1st and 2nd Grade Reading Resources : Page 3

Reading has so many benefits for kids, such as improving vocabulary and language skills and helping to develop imagination and concentration. Reading logs are a great way for you and your students to keep track of their reading throughout the week!

This worksheet helps your child focus on prediction and comprehension in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Kids will read the classic fable and answer written prompts.

Get to know the White House and the U.S. Capitol in this social studies matching worksheet!

With this Have Fun Reading Choice Board, budding bookworms can choose from a variety of engaging reading-based activities, from reading in a cozy blanket fort to drawing or acting out their favorite part of a story.

Help your child read deeper into a story by having him practice making inferences about what happened.

Give your students practice with Reader’s Theater in the wonderful genre of drama. They will read and practice fluency, as well as comprehension.

Build comprehension skills with this reading page on cause and effect for kids.

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

Help students build key reading comprehension skills by creating a story map for a book that they read. Students practice retelling, identifying characters, and making connections.

Students will practice using dictionary guide words by matching words to the pages they would appear on.

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

Explore story sense with your young reader. First, read the astronaut's story. Then, let your imagination tell what will happen next!

In Aesop's classic fable, a tortoise and a hare race — but the winner may surprise you!

Making inferences is a critical skill for young readers to master, as it helps them look beyond the words on the page to figure out the author's message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!

Children use their logic skills to look at the images and decide which of two statements describes each one best in this second grade literacy worksheet.

Give your young readers some practice building their reading comprehension skills with the beloved story of The Three Little Pigs! Students will consider protagonists, antagonists, and character dynamics with this version of the classic story.

Learners will practice analyzing a short script in this winter-themed reading comprehension worksheet.

These printable booklets are a great way to inspire children with the work of accomplished scientist and conservationist Jane Goodall while helping them master early literacy concepts.

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

Children use their investigative skills and powers of deduction to complete a series of questions and prompts about their local government.  

This reading stamina chart can be used to help students track and increase the amount of time they can spend reading to themselves during independent reading.

Facts about ostrich include that they are the largest birds in the world and that they can't fly, but that's not all. Learn all about this amazing bird!

Dig your hands into some earth science with this soil sheet! Your little scientist can hone his reading skills as he learns what soil is and how it is formed.

This worksheet will have students learning about the sequencing of fiction texts.

Short stories, such as The Crow and the Jug, make great reading comprehension tools. Use this short Aesop’s fable to get your second graders thinking about central lessons and morals.

Explore history with famous female navigator Sacagawea. Sacagawea was a Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark find their way across the west.

Use this civics and government worksheet to help second and third graders learn about elections!

Practice those reading skills with the story of "The Three Little Pigs"! This classic tale provides a great starter for reading comprehension.