2nd and 3rd Grade English Language Arts Worksheets

Reinforce reading comprehension skills with this simple practice quiz!

Use this fill-in-the-blank worksheet to help your first and second graders practice verbs!

Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this resource to assess your students’ ability to determine word meanings from context clues.

Teach your little leprechaun about the various St. Patrick's Day traditions and other fun parts of this special Irish heritage day.

Practice writing letters, numbers, and simple sentences with this handwriting paper template!

Sharpen your students' eyes for proofreading with this quick spelling quiz!

Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.

Students may know they can blend colors or food, but did they know they can blend letters too? Learn to use common consonant blends in this engaging worksheet! 

Story sequencing will allow third graders to improve their reading comprehension by putting the sequence of events in the correct order.

Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Try your luck at this St. Patty's word search, a sure way to build your students' vocabulary as they get into the spirit of the holiday.

The main idea is the most important idea in a paragraph. With this worksheet, students will read the paragraphs carefully then circle the statement that best fits the paragraph's main idea.

Practice identifying and interpreting nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds is one of the first steps in mastering vowels. Gauge student understanding of long and short vowels with this review activity.

Stories are a fantastic way to teach kids important life lessons. This reading comprehension worksheet uses the classic Aesop’s fable—The Fox and the Crow—to get your students thinking about the central lesson of a story.

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

Give your second graders some practice building their reading comprehension skills with the timeless story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Students will read this classic fable and then answer questions about setting, characters, genre, and cause and effect.

Write your own unique story with silly nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more! 

In this Martin Luther King Jr. Cut-and-Paste Timeline worksheet, students will learn about the life of an important historical figure.

Students love mazes, so add some rhyming practice to their fun! Help your child find all the rhymes that he should pass on his way through the maze.

What does your whiz kid like more: mazes or rhymes? Well, give her both!

Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.

Use this high-interest text with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view. Students will determine the author’s viewpoint on the subject of the Titanic as they establish their own points of view.

Use this science-themed resource with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view in a text about life cycles. Students will determine the author’s viewpoint on the subject as they establish their own points of view.

This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the author’s point of view and purpose for writing the text by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

This short fictional text can be used to help students determine words and phrases the author uses to help the reader figure out the central message of the story.

Help your first grader practice pronouncing and recognizing R blends with this matching worksheet.

Learn about facts vs. opinions in this reading comprehension worksheet. Kids will read two sets of text and decide which is fact and which is opinion.

Use this resource with your students as they complete a variety of spelling activities for the words that have the /k/ and /kw/ sounds.