Find the Moral is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on naming the lesson a fable is built to teach, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 18 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
18 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Find the Moral
RL.2.2
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Read the story, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Rain on the Roof
Rain on the roof, rain on the road,
rain on the back of a slow brown toad.
Rain on the window, rain on the pane,
rain on the roses, rain, rain, rain.
Rain in the gutter, rain in the drain,
rain till the puddle is deep as a lane.
Rain on the roof, rain on the road —
and out comes the sun for the slow brown toad.
1. What does this poem say about rain?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Lion and the Mouse
A lion lay sleeping in the sun. A mouse ran across his paw and woke him.
The lion caught the mouse in one hand. "Please let me go," said the mouse. "One day I may help you."
The lion laughed. How could a mouse help a lion? But he opened his hand.
Weeks later the lion walked into a hunter's net. He roared and pulled, and the ropes only tightened.
The mouse heard him. She came at once and gnawed the ropes, one strand at a time, until the lion could step free.
1. What is the moral of this fable?
LessonPrint · RL.2.2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Find the Moral
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Rain is everywhere and goes on and on, but it ends and the sun returns.
2.1. A small friend can do what a strong lion cannot — the mouse gnawed the ropes his strength could not break.
Questions about Find the Moral
What does the Find the Moral worksheet cover?
It practises naming the lesson a fable is built to teach — 2 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core RL.2.2: Retell a fable or folktale and say what its moral is. The instruction to pupils is “Read the story, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Find the Moral practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.2 — RL.2.2, in the Reading: Literature domain for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Find the Moral is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on RL.2.2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Find the Moral come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Find the Moral can I print?
25 versions, of which 18 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is Find the Moral free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Find the Moral, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for RL.2.2
Retell a fable or folktale and say what its moral is.