Search Printable 2nd Grade Central Message Worksheets

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.

Reinforce reading comprehension skills with this simple practice quiz!

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.

The Ant and the Grasshopper is a fable that teaches kids the value of hard work. Kids will focus on comprehension and predictions in this worksheet.

Story webs organize a story into one main idea and several details. Help your second grader read the story, then analyze it using the story web.

Short stories, such as The Crow and the Jug, make great reading comprehension tools. Use this short Aesop’s fable to get your second graders thinking about central lessons and morals.

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.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: What's the Moral?

Use this writing response to test your little reader's understanding of "The Elves and the Shoemaker" by the Brothers Grimm.

With this open-ended worksheet and graphic organizer students can practice locating events and connecting these events to a central idea.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: What's the Moral?