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2nd and 3rd Grade Common Core Fiction Passages Worksheets : Page 2

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

Make a Match: Reading Genres

In this worksheet, learners will refer to illustrations to make inferences about which of two lines of text is true.

Making Inferences With Pictures

In this worksheet, children read a classic fable about a man and his son who get too much advice!

Reading Comprehension: The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

Author's Purpose

Folktales are a great way to get your child into reading, and to help them consider moral values as well!

Folktales: The Princess Mouse

Help your students retell a simple fictional text using a paragraph frame for support! In this activity, students will read a short story about a family's camping trip and then summarize it by filling in the blanks.

Paragraph Frame: Summer Vacation

Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

Summary High Five

After your students finish reading this story about Leo and how he overcomes his soccer injury, they will answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about the text.

Reading Comprehension: The Soccer Sprain

Build comprehension skills with this reading page on cause and effect for kids.

Cause and Effect for Kids

Students will practice making inferences about the characters, setting, and events based on clues in the passage.

Can You Make an Inference?

Children read the First Amendment, then complete a simple word scramble puzzle and answer reading comprehension questions.

Learn the First Amendment

Making inferences is a critical skill for young readers to master, as it helps them look beyond the words on the page to figure out the author&#39;s message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!

Make Your Own Inferences

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Text Dependent Questions for Independent Reading

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Comparing Two Fiction Texts

Use this fun story rollercoaster template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them consider these who, what, where, why, and how questions as they relate to the plot.

Story Rollercoaster

Children practice connecting cause to effect in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Cause & Effect Reading Comprehension: Home Sick

Your students will demonstrate understanding of a short fiction text by answering who, when, what, where, why, and how questions. Use this as an introduction to the vocabulary in the EL Support Lesson: Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How Questions.

Sum it Up: Grandpa's Boat

Use this resource to teach your students how to use introductory phrases as they cite text evidence in their answers.

Introductory Phrases: Cite the Evidence

Learners will review a definition for each type of author's purpose, then sort nine sentences according to these criteria.

Author’s Purpose Sort: It’s as Easy as Pie!

Help students build key reading comprehension skills by creating a story map for a book that they read. Students practice retelling, identifying characters, and making connections.

Reading Comprehension: Map That Story!

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

Five Finger Story Sequencing

Practice those reading skills with the story of "The Three Little Pigs"! This classic tale provides a great starter for reading comprehension.

Story of the Three Little Pigs

This cause and effect worksheet opens your child up to improved critical thinking abilities. Use this cause and effect worksheet to focus on story structure.

Reading for Comprehension: Cause and Effect

If your child is writing their first book report, help them get a handle on the characters in their book.

Book Characters

This exercise will give your students practice reading a text, making a prediction, and citing text evidence to support it. They will use introductory phrases as they complete sentence frames to create strong evidence-based sentences.

Making Predictions with Text Evidence

The Ant and the Grasshopper is a fable that teaches kids the value of hard work. Kids will focus on comprehension and predictions in this worksheet.

The Ant and the Grasshopper

If your budding reading is writing their first book report, help them nail down the plot with this quick review worksheet.

Story Plot

Kids read a story about a puppy, then finish it by writing what they think will happen next.

Story Comprehension: What Happens Next?

Keeping a reading log is a great way to encourage your child to set goals and track their progress. Your students will build reading fluency and stamina by logging and graphing their reading time.

Reading Log and Graph

Use these task cards with your students to practice reading short passages and making inferences about character, setting, and plot.

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