2nd and 3rd Grade Reading Resources : Page 4

Celebrate the season by reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Then challenge your young reader to fill in this graphic organizer chart.

In A Christmas Carol, setting plays a big role in the story. Learn about A Christmas Carol setting in this worksheet.

Add some fun to the old-fashioned placeholder with this bookmark! Your child answers a few questions and makes the bookmark, and the experience, all her own!

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

Little gardeners, get to know your plants! See the cycle of a plant from its birth to adulthood, and read a bit about photosynthesis too.

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

Children are introduced to author, activist, and poet Maya Angelou in this historial heroes worksheet.

Learn about the USA's three branches of government and where each one works.

Get your third grader in the habit of reading closely with this multi-page story featuring questions on the main character, sequencing, and recalling details.

In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Help your child learn the "Wh words," who, what, where, why and when, with this charming story about a day at the dog park.

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

As your students hunt for various text features, they’ll learn that these features provide important information about the text they’re reading!

Located on the National Mall in Washington D.C. the Lincoln Memorial honors our 16th president.

Help your child learn to navigate narrative poetry, then write their own poem, in this super-fun narrative poetry worksheet.

Use this worksheet to help your child learn a little bit about the North Pole!

Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

This worksheet offers an engaging, meaningful framework for young writers as they learn to build and write compelling arguments.

Children learn about the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, in this timeline activity.

Bring it back to the basics with this reading comprehension exercise about Mindy, her birthday party, and her cake.

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character’s actions with their emotions.

This passage will challenge your 3rd graders to think deeper into the text to strengthen their comprehension skills.

What happened first? Have your young reader find the beginning, middle, and end of this short story. Use the illustrations to help her picture the events.

In this Reader's Theater worksheet, students read a script, then answer the reading comprehension questions that follow.

This worksheet is a brief introduction to the human rights activist and feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes.