Year two Reading Comprehension

Who? What? When? Where? Why?

Cause and Effect for Kids

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

Year 2

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Who? What? When? Where? Why?

Your students are probably used to answering questions. Give them a chance to ask their own with this imaginative lesson on reading comprehension and the ways one can use who, what, when, where, and why.

Year 2

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Wh Questions

Jack and the Beanstalk Story Sequence

Wh Questions

Help your child learn the "Wh words," who, what, where, why and when, with this charming story about a day at the dog park.

Year 2

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Jack and the Beanstalk Story Sequence

Oh no, Jack's beanstalk story is all jumbled up! Cut out the pictures and fix the story sequence to help Jack get his story straight!

Year 2

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Picture Comprehension

Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How?

Picture Comprehension

Picture comprehension is a great intro to reading comprehension! Kids will simply identify what is going on in each picture.

Year 2

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How?

Do you have students who are constantly asking what, who, where, why, how, and when? It's your turn to ask now! Have them read various stories and ask them to answer these questions in this lesson.

Year 2

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Reading Pictures

Three Little Pigs: 5 W's Reading Comprehension

Reading Pictures

In this lesson, students will practise "reading" pictures. They will look at the details in pictures in order to make predictions about what happens in a text. This lesson can be used alone or with the Predicting Pictures lesson plan.

Year 2

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Mad, Sad, Happy, Glad: Character Feelings

Three Little Pigs: 5 W's Reading Comprehension

This lesson focuses on reading comprehension by answering the 5W's about the story, The Three Little Pigs.

Year 2

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Mad, Sad, Happy, Glad: Character Feelings

Your students will have loads of fun discovering new words and using them describe the feelings of different characters. Featuring No, David! by David Shannon, this lesson will help kids practise reading and writing.

Year 2

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Story Map

Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Key Details

Story Map

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

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reading Comprehension: Map That Story!

Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Key Details

In this lesson, your students will explore reading with technology with "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." Students will use a graphic organizer to reflect on this story.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Reading Comprehension: Map That Story!

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

Year 2

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Main Idea of a Story

Sticky Reading Comprehension

Main Idea of a Story

Finding the main idea of a story is a fundamental reading comprehension skill. Help your child tackle reading with this beginner's worksheet!

Year 2

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Setting, Characters, and Events in Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Sticky Reading Comprehension

Sometimes students struggle with comprehension, and it can be difficult to pinpoint where the breakdown occurs. Help your students make visual summaries on sticky notes in this lesson!

Year 2

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Setting, Characters, and Events in Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Your kids will love learning about setting, characters and events as they listen to a classic tale and play a simple game. This lesson helps students improve their reading comprehension skills while they have fun.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Character Detectives

All About Me: Character Traits

Character Detectives

Your students will learn all about what makes a fictional character special when they become character detectives! Use this lesson to introduce the concept of using key details from a text to gather information.

Year 2

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

All About Me: Character Traits

It's all about me! In this lesson, students will identify character traits in a story and decide if they have the same traits. This lesson incorporates literature, writing, comparison skills, and social skills.

Year 2

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Ready, Set, Read

Read and Retell a Classic!

Ready, Set, Read

Is your budding reader up for a challenge? Help your child get familiar with the important elements of a story as well as its structure while putting his critical thinking skills to the test.

Year 2

Reading & writing

Workbook

Read and Retell a Classic!

Your students will enjoy reading the classic story “The Ugly Duckling,” written about a very lovable duck! This reading lesson also includes a fun partner activity to help your students practise comprehension.

Year 2

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

All About Animals

All About Animals

Things animals need, where they live, why they camouflage, this workbook is a den of learning! Kids can cut and paste pictures, play a memory game, work on writing and categorizing skills, too.

Year 2

Science

Workbook

Read Between the Lines

Use Your Mind and Visualize!

Read Between the Lines

When it comes to reading, it’s all about inferring. Kids can learn how to use clues in a text to understand a character’s thoughts or follow the action, in this book about jumping to conclusions.

Year 2

Reading & writing

Workbook

Jack and the Beanstalk Fun Pack

Use Your Mind and Visualize!

Help students learn the crucial reading strategy of visualizing. Visualizing is a key component of learning to infer from a text. Kids will love using their imaginations to draw pictures of their visualizations.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Jack and the Beanstalk Fun Pack

This workbook tells the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. Read, count and measure along with Jack!

Year 2

Maths

Workbook

Finding the Key Details

Story Comprehension: Create a Story Map

Finding the Key Details

Introduce students to fictional story elements with a book by year two favorite, Mo Willems! This lesson plan can be used alone or with the Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Key Details lesson plan.

Year 2

Reading & writing

Lesson plan