Language Arts Resources for 2nd Grade

Writing with Ease: Strong Fundamentals

Susan Wise Bauer's guide to teaching elementary writing through narration, copywork, and dictation—explaining the why behind each skill so parents can build their own four-year writing plan. For grades 1–4.

First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind, Level 1

A gentle, scripted introduction to grammar for young students, using memory work, copywork, narration, and picture study in short daily lessons. Designed for grades 1–2.

Evan-Moor Daily Reading Comprehension, Grade 2

Daily 10-15 minute reading comprehension practice with fiction and nonfiction passages and strategy-based questions for second graders.

Spectrum Phonics, Grade 2

Advanced phonics workbook covering vowel teams, r-controlled vowels, multisyllabic words, and reading fluency for second graders.

Evan-Moor Daily Summer Activities: Moving from 2nd to 3rd Grade

Teacher-developed 10-week summer workbook for grades 2-3 with daily reading, math, writing, and critical thinking activities plus hands-on Friday projects.

Summer Bridge Activities: Bridging Grades 2-3

Bestselling summer workbook for grades 2-3 with daily 15-minute activities in reading, writing, math, and science to prevent summer learning loss.

Summer Brain Quest: Between Grades 1 & 2

Adventure-based summer workbook from Brain Quest for grades 1-2 with map quests, stickers, and daily activities in reading, math, and science.

ThinkFun Zingo! Bingo with a Zing

Brain Quest Workbook: Grade 2

Cross-curricular activity workbook for second graders with 300+ pages covering reading comprehension, math facts, science, and social studies.

Epic! Read-To-Me Books

Audio-enabled picture books that highlight text word-by-word as they are read aloud. Perfect for pre-readers and early readers building fluency, phonics awareness, and listening comprehension.

Epic! for Educators

Free digital library for K-6 educators with 40,000+ books, audiobooks, learning videos, and quizzes. Includes classroom management tools, reading logs, and progress tracking for up to 36 students.

AHA Learn

Interactive read-aloud lesson books in math, English and science for Grades 1 to 7, played in the browser. Nine Grades 1 to 3 books are free; a membership unlocks the rest.

Goodnight Little Hero

Personalized bedtime stories starring your child, emailed to you each night to read aloud, plus a free library of short bedtime stories. Five nights free, then from $79 a year.

WriteSprout

Free printable handwriting worksheet makers for name tracing and the cursive alphabet. Choose print or cursive, dotted or outline letters, then print or download a PDF. No account.

Easy Puzzle Maker

Eight free browser-based puzzle generators: word search, crossword, word scramble, maze, sudoku, handwriting sheets, bingo and flash cards. Print-ready PDFs with answer keys, no account, no watermark.

Storyland Classics

Free narrated read-alouds of public-domain fairy tales, fables, poems and nursery rhymes, in vintage storybook style with deliberately unhurried pacing.

Storynory

Free audio stories for children — original tales, fairy tales, and classics narrated by professional voice actors, with a new story every week.

ReadWorks

A free nonprofit library of thousands of leveled K-12 reading passages with comprehension questions, vocabulary support, and paired texts for building reading skills.

PBS LearningMedia English Language Arts Collection

Free PreK-12 literacy resources including reading comprehension, writing, phonics, and literature analysis from PBS.

BrainPOP Jr. Reading & Writing

Animated reading and writing lessons for grades K-3 covering phonics, comprehension, grammar, and writing basics.

Arcademics multiplayer edu-games

Free real-time multiplayer math and word games — strong in classrooms and co-ops where kids can race each other; lighter solo than the marketing implies.