2nd and 3rd Grade English Language Arts Resources

Reinforce reading comprehension skills with this simple practice quiz!

Use this fill-in-the-blank worksheet to help your first and second graders practice verbs!

Use this resource to assess your students’ ability to determine word meanings from context clues.

Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Sharpen your students' eyes for proofreading with this quick spelling quiz!

Practice writing letters, numbers, and simple sentences with this handwriting paper template!

Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.

Story sequencing will allow third graders to improve their reading comprehension by putting the sequence of events in the correct order.

Students may know they can blend colors or food, but did they know they can blend letters too? Learn to use common consonant blends in this engaging worksheet! 

Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

The main idea is the most important idea in a paragraph. With this worksheet, students will read the paragraphs carefully then circle the statement that best fits the paragraph's main idea.

Use these paragraph topic prompts to help your child practice writing a paragraph.

What is your favorite animal? Answer this question and many more in this creative writing worksheet in which young writers can practice writing sentences.

Try this synonyms worksheet with your student. This synonyms worksheet gets your child to find words with the same meanings.

Write your own unique story with silly nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more! 

Stories are a fantastic way to teach kids important life lessons. This reading comprehension worksheet uses the classic Aesop’s fable—The Fox and the Crow—to get your students thinking about the central lesson of a story.

Distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds is one of the first steps in mastering vowels. Gauge student understanding of long and short vowels with this review activity.

How do you feel when you're with your friends and family? Answer this question and more about feelings by filling in the blanks to complete the sentences.

Build your first grader's vocabulary skills by reviewing synonyms and antonyms together.

Stretch those writing skills with this "stretch a sentence" activity! Young writers will learn to expand on an idea by adding more details to a sentence.

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.