2nd Grade Reading Comprehension - Short Passages
Below you'll find a collection of printable worksheets with reading comprehension passages written at a 2nd grade level. Each passage includes several reading comprehension questions to assess student performance.
Sam is collecting eggs in the hen house, but one egg seems a little strange.
2nd Grade
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Another quick-read with facts and questions about orcas.
2nd through 4th Grades
Students read a short, non-fiction paragraph about cheetahs and answer the questions that follow.
2nd through 4th Grades
There are many kinds of dogs, but they share plenty of the same features. Read about some of them and then answer the questions.
2nd Grade
Students complete a Venn diagram and identify true and false statements after reading a short passage all about the world's biggest bird: the ostrich.
2nd Grade
Baby bald eagles are called eaglets. Their head feathers don't turn their distinctive white for years! Read two paragraphs then answer five questions.
2nd Grade
Have your students read this short article about owls. Then they will complete the worksheet with two short answer questions and two multiple choice questions.
2nd Grade
Learn the science behind daytime and nighttime in this 3-paragraph passage. Answer a vocabulary question, true-or-false question, and more.
2nd Grade
Classroom, school, and public libraries are different, but you can do lots of the same fun things in each. Read these few paragraphs to find out more!
2nd Grade
Soccer is called football in most countries. It's considered the world's pastime. Read all about it in this fun passage and then answer the questions afterward.
2nd Grade
Print off this worksheet to have students read about the five super senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. Then they will answer 4 questions.
2nd Grade
What flower grows more than 15 feet tall, more than a foot wide, and more than 1,000 seeds? Read all about the sun-tracking sunflower in this short article.
2nd Grade
Learn how bananas and pineapples are similar and different.
2nd Grade
Read this cute story of two very different friends. Then, compare and contrast the two characters
2nd Grade
Compare and contrast a vacation at the beach to a vacation in the mountains.
2nd Grade
2nd Grade Reading Comp:
Longer Passages
Longer Passages
If you're searching for longer passages, this page has full-length fiction stories, non-fiction articles, and poems for your second graders.
