RI.2.6 Worksheets

Invite students to share their favorite character from a book with a pen pal! Students will fill out details about their favorite character on this postcard.

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.

Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.

Help your second grade students identify the evidence behind the author’s purpose.

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

This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the author’s point of view and purpose for writing the text by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

Your students will use this two-sided worksheet to practice distinguishing between facts and opinions. As they do, they’ll have fun learning about howler monkeys!

This reading worksheet highlights important vocabulary words and the main purpose of a text.