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2nd Grade Nonfiction Passages Resources

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

Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details

Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.

Starfish Text Features

Learn about the USA&#39;s three branches of government and where each one works.

The Three Branches of Government

Little gardeners, get to know your plants! See the cycle of a plant from its birth to adulthood, and read a bit about photosynthesis too.

Life Cycle of a Plant

Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.

Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Rocket Like Mae Jemison

Use this reading and writing worksheet to help second and third graders learn about the inspiring work of Jane Goodall, famous scientist and conservationist.

All About Jane Goodall

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.

Spiders and Their Webs

Use this fun and interesting worksheets about maps to help your students use sentence level context clues, examples, and logic to decode text and become more fluent in reading informational text.

Learning About Maps!

The world is full of amazing creatures! Learn about a few from around the globe, as your child hones reading skills in this fact-filled workbook.

Animals of the World

Get to know the White House and the U.S. Capitol in this social studies matching worksheet!

Federal Government

Learn the basic facts about the U.S. flag and see the different places where it&#39;s waved.

The United States Flag

Here is a fresh and fruity way to learn a bit of life science. Sit down with your little one and teach them all the different parts of an apple!

Parts of an Apple

Children use their investigative skills and powers of deduction to complete a series of questions and prompts about their local government.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Local Government for Kids

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

Compare and Contrast: Platypus

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

Author's Purpose

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

Amelia Earhart Biography

Dig your hands into some earth science with this soil sheet! Your little scientist can hone his reading skills as he learns what soil is and how it is formed.

What is Soil?

This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the author’s point of view and purpose for writing the text by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

The Ocean

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

Rosa Parks: Historical Heroes

This worksheet provides students with an opportunity to closely examine the difference between a topic and main idea in a nonfiction text. After reading and completing Part 1 as a class, challenge your students to complete Part 2 on their own or with a pa

Finding the Topic and Main Idea of a Nonfiction Text

Find presidential and historical words in this election-themed word search.

Presidential Word Search

Dive into reading with these short biographies. Your second grader will love learning about the people who have shaped America, while honing his reading and unscrambling skills.

American Heroes: Reading Comprehension

Reading nonfiction can be tricky, whether read individually or as a group. Young readers will be asked to match common text features to the correct illustrated features in this tree-themed activity.

Nonfiction Feature Match

Give your star reader a great way to get their thoughts organized. This star graphic organizer will help them practice basic reading comprehension.

Star Graphic Organizer

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web

Learn about facts vs. opinions in this reading comprehension worksheet. Kids will read two sets of text and decide which is fact and which is opinion.

Facts vs. Opinions

Feel inspired to move to the beat with our reading comprehension exercise about Mexican music. Kids answer questions about the article in this writing worksheet.

Mexican Music Facts

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research,&nbsp;learn&nbsp;about the animal&rsquo;s habitat, and then replicate the animal&#39;s habitat using household items.

Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats

Track important events in the life of an important woman with this Sojourner Truth timeline, a great way to get used to reading and writing nonfiction.

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2nd Grade Nonfiction Passages Resources