2nd grade Reading Fiction 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.

2nd grade

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Cause and Effect for Kids

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Cause and Effect for Kids

Build comprehension skills with this reading page on cause and effect for kids.

1st grade

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Story Comprehension: What's in a Story?

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Story Comprehension: What's in a Story?

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.

2nd grade

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Sequence of Events

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Sequence of Events

What happened first? Have your young reader find the beginning, middle, and end of this short story. Use the illustrations to help her picture the events.

2nd grade

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Weekly Reading Log

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Weekly Reading Log

Reading has so many benefits for kids, such as improving vocabulary and language skills and helping to develop imagination and concentration. Reading logs are a great way for you and your students to keep track of their reading throughout the week!

2nd grade

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Reading Comprehension Practice Test

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Reading Comprehension Practice Test

What's the main idea? Help your child review reading comprehension questions like this with this at-home practice test.

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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Story Map

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Story Map

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

4th grade

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Word Bank: Emotion Charades

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Word Bank: Emotion Charades

Build your students' emotional literacy with this handy emotion word bank! This resource provides students with visuals and a variety of emotion synonyms to increase their understanding of character traits in fictional text.

2nd grade

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Reading Comprehension: Map That Story!

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Reading Comprehension: Map That Story!

Help students build key reading comprehension skills by creating a story map for a book that they read. Students practice retelling, identifying characters, and making connections.

1st grade

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"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map

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"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map

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.

2nd grade

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Character Changes Order

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Character Changes Order

Use this worksheet to practice sequencing a character’s feelings using transition words.

2nd grade

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My Reading Goals

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My Reading Goals

Help your child monitor their progress as readers with this reading goals worksheet. The act of reflecting and goal setting will set students up for reading success!

1st grade

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Story Comprehension: What Happens Next?

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Story Comprehension: What Happens Next?

Kids read a story about a puppy, then finish it by writing what they think will happen next.

2nd grade

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Five Finger Story Sequencing

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Five Finger Story Sequencing

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

2nd grade

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Reading Graph

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Reading Graph

Maintaining a reading log is a fun way to encourage your child to set goals and track their progress. Students will keep track of their month-by-month reading stamina and practice their bar graphing with this reading log worksheet.

2nd grade

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The Ugly Duckling's New Friend

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The Ugly Duckling's New Friend

Everyone's heard the story of the ugly duckling, but have you met his new friend, the beastly bird? Help students learn about the importance of transition words when telling a story with this fun tale of outcasts who become fast friends!

2nd grade

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What Happened Next?

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What Happened Next?

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.

2nd grade

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Story Rollercoaster

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Story Rollercoaster

Use this fun story rollercoaster template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them consider these who, what, where, why, and how questions as they relate to the plot.

2nd grade

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Reading Stamina Chart

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Reading Stamina Chart

This reading stamina chart can be used to help students track and increase the amount of time they can spend reading to themselves during independent reading.

2nd grade

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The Ant and the Grasshopper Story Cards

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The Ant and the Grasshopper Story Cards

The Ant and the Grasshopper story cards help your visual learner understand what happens in the classic fable. Kids arrange picture cards to tell the story.

2nd grade

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Compare and Contrast: Short Stories

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Compare and Contrast: Short Stories

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

2nd grade

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2nd grade Reading Fiction Worksheets