This worksheet helps introduce students to detail reading through a nursery rhyme.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Words That Show Cause and Effect.

While learning about literary genres, if you're suddenly being approached by magical little men and menacing monsters, you have been swept away into fantasy.

As students read independently, they’ll run into words they have trouble decoding. Have your kids cut out these fun “tricky word” bookmarks to help them to recognize and record these words so that they can practice decoding them!

Use this handy bookmark to help your students practice good reading habits while keeping track of what they read.

Use this reading comprehension passage with your students to practice determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.

After reading the poem, draw a picture of the two main characters.

Florence Nightingale revolutionized nursing. Your little historian can learn about Florence's life in this biography worksheet.

Draw a picture of the beginning, middle, and end of this well-loved poem.

To deepen your students’ understanding of dramas, have them utilize their understanding of the key terms to compare and contrast dramas to other genres. They will use information found in a Venn diagram to complete a paragraph frame.

Have students consider a character’s attributes and actions with this cute and memorable organizer! After reading a book, students will draw a picture and describe the characters. Then they'll summarize the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

As students become independent readers, they may have questions about what they read. Instead of taking the questions as they come up, encourage students to write them down using this handy worksheet.

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!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: How Pictures Can Help Us Read.

Practice making inferences about stories with the help of this writing organizer.

Use this organizer to compare facts from a nonfiction text with examples from a novel or short story.

Practice comparing texts that share a distinctive feature within a genre.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Learning About Literacy Concepts.

Use this resource to help your students create questions about their fiction text.

It can be tricky to sort out different perspectives in a complex book! Use this activity to help your learner think about how two different characters feel about the same event or challenge.

Use these discussion cards to get your students talking about the elements that are unique to the fantasy genre.

Students learn to retell familiar stories by sharing about one of their favorite books. Students will share important details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

The Nutcracker story tells the tale of a girl who discovers some Christmas magic. Color in The Nutcracker story with your child and make your own holiday book.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Explaining Illustrations with Declarative Sentences.

Clues can help us make predictions! Students will read a story about Molly, find the clues, and use those clues to predict what Molly will do next.

Students read a poem and then record their evening routine in this delightful writing exercise.

Explore alliteration in poetry by sniffing out repeated sounds in a favorite springtime poem: Casey at the Bat.

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

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.