2nd Grade · Reading Comprehension
The Busy Beaver
Free printable 2nd Grade reading comprehension worksheet: The Busy Beaver. It practices main idea (Common Core RI.2.2). For ages 7-8. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 2nd Grade
- Subject
- Reading Comprehension
- Skill
- Main idea
- Ages
- 7–8
- Standard
- RI.2.2
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“The Busy Beaver” is sheet 11 of 22 in our free 2nd Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets collection, written for children aged 7–8. It focuses on main idea, one of four sheets in the set on that skill.
In the set it comes after “Rainforests” and before “Maple Syrup Morning”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
RI.2.2 · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 2
Reading: Informational Text · Key ideas and details
Children work on finding the central message or main idea and retelling or summarizing what was read.
More main idea worksheets
The other 2nd Grade Reading Comprehension sheets on main idea, in the order they are meant to be done.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Read each passage twice: once for enjoyment and once to answer the questions.
- 2
Ask your child to point to the sentence in the text that proves each answer.
- 3
Encourage full-sentence answers that reuse words from the question.
