Actions, Thoughts and Feelings is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on elaborating an event with what was done, thought and felt, aligned to Common Core standard W.2.3. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 15 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
W.2.3
Write on the lines. Use the checklist.
LessonPrint · W.2.3 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practises elaborating an event with what was done, thought and felt — 2 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core W.2.3: Write a story with actions, thoughts and feelings, in a clear order. The instruction to pupils is “Write on the lines. Use the checklist”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.3 — W.2.3, in the Writing domain for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
Actions, Thoughts and Feelings is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on W.2.3, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
25 versions, of which 15 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Yes. Actions, Thoughts and Feelings, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Yes — “A Story With Feelings and an Ending” is a 40-minute Grade 2 plan for W.2.3, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Actions, Thoughts and Feelings is the practice that follows it.
Write a story with actions, thoughts and feelings, in a clear order.
Teaching this next? A Story With Feelings and an Ending is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.2.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.