Stretch student understanding of story sequencing into a summary with this graphic organizer. Students will start by jotting down quick notes to remember each part of the story, then they'll use their notes to write a complete summary of the text.

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.

This tree anatomy worksheet will give your little naturalist a better understanding of the parts that make up a tree.

Children are introduced to author, activist, and poet Maya Angelou in this historial heroes worksheet.

Practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions using this handy worksheet.

Help the Smith family summarize their family vacation with a main idea, details, and a conclusion. Kids will work on reading comprehension and summarizing.

Kids read a story about a puppy, then finish it by writing what they think will happen next.

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

What happens next? In this worksheet, learners will read a short fictional passage, then write and draw what they think will happen next.

Get this earth science worksheet that will challenge your child's knowledge of volcanoes and teach him some new vocabulary.

Use this worksheet to help students identify personified nouns and their respective verbs.

Maintaining a reading log is a fun way to encourage your child to set goals and track their progress. Students will keep track of their month-by-month reading stamina and practice their bar graphing with this reading log worksheet.

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

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

Provide your students support as they work on improving their reading comprehension skills by creating a nonfiction text summary.

Use this ocean-themed worksheet to measure your students' understanding of simple nonfiction text features. Your little bookworm will practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions about the whole book.

Use the exercises on this sheet to teach and practice the skill of making predictions.

Your students will use their imaginations and context clues to gain understanding of inference, evidence, and schema with this activity. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the vocabulary in the Inferring With Pictures lesson plan.

Give your second graders' logical thinking skills and reading comprehension a healthy boost with a lesson in cause and effect. Students will practice determining cause and effect with this short, funny story about a wishing fountain.

Give your students a chance to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details in a nonfiction text.

Ask your students to read the story about Ty's birthday, then answer the comprehension questions by retelling main events of the story on the lines provided.

Color in this cool scene at the White House, and learn a few White House facts too!

Your students will practice fiction comprehension while they read this short story about best friends and then make connections and predictions based on the reading.

Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple non-fiction text features with this table of contents activity. Young readers will practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions about chameleons.

Review the classic American tall tales with this character map! Use your knowledge of setting in a story to show where each of these tall tales originated.

This rubric can be used with any lesson where students are learning or practicing fluency.

Learn to separate fact from fiction with this comparative worksheet.

Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.

Students will read and recall a story by answering comprehensive questions about the series of the events in the story.

Fact: This resource will give your students practice sorting out facts and opinions in their reading. Students will use this graphic organizer to distinguish between facts and opinions they find in their text and explain their reasoning.