Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Vocabulary Worksheets

Build your first grader's vocabulary skills by reviewing synonyms and antonyms together.

Using a picture as a clue, kids put two words together to make a compound word for each item on this reading worksheet.

Try a crossword puzzle where all the answers are opposites of their clues!

Use this worksheet to practice determining the meaning of the new word formed when a prefix is added to a base word.

Students will gain insight into the meaning of compound words as they break each word into its two different parts.

Children will practice using context clues as they identify the correct homophone in this grammar and spelling worksheet.

Do your students understand which word to use in context? Check your students' abilities to understand and differentiate between homophones with this simple dictation exercise.

With the help of picture clues, kids will find two words that make a single compound word. Have your child put "sun" and "flower" together in this worksheet.

Looking at prefixes, suffixes, and root words can help readers find meaning. Even young readers can start to build their vocabulary from prefixes and suffixes. In this activity, students will create words by combining prefixes, suffixes, and root words.

What's the opposite of a hot fire? The antonym of hot might be the coolest word of all! 

With spring on the rise, all kinds of animals are returning from their winter sleep, including insects! Use the clues to fill in this insect crossword.

This second grade reading worksheet features common synonyms. Kids connect a word in the first column with its synonym in the second column.

This worksheet on prefixes will advance your student's reading comprehension and grammar skills.

This second grade reading and writing worksheet gives kids practice with homophones as they choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

April showers bring May flowers! Use the clues to fill in the blank boxes in this rain-themed spring crossword puzzle.

Students will practice using dictionary guide words by matching words to the pages they would appear on.

On this worksheet, kids practice changing singular nouns ending in "y" to plural by either adding "s" or dropping the "y" and adding "ies."

Cross words with this kindergarten travel game. Your child will focus in on spelling, writing and vocabulary with this crossword puzzle!

Blooming flowers are sure to follow the rainy weather this spring! Challenge your little one's spelling and vocabulary with this crossword puzzle.

Use this fun cut-and-paste worksheet to help your students understand compound words!

Kids will make compound words out of two smaller words. Make "gold" and "fish" into "goldfish in this fun compound words worksheet.

Use this fun worksheet to create a five senses riddle to stump your friends! Students will get practice using sensory words to describe objects with the help of a word bank.

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

This space-themed word search will bring your student's vocabulary and spelling skills to stellar perfection. Next stop, NASA!

Use this resource with your students to explore a common spelling pattern. Your students will use context clues to determine which word ending with the suffix -ible best completes the sentences.

Expand your first grader's vocabulary by learning about synonyms.

Spring is in the air, and so are the twitters and chatter of nesting birds. This crossword is a great way to help your little one practice reading and writing.

Learners will use the correct suffix to form 12 job-related words in this playful grammar worksheet.

Challenge your beginning reader to practice making compound words! He'll match one set of words with another set to create a list of compound words.

Abbreviations help keep things short and sweet! Give your second graders practice identifying common abbreviations with this fun matching activity in which students draw lines to match words to their abbreviations.