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Text Detective: Weird Animals
Text Detective: Weird Animals
Workbook
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Text Detective: Weird Animals
Second Grade
Reading
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.
Workbook
Text Detective: Weird Animals
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.
Second Grade
Reading
Workbook
Identify the Text Features
Identify the Text Features
Game
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Identify the Text Features
Second Grade
Reading
Text features highlight important facts in sources of information. Help kids learn to identify these features with this silly newspaper article.
Game
Identify the Text Features
Identify the Text Features
Game
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.
Second Grade
Reading
Game
Starfish Text Features
Starfish Text Features
Worksheet
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Starfish Text Features
Second Grade
Reading
Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.
Worksheet
Starfish Text Features
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.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Learning About Maps!
Learning About Maps!
Worksheet
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Learning About Maps!
Second Grade
Reading
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.
Worksheet
Learning About Maps!
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.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Spiders and Their Webs
Spiders and Their Webs
Interactive Worksheet
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Spiders and Their Webs
Second Grade
Reading
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.
Interactive Worksheet
Spiders and Their Webs
Spiders and Their Webs
Interactive 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.
Second Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
Sojourner Truth Timeline
Sojourner Truth Timeline
Worksheet
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Sojourner Truth Timeline
Second Grade
Reading
Track important events in the life of an important woman with this Sojourner Truth timeline, a great way to get used to reading and writing nonfiction.
Worksheet
Sojourner Truth Timeline
Sojourner Truth Timeline
Worksheet
Sojourner Truth Timeline
Track important events in the life of an important woman with this Sojourner Truth timeline, a great way to get used to reading and writing nonfiction.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Dictionary Skills: Alphabetizing Guide Words
Dictionary Skills: Alphabetizing Guide Words
Interactive Worksheet
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Dictionary Skills: Alphabetizing Guide Words
Second Grade
Alphabet
Students will practice using dictionary guide words by matching words to the pages they would appear on.
Interactive Worksheet
Dictionary Skills: Alphabetizing Guide Words
Dictionary Skills: Alphabetizing Guide Words
Interactive Worksheet
Dictionary Skills: Alphabetizing Guide Words
Students will practice using dictionary guide words by matching words to the pages they would appear on.
Second Grade
Alphabet
Interactive Worksheet
English Pronunciation
English Pronunciation
Interactive Worksheet
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English Pronunciation
Second Grade
Reading
Help your beginning reader learn about phonetic spellings that show how to pronounce a word. In this activity, she'll match each word with its pronunciation.
Interactive Worksheet
English Pronunciation
English Pronunciation
Interactive Worksheet
English Pronunciation
Help your beginning reader learn about phonetic spellings that show how to pronounce a word. In this activity, she'll match each word with its pronunciation.
Second Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
Tree-mendous Trees
Tree-mendous Trees
Workbook
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Tree-mendous Trees
Second Grade
Reading
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.
Workbook
Tree-mendous Trees
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.
Second Grade
Reading
Workbook
Parts of an Apple
Parts of an Apple
Interactive Worksheet
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Parts of an Apple
Second Grade
Reading
Here is a fresh and fruity way to learn a bit of life science. Sit down with your little one and teach them all the different parts of an apple!
Interactive Worksheet
Parts of an Apple
Parts of an Apple
Interactive Worksheet
Parts of an Apple
Here is a fresh and fruity way to learn a bit of life science. Sit down with your little one and teach them all the different parts of an apple!
Second Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
Nonfiction Feature Match
Nonfiction Feature Match
Worksheet
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Nonfiction Feature Match
Second Grade
Reading
Reading nonfiction can be tricky, whether read individually or as a group. Young readers will be asked to match common text features to the correct illustrated features in this tree-themed activity.
Worksheet
Nonfiction Feature Match
Nonfiction Feature Match
Worksheet
Nonfiction Feature Match
Reading nonfiction can be tricky, whether read individually or as a group. Young readers will be asked to match common text features to the correct illustrated features in this tree-themed activity.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Exploring Text Features
Exploring Text Features
Worksheet
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Exploring Text Features
Second Grade
Reading
Practice finding and identifying text features with your second grader using this helpful checklist.
