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Reading Worksheets for 2nd Graders

4 strands4 ready to print157 worksheetsUS Letter or A4

Leveled reading passages, short stories, story elements, main idea, cause and effect, compare and contrast, context clues and word searches.

The reading year, in order

From leveled passages to longer stories, story skills, nonfiction and vocabulary, in the order most second grade classes teach them. Each strand links to its worksheets.

  1. Reading comprehension

    30 sheets ready

    Read leveled passages and short stories and answer questions about key details.

    Reading comprehension passages

    Original stories and nonfiction passages at three reading levels, each with questions and an answer key, plus a poem, a read-aloud and organizers for any book.

    19 worksheets

    Short stories

    Original short stories and fables with questions about characters, problems, lessons and word meanings, each with an answer key.

    11 worksheets

  2. Story skills

    43 sheets ready

    Describe characters, structure, point of view and lessons, and compare two versions of a story.

    Story elements

    Story maps, retell pages and favorite part pages for any book, plus short read-aloud stories that teach characters, setting, problem and solution.

    34 worksheets

    Compare and contrast

    Venn diagrams with short texts, two texts on the same topic, comparing characters, alike-and-different charts and compare and contrast words.

    9 worksheets

  3. Nonfiction reading

    65 sheets ready

    Find the main topic and paragraph focus, causes and effects, text features and the author's purpose.

    Main idea

    Find the main idea of pictures and paragraphs, sort details, write titles and fill in main idea and details organizers, with answer keys.

    19 worksheets

    Cause and effect

    Match causes and effects, choose what happened or why, finish because sentences and find causes and effects in a story, with answer keys.

    17 worksheets

    Fiction and nonfiction

    A fiction and nonfiction anchor chart, book cover sorts, real or make-believe sentences, storybook, poem or information pages, and compare two texts.

    29 worksheets

  4. Vocabulary and word play

    19 sheets ready

    Use context clues to work out new words, and find theme words in puzzles.

    Context clues

    Use the words around a new word to work out what it means, in sentences, multiple-meaning words, made-up words and short passages.

    9 worksheets

    Word searches

    Ten 12 by 12 word searches with words second graders can read, for the four seasons and favorite themes, each with an answer key.

    10 worksheets

About reading worksheets for 2nd graders

Second grade is the year children read to learn as well as learn to read. They read longer stories and nonfiction on their own, describe how characters respond to problems, find the main topic of a text and what each paragraph is about, compare two texts and use clues to work out new words.

These reading worksheets for 2nd graders follow that path. Leveled reading comprehension passages grow from 120-word texts to full pages, and original short stories and fables give children longer reads with questions about characters, lessons and structure. Nonfiction pages teach main idea, cause and effect, text features and author's purpose. Compare and contrast pages use Venn diagrams and paired texts, and context clues pages build the habit of figuring out new words.

Every passage and story is original. Pages print in black and white on US Letter or A4, and every page with right answers has an answer key.

Questions

What should a second grader be able to read?

By the end of second grade, most children read stories and nonfiction of a page or more on their own, retell them, describe characters, find the main topic and use clues to work out new words.

How do I choose a reading level?

Start with a Level 1 passage. If your child reads it smoothly and answers most questions, move up. If the reading is slow and choppy, stay at that level a little longer.

Are these passages original?

Yes. Every passage, story, fable and poem was written for this site, and all of them are free to print.

Do the worksheets have answer keys?

Yes. Every page with right answers has an answer key. Written answers show an example.