6,070 results
Free 2nd grade informational text resources
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Free Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions!This is a small sample of my monthly reading passages. These high interest, non-fiction passages can be used as a quick warm up, in reading centers or for homework. It includes 4 fun reading passages with 3 comprehension questions each:• Flag Day• Buzzing Bees!• Popsicles! (The Invention of the Popsicle)• Great White SharksAlso included is one worksheet for recalling 4 facts they have learned.Cover all the important days, events and themes of ea
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions
Do your students need practice reading and answering questions for nonfiction text? This free resource contains a nonfiction reading passage and 5 multiple choice comprehension questions. This is a FREE SAMPLE from my Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions resource. CLICK HERE to see the full resource.Use this product for:•test taking strategies•homework•assessment•explicit information Check out these other great reading comprehension products:Reading Literature and Informational Text Pa
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
Opinion Writing Activities
Opinion Writing ActivitiesTo introduce opinion writing first the children must understand the difference of fact vs. opinion. I have created a pocket chart sort you can do as a class to help them understand what facts and opinions are and how they are different. Then I always create a chart to teach what opinions are. This helps the kids throughout the week long mini-unit. I thought it would be fun to do an entire mini unit on things we eat. It includes opinion writing for Favorite candy, fruit
Grades:
K - 3rd
Venn Diagram ~ Blank ~ FREEBIE!!
Venn Diagram
A simple blank Venn Diagram to help your students compare and contrast. ENJOY!!!
Please take a minute to leave feedback on this FREEBIE! I think of a rating as a "thank you" for my time in creating this resource for your classroom.
Here are some great resources that will support your positive classroom community:
CLASSROOM RULES BUNDLE
POSITIVE BEHAVIOR CLIP CHART
GROWTH MINDSET POSTERS
TEAM TALLIES
POSITIVE BEHAVIOR BOOKMARKS
POSITIVE QUOTE POSTERS
Let’s Connect!
INSTAGRAM @
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
I SPY Nonfiction Text Features
Looking for a fun, engaging activity to give your students the opportunity to explore and identify nonfiction text features? I SPY Nonfiction Text Features allows them to do just that! Your students will spy on the nonfiction text features placed around the room (give them a magnifying glass to add a little novelty). When students get to a card, they will identify the nonfiction text feature on it. Then, they will find that text feature on their recording sheet and write the letter correspondin
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Close Reading LEVELED Passages "FREEBIE" for Spring CCSS Aligned
This "Spring Season" freebie is a SAMPLE of the activities for one passage from my monthly close reading and text evidence unit for 20 March Themes: St. Patrick's Day, Women's History, Spring Break, Ireland, Shamrocks and Clovers, Biographies & More! Multiple Choice, True or False, Matching added!PDFs &/or Digital Google Slides/classroom.Six Common Core aligned activities are included for this FREEBIE!The full unit is described below. Each unit has:*** Good Old Fashion Table of Content
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
Life Cycle of a Frog - FREE
Life Cycle of a FrogThis freebie includes:1. One cut and paste practice page for students to sequence the Life Cycle of a Frog.2. The Life Cycle of a Frog half-page book (6 pages).*************************************************************************Thank you so much for stopping by my store and looking. Please don't forget to follow my store for the latest updates on new products and sales. ☺ I truly appreciate your support and love hearing your feedback. ***********************************
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Types:
Nonfiction Text Features Freebie
This packet includes everything your PRIMARY students will need to learn about text features.
Included activities:
*Scavenger Hunt worksheet, for use with ANY non-fiction book, with picture cues for each non-fiction text feature.
