Friendship Reading Comprehension Passages

A hamster and a goat can’t agree on a game until autumn leaves give them one.

10 passages
5 multiple-choice questions
2 open-ended questions
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Grade: 2
What you get: 10 passages at F&P levels K–M34 pages
Type: Reading Comprehension
Use it: Print + digitaldigital = any device, no student logins
Competency: Relationship Skills
Topic: Friendship

About this resource

A hamster and a goat can’t agree on a game until autumn leaves give them one. These friendship reading comprehension passages give Grade 2 readers ten short texts at F&P levels K–M about what good friends do, how to share fun, and how to keep a friend who moves away. It’s a Relationship Skills set of SEL reading comprehension for the early elementary reading block.

What students practice

Finding a game or project both friends enjoy
Keeping promises so friends can trust them
Staying close to a friend who lives far away
Making room when a friend makes a new friend
Spotting shared interests with classmates

What’s inside

10passages at F&P levels K–M, from a fable and a how-to guide to a news feature written by a second-grade class

5multiple-choice questions after each passage

2open-ended questions per passage for reflection and discussion

34pages

A takeaway at the end of every passage
Answer key for the multiple-choice questions on the last page

A look inside

The Cardboard Rocket RidePloy and Pierce share ideas at indoor recess and turn a cardboard box into a rocket.

My Friend Moved AwayPolly keeps her friendship with Sadie going through drawings and phone calls.

Meet SebleA Friend Who Shows Up: Seble does what she says she will, like bringing back a borrowed book, and explains why her friends trust her.

My Friend Has a New FriendReba feels left out at first, then works out that all three girls can be friends.

How to use these friendship reading passages in Grade 2

At the guided reading table, starting with the hamster and goat fable at level K

In a literacy center, where students read a passage and answer its five multiple-choice questions

SEL lessons on friendship, such as reading “How to Plan a Fun Playdate” before talking about sharing toys and ideas

As a spark for morning meetingRead “Friendship Week Reveals Shared Interests” and ask what your students have in common

Grade fit

Written for seven- and eight-year-olds, the passages climb from level K to four texts at level M. Most settings are close to home for a second grader: indoor recess, a playdate, karate class, a friend to read with. That makes these reading passages with questions easy to connect to their own friendships.

Digital version

Assign the interactive digital version, 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.