2nd - 4th Grade Reading Resources : Page 34

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

Your second grader can use this Venn diagram to list traits of their favorite book characters. Help them expand their vocabulary with new, descriptive words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Summarize a Nonfiction Text.

Put the sentences of the story in order from start to finish by numbering them. Read the story in the correct order when you're finished.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

Read some dark excerpts from the famous forefathers of horror writing and try your hand at it.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Use this resource to give your students practice using a simple sentence structure to describe characters, setting, and events.

Learn about the climate, fauna, and flora of these high-altitude biomes, then review what you've learned with a quick sentence-matching activity.

There's nothing better than a mug of hot chocolate! Your child can work on their writing skills as they describe how to make a great cup of cocoa.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

What will happen to Ebenezer Scrooge? Enjoy one of the most well-known Christmas stories with your little reader.

Your child can make her own storybook with this series of Japanese folktale coloring pages!

Enjoy one of the most well-known Christmas stories, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Color the illustrations as you go!

Cozy up for story time with one of the most well-known Christmas stories, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

Your student will read about the Mothman and then practice putting events in order.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Nonfiction Main Idea.

You only get something out of it if you put something in! Have your child try five-part challenge, with the final goal being memorizing a poem word for word.

"The Scarlet Flower" shares many similarities with a famous Western fairytale. Can you guess which one?

Clues can help us make predictions! Students will read a story about Molly, find the clues, and use those clues to predict what Molly will do next.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Explaining Illustrations with Declarative Sentences.

Queen Victoria ruled the British Empire for 63 important years. Students can read about Victoria's life in this history worksheet.

Michael Phelps swam his way to success, as your young student will find out in this biography worksheet on one of the greatest swimmers in the world.

One of the most popular genres is fiction. Learn what this genre is, who some of its most famous authors are, and try to write some yourself!

Students will practice making and adjusting predictions about their texts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Differences.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Inference Making.

Learn more about one of the most accomplished scientists of the 20th century with this worksheet about Stephen Hawking.