*Poster Project- students cut, paste, and label the features
*Definition page- introduce and explain the use of each feature
Non-fiction Text Features included:
Table of Contents
Bold Print
Maps
Labels
Captions
Photographs
Glossary
Headings
These are the text feature
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 2nd
Types:
Spring Reading Passage Comprehension Activities Writing Prompt FREE
Get ready for spring in your classroom with this nonfiction reading passage and fact and opinion activity about cottontail rabbits! This informational text is perfect to practice close reading strategies and help students differentiate between facts and opinions. Reader response questions and critical thinking writing prompt is included.This passage is part of this Easter/Spring No Prep Pack.Perfect for any spring day or to celebrate Easter with non-holiday activities. See all the spring holiday
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
Thanksgiving Activities {FREE Pilgrims & Native Americans Informational Texts}
We hope you enjoy these free sample pages from our Thanksgiving Unit!Includes:1-page text on Pilgrim Clothing1-page Pilgrim Clothing Diagram1-page text on Native American Clothing1-page Native American DiagramCompare and Contrast WorksheetFor the full text go to:Thansgiving Activity {Native Americans & Pilgrims Informational Text}Follow us by clicking the link at the top of the page to receive notice when we add new products and freebies. All new products are 50% off for the first 48 hours!
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Reading Comprehension Passage Fluency 2nd 3rd Grade FREE
2nd and 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages in 2 formats: Fluency Cards and Reading Comprehension printables plus "Answer It" comprehension sign. You will love how simple these fluency activities are to incorporate with your plans. You will love the many uses, too. Perfect for morning work, literacy centers, seat work, or homework.
Fluency activities on the 2nd and 3rd grade level.
2nd Grade Reading Passage - fluency card
3rd Reading Passages - fluency card
2 - Reading Comprehension p
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Types:
Solar Eclipse Reading Passage with Comprehension Questions
*Great for Remote Learning and At Home Learning Packets!This freebie contains a nonfiction passage about Solar Eclipses and several comprehension response pages (6 pages in all!). We created this based on our popular Print a Packet products! Print a Packet is one of our favorite classroom resources. Print a Packet products contain THIRTY reading passages (fiction + nonfiction included) and multiple comprehension pages. They are great for students to complete throughout the week! Want to tr
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
Ocean Animals Reading Freebie: Clownfish Nonfiction Reading Passage & Activities
“All About Clownfish” includes everything you would need to work on vocabulary and comprehension skills with your students while helping them to gain content area knowledge at the same time! I hope you enjoy this free reading passage with your students!*What's included in this freebie*• 2 Vocabulary Preview Charts: 1 blank & 1 with definition filled in for teacher reference• "All About Clownfish" (Grade Level Equivalent: 4)• Finding Text Evidence Activity• Graphic Organizer for Comprehensio
Grades:
1st - 5th
Book Review Template - FREE
This is a FREE PDF download for Book Review Templates! There are differentiated options ideal for lower grades (K-2) and upper grades (3-5).
Two versions use sentence stems for the write up part of the review, but the version aimed for upper grades has more lines for writing their review and is structured less like a graphic organizer than the version aimed for lower grades. One version has just a lined back, no sentence stems.
Use as a writing or reading project, book review or book report, o
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
FREE About Me Lapbook With Nonfiction Text Features
Nonfiction Text Features About Me! Students learn about nonfiction text features by creating a lapbook about themselves! Great for back to school introductions or for review of text features.>>>Don't forget to CLICK THE STAR to follow my store! You'll enjoy HALF-OFF new products for the first 48 hours and other special deals!<<<*Love my Literacy Lapbooks? Save big with the Literacy Lapbooks Bundle!*Need more back-to-school resources? Check out The Back to School Bundle!Who is
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Weather and Water Cycle FREEBIE | Print and Digital
Looking for a starting place to teach your students about the water cycle? This FREEBIE is a sample of the Weather No-Prep Unit. The cross curricular unit will keep your students ENGAGED while teaching them all they need to know about weather. There are multiple interactive options that allow you to make lapbooks or to use in interactive notebooks. Along with reading passages, there are also graphing activities, chart activities, and even a map activity. Your students will love being able to sh
