Preschool - 2nd Grade Vocabulary Resources

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.

If someone loses their glasses, are they as blind as a bee or a bat? This fill-in-the-blank worksheet introduces your child to popular similes.

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

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

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

Introduce children to Italian Christmas traditions with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun language and vocabulary worksheet.

Can you tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Students will seek to distinguish between—and determine the meanings of—simple similes and metaphors with this multiple choice activity.

Children will read simple pasta directions, then select the correct transition words from the choices shown.

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

On this second grade reading worksheet, kids practice adding "s" or "es" to singular nouns to change them to plurals.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Let's get as silly as a goose with these similes! Students will get creative as they finish simple similes with this introductory worksheet. After they finish, give them a chance to share their favorites with the class!

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

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.

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

After introducing similes, give kids a chance to be creative with this writing activity! Students will have fun comparing all kinds of things of their choosing using the prompts, and you'll love watching them use and grow their figurative language skills.

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

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.