Worksheet
Exploring Text Features
Exploring Text Features
Worksheet
Exploring Text Features
Practice finding and identifying text features with your second grader using this helpful checklist.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Guide Words Sort
Guide Words Sort
Interactive Worksheet
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Guide Words Sort
Second Grade
Reading
Kids will sharpen their dictionary skills with this challenging guide words sort. By sorting a group of words into their correct dictionary locations, young readers will gain confidence and dexterity in their reading and vocabulary abilities.
Interactive Worksheet
Guide Words Sort
Guide Words Sort
Interactive Worksheet
Guide Words Sort
Kids will sharpen their dictionary skills with this challenging guide words sort. By sorting a group of words into their correct dictionary locations, young readers will gain confidence and dexterity in their reading and vocabulary abilities.
Second Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Activity
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Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Second Grade
Reading
Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.
Activity
Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
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.
Second Grade
Reading
Activity
Dictionary Skills
Dictionary Skills
Worksheet
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Dictionary Skills
Second Grade
Reading
Dictionary skills are an important part of learning to read and write. Help your little learner understand the different parts of a dictionary entry.
Worksheet
Dictionary Skills
Dictionary Skills
Worksheet
Dictionary Skills
Dictionary skills are an important part of learning to read and write. Help your little learner understand the different parts of a dictionary entry.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Vocabulary Think & Seek
Vocabulary Think & Seek
Worksheet
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Vocabulary Think & Seek
Second Grade
Reading
Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.
Worksheet
Vocabulary Think & Seek
Vocabulary Think & Seek
Worksheet
Vocabulary Think & Seek
Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Glossary: Nonfiction Text Features
Glossary: Nonfiction Text Features
Worksheet
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Glossary: Nonfiction Text Features
Second Grade
Reading
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Nonfiction Text Features.
Worksheet
Glossary: Nonfiction Text Features
Glossary: Nonfiction Text Features
Worksheet
Glossary: Nonfiction Text Features
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Nonfiction Text Features.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Table of Contents Mystery #2
Table of Contents Mystery #2
Worksheet
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Table of Contents Mystery #2
Second Grade
Reading
Practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions using this handy worksheet.
Worksheet
Table of Contents Mystery #2
Table of Contents Mystery #2
Worksheet
Table of Contents Mystery #2
Practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions using this handy worksheet.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Table of Contents Clues
Table of Contents Clues
Worksheet
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Table of Contents Clues
Second Grade
Reading
Use this ocean-themed worksheet to measure your students' understanding of simple nonfiction text features. Your little bookworm will practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions about the whole book.
Worksheet
Table of Contents Clues
Table of Contents Clues
Worksheet
Table of Contents Clues
Use this ocean-themed worksheet to measure your students' understanding of simple nonfiction text features. Your little bookworm will practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions about the whole book.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Magnificent Bears!
Magnificent Bears!
Worksheet
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Magnificent Bears!
Second Grade
Reading
Use this activity to reinforce using sentence level context clues to decode challenging words in a nonfiction text!
Worksheet
Magnificent Bears!
Magnificent Bears!
Worksheet
Magnificent Bears!
Use this activity to reinforce using sentence level context clues to decode challenging words in a nonfiction text!
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Vocabulary Partner Talk
Vocabulary Partner Talk
Worksheet
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Vocabulary Partner Talk
Second Grade
Reading
Kids will practice listening and speaking skills in this interactive vocabulary activity. Students will pair up and take turns responding to questions about difficult words they've encountered and what they learned by using context clues and a dictionary.
Worksheet
Vocabulary Partner Talk
Vocabulary Partner Talk
Worksheet
Vocabulary Partner Talk
Kids will practice listening and speaking skills in this interactive vocabulary activity. Students will pair up and take turns responding to questions about difficult words they've encountered and what they learned by using context clues and a dictionary.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Pictures Have a Lot to Say
Pictures Have a Lot to Say
Worksheet
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Pictures Have a Lot to Say
Second Grade
Reading
These pictures have a lot to say! The animals in this worksheet don't talkÃbut they can tell you a lot about what they're like by the way they look.
