Boundaries and Personal Safety Reading Comprehension Passages — Grade 2

About this resource

Lost in a store, Tsega stays put and asks a worker with a name tag for help. These boundaries and personal safety reading comprehension passages give Grade 2 readers ten calm, short texts at F&P levels K–M about keeping their bodies safe and knowing where to turn: saying “Stop, I don’t like that,” noticing an uh-oh feeling and telling a safe grown-up. Alongside the Relationship Skills focus, the set covers everyday safety rules, from the curb to the fire drill line.

What students practice

• Saying “Stop, I don’t like that” to a touch they don’t want
• Telling a cozy feeling from an uh-oh feeling
• Naming the safe grown-ups they can go to
• Following safety rules at the curb, in the car and during a fire drill
• Knowing the swimsuit rule: my body belongs to me

What’s inside

• 10 passages at F&P levels K–M, one in each of ten text types, from a teddy bear’s story to a class news article
• A short takeaway at the end of every passage
• 5 multiple-choice questions and 2 open-ended questions per passage
• MCQ answer key on the last page
• 34 pages

A look inside

• The Teddy Bear Who Heard Stop: Tumbles the bear watches his girl tell her cousin to stop tickling her, and then she tells her mom.
• My Safe Grown-Up List: Vasco and his mom write down his teacher, his grandma, the school nurse and a neighbor.
• Cozy Feelings and Uh-Oh Feelings: reading with Grandpa feels cozy, but an older cousin’s “just us, don’t tell your grown-up” game gives Tabitha an uh-oh feeling.
• The Mitten on the Frozen Pond: Yvie stays on the shore beside her uncle, and they tell the park staff instead of going onto the ice.

How to use these boundaries and personal safety reading passages in Grade 2

• Small-group reading, starting with Lost at the Grocery Store at level K
• Open a safety lesson with Stop, Look and Listen at the Curb, or use Why We Buckle Up as SEL reading comprehension with a little science inside
• Pair My Safe Grown-Up List or The Swimsuit Rule with a counselor’s visit

Grade fit

Levels run from K for the grocery-store story to M for the last four passages, and the sentences stay short and reassuring. The settings come from a second grader’s week: a cereal aisle, a booster seat, a winter park and a Safety Day where classmates practice their home address and a grown-up’s phone number. These reading passages with questions connect easily to real routines.

Digital version

With the interactive digital version, you share one link and students read each passage and answer the questions on any device, with no student logins. At the end they download an answer sheet to hand in.

Good to know

The one story about an unwanted touch is about tickling that goes on too long, and the cousin stops when asked. In Cozy Feelings and Uh-Oh Feelings, an older cousin suggests a secret “don’t tell your grown-up” game; Tabitha says no and tells her dad, who reassures her she is not in trouble. The last passage, The Swimsuit Rule, names private parts as the parts a swimsuit covers and tells children to keep telling until someone helps, so you may want to read it ahead of time.

Pairs well with

For more personal safety activities, try Boundaries and Personal Safety Conversation Cards or act out safe responses with Boundaries and Personal Safety Role Play Scenarios.