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2nd and 3rd Grade Common Core Reading Worksheets

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

Main Idea: Working Dogs

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

Summer Fun: Put the Story Sequence in Order

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

Find the Main Idea: Shark

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.

"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.

Learning About the Ocean

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

Main Idea Multiple Choice

In this worksheet, second and third graders will practice two important reading fluency strategies: rereading and rereading aloud.

Reading Fluency: Apple Picking

Give your second grader&#39;s logical thinking skills and reading comprehension a healthy boost with a lesson in cause and effect.

Identifying Cause and Effect

This main idea worksheet guides your child through reading comprehension practice. Download today to get started!

Main Idea of a Story Worksheet

Practice identifying elements of a story in this simple sorting activity!

Sort the Story Elements

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&#39;s main idea.

What's the Main Idea?

Help your third grader practice following directions on how to build a tornado in a bottle, and build his reading comprehension skills in the process.

Reading for Comprehension: Following Directions

In this worksheet, children determine the order of events in a story about two friends who like to roller skate together in their neighborhood.

Story Sequencing: Roller Skating

Students will identify the main idea and supporting details in a short nonfiction text.

Main Idea & Details: Icebergs

Finding the main idea of a story is a fundamental reading comprehension skill. Help your child tackle reading with this beginner&#39;s worksheet!

Main Idea of a Story

Have your third grader practice their reading fluency with this passage about Autumn.

Reading Fluency: Autumn

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

Nonfiction Text Features: Wild, Wild Weather

Let your young writer relax by practicing writing notes to friends, journal entries, and even a grocery list!

Writing Workshop: Everyday Writing

Children learn about the ways that butterflies like the viceroy and buckeye avoid predators in this engaging reading comprehension worksheet.

Find the Main Idea: Butterflies

In this worksheet, children will read a short passage about Day of the Dead, then answer five multiple choice questions.

Day of the Dead

Use the templates to assemble and stage a puppet show based on the story.

The Hare and the Tortoise

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

Wh Questions

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

Compare and Contrast: Short Stories

Read a classic fable with your beginning reader! This story page for &quot;The Ugly Duckling&quot; will help build reading skills.

The Ugly Duckling

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.

The Fox and the Crow

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

Nonfiction Text Features: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Children read a brief history of fireworks, then answer a series of questions designed to help them reflect on what they have learned.

History of Fireworks

In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.

The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost

Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.

Make a Summary: Butterflies

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details

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