Browse 2nd Grade Writing Reading Educational Resources

What Happened Next?

Play author with this creative writing and comprehension exercise! Your child will learn all about inference, or drawing conclusions based on what they've read.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

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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

What is Cause and Effect?

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What is Cause and Effect?

Help your child understand cause and effect with this practice sheet.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

The Best Food

Worksheet

The Best Food

Second graders love food! Help your young writer share their opinion about the best kind of food using this helpful paragraph organizer. Fair warning, this activity might make you hungry!

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Local Government for Kids

Worksheet

Local Government for Kids

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

2nd grade

Social studies

Worksheet

Renewable Resources and Nonrenewable Resources

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Renewable Resources and Nonrenewable Resources

Here are listed a handful of natural resources, for kids to classify as renewable resources and nonrenewable resources.

2nd grade

Science

Worksheet

Gratitude Tree

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Gratitude Tree

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

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Story Comprehension: What Happens Next?

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Story Comprehension: What Happens Next?

Kids read a story about a puppy, then finish it by writing what they think will happen next.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

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Character Trading Card

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Character Trading Card

Why do athletes get their own cards but not book characters? Change all that with this fun, reusable worksheet.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Character Comparison Graphic Organizer

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Character Comparison Graphic Organizer

Readers practice comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Rain Writing Prompt

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Rain Writing Prompt

What's your favorite thing about the rain? This rain writing prompt gets your child to use his powers of description to write about what happens on rainy days.

2nd grade

Science

Worksheet

Note-Taking From a Video

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Note-Taking From a Video

Help your students to process and retain the information they learn from watching videos with this handy worksheet. Students will consider their previous knowledge, what they learn, and what they still want to know.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Kindness Cards

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Kindness Cards

Use these card templates to incorporate more opportunities for gratitude in your day-to-day life by sharing what you are thankful for with your friends and family.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Make a Paper Doll: Nurse

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Make a Paper Doll: Nurse

Follow the prompts to make a nurse paper doll, then sit down for an interview with them!

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Narrative Story Organizer

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Narrative Story Organizer

Second graders love telling stories! Help them plan their own small moment stories using this handy graphic organizer.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Timeline Organizer

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Timeline Organizer

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Make a Paper Doll: Firefighter

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Make a Paper Doll: Firefighter

Follow the prompts to make a firefighter paper doll, then sit down for an interview with them!

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

The Best Vacation

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The Best Vacation

Who doesn't love dreaming about their ideal vacation? Help your young writers share their opinion of the best place to vacation while using this handy paragraph organizer.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

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Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

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