Browse 2nd Grade Reading & Writing Educational Resources

Find the Main Idea: Shark

Worksheet

Find the Main Idea: Shark

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

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Make a Summary: Butterflies

Worksheet

Make a Summary: Butterflies

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.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map

Worksheet

Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Have Fun Reading: Choice Board

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Have Fun Reading: Choice Board

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.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Learning About the Ocean

Worksheet

Learning About the Ocean

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

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details

Worksheet

Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Main Idea of a Story Worksheet

Worksheet

Main Idea of a Story Worksheet

This main idea worksheet guides your child through reading comprehension practice. Download today to get started!

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

My Neighborhood Map

Worksheet

My Neighborhood Map

Go over this neighborhood map with your child or student to teach how to properly read a map.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats

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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

2nd grade

Science

Activity

Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass

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Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass

Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.

2nd grade

Social studies

Worksheet

Life Cycle of a Plant

Worksheet

Life Cycle of a Plant

Little gardeners, get to know your plants! See the cycle of a plant from its birth to adulthood, and read a bit about photosynthesis too.

2nd grade

Science

Worksheet

Make a Timeline of an Influential Person

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Make a Timeline of an Influential Person

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

2nd grade

Social studies

Activity

Compare and Contrast: Platypus

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Compare and Contrast: Platypus

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

2nd grade

Science

Worksheet

Rosa Parks: Historical Heroes

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Rosa Parks: Historical Heroes

Children learn about the life and legacy of civil rights activist Rosa Parks in this history worksheet.

2nd grade

Social studies

Worksheet

The Three Branches of Government

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The Three Branches of Government

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

2nd grade

Social studies

Worksheet

Learning About Maps!

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Learning About Maps!

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.

2nd grade

Social studies

Worksheet

Be a Text Detective

Workbook

Be a Text Detective

Take reading a piece and a clue at a time to help your child improve his reading skills. Ask and answer questions like who, what, where, when and why, about details, key info and using text evidence.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Workbook

Natural Resources for Kids

Workbook

Natural Resources for Kids

Count on this vocabulary-focused resource as the go-to workbook all about natural resources! Write, research and get a breakdown of the world around by the natural resources we need and use.

2nd grade

Social studies

Workbook

Simple Machines

Workbook

Simple Machines

Did you know there are 6 simple machines that make up every complicated gizmo out there? This book introduces the pulley, the lever, the screw, the wedge, the inclined plane and the wheel & axle.

2nd grade

Science

Workbook

Amelia Earhart Biography

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Amelia Earhart Biography

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

2nd grade

Social studies

Worksheet

Can You Dig It: Rocks and Soil

Workbook

Can You Dig It: Rocks and Soil

Get your hands dirty in the name of science! Explore the basic elements of the earth's surface with this beginner's guide to rocks, soil, and processes that change them.

2nd grade

Science

Workbook

Historical Heroes: Frederick Douglass

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Historical Heroes: Frederick Douglass

Children learn the inspiring life story of historical hero Frederick Douglass, who rose from slavery to become a preeminent leader of the abolitionist movement, in this worksheet.

2nd grade

Social studies

Worksheet

Author's Purpose

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Author's Purpose

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.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

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