1st and 2nd Grade Vocabulary Resources

Build your first grader's vocabulary skills by reviewing synonyms and antonyms together.

Using a picture as a clue, kids put two words together to make a compound word for each item on this reading worksheet.

If someone loses their glasses, are they as blind as a bee or a bat? This fill-in-the-blank worksheet introduces your child to popular similes.

Try a crossword puzzle where all the answers are opposites of their clues!

Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.

Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun language and vocabulary worksheet.

Students will gain insight into the meaning of compound words as they break each word into its two different parts.

Can you tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Students will seek to distinguish between—and determine the meanings of—simple similes and metaphors with this multiple choice activity.

Children will practice using context clues as they identify the correct homophone in this grammar and spelling worksheet.

On this second grade reading worksheet, kids practice adding "s" or "es" to singular nouns to change them to plurals.

Use this worksheet to practice determining the meaning of the new word formed when a prefix is added to a base word.

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

This second grade reading worksheet features common synonyms. Kids connect a word in the first column with its synonym in the second column.

With the help of picture clues, kids will find two words that make a single compound word. Have your child put "sun" and "flower" together in this worksheet.

Looking at prefixes, suffixes, and root words can help readers find meaning. Even young readers can start to build their vocabulary from prefixes and suffixes. In this activity, students will create words by combining prefixes, suffixes, and root words.

This worksheet on prefixes will advance your student's reading comprehension and grammar skills.

What do your students do after they circle tricky words in their writing? Help them keep track of the revision process with this handy worksheet.

Introduce second and third graders to W.E.B. Du Bois, writer, sociologist, and civil rights advocate, with this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

What's the opposite of a hot fire? The antonym of hot might be the coolest word of all! 

Introduce your third-grade writer to sensory words with this worksheet about sorting adjectives under the correct senses.