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.

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.

Kids who are just starting to read longer texts may need some extra practice making mental pictures of text they read. Use this fun, short passage to help them practice visualizing and illustrating a scene.

Imagine racing along the shoreline with the wind in this second- and third-grade poetry comprehension worksheet!

This short nonfiction text will provide students with an opportunity to become more comfortable with identifying and defining academic vocabulary words—and they'll have fun learning all about the life cycle of a chicken in the process!

Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

Your students will demonstrate understanding of a short fiction text by answering who, when, what, where, why, and how questions. Use this as an introduction to the vocabulary in the EL Support Lesson: Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How Questions.

Sparks students' creative thinking with this Earth Day-themed reflective writing prompt.

With four game cards featuring 25 things New York is known for, this printable game is a sweet introduction to the sights, sounds, and tastes of an iconic American city.

Mary, Queen of Scots, was a fascinating woman in history. Learn a bit more about her life with this history worksheet.

Practice writing unfamiliar words by naming the New 7 Wonders of the World with this unscrambling worksheet.

Give this worksheet to your child to practicing identifying and writing works in the "ake" family. 

Learn the names of the New 7 Wonders of the World with this word search, and encourage your child to explore these wonders on her own.

Boost students' pronoun savvy with this worksheet that asks them to complete each sentence by selecting the correct pronoun.

Boost your child's reading skills with this winter-themed word sorting worksheet featuring schwa vowel sounds!

Support your students’ reading development with this spring-themed word sort!

Help tide your child over until Christmas with this yuletide word search.

A coloring page of the giant mosasaur, an animal that lived among the dinosaurs in prehistoric times.

Keep your child occupied on the ride to the lake with this fishing word search.

These two mice are on hand to help your child learn her verbs in no time.

See which snail has gotten the farthest with this 2nd grade measurement snail race worksheet.

Use this fun frog worksheet to practice place value and expanding numbers.

Practice choosing between a or an and writing them in sentences in this quick drill worksheet.

Help your second grader identify pictures that start with the hard C sound using this colorful word search created by Education.com's Worksheet Generator.

Here's a coloring sheet of a cute (but big!) Tyrannosaurus Rex. Looks like he's on the hunt for lunch!

If your child would rather be on the court than in the classroom, get them pumped about vocabulary with this basketball-themed word search.

Is that a one-eyed Octopus with horns? Now, that's odd! See if your second grader can identify the odd numbers in this worksheet.

This fun homophone practice worksheet sharpens kids' spelling and writing skills as they learn all about homophones.