Worksheet
Pictures Have a Lot to Say
Pictures Have a Lot to Say
Worksheet
Pictures Have a Lot to Say
These pictures have a lot to say! The animals in this worksheet don't talkÃbut they can tell you a lot about what they're like by the way they look.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Table of Contents Mystery #1
Table of Contents Mystery #1
Worksheet
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Table of Contents Mystery #1
Second Grade
Reading
Practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions using this handy worksheet.
Worksheet
Table of Contents Mystery #1
Table of Contents Mystery #1
Worksheet
Table of Contents Mystery #1
Practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions using this handy worksheet.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Dessert Index Search
Dessert Index Search
Worksheet
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Dessert Index Search
Second Grade
Reading
Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple nonfiction text features with this delicious index activity. Young readers will practice using an cookbook index to locate information about tasty desserts.
Worksheet
Dessert Index Search
Dessert Index Search
Worksheet
Dessert Index Search
Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple nonfiction text features with this delicious index activity. Young readers will practice using an cookbook index to locate information about tasty desserts.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Chameleon Table of Contents
Chameleon Table of Contents
Worksheet
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Chameleon Table of Contents
Second Grade
Reading
Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple non-fiction text features with this table of contents activity. Young readers will practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions about chameleons.
Worksheet
Chameleon Table of Contents
Chameleon Table of Contents
Worksheet
Chameleon Table of Contents
Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple non-fiction text features with this table of contents activity. Young readers will practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions about chameleons.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Tree Parts
Tree Parts
Worksheet
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Tree Parts
Second Grade
Reading
This tree anatomy worksheet will give your little naturalist a better understanding of the parts that make up a tree.
Worksheet
Tree Parts
Tree Parts
Worksheet
Tree Parts
This tree anatomy worksheet will give your little naturalist a better understanding of the parts that make up a tree.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Previewing Using Text Features
Previewing Using Text Features
Worksheet
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Previewing Using Text Features
Second Grade
Reading
This worksheet guides second graders in previewing a text using the title, table of contents, and graphics.
Worksheet
Previewing Using Text Features
Previewing Using Text Features
Worksheet
Previewing Using Text Features
This worksheet guides second graders in previewing a text using the title, table of contents, and graphics.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Vocabulary Cards: Learning About Text Features
Vocabulary Cards: Learning About Text Features
Worksheet
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Vocabulary Cards: Learning About Text Features
Second Grade
Reading
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learning About Text Features.
Worksheet
Vocabulary Cards: Learning About Text Features
Vocabulary Cards: Learning About Text Features
Worksheet
Vocabulary Cards: Learning About Text Features
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learning About Text Features.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Vocabulary Cards: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Vocabulary Cards: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Worksheet
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Vocabulary Cards: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Second Grade
Reading
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.
Worksheet
Vocabulary Cards: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Vocabulary Cards: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Worksheet
Vocabulary Cards: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Glossary: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Glossary: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Worksheet
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Glossary: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Second Grade
Reading
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.
Worksheet
Glossary: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Glossary: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Worksheet
Glossary: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
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About 2Nd Grade Nonfiction Common Core Text Features Resources

On Education.com, students and teachers can explore 2nd grade nonfiction common core text features through a variety of fun and interactive resources. These include worksheets that focus on headings, captions, glossaries, indexes, and diagrams, all designed to build reading comprehension skills and help students locate information quickly. The site offers printable activities, lesson plans, and practice exercises that emphasize understanding text features in nonfiction texts, supporting early informational reading skills.

Find structured materials such as leveled passages with annotations, text feature booklets, and anchor charts to guide students in recognizing and using different features. Using these resources, teachers and parents can scaffold reading practice, foster independent learning, and effectively incorporate nonfiction reading into classroom or home instruction. The diverse formats make it easy for educators to tailor lessons to varying skill levels and learning paces.

Educators can use the resources to create engaging lessons, enhance vocabulary, and boost reading confidence. Parents can support homework practice with structured activities and interactive games. By providing practical ways to explore text features, Education.com’s 2nd grade nonfiction resources help young readers develop essential literacy skills while making learning both enjoyable and effective.