read the post aloud word by word with a finger under each one, since the computer misses real words used wrong.
Fonts and colors instead of finishing
Ten minutes spent making the title rainbow, and the last two sentences never typed
Try this: Save the title styling for last and let partners pick one font and one color only after every sentence is typed.
Writing Prompt GeneratorFree ToolA journal prompt from the K to 2 bank for a short piece partners can draft by hand, then type up and publish together.JournalGrades K to 2On screen
Sam typed the title and the first half, Leo typed the rest and added the photo, and they read the post aloud together before the teacher posted it.
Every word of the writing is typed in the weak example. Why does it still fall short?
Typing is not publishing. One partner did all of it, the misspelling was left in, and the post has no title, photo, capitals or end marks for a reader on the website.
Should a 2nd grader post to the class website alone?
No. The standard says adults guide and support the work, so a teacher posting the finished piece is exactly what W.2.6 expects. Typing it with a partner is the student’s part.