Grade 2 Domain Specific Words Social Studies Curriculum Resources
Build the skill of understanding domain-specific words in the context of social studies with our Domain Specific Words Social Studies curriculum resources. These resources guide children through recognizing and interpreting social studies-related vocabulary in an engaging and accessible format, fostering subject-specific literacy and comprehension.
Curriculum Resources Results
Contextual Clues Getting Elected
Practice context clues with this informational text on U.S. presidential elections. Students will read the text and then...
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Contextual Clues Getting Elected
Practice context clues with this informational text on U.S. presidential elections. Students will read the text and then...
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Informational Text —The Sun
This informational text on the sun is perfect for teaching context clues. Students will read the text and then define ce...
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Context Clues: Find the Meaning
This informational text on Ruth Bader Ginsberg is perfect for teaching context clues. Students will read the text and th...
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Informational Text with Contextual Clues —Pandas
This informational text on pandas is perfect for teaching context clues. Students will read the text and then define cer...
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Informational Text —Jellyfish
This informational text on jellyfish is perfect for teaching context clues. Students will read the text and then define ...
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Informational Text — Astronauts
Practice this second grade context clues worksheet with this informational text on astronauts. Students will read the te...
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Informational Text —Sea Stars
Use this second grade worksheet on context clues with this informational text on sea stars. Students will read the text ...
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Plants—Informational Text
This informational text on plants is a great way to practice identifying and applying meaning to unknown words in a text...
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Penguins—Informational Text
This informational text on penguins is a great way to practice identifying and applying meaning to unknown words in a te...
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Otters—Informational Text
This informational text on otters is a great way to practice identifying unknown words in a text. Students will read the...
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Understanding Academic and Subject Words in Text
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Rainy Day Poem RL.1.4
This short poem with comprehension questions is perfect for a rainy day! Students will read the poem and must determine ...
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Science Vocabulary
This worksheet on domain-specific words will help students learn some science vocabulary. Students will be asked to matc...
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Medical Vocabulary
This worksheet on domain-specific language will help students learn some medical vocabulary. Students will be presented ...
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Senses at the Circus—Identify Words and Phrases
This short fiction passage about a day at the circus contains a lot of words and phrases that appeal to the senses! Stud...
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Cartography and Cartographers
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The March on Washington
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Informational Text —Meet the Governors
This worksheet will get your students thinking about their state governnor. Included is an informational text on the res...
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Informational Text on Goods and Services
This short informational text on goods and services will get your students familliar with this concept. Students will re...
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Informational Text — American Flag
This informational text on the American flag will teach students about what the stars, stripes, and colors on the flag r...
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Mesopotamia—Informatonal Text
This informational text on Mesopotamia is a great way to practice reading comprehension. Students will read the text the...
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Types of Maps—Contextual Clues
Explore the world of maps with this worksheet. After reading the passage, students are presented with a series of questi...
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Rosa Park The Montgomery Bus Boycott
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What's The Main Idea?
These short science texts are a great way to practice main idea. Students will read the paragraphs and then choose the m...
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Community Helpers: Police Officers & Firefighters
This informational text on community helpers will help students to practice their reading fluency as well as identify si...
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Reading for Main Details—Veternarians
Practie summarizing paragraphs with this fun informational text on veternarians! Students will give the main idea of eac...
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Ways to Conserve Water— Word Choice
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Food conservation—Academic vocabulary
Engage your 4th graders in learning about food conservation with this informative worksheet, aligned with CCS L.4.6. Thi...
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Short Story—Afternoon at the Bakery!
This diary entry contains some words that appeal to the senses! Students will read the short entry about two siblings' t...
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Weather Vocabulary
This worksheet will help students build their science vocabulary that is related to weather. Students will define 4 doma...
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Simone Biles, the World Renowned Gymnast
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The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
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Reading Comprehension: Rosa Parks
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Matching Activity: Match the Historical Terms
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Historical Report on The American Revolutionary War
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The Civil Rights Movement
This worksheet has students read about the Civil Rights Movement. They must summarize the overall goals, paraphrase lead...
Researching the American Revolution
In this worksheet, students read a passage providing historical information on the American Revolution. They must then u...
Research Project: U.S. Landmarks
Students select a famous U.S. landmark to research using at least 3 provided sources. They take notes and write a summar...
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Writing Prompts Ancient Civilizations
Step into the shoes of an archaeologist with this engaging worksheet focused on ancient civilizations. Students will be ...
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Reading Comprehension - Science and Social Studies
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Understanding Cardinal Directions
This engaging passage explains the concept of cardinal directions—north, south, east, and west—and their importance in n...
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Are Directions Capitalized?
This passage teaches students about capitalization rules for direction words such as north, south, east, and west. It ex...
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Countries on the Equator
This passage introduces students to countries located on the *Equator*, including Ecuador, Brazil, Kenya, and Indonesia....
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What Is the Longitude of the Prime Meridian?
This passage explains that the *Prime Meridian* is the line of *0 degrees longitude* that divides the Earth into the *Ea...
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What Is the Prime Meridian?
This passage explains the *Prime Meridian*, the imaginary line that runs from the *North Pole* to the *South Pole* and d...
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Where Is the Equator?
This passage teaches students about the *Equator*, the imaginary line that divides Earth into the *Northern* and *Southe...
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My Room and My House
This passage introduces young learners to the idea of personal space by starting with the room and expanding to the hous...
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My Street and My Neighborhood
This reading passage helps students understand the concepts of a street and a neighborhood. It highlights how neighborho...
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My State or Province
This geography passage teaches students about states or provinces as larger political areas made up of many towns and ci...
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My Country
This passage introduces the concept of a country as a large area made up of many states or provinces. It explains nation...
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