Geared toward second graders, this science worksheet has young scientists read about spiders and their webs and then demonstrate their nonfiction comprehension by filling in the diagram with the correct anatomical terms.

Learn about the USA's three branches of government and where each one works.

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

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.

Dive into the sea life of Monterey, California, with this upper elementary reading comprehension worksheet!

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Learners will practice distinguishing fact from opinion in this literacy worksheet.

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

As your students hunt for various text features, they’ll learn that these features provide important information about the text they’re reading!

Get to know the White House and the U.S. Capitol in this social studies matching worksheet!

Kids put their reading comprehension skills to work as they write out the main idea and come up with their own concluding sentence for this paragraph.

Reading a short passage is a great way to get kids thinking about the main idea and its supporting details.

This nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet is a fun, approachable way for students to practice identifying key ideas from nonfiction texts.

Children are introduced to the life and accomplishments of aeronautics pioneer Amelia Earhart in this fascinating worksheet.

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.

Use this reading worksheet to help second and third graders learn about the inspiring work of Jane Goodall, famous scientist and conservationist.

Children use their investigative skills and powers of deduction to complete a series of questions and prompts about their local government.  

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Introduce students to the concept of using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

Study the map of terrestrial biomes, then use it to answer questions.

In this worksheet, readers learn about the fascinating kangaroo, then use both the text and text features to answer questions.

With this Have Fun Reading Choice Board, budding bookworms can choose from a variety of engaging reading-based activities, from reading in a cozy blanket fort to drawing or acting out their favorite part of a story.

Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.