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This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the author’s point of view and purpose for writing the text by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

Use this activity to help students find and decipher metaphors in the context of short passages. Students will read the passages, record what is being compared in each, and then seek to explain the metaphors' meanings in their own words.

These pets need your help finding their missing letters! This worksheet encourages students to slow down and listen to each sound they hear. By working as word detectives, students learn how to segment pet words into different sounds.

How are your students doing with the spelling patterns you’ve taught this year? This assessment, meant for spring of second grade, will allow you to gauge your students' familiarity with common words and spelling patterns.

This social emotional learning resource is a great tool to open up discussion around mindfulness, such as how to recognize and manage certain kinds of emotions and different feeling words that can be used to describe emotional states.

A digraph is a combination of two letters that make one sound (such as sh and th). Engage your students in using and understanding digraphs as they come up with words that contain common consonant digraphs in this fun activity.

Rhyme time! Identifying and forming rhymes is an essential skill for young readers...and a fun one to practice! Have your students come up with a word that rhymes with each of the given words on this phonemic awareness worksheet.

Students will play with words as they explore a variety of oxymorons in this fun worksheet. As kids identify these contradictory terms and integrate them into sentences, they’ll see how figurative language can add humor and intrigue to their writing!

Students will get to play with words as they explore a variety of oxymorons in this seriously fun worksheet! As kids explain the meaning of these contradictory terms, they’ll learn how figurative language can add humor and intrigue to their writing!

An oxymoron is a figure of speech made up of words with very different meanings. In this creative writing activity, students will put their figurative language skills to the test as they craft a story using some catchy contradictory phrases!

Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.

Teach your students about contradictory phrases that go by the funny sounding name of "oxymoron." After your students match two words together to make oxymorons, they’ll write their own creative sentences using this fun figurative language tool.

Make taking notes fun by having your students use this handy organizer to collect their thoughts while learning about predators and prey. Students will note what they learn, questions they have, and new or interesting vocabulary words they hear.

Designed for first grade students, this worksheet has learners read three groups of autumn-themed words—such as "pumpkin," "acorn," and "scarecrow"—and then write them down in the correct alphabetical order.

Children grow seeds of love both in themselves and in their pots in this social emotional worksheet that fosters self-awareness and mindfulness. Young learners decorate pots with positive words and images and care for their plant as it grows.

Reading is so much more than just following words on a page—it's about deriving meaning from the text! Have your students read independently, and then check for comprehension by having them draw and write about their favorite parts.

A suffix, such as -ly, -ment, or -less, is added to the end of a root word to change the word's meaning. Help your child master the concept with this word study worksheet that will have them matching, writing, and identifying suffix words.

Help students tune into their emotions by writing their own haiku poem. First, kids will learn a bit about haikus and read a sample. Then, they'll brainstorm a list of words related to emotions before drafting their own emotions haiku.

Help your students learn new vocabulary by creating their own picture dictionaries! Students will quickly master their new words with this handy chart that has them logging the word, a picture, a definition, and a sentence that puts the word into context.

Everyone's heard the story of the ugly duckling, but have you met his new friend, the beastly bird? Help students learn about the importance of transition words when telling a story with this fun tale of outcasts who become fast friends!

Have your kids put on their detective hats to solve the case of the missing letters! Students are encouraged to slow down and listen to each sound they hear. By working as word detectives, students learn how to segment words into different sounds.

Words that end with Y can be tricky, but that's no reason to cry! This fun worksheet combines reading and coloring to help your young students learn how a Y at the end of a word can make an I or an E sound.

Homonyms are words that are spelled and pronounced the same but have different meanings. Give your child some homonym practice with this fun activity in which they'll seek to match the correct word meanings to homonyms being used in context.

Reading fluency is so much more than just following words on a page—it's about finding meaning and making connections! Have your students read independently, and then check for comprehension by having them share about how it connects to their own lives.

Different spellings can sometimes make the same sound, such as the "au" and "aw" vowel teams. Can your second graders differentiate between words with and without the “aw” sound? Find out with this word sorting activity!

For some words, we more often see its abbreviation rather than the full word. This is the case for many titles of people, such as Mrs. and Dr. Use this helpful worksheet to introduce your students to the wide range of abbreviations for people’s titles.

Help your students master the ending Y sound with this fun practice worksheet. By sorting words into two columns, young readers learn that the final Y sound can make a long E sound, as in baby, or a long I sound, as in fly.

Help students prepare for reader’s workshop by picking books to read independently. Students will choose three books that look appealing and read one page. If there are five or less words that are tricky to read, they've found a book that is just right!

It's raining, it's pouring, inflectional endings don't have to be boring! Students will add –ing, –s, and –ed inflectional endings to words with and without silent E’s in this rainy day-themed worksheet..

Making inferences is a critical skill for young readers to master, as it helps them look beyond the words on the page to figure out the author's message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!