2nd Grade Compare Texts worksheets

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Grade 2 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me

Read the text. Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Two Texts About Monarch Butterflies

   Text 1: Every fall, millions of monarch butterflies leave Canada and the northern United States. They fly south to the mountains of central Mexico. Some of them travel nearly three thousand miles. That is a long trip for an insect that weighs less than a paper clip. The trip south can take about two months. The butterflies stop along the way to drink nectar from flowers. In Mexico, they rest in fir trees for the winter. So many crowd together that the branches bend under their weight. In spring, they start flying north again.

   Text 2: Monarch butterflies need a plant called milkweed. A mother monarch lays her eggs only on milkweed leaves. When the caterpillars hatch, milkweed is the only food they eat. Each fall, the grown monarchs fly south to Mexico for the winter. Over the last thirty years, the number of monarchs has dropped a lot. One reason is that many fields of milkweed have been mowed or paved over. Now families and schools are planting milkweed in their gardens. Even a small patch can give monarchs a place to lay eggs.

2. 1.

   What important point about where monarchs go do both texts make?

   • Monarchs lay their eggs in fir trees.
   • Monarchs travel about three hundred miles.
   • Monarchs fly south to Mexico each fall.
3. 2.

   Which point about monarchs does only Text 1 make?

   • Caterpillars eat only milkweed leaves.
   • So many crowd together that branches bend.
   • Mother monarchs lay eggs on milkweed.
4. 3.

   Which point about monarchs does only Text 2 make?

   • Mowing and paving have wiped out milkweed fields.
   • The trip south takes about two months.
   • Monarchs drink nectar on the trip south.
5. 4.

   Which text tells you how much a monarch weighs?

   • Text 2
   • Text 1
   • both texts