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Relationship Skills Reading Comprehension Passages — Grade 2

Grade 2 · Relationship Skills · Reading Comprehension

Chidi’s little sister is just learning to talk.

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Grade: 2
What you get: 10 passages at F&P levels K–M in ten text types34 pages
Type: Reading Comprehension
Use it: Print + digitaldigital = one link, no student logins
Competency: Relationship Skills

About this resource

Chidi’s little sister is just learning to talk. These free relationship skills reading comprehension passages give Grade 2 readers ten texts at F&P levels K–M, one for each part of Relationship Skills: listening, friendship, teamwork, solving conflicts peacefully, bullying, peer pressure, respect and speaking up. The full set is free with a free account (no card needed), and it builds SEL inside your literacy time.

What students practice

Listening closely and checking understanding
Taking the first step to make a friend
Waiting politely for a turn to talk
Working together so every part fits
Finding a peaceful way when both want the same thing
Answering multiple-choice and written-response questions about what they read

What’s inside

10passages at F&P levels K–M in ten text types, including a how-to guide, a narrative nonfiction story and a problem-and-solution story

5multiple-choice questions per passage

2open-ended questions per passage that call for written answers

34pages

Answer key for the multiple-choice questions

A look inside

Two Days at the Splash PadOn his first splash pad day, Nuno waits alone hoping someone will ask him to play.

Second Graders Perform a Class Choral PoemThe class newspaper reports how second graders turned a poem into a choral reading.

The Hat on the High HookEvery morning someone moves Sikya’s hat to a high hook.

I Let My Partner FinishNasir tells how he used to jump in and say the hard words for his reading partner.

I Can’t Hear From Back HereAt story time Lupita sits at the back of the rug and can’t hear the words.

How to use these relationship skills reading passages in Grade 2

Small reading groups at levels K–M, working through the multiple-choice questions together

A short SEL lessonRead “The Big Brother Who Listens to Toddler Talk” aloud and talk it through together

Independent practice or homework, checked later with the answer key

Written responseStudents answer the two open-ended questions after a passage such as “Copying That Helps, Copying That Doesn’t”

Grade fit

Passages run from about 195 to 218 words, so second graders can finish one in a single sitting, and the situations come straight from home, recess and the classroom. Levels climb from K to M across the set.

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.