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Grade 2 ELA Worksheets

Free printable and interactive Grade 2 reading, writing and grammar worksheets aligned to Common Core. 203 worksheets so far. Every worksheet has an answer key and can be completed online with instant feedback.

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Grade 2 ELA topics & skills

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Reading: Literature

RL.2.1

Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions to show understanding of a story's key details.

RL.2.2

Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and tell the central message, lesson, or moral.

RL.2.3

Describe how the characters in a story respond to its major events and challenges.

RL.2.4

Describe how rhymes, repeated lines, alliteration, and regular beats give a story, poem, or song its rhythm and meaning.

RL.2.5

Describe the overall structure of a story, including how the beginning introduces it and how the ending concludes the action.

RL.2.6

Recognize that characters can have different points of view, and read dialogue aloud in a different voice for each character.

RL.2.7

Use the illustrations and the words in a print or digital story to show understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

RL.2.9

Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story written by different authors or coming from different cultures.

RL.2.10

By the end of the year, read and understand stories and poems at the grades 2-3 level, with support at the high end.

Reading: Informational Text

RI.2.1

Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions to show understanding of an informational text's key details.

RI.2.2

Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text and the focus of each paragraph within it.

RI.2.3

Describe how a series of historical events, science ideas, or steps in a procedure are connected in a text.

RI.2.4

Work out the meaning of words and phrases in a text on a grade 2 topic or subject area.

RI.2.5

Use text features such as captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, and indexes to find key facts quickly.

RI.2.6

Identify the main purpose of a text, such as what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.

RI.2.7

Explain how specific images, such as a diagram of how a machine works, add to and clarify a text.

RI.2.8

Describe how reasons support the specific points an author makes in a text.

RI.2.9

Compare and contrast the most important points made by two texts on the same topic.

RI.2.10

By the end of the year, read and understand grade 2-3 informational texts in history, science, and technical subjects, with support at the high end.

Foundational Skills

RF.2.3.a

Tell long and short vowels apart when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words.

RF.2.3.b

Know the spelling-sound patterns for additional common vowel teams.

RF.2.3.c

Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words that have long vowel sounds.

RF.2.3.d

Decode words that have common prefixes and suffixes.

RF.2.3.e

Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.

RF.2.3.f

Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

RF.2.4.a

Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

RF.2.4.b

Read grade-level text aloud with accuracy, an appropriate pace, and expression on repeated readings.

RF.2.4.c

Use context to confirm or fix word recognition and understanding, rereading as needed.

Writing

W.2.1

Write an opinion piece that introduces the topic or book, states an opinion, gives reasons, links them with words like because, and ends with a conclusion.

W.2.2

Write an informative text that introduces a topic, develops points with facts and definitions, and ends with a concluding statement or section.

W.2.3

Write a narrative about a well-developed event or short sequence of events, with details about actions, thoughts, and feelings, time words, and closure.

W.2.5

With adult and peer help, focus on a topic and strengthen writing by revising and editing.

W.2.7

Take part in shared research and writing projects, such as reading several books on one topic to write a report or recording science observations.

W.2.8

Recall information from experience or gather it from provided sources to answer a question.

Language

L.2.1.a

Use collective nouns, such as group.

L.2.1.b

Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns, such as feet, children, teeth, mice, and fish.

L.2.1.c

Use reflexive pronouns, such as myself and ourselves.

L.2.1.d

Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs, such as sat, hid, and told.

L.2.1.e

Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on the word being described.

L.2.1.f

Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences.

L.2.2.a

Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names.

L.2.2.b

Use commas in the greetings and closings of letters.

L.2.2.c

Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.

L.2.2.d

Apply learned spelling patterns to new words when writing, such as cage to badge and boy to boil.

L.2.2.e

Use reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, to check and correct spellings.

L.2.3.a

Compare formal and informal uses of English.

L.2.4.a

Use the rest of the sentence as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

L.2.4.b

Work out the meaning of a new word made by adding a known prefix to a known word, such as happy and unhappy or tell and retell.

L.2.4.c

Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root, such as addition and additional.

L.2.4.d

Use the meanings of the individual words to predict the meaning of a compound word, such as birdhouse or bookshelf.

L.2.4.e

Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, in print and digital form, to find or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.

L.2.5.a

Identify real-life connections between words and how they are used, such as foods that are spicy or juicy.

L.2.5.b

Tell apart shades of meaning among closely related verbs (toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).

L.2.6

Use words and phrases learned through conversations, reading, and being read to, including adjectives and adverbs to describe.

Grade 2 ELA topics & skills

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Foundational Skills

Writing

Language

Reading: Literature

RL.2.1

The Missing Handbell

Mateo's Mosaic Journal

The Night the Streetlight Blinked

RL.2.2

Sefa and the Three Coconuts

Grandfather Seo's Sweet Potato Cart

The Mango Tree Between Two Yards

Little Heron Learns to Wait

The Lantern on the Ridge

RL.2.3

Waiting for the Northern Lights

The Lemurs and the Lost Sunny Spot

The Zigzag Cardboard Bridge

RL.2.4

A Song for a Sea Turtle

Wing by Wing, Side by Side

Chug, Chug, Chug Along

RL.2.5

The Backpack in the Taxi

Kofi and the Crooked Key

Dot and the Noisy Clock

RL.2.6

The Bright Orange Shirts

Nana and the New Corner Store

The Ferry Horn

RL.2.7

Asha's Heart-Shaped Roti

Jonah Gets Dressed by Himself

Marco and the Clock Tower Kitten

RL.2.9

Small Hands, Big Help

A Gift for the New Neighbor

The Lost Echo: Two Versions

RL.2.10

The Squeaky Harmonica

The Last Drop of Green

Nia's Slow Walk to the Market

Reading: Informational Text

RI.2.1

Igloos: Houses Made of Snow

Welders Join Metal

The Wright Brothers Take Flight

Doctors for Animals

How Bees Make Honey

RI.2.2

Teeth for Every Job

Dogs with Jobs

Lineworkers Keep the Power On

Life as a Giraffe

From Peach Baskets to Hoops

Your Busy Bones

Seeds on the Move

RI.2.3

How a Xylophone Makes Music

How to Make a Flip Book

A New Life for Old Paper

RI.2.4

Squid Tricks: Word Clues in the Sea

How a Tile Floor Is Made

Magnets Push and Pull

How to Make Butter in a Jar

Plants of the Desert

RI.2.5

Snakes Up Close: Find Facts Fast

Icebergs: Use the Index and Glossary

Owl Facts: Using Text Features

RI.2.6

Rainbow How-To: Find the Author's Purpose

Ferns Three Ways: Find Each Author's Purpose

Lights for the Sea: Why Did the Author Write It?

RI.2.7

Dressed for the Job Site