2nd Grade English Language Arts Resources : Page 9

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Readers practice comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.

Write a letter to the president of the United States with this fill-in-the-blanks worksheet!

Challenge your students to form a well-reasoned argument with this writing prompt (and rubric!) that's sure to evoke some strong opinions. Students will think about how much homework second graders should be given and make their case in essay form.

It can be tricky to sort out different perspectives in a complex book! Use this activity to help your learner think about how two different characters feel about the same event or challenge.

Here is one worksheet that requires clapping! Introduce your child to counting syllables, which can be really fun if you clap them out together.

There are many ways to learn the difference between "there", "their" and "they're". Help your child determine the difference with this practice sheet!

Celebrate the coming of spring with this delightful crossword, a great way to increase your little one's vocabulary and spelling skills!

That letter R can sure be bossy! Give your kids some extra practice with r-controlled vowels by having them identify the correct spelling-sound correspondences of these common words.

Help your second grader improve her reading fluency by reviewing consonant blends, with help from this complete the sentence worksheet.

Each sentence on this second grade reading worksheet has an underlined word, and kids select the opposite of that word from among three word choices.

Children learn about the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, in this timeline activity.

Children learn the inspiring life story of historical hero Frederick Douglass, who rose from slavery to become a preeminent leader of the abolitionist movement, in this worksheet.

Children work on phonics and spelling skills as they learn about the diphthong OW in this vocabulary-building worksheet.

Introduce your third-grade writer to sensory words with this worksheet about sorting adjectives under the correct senses.

Practice those reading skills with the story of "The Three Little Pigs"! This classic tale provides a great starter for reading comprehension.

Help students build key reading comprehension skills by creating a story map for a book that they read. Students practice retelling, identifying characters, and making connections.

Short stories, such as The Crow and the Jug, make great reading comprehension tools. Use this short Aesop’s fable to get your second graders thinking about central lessons and morals.

Assess student understanding of common spelling patterns for vowel sounds with this quick sorting exercise. Young readers will read words and then write them out in the appropriate column for long or short vowel sounds.

Review the FLOSS rule with your students. Students can practice reading and identifying words that have double letters.

Geared toward second graders, this science worksheet has young scientists read about spiders and their webs and then demonstrate their nonfiction comprehension by filling in the diagram with the correct anatomical terms.

Get a head start on grammar with this sentence building worksheet. Kids unscramble crazy cake sentences and put the words in an order that makes sense.

Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Try to see if your child can tell which word is which.

Young readers dip their toes into character analysis with this fun graphic organizer.

The class watched an exciting movie about a castle adventure. But now the students need help recalling the details of the film.

What is your favorite subject in school? Practice writing sentences by answering this question and more about school in this creative writing worksheet.