2nd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions

About this resource

24 original reading passages for second grade: 12 short stories and 12 fact pages. Every passage is on its own page with 5 questions (2 multiple choice, 3 short answer) and a Prove it box where the child copies the words from the page that back up an answer. It comes with 3 answer keys, a tracker for one child, a class tracker and a star chart, so there is nothing to make yourself.

EVERYTHING INSIDE (43 pages)

• 24 original passages, one to a page: 12 stories and 12 fact pages, from 52 to 73 words (1,518 words in all)
• 120 questions, 5 a passage: 48 multiple choice (A, B or C) and 72 short answer, each with a big box or a letter box to write in
• 24 Prove it boxes, one on every passage page
• A page list (title, kind, word count and page for all 24 passages)
• 3 answer keys with a sample answer for all 120 questions and a sample of the words to copy for all 24 Prove it boxes
• 1 Prove It Helper page for children: three sentence starters and a short try-it
• 1 reading tracker for one child (a row for each of the 24 passages)
• 1 class tracker (16 students by 24 passages)
• 1 star chart for the child: 24 stars to color, plus three lines about what they read
• 1 team note and 1 home page
• 1 filled example with an invented student, worked out row by row
• 1 phrase bank (20 starters: progress notes, family notes, next steps, sentence starters for children, questions to ask, check-ins)
• 1 binder cover and 6 divider tabs with a spine label to cut out
• Start Here and a how-to-use page, including a five-day routine for one passage

How To Use It

Pick a page. The child reads it, circles or types a letter for questions 1 and 2, writes the answers to questions 3, 4 and 5, then copies the words that prove the answer to question 4. Check with the key, write the scores on the tracker, and let the child color a star. If you like a routine, the how-to page suggests five days with one passage: read together, read alone and answer 1 and 2, answer 3 to 5, prove it, check and record.

What The Passages Are

Short stories about everyday things: a paper boat, a garden hat, a shy kitten, a lunch swap, a surprise party, a night camping in the backyard. The fact pages cover seeds, penguins, owls, rainbows, the moon, frogs, recycling paper, camels, spiders, sea turtles, giraffes, and ice and steam. Every passage was written for this file. There are no real people, no characters you will recognize from a book or a show, and no quotation marks.

What Is Not Included

There are no norms, no target scores and no reading levels in the file: it never says what a score should be or what level a passage is. It is not a screener, a placement test or a clinical tool, and it says nothing about any child's age or rate of progress. What counts as a right answer and how much proof is enough are blank lines for you to fill in with your own rules.

Built For The Child Holding The Page

A big "My name" line, one short instruction, large rounded type, and answer boxes tall enough for a child to write in. The answer choices are printed as A, B and C with a letter box. The file prints clean in black and white.

Type In, Or Print

The name line, every answer box, the letter boxes, the trackers, the team note and the home page are type-in fields in any PDF reader: click one, type, then save. The same pages print and write by hand. This is a fillable PDF; it is not a Google Slides or PowerPoint file.

Who This Is For

Teachers of second grade, reading groups, resource rooms and self-contained classrooms, reading centers, homework folders, home practice, and substitute plans.

What To Pair It With

Fluency Graph Editable (a longer record of words per minute, a goal page and a family letter), History of Thanksgiving Worksheets (reading passages and a timeline for 2nd to 5th grade) and Christmas Around the World Worksheets (reading, compare and sort pages for grades 2 to 4) are in the store.