Printable Temperature Worksheets
Printable temperature worksheets for 2nd and 3rd grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 5 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as visual guides.
Targeted Practice by Skill
About Temperature
What this skill is
Temperature practice teaches reading alcohol/mercury and digital thermometers in degrees Fahrenheit (F) and Celsius (C), understanding freezing (32F / 0C) and boiling (212F / 100C) points.
When children learn it
Temperature reading is taught in 2nd through 4th grade science and math units.
Teaching Tips
- Check whether scale lines count by 1s, 2s, or 5s before reading liquid height.
- Associate 0C/32F with freezing ice water.
Common Mistakes
- Misreading thermometer scale tick mark intervals counting by 2s.
- Confusing negative Celsius temperature readings.