Second Grade Reading Worksheets and Printables
These second grade reading worksheets help make learning engaging for your second grader! Browse through and download our 2nd grade reading worksheets to help supplement your child's education.
Silent Letters Crossword
All of the squares on this crossword puzzle should be filled in with letters, but not all of those letters make sounds. The answer to each clue is a word with at least one silent letter. Recognizing when letters are silent is important for fluency in reading.
Homophones: Same Sounds
"Their" and "there" sound just alike, so distinguishing between the two can be tricky. This second grade reading and writing worksheet gives kids practice with homophones as they pick the right words to complete the sentences. Understanding homophones helps with vocabulary development and spelling.
Silent Letters
It's the silent ones you need to watch out for! This worksheet will help your child with silent letters.
Compound it!
This worksheet will help your child with compound words, or words that are made of of two separate words (such as breadbox, doorknob, and goldfish).
Word Search: Find the Plural!
After changing singular nouns into plural nouns, kids find the plural nouns in a fun word search. Identifying regular plurals is one of the decoding and word recognition skills needed to achieve fluent oral and silent reading.
Striped Stuff
This worksheet has a list of animals that are all striped. Unfortunately, there are some missing letters. Can your animal lover figure out which animals these are?
A Cow in the House! Practicing "Ow" Sounds
This worksheet will give your child practice in with words with -ou and -ow sounds, then challenge her to complete a crossword puzzle!
Take a Second Look
Is your child a super sleuth that can't get enough of word puzzles? In this worksheet your child will need to use their noggin to unscramble a sequence of seemingly random letters and unlock a secret message.
Adjectives and Nouns: Happy Birthday
Smiling kids in party hats, a cake, and presents could mean only one thing: birthday! Kids have fun circling the adjectives and underlining the nouns on this birthday-themed second grade reading worksheet. This worksheet helps kids practice identifying parts of speech.
Hard and Soft C
On this second grade reading worksheet, kids sort initial consonant sounds into two groups: hard "c," represented by a cookie, and soft "c," represented by celery. This worksheet helps kids build decoding and word recognition skills that will help them become fluent readers.
