1st and 2nd Grade Reading Resources : Page 4

The classic children's fable "Stone Soup" is all about sharing! Share this story with your young reader to build basic comprehension skills.

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.

In this historical heroes worksheet, second and third graders read a short passage about Owens' life and legacy, then answer the comprehension questions to help determine their understanding.

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.

Find presidential and historical words in this election-themed word search.

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

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.

Can you haiku? Put your syllable knowledge to good use and count the beats with these seasonal haiku poems.

This social studies worksheet is a great way to encourage the next generation to understand the value and impact of voting while helping learners practice reading comprehension strategies.

Your students will use this two-sided worksheet to practice distinguishing between facts and opinions. As they do, they’ll have fun learning about howler monkeys!

Test your child's reading comprehension with the story of "The Frog Prince"!

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

Keeping a reading log is a great way to encourage your child to set goals and track their progress. Your students will build reading fluency and stamina by logging and graphing their reading time.

Geared toward second graders, this science worksheet has young scientists read about spiders and their webs and then demonstrate their nonfiction comprehension by filling in the diagram with the correct anatomical terms.

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

Help your first grader learn about the different parts of a letter and the lost art of letter writing with this simple how-to worksheet.

Young learners will enjoy tracing, coloring, and assembling this mini book about astronaut and scientist Mae Jemison.

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

Children learn the inspiring life story of historical hero Frederick Douglass, who rose from slavery to become a preeminent leader of the abolitionist movement, in this worksheet.

Children read the First Amendment, then complete a simple word scramble puzzle and answer reading comprehension questions.

Readers practice comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.

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.

Provide your students support as they work on improving their reading comprehension skills by creating a nonfiction text summary.

This composition prompt asks kids to consider one thing they can do and one thing they can stop doing this Earth Day.