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Get Ready for Second Grade

This workbook is packed with worksheets that will help students practice the core concepts featured in the second grade curriculum, from word study and math to reading and writing.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Workbook

-ed and -ing Endings

Worksheet

-ed and -ing Endings

Basic verb tenses include writing words with -ed and -ing endings. Can you and your child spot the the right verb tenses on this worksheet?

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Reader’s Theater: The Snowman’s Day to Play

Worksheet

Reader’s Theater: The Snowman’s Day to Play

Learners will practice analyzing a short script in this winter-themed reading comprehension worksheet.

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

Spring into Spelling: Days of the Week

Worksheet

Spring into Spelling: Days of the Week

Here's a vibrant worksheet to help your child out with the monumental task of learning the days of the week.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Grammar 1

Guided Lesson

Grammar 1

Grammar is an essential part of the second grade language arts curriculum. This guided lesson teaches second graders how to properly use collective nouns, additonal nouns and verbs, and provides plenty of opportunities to practice these grammar rules in context. For more important practice with nouns and verbs, download and print the grammar worksheets that we suggest alongside this lesson.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Guided Lesson

Antonym Crossword Puzzle

Worksheet

Antonym Crossword Puzzle

Try a crossword puzzle where all the answers are opposites of their clues!

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Mindfulness: Mindful Listening

Worksheet

Mindfulness: Mindful Listening

In this worksheet, we listen like like an owl — and go on a sound hunt — to become more aware of the sounds around us.

2nd grade

Social emotional

Worksheet

What's the Main Idea?

Interactive Worksheet

What's the Main Idea?

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.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Interactive Worksheet

Rocket Like Mae Jemison

Activity

Rocket Like Mae Jemison

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

2nd grade

Social studies

Activity

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

Narrative Writing Prompt

Worksheet

Narrative Writing Prompt

Kids practice narrative writing with this personal prompt.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Winter Adjectives

Worksheet

Winter Adjectives

This helpful grammar worksheet will give your learners some creative practice using adjectives to write winter-themed sentences.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

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

Reading Calendar Days and Dates: December 2023

Worksheet

Reading Calendar Days and Dates: December 2023

Children will practice identifying and writing calendar days and dates in December in this engaging calendar math worksheet.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Contractions

Exercise

Contractions

Students will appreciate the ability to write some of their most commonly used words after working through this exercise on contractions.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Exercise

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

Pick the Preposition

Interactive Worksheet

Pick the Preposition

In this worksheet, children will use a word bank to complete eight sentences with the correct preposition.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Interactive Worksheet

Short and Long Vowel Review

Interactive Worksheet

Short and Long Vowel Review

By now, your child knows that not all vowel sounds are the same. Challenge him to determine whether words contain a short or long vowel sound.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Interactive Worksheet

Match the Contractions

Interactive Worksheet

Match the Contractions

In this worksheet, learners will match each of eight pairs of words to its corresponding contraction.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Interactive Worksheet

Author's Purpose

Worksheet

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

Worksheet

Sequence of Events

Interactive Worksheet

Sequence of Events

What happened first? Have your young reader find the beginning, middle, and end of this short story. Use the illustrations to help her picture the events.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Interactive Worksheet

Second Grade Fall Review Packet - Week 2

Workbook

Second Grade Fall Review Packet - Week 2

Week 2 of our Second Grade Fall Review Packet features five days of engaging learning activities designed to help learners prepare for their second grade debut.

2nd grade

Science

Workbook