Homophones got your second grader down? This colorful worksheet will open her eyes to some common grammar errors, and improve her spelling ability.

Children will enjoy pairing two ice cream cones together to create a compound word in this vocabulary-boosting worksheet.

Help your students solidify their use of transition words with this cute version of the classic ugly duckling story. By helping to fill in the missing transition words throughout the narrative, students will flex their sequencing and organization skills.

The words you learn from reading can go with you wherever you go! As students read nonfiction books, have them add the new words they learn — along with their definitions — to this vocabulary backpack!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Words that Sound the Same.

Students daydreaming of a sunny day outside? Use this worksheet to practice making compound words in a picnic context. Students will read the sentence frames, then they'll create compound words that best complete the sentences.

This worksheet focuses on the spelling rule for -ie verbs and changing them to verbs that end with -ing.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Multiple-Meaning Words.

Give your students practice matching up abbreviations with their corresponding words! With this worksheet, your young readers will have fun figuring out the abbreviated versions of words like April and President.

Dig into your dictionary skills! Use this resource to guide students as they determine the right word to look up.

This word-building worksheet gets your child to see the interesting connections between words. Explore suffixes in this wordplay worksheet.

Follow up a reading of J.M. Barrie's classic story with a crossword puzzle!

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

Help your students review root words so they can analyze unfamiliar words and figure out the meaning without using a dictionary. In this worksheet, students will identify the root of each word containing suffixes and prefixes.

Everyone's heard the story of the ugly duckling, but have you met his new friend, the beastly bird? Help students learn about the importance of transition words when telling a story with this fun tale of outcasts who become fast friends!

Can your second grader choose the correct homophone for each sentence? Make sure he double and triple-checks his spelling!

Ask your readers to keep track of new, interesting, or unknown words with this vocabulary tracker. Students will use the tracker to write the word, the sentence they found it in, and a short definition.

Challenge your second grader to add up the picture clues to create their own compound words.

Children will draw from a word bank to form five new compound words, then write and illustrate their meaning.

Compound words are like puzzles. In this worksheet, your students will match words to create compound words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Urban, Suburban, and Rural Places.

Your students will seek to read and complete sentences using a word bank of common reading comprehension terms, such as conflict and setting.

Help your child get a grip on opposite words with this easy introductory worksheet.

Get caught in a word building web with this Halloween-themed printable. Your child will practice spelling, writing and using the word "spider" in a sentence.

Dictionary skills are an important part of learning to read and write. Help your little learner understand the different parts of a dictionary entry.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Dictionaries & Definitions.

Step right up! Help your child expand his vocabulary with this circus word search.