2nd Grade Reading Comprehension Resources

Reinforce reading comprehension skills with this simple practice quiz!

Story sequencing will allow third graders to improve their reading comprehension by putting the sequence of events in the correct order.

The main idea is the most important idea in a paragraph. With this worksheet, students will read the paragraphs carefully then circle the statement that best fits the paragraph's main idea.

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.

Introduce children to Italian Christmas traditions with this reading comprehension worksheet!

This main idea worksheet guides your child through reading comprehension practice. Download today to get started!

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

Give your second grader's logical thinking skills and reading comprehension a healthy boost with a lesson in cause and effect.

In this worksheet, children determine the order of events in a story about two friends who like to roller skate together in their neighborhood.

This picture story is all mixed up! Use this worksheet to teach your students how to put plot events in order.

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.

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

Learners will practice analyzing a short script in this winter-themed reading comprehension worksheet.

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.

Read about Pete and all of his pets in this story. 

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

How do you know when it's wintertime? Have your child complete this winter writing prompt to exercise writing skills and reinforce seasonal knowledge.

Read Aesop's classic fable, then answer a few reading comprehension questions.

Students will read and answer questions about the Bradley family's summer vacation. 

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

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

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

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.

Play author with this creative writing and comprehension exercise! Your child will learn all about inference, or drawing conclusions based on what they've read.

Have your students practice finding the cause and effect relationships between two sentences.

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

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