2nd - 5th Grade Common Core English Language Arts Resources

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.

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

Students will learn fun facts about animals while making inferences about nonfiction text.

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

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

If your students need support in matching obscure words with the deeper meaning, invite them to use the clues on this worksheet to match words and phrases with their corresponding meanings.

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! 

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about soul music and the history of African-Americans in pop music, all in this Hip-Hop Music worksheet!

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

Students will make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Use this Valentine's Day reader's theater script to engage students as they practice reading fluently.

Learners will use context clues to determine the correct homophone for each of eight sentences.

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

Use 4th grade vocabulary words to guide a princess out of a castle.

Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

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.

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.

Hone key reading comprehension strategies with this engaging five-page worksheet!

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

As your students complete this reading comprehension exercise, they will learn about their lungs while practicing active reading skills.

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.