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2nd Grade Common Core Reading Passages Resources

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.

"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map

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

The Hare and the Tortoise

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

Compare and Contrast: Short Stories

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

The Ugly Duckling

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.

The Fox and the Crow

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

The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost

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

Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details

What will you be doing on Saturday? Jamie will be on a fishing boat with her grandpa. Read all about her grandpa&#39;s boat and then answer the questions.

Read and Review: Grandpa's Boat

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

Starfish Text Features

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.

Point of View Practice

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

What is Cause and Effect?

Learn about the USA&#39;s three branches of government and where each one works.

The Three Branches of Government

Reading has so many benefits for kids, such as improving vocabulary and language skills and helping to develop imagination and concentration. Reading logs are a great way for you and your students to keep track of their reading throughout the week!

Weekly Reading Log

Little gardeners, get to know your plants! See the cycle of a plant from its birth to adulthood, and read a bit about photosynthesis too.

Life Cycle of a Plant

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

Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Rocket Like Mae Jemison

Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

The Lion and the Mouse Fable

What happened first? Have your young reader find the beginning, middle, and end of this short story. Use the illustrations to help her picture the events.

Sequence of Events

Use this reading and writing worksheet to help second and third graders learn about the inspiring work of Jane Goodall, famous scientist and conservationist.

All About Jane Goodall

Geared toward second graders, this science worksheet has young scientists read about spiders and their webs and then demonstrate their nonfiction comprehension by filling in the diagram with the correct anatomical terms.

Spiders and Their Webs

Use this fun and interesting worksheets about maps to help your students use sentence level context clues, examples, and logic to decode text and become more fluent in reading informational text.

Learning About Maps!

Get to know the White House and the U.S. Capitol in this social studies matching worksheet!

Federal Government

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

Story Map

Learn the basic facts about the U.S. flag and see the different places where it&#39;s waved.

The United States Flag

Here is a fresh and fruity way to learn a bit of life science. Sit down with your little one and teach them all the different parts of an apple!

Parts of an Apple

This worksheet helps your child focus on prediction and comprehension in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Kids will read the classic fable and answer written prompts.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf Prediction and Comprehension

Story webs organize a story into one main idea and several details. Help your second grader read the story, then analyze it using the story web.

Story Comprehension: What's in a Story?

Children use their investigative skills and powers of deduction to complete a series of questions and prompts about their local government.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Local Government for Kids

Use this fall-themed Reader&rsquo;s Theater script to give your students practice reading fluently. Then, challenge them with reading comprehension questions about the characters and events.

Reader’s Theater: Fall Festival Fun

Pay homage to our majestic, leafy companions with this series about trees. Kids can learn about the structure of trees, identify different leaf types and reflect on the many gifts that trees give.

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