2nd and 3rd Grade Reading Resources : Page 12

Feel inspired to move to the beat with our reading comprehension exercise about Mexican music. Kids answer questions about the article in this writing worksheet.

Here's a Loki myth to satisfy fans of this sneaky god: Loki and the Builder, where he tries to outwit an equally sneaky human.

Good readers are able to compare and contrast key points between two texts on the same topic. With this worksheet, your students will practice this important concept by reading two different texts on feeding pets and identifying the similarities and diffe

From the topic of roller coasters to the topic of spinach, this kid-friendly worksheet guides a student in comparing their opinion to the opinions of the fictional character named “Jimmy.”

Discover the history of the Seminole tribe with this worksheet! This tribe, originally from Florida, has a rich culture.

Ancient mariners mistook the manatee for a mermaid! Your young biologist won't make the same mistake after learning about the manatee with this worksheet.

Kids who are just starting to read longer texts may need some extra practice making mental pictures of text they read. Use this fun, short passage to help them practice visualizing and illustrating a scene.

Help your early reader get to know a classic Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare. He'll make a prediction about what will happen, and identify the moral.

Use this worksheet to help your students practice identifying adverbs, read fluently, and demonstrate their reading comprehension.

This Shakespeare biography, written for kids, teaches young readers, writers and thespians all about the literary giant.

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

Get caught up in the drama of "Casey at the Bat" with this reader's theater script.

Learners get a brief introduction to the capital of the United States in this worksheet.

Use this resource with your students to get them making connections between two nonfiction texts on the same topic. They will use a Venn diagram to organize the similarities and differences.

Beginning readers will love this short story by Rudyard Kipling, all about how the animals were first domesticated.

What happened in the story? Use this helpful graphic organizer to capture the characters, setting, and important events in a fiction text.

Stretch student understanding of story sequencing into a summary with this graphic organizer. Students will start by jotting down quick notes to remember each part of the story, then they'll use their notes to write a complete summary of the text.

Use this resource to practice describing characters in a fairy tale. Students will use adverbs, adjectives, and verbs to gain an understanding of the character traits.

This tree anatomy worksheet will give your little naturalist a better understanding of the parts that make up a tree.

Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.

Use this resource to help your students track information as they compare and contrast the story elements from two fiction texts

Give your second graders' logical thinking skills and reading comprehension a healthy boost with a lesson in cause and effect. Students will practice determining cause and effect with this short, funny story about a wishing fountain.

Summarizing stories has never tasted so good! Students can use this yummy ice cream-themed graphic organizer to form short summaries of fiction they read independently or with the class.

Maintaining a reading log is a fun way to encourage your child to set goals and track their progress. Students will keep track of their month-by-month reading stamina and practice their bar graphing with this reading log worksheet.

Put the events of the story in sequential order from what happened first to what happened last. Then read the story to learn more about Rocky!

Use this short fictional story about the ugly duckling’s new friend to help your ELs make predictions, summarize text, and recognize the importance of transitional phrases!

EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

Learners practice comparing two stories with similar characters and themes in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children are introduced to Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who got her start at a young age accompanying her mother as she registered African Americans to vote.