2nd Grade · Reading Comprehension
The Great Pumpkin Race
Free printable 2nd Grade reading comprehension worksheet: The Great Pumpkin Race. It practices story structure (Common Core RL.2.5). 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
- Story structure
- Ages
- 7–8
- Standard
- RL.2.5
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“The Great Pumpkin Race” is sheet 21 of 22 in our free 2nd Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets collection, written for children aged 7–8. It focuses on story structure, one of two sheets in the set on that skill.
In the set it comes after “Life in the Desert” and before “Sharks: Ocean Hunters”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
RL.2.5 · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 2
Reading: Literature · Craft and structure
Children work on understanding how a text is built — its parts, sections and text features.
More story structure worksheets
The other 2nd Grade Reading Comprehension sheets on story structure, 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.
