Reading Worksheets for Second Graders (Free Printables)
Second graders expand their reading skills as they work towards true fluency. They’ve learned a lot already, but there’s still more to know. Give them quality practice time with our bundles of reading worksheets for second graders. They make second grade reading practice fun and engaging!
What reading skills do second graders learn?
In second grade, students are being more comfortable sounding out simple words that follow typical spelling patterns, which means they’re ready for more nuanced skills that help them deal with trickier spellings and pronunciations. Second grade reading practice includes:
- Consonant blends. Consonant blends are letters that join together to make a unique sound. However, when saying consonant blends, you can still hear the sound of each letter. Second graders are typically ready to tackle three-letter consonant blends. For example, str- is a three-letter consonant blend in the word stride, and spl- is a three-letter consonant blend in the word splat.
- Prefixes and suffixes. These common beginnings and endings (such as pre- and -ment) can help kids determine the meaning of unknown words.
- Compound words. Longer words can often be broken into two smaller words, as in football or seashell. Learning to break these down makes reading them easier.
- Sight words and vocabulary words. Sight words are also known as high-frequency words because they’re the words that appear most often in text. Getting familiar with these words and other vocabulary words can help grow children’s literacy skills.
- Extended vowel practice. While second graders are already familiar with vowels, they’re ready to take a deeper dive into the way vowels impact the spelling and pronunciation of various words.
Overview of the Second Grade Reading Worksheets
Vowel Worksheets
These printable worksheets aim to engage children in reviewing and solidifying their understanding of vowel sounds through a variety of fun and interactive exercises.
Looking for more vowel practice for your child? Check out our full selections of vowel worksheets for kindergarteners and up.
Consonant Blends Worksheets
These worksheets give children an opportunity to practice with three-letter consonant blends, beginning consonant blends, and ending consonant blends.
Find worksheets with two-letter consonant blends and blends with the letters r, l, and more in our bundle of first grade consonant blends worksheets.
Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Our reading comprehension worksheets for second graders provides a simple way for children to practice reading and understanding short passages of text.
Get more reading comprehension worksheets for kindergarteners and up.
Vocabulary Worksheets
These worksheets focus on introducing second grade vocabulary words to your child. You’ll also find vocabulary practice with homophones, comparison words, compound words, and words that include prefixes and suffixes.
Looking for second grade spelling words? Check out our free printable lists of spelling words for your second grader.
Color by Sight Words Worksheets
Our collection of sight word worksheets is organized into three levels of difficulty, with each level introducing more words to identify and more intricate shapes to color.
Keep exploring second grade sight words with our free printable list of second grade sight words.
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