2nd Grade · Reading Comprehension
Why We Recycle
Free printable 2nd Grade reading comprehension worksheet: Why We Recycle. It practices author's purpose (Common Core RI.2.6). 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
- Author's purpose
- Ages
- 7–8
- Standard
- RI.2.6
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Why We Recycle” is sheet 5 of 22 in our free 2nd Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets collection, written for children aged 7–8. It focuses on author's purpose.
In the set it comes after “Kite Day” and before “From Caterpillar to Butterfly”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
RI.2.6 · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 2
Reading: Informational Text · Craft and structure
Children work on recognizing who is telling the story or what the author wants to say, and how that shapes the text.
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.
