RL.2.2 Worksheets
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.2
:"Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral."
Our Take: Second graders read fables and folktales from a variety of different cultures. Help your students accurately recount the events of these stories and discuss their messages.
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
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The Fox and the Crow
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The Fox and the Crow
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.
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Story Elements Map
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Story Elements Map
This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.
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The Nutcracker Story
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The Nutcracker Story
The Nutcracker story tells the tale of a girl who discovers some Christmas magic. Color in The Nutcracker story with your child and make your own holiday book.
2nd Grade
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The Nutcracker: Part II
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The Nutcracker: Part II
Enjoy part two of this classic Christmas tale. Your little dancer can experience the magic of the Nutcracker with this storybook she can color herself!
2nd Grade
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Sum it Up: Grandpa's Boat
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Sum it Up: Grandpa's Boat
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.
2nd Grade
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Emily's Turtle
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Emily's Turtle
This short fictional text can be used to help students determine words and phrases the author uses to help the reader figure out the central message of the story.
2nd Grade
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Glossary: Who, Where, What, When, Why, and How Questions
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Glossary: Who, Where, What, When, Why, and How Questions
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who, Where, What, When, Why, and How Questions.
2nd Grade
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Vocabulary Cards: Who, Where, What, When, Why, and How Questions
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Vocabulary Cards: Who, Where, What, When, Why, and How Questions
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who, Where, What, When, Why, and How Questions.
2nd Grade
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Sum It Up: Vocabulary
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Sum It Up: Vocabulary
Your students will seek to read and complete sentences using a word bank of common reading comprehension terms, such as conflict and setting.
2nd Grade
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Author’s Purpose: The Ant and the Grasshopper
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Author’s Purpose: The Ant and the Grasshopper
Your students will love reading this classic fable as they seek to determine the author’s purpose and differentiate fiction from nonfiction.
2nd Grade
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Fable & Folktale Story Map
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Fable & Folktale Story Map
Use this handy story map to help students organize the events and lessons in the fables and folktales they read.
2nd Grade
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Character Traits: The Princess and the Pea
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Character Traits: The Princess and the Pea
Your students will use an abridged version of "The Princess and the Pea" to practice analyzing and expressing character traits with the help of a word bank.
2nd Grade
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Vocabulary Cards: The Purpose of Fiction Texts
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Vocabulary Cards: The Purpose of Fiction Texts
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.
2nd Grade
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Glossary: The Purpose of Fiction Texts
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Glossary: The Purpose of Fiction Texts
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.
2nd Grade
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Author’s Purpose: The Princess and the Pea
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Author’s Purpose: The Princess and the Pea
Students will read an adaptation of the classic story "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen. Then they'll seek to determine the author’s purpose and explain their reasoning.
2nd Grade
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Vocabulary Cards: What's the Moral?
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Vocabulary Cards: What's the Moral?
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: What's the Moral?
2nd Grade
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Glossary: What's the Moral?
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Glossary: What's the Moral?
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: What's the Moral?
2nd Grade
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The Lion and the Mouse Fable
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The Lion and the Mouse Fable
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.
2nd Grade
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Story Order: Case 1
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Story Order: Case 1
The class watched an exciting movie about a castle adventure. But now the students need help recalling the details of the film.
2nd Grade
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Story Order: Case 2
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Story Order: Case 2
Help the Smith family summarize their family vacation with a main idea, details, and a conclusion. Kids will work on reading comprehension and summarizing.
2nd Grade
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Pecos Bill!
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Pecos Bill!
Rootin' tootin' cowboys, gather 'round to hear the legendary story of Pecos Bill! Read this tale with your child, and see if he can tell fact from fiction.
2nd Grade
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Paul Bunyan
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Paul Bunyan
Can your child tell fact from fiction? Boost reading comprehension with this story sheet featuring a famous tall tale character: Paul Bunyan!
2nd Grade
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Complete a Story Map
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Complete a Story Map
This graphic organizer guides readers to complete a story map of their reading by having them record the characters, setting, problem, and solution.
1st Grade
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Treasure Island Coloring Page
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Treasure Island Coloring Page
In the first page in a series of Treasure Island coloring pages, Jim meets Billy Bones and learns about Captain Flint's buried treasure.
2nd Grade
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The Tortoise and the Hare Fable
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The Tortoise and the Hare Fable
Help your early reader get to know a classic Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare. He'll make a prediction about what will happen, and identify the moral.
2nd Grade
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf Prediction and Comprehension
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf Prediction and Comprehension
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.
2nd Grade
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Origin of the Chinese Zodiac Reading Comprehension
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Origin of the Chinese Zodiac Reading Comprehension
Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale!
2nd Grade
Social studies
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Problem and Solution Bookmark
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Problem and Solution Bookmark
Kids can demonstrate their understanding of what they are reading with this printable bookmark.
1st Grade
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What is a Tall Tale?
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What is a Tall Tale?
Get to know some of the most famous larger-than-life characters from our traditional oral folklore with this tall tales worksheet!
2nd Grade
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Connect the Events
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Connect the Events
With this open-ended worksheet and graphic organizer students can practice locating events and connecting these events to a central idea.
3rd Grade
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