2nd Grade Short Stories Worksheets and Activities

Every story has a main idea, it is what the story is mostly about. The details of a story are small pieces of information. Worksheet instructions: A parent or teacher may read the short story from this worksheet to the student, and then guide them in finding the correct answers.

Punctuation is a very important part of any story we read: comma (,) period (.) question mark (?) exclamation mark (!) apostrophe (‘). Worksheet instructions: Insert punctuation to fix the story (answers may vary slightly).

Punctuation is an important part of any story we read: comma (,) period (.) question mark (?) exclamation mark (!) apostrophe (‘). Worksheet instructions: Insert punctuation to fix the story (answers may vary slightly).

Worksheet instructions: Read the short story, then answer the questions that follow.

Worksheet instructions: Fill in the missing words from the story. Use the clues in parenthesis to figure out what kind of word is missing.

Remember, if something is true, or it really happened, it is a fact. If something is what someone thinks or believes, it is an opinion. Worksheet instructions: Read the story. As you read, think about what parts are fact and what parts are opinion. Then, answer the questions that follow. A parent or teacher should read along with the student, and help as needed.

When we compare - we tell how things are alike. When we contrast - we tell how things are different. Worksheet instructions: Read the two stories below. As you read, think about how the stories are alike, and how they are different. Then, answer the questions that follow. A parent or teacher should read along with the student, and help as needed.

Every story has a main idea, it is what the story is mostly about. The details of a story, are small pieces of information that make the story more interesting. Worksheet instructions: A parent or teacher should read the short story below to the student and then guide them in finding the correct answers.

Remember to use capitalization to begin a sentence, for proper nouns (including days, months, and holidays), in titles, and in addresses. Worksheet instructions: Underline each letter that should be capitalized.

Worksheet instructions: Read the short story, then answer the questions that follow.

Worksheet instructions: Read the short story, then answer the questions that follow.

Worksheet instructions: Read the short story, then answer the questions that follow.

Worksheet instructions: Read the short story, then answer the questions that follow.

Worksheet instructions: Read the short story, then answer the questions that follow.

Worksheet instructions: Read the short story, then answer the questions that follow.

A direct object is a noun that receives the action of the verb. For example: The dogs eat food. The direct object is food; the word ‘eat’ is the verb and ‘food’ is what's being eaten. Worksheet instructions: Underline the verbs and circle the direct objects.

An adjective is a word that tells you what something sounds like, looks like, smells like, or tastes like. Adjectives are describing words. An adverb tells you how, when, or where something occurs. Worksheet instructions: Complete the story with the correct adjectives or adverbs from the box below.

An adverb is a word that describes a verb. An adverb tells us how, when, or where something happened. A verb is a word that describes an action like play, eat and run. Worksheet instructions: Read the short story and list the verbs and adverbs you find in the correct box.