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Grade 2 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me

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Read the text. Circle the best answer.

  1. Read this first

    Sora's Puppet Stage

    Sora had planned a puppet show for her three little cousins at Grandma's house. She had made sock puppets of a dragon, a frog and a princess. Her stage was a doorway with an old bedsheet hanging across it. But each time Sora touched the sheet, it slipped down into a heap on the floor.

    The cousins would arrive at two o'clock. First, Sora stuck the sheet to the door frame with strips of tape. The tape held for a minute. Then it curled away from the wood, and the sheet fell again.

    Next, Sora tucked the top of the sheet under some heavy books. The books sat on the shelf above the door. When she bumped the shelf, the books slid, and the sheet tumbled onto her head.

    Grandma heard the thump and came to help. She laid a long broom handle across the tops of two tall chairs. Then she handed Sora a bag of clothespins. Sora clipped the sheet to the broom handle, one pin at a time. She tugged on it gently, and it stayed!

    At two o'clock, the cousins sat on pillows in a row. The dragon roared, the frog sang and the princess saved the day. The cousins laughed so hard that they asked for the show again. Sora took a bow behind her sturdy new stage.

  2. What does the beginning of the story tell us?

    • Sora is cleaning dusty old books off Grandma's shelf.
    • Sora's cousins are putting on a show for her.
    • Sora is getting a puppet show ready for her cousins.

  3. What problem starts the story?

    • Sora clips the sheet up one pin at a time.
    • Grandma lays a broom handle across two chairs.
    • The sheet for the stage keeps slipping down.

  4. What happens when Sora tries the books?

    • The books slide, and the sheet falls on her.
    • The sheet stays up through the whole show.
    • The cousins arrive before she is ready for them.

  5. How is the problem solved?

    • Sora sticks the sheet to the door frame with tape again.
    • Sora clips the sheet to a broom handle across two chairs.
    • Sora puts on the show with no curtain at all for her cousins.
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Story Structure

Answer Key - Grade 2 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me

Read the text. Circle the best answer.

  1. Read this first

    Sora's Puppet Stage

    Sora had planned a puppet show for her three little cousins at Grandma's house. She had made sock puppets of a dragon, a frog and a princess. Her stage was a doorway with an old bedsheet hanging across it. But each time Sora touched the sheet, it slipped down into a heap on the floor.

    The cousins would arrive at two o'clock. First, Sora stuck the sheet to the door frame with strips of tape. The tape held for a minute. Then it curled away from the wood, and the sheet fell again.

    Next, Sora tucked the top of the sheet under some heavy books. The books sat on the shelf above the door. When she bumped the shelf, the books slid, and the sheet tumbled onto her head.

    Grandma heard the thump and came to help. She laid a long broom handle across the tops of two tall chairs. Then she handed Sora a bag of clothespins. Sora clipped the sheet to the broom handle, one pin at a time. She tugged on it gently, and it stayed!

    At two o'clock, the cousins sat on pillows in a row. The dragon roared, the frog sang and the princess saved the day. The cousins laughed so hard that they asked for the show again. Sora took a bow behind her sturdy new stage.

  2. What does the beginning of the story tell us?

    • Sora is cleaning dusty old books off Grandma's shelf.
    • Sora's cousins are putting on a show for her.
    • Sora is getting a puppet show ready for her cousins.

  3. What problem starts the story?

    • Sora clips the sheet up one pin at a time.
    • Grandma lays a broom handle across two chairs.
    • The sheet for the stage keeps slipping down.

  4. What happens when Sora tries the books?

    • The books slide, and the sheet falls on her.
    • The sheet stays up through the whole show.
    • The cousins arrive before she is ready for them.

  5. How is the problem solved?

    • Sora sticks the sheet to the door frame with tape again.
    • Sora clips the sheet to a broom handle across two chairs.
    • Sora puts on the show with no curtain at all for her cousins.