2nd Grade English Language Arts Resources : Page 3

With this Have Fun Reading Choice Board, budding bookworms can choose from a variety of engaging reading-based activities, from reading in a cozy blanket fort to drawing or acting out their favorite part of a story.

Children learn the difference between a fact and an opinion, then decide if each of eight sentences are facts or opinions.

In this worksheet, children will complete each sentence using a word with a long A sound.

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

This paragraph writing worksheet gets your child back to the basics of writing. In this paragraph writing worksheet, kids will write using a graphic organizer.

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.

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

Can you tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Students will seek to distinguish between—and determine the meanings of—simple similes and metaphors with this multiple choice activity.

Children learn about the life and legacy of civil rights activist Rosa Parks in this history worksheet.

Did you know clapping out the sounds makes counting syllables easier? Help introduce your child to syllables with this fun worksheet.

This worksheet offers helpful practice for students as they learn to correctly identify and use adverbs in sentences.

Stretch those writing skills with this "stretch a sentence" activity! Young writers will learn to expand on an idea by adding more details to a sentence.

Have your students practice finding the cause and effect relationships between two sentences.

What is your favorite animal? Answer this question and many more in this creative writing worksheet in which young writers can practice writing sentences.

Have your students mastered present tense verb endings, or could they use a bit more practice? Use this mix of regular verbs and verbs ending in Y to challenge your students with third person singular present tense.

Let's practice identifying the blends at the end! Kids will sound out each word and identify the ending blend.

By now, your child knows that not all vowel sounds are the same. Challenge him to determine whether words contain a short or long vowel sound.

Read about Pete and all of his pets in this story. 

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

Young writers discover strategies for creating compelling introductions that capture a reader's interest in this writing worksheet.

Check out this list of prepositions to help your young learner master her parts of speech!

Children learn to identify, pronounce, and sort words with R-controlled vowels in this grammar and phonics worksheet.

This worksheet helps students fine tune their understanding of letter-sound relationships and spelling patterns.

One of the first questions young readers should ask is, "Who is telling this story?" Here students will practice spotting different points of view by identifying which point of view sentences are written from and then writing sentences of their own.

Similes are all around us—sometimes you just need a little context to know how to decipher them! This lighthearted story about a twisted ankle contains two hidden similes. Can your students find them?