2nd and 3rd Grade Reading Passages Worksheets

Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.

Practice identifying and interpreting nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Give your second graders some practice building their reading comprehension skills with the timeless story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Students will read this classic fable and then answer questions about setting, characters, genre, and cause and effect.

Introduce children to Italian Christmas traditions with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.

Help your third grader practice following directions on how to build a tornado in a bottle, and build his reading comprehension skills in the process.

Use this worksheet to help your child learn a little bit about the North Pole!

Use the templates to assemble and stage a puppet show based on the story.

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.

Children read a brief history of fireworks, then answer a series of questions designed to help them reflect on what they have learned.

Stories are a fantastic way to teach kids important life lessons. This reading comprehension worksheet uses the classic Aesop’s fable—The Fox and the Crow—to get your students thinking about the central lesson of a story.

Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.

Learners will practice analyzing a short script in this winter-themed reading comprehension worksheet.

The Nutcracker story tells the tale of a girl who discovers some Christmas magic. Color in The Nutcracker story with your child and make your own holiday book.

Read about Pete and all of his pets in this story. 

Read a classic fable with your beginning reader! This story page for "The Ugly Duckling" will help build reading skills.

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Read Aesop's classic fable, then answer a few reading comprehension questions.

Students will read and answer questions about the Bradley family's summer vacation. 

Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.

Help your child understand cause and effect with this practice sheet.

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

One of the first questions young readers should ask is, "Who is telling this story?" Here students will practice spotting different points of view by identifying which point of view sentences are written from and then writing sentences of their own.

Play author with this creative writing and comprehension exercise! Your child will learn all about inference, or drawing conclusions based on what they've read.

In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

This exercise will strengthen your students' reading comprehension.

Learners will practice using nonfiction text features to support their understanding of a short text about the Winter Olympics.