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Identify the Text Features

Text features highlight important facts in sources of information. Help kids learn to identify these features with this silly newspaper article.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Game

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

Worksheet

Informational Text 1

Guided Lesson

Informational Text 1

Now that reading skills are more developed, second graders will move on to comprehension of informational text. This guided lesson supports this through an exploration of the main idea of a text, as well as the other text features, such as: captions, photographs, maps headings, subheadings, glossary, index, icons and graphs. Kids will look at two texts that cover the same topic, but in different ways.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Guided Lesson

Learning About Maps!

Worksheet

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

Using Context Clues to Understand Word Meanings

Lesson Plan

Using Context Clues to Understand Word Meanings

This lesson will help your students use sentence level context clues to decode challenging words in a nonfiction text. Students will enjoy learning about maps and figuring out tricky words along the way!

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson Plan

Vocabulary in Focus

Workbook

Vocabulary in Focus

This workbook builds reading comprehension by reinforcing vocabulary with word puzzles, homophones and a few quick reading pages.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Workbook

Guitar Facts

Worksheet

Guitar Facts

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool guitar facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

2nd grade

Fine arts

Worksheet

Make a Timeline of an Influential Person

Activity

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

Animals of the World

Workbook

Animals of the World

The world is full of amazing creatures! Learn about a few from around the globe, as your child hones reading skills in this fact-filled workbook.

2nd grade

Science

Workbook

Text Detective: Weird Animals

Workbook

Text Detective: Weird Animals

It's fact vs. opinion statements about interesting animals in this workbook. Kids will also think about how diagrams and images help clarify reading passages.

2nd grade

Science

Workbook

Mineral Match-Up

Worksheet

Mineral Match-Up

Learn some new words and facts about precious minerals with this word-scramble and matching worksheet.

2nd grade

Science

Worksheet

Whale Facts

Worksheet

Whale Facts

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool whale facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

2nd grade

Science

Worksheet

Piano Facts

Worksheet

Piano Facts

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool piano facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

2nd grade

Fine arts

Worksheet

Spiders and Their Webs

Worksheet

Spiders and Their Webs

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.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Tree-mendous Trees

Workbook

Tree-mendous Trees

Pay homage to our majestic, leafy companions with this series about trees. Kids can learn about the structure of trees, identify different leaf types and reflect on the many gifts that trees give.

2nd grade

Science

Workbook

Starfish Text Features

Worksheet

Starfish Text Features

Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Exploring Text Features

Worksheet

Exploring Text Features

Practice finding and identifying text features with your second grader using this helpful checklist.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Vinnie's Volcano Vocabulary

Worksheet

Vinnie's Volcano Vocabulary

Get this earth science worksheet that will challenge your child's knowledge of volcanoes and teach him some new vocabulary.

2nd grade

Science

Worksheet

Drawing Conclusions

Workbook

Drawing Conclusions

In this series of maps, charts and match-ups your child will learn to use his logic to read contextual clues and label the information. Every picture has a story to tell!

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Workbook

Sea Turtle Facts

Worksheet

Sea Turtle Facts

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool sea turtle facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

2nd grade

Science

Worksheet

Learning About Text Features

Lesson Plan

Learning About Text Features

In this lesson, students will read text features and discuss how each text feature relates to the main idea of a nonfiction text. Use a stand alone activity or a support for the Examining the Author's Purpose in a Nonfiction Text lesson.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson Plan