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 5th
NGSS:
3-ESS2-1
, 2-ESS2-3
Autumn Vocabulary Activities - Fall Riddles for Inference & Drawing Conclusions
These autumn vocabulary riddle activities are a fun and engaging way to model early comprehension skills. Solve a fall riddle each day to practice inference, identifying and answering key questions, and drawing conclusions.These riddles are a sample of the cards and activities in Autumn Vocabulary Riddles. Here's what the complete set includes!✅ 24 autumn riddle cards, printing at two per page✅ 24 picture/word answer cards✅ 24 sets of matching cards✅ The same 24 riddles in full-page format for y
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 2nd
Types:
Also included in: Vocabulary Bundle - Spring, Summer, Autumn, & Winter Riddles
FREE Author's Purpose Writing Poster & Author's Purpose Anchor Chart
This author's purpose poster, anchor chart, and student notebook sheet is a snapshot from the Types of Writing Posters pack!These Types of Writing Posters and Interactive Anchor Charts are a must-have for introducing and reinforcing a wide variety of types of writing with your growing writers.Printing flexibility allows for either printing full-page writing posters, interactive anchor charts, or mini (half page) posters/anchor charts for students' notebooks! Now you can introduce a lesson with a
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Reading Comprehension Passages - Close Reading - FREEBIE - Snow Day
This Common Core aligned product is a sample of my larger Weekly Reading products. You will receive the story, Snow Day, with 5 daily comprehension activities. The full products contain 4 themed reading passages (2 fiction, 2 nonfiction) relating to each month. Each passage contains 5 days of comprehension activities and graphic organizers that use text dependent questioning to encourage high level thinking in your students. Each passage also contains symbols to use for marking the text to e
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
Penguin Writing Freebie ~ Read and write about 6 species of penguins
This freebie features information pages about these penguin species: Emperor, King, Gentoo, Adelie, Macaroni and Little.
The pages are written in an easy-to-read format making it easier for young students to study these birds and write reports. They can read the information page, record key facts on the graphic organizer and then use this information to write a research paper. This product supports the common core standards for reading informational texts and non-fiction writing.
A metric ve
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
Butterfly Life Cycle Reading Comprehension Worksheet and Cut and Paste
This product has a passage explaining the butterfly life cycle, 5 multiple choice questions, and a cut and paste activity of the life cycle. I've included a color and black and white version, as well as a key. INCLUDES:Passage (500-600 Lexile)5 multiple choice questionsCut and Paste ActivityIncludes BW and Color VersionKey IncludedPart of my Animal Life Cycles BundleYOU MAY ALSO LIKE:Rabbit Life CycleGroundhog Life CycleReindeer Life CyclePenguin Life CycleTurkey Life CycleSpider Life CycleBat L
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
Close Reading - Compare and Contrast Two Texts FREEBIE (RI.2.9, RI.3.9)
This FREEBIE includes TWO original 2nd/3rd grade leveled reading passages and close reading activities perfectly aligned to Common Core Standards RI.2.9 and RI.3.9 (Compare and contrast the most important points...presented in two texts on the same topic.)This is a sample from my much larger and comprehensive products with FIFTY-TWO original passages and close reading activities perfectly aligned to the Common Core Standards. Each standard has FIVE passages and activities specifically dedicated
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Types:
Free Nonfiction Text Features Graphic Organizers and Activities
These graphic organizers will help your students identify and understand the purpose of text features in nonfiction books. Includes 3 unique graphic organizers for teaching this often difficult skill. This is a part of a COMPLETE lesson plan with anchor charts, mini-lesson materials, and more activities. You can find it here: ⭐ Nonfiction Text Features: Lesson plan, Anchor Charts, Mini-lesson, and ActivitiesCHECK OUT THE COMPREHENSION SKILLS BUNDLE⭐ Reading Comprehension Skills Graphic Organi
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Main Idea and Details Non-Fiction Passage and Graphic Organizer
A technology themed worksheet with a penguin passage and graphic organizer. Use this worksheet to engage your students while assessing their ability to pull out the Main Idea.Also includes instructions to support answers with text evidence from the passage! Want more passages just like this one? Check out my pack! Main Idea and Details Passage Pack
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
Showing 1-24 of 6,070 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands