Label the Diagram is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on saying what a diagram would need to label, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.7. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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.
A polar bear lives where the sea freezes. It has three ways of keeping its heat in.
Under its skin is a layer of fat up to eleven centimeters thick. Fat is a poor conductor, so heat does not pass through it easily.
Above that is dense underfur, packed tight so cold water cannot reach the skin.
On top are long guard hairs. Each one is hollow and clear, not white. They look white because they scatter the light, the way snow does.
A polar bear is so well insulated that it can overheat if it runs too far.
1. What is under the guard hairs?
2. What would a cross-section diagram need to label?
3. What color are the guard hairs really?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Earthquakes
The Earth's crust is not one piece. It is broken into huge slabs called plates, and the plates are always moving — about as fast as your fingernails grow.
Where two plates meet, they can catch on each other. Pressure builds up for years while they are stuck.
When they finally slip, all that stored energy is released at once. The ground shakes. That shaking is an earthquake.
Most earthquakes are too small to feel. A few are strong enough to bring down buildings, which is why new buildings in some places are made to sway.
1. What are the huge slabs of crust called?
2. What makes the ground shake?
3. What would a diagram for this text need to show?
LessonPrint · RI.2.7 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Label the Diagram
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Dense underfur, packed tight. 2. The skin, the fat layer, the underfur and the guard hairs. 3. Clear, not white.
2.1. Plates. 2. Stored energy released when two stuck plates finally slip. 3. Two plates meeting, caught, and then slipping past each other.
Questions about Label the Diagram
What does the Label the Diagram worksