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

Kids identify information about characters and setting in this worksheet.

Use these task cards to get your reflective readers making and adjusting predictions about their texts.

Support your students in using introductory phrases to cite the text as they make inferences.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

Children learn about three women who emerged as influential photographers during the Great Depression in the United States through the FSA program.

Children are introduced to the life and accomplishments of aeronautics pioneer Amelia Earhart in this fascinating worksheet.

This worksheet uses the shape of the sun to teach kids how supporting details come out of the main idea of a text like rays.

Kids read a story about a puppy, then finish it by writing what they think will happen next.

Take an adventure through the woods with this "Little Red Riding Hood" story, fit for young readers.

What happens next? In this worksheet, learners will read a short fictional passage, then write and draw what they think will happen next.

Using this worksheet template, students plan their work by filling out a plot diagram with their story's exposition, rising action climax, falling action, and climax.

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

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

Kids who are just starting to read nonfiction can get their feet wet with this easy Julia Child biography that has a quick comprehension exercise at the end.

The Ant and the Grasshopper is a fable that teaches kids the value of hard work. Kids will focus on comprehension and predictions in this worksheet.

Read this shortened version of the Monkey King story, then try your hand at writing a new folk tale starring the Monkey King himself!

Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman to be elected to Congress from the South, and was an inspiration to all involved in American politics.

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

With this worksheet, students will practice determining if the sentences fit under the category of fantasy or realism.

Have your students record new words they come across on this bookmark and jot down what they think they mean.

Your young historian can explore the Mohawk tribe. This Native American group played an important role in American history.

The Shoshone were an important Native American tribe. Your little historian will learn about the culture and history of this tribe.

Then what happened? In this activity, students will choose stop and jot sticky notes from different parts of the story to practice their sequencing and summarizing skills as they respond to questions about the literature.

Play author with this creative writing and comprehension exercise! Your child will learn all about inference, or drawing conclusions based on what they've read.

Deduce the definitions of tricky words in this engaging informational passage!

Here's a famous story from Norse mythology that involves him, Loki, and their adventures in the land of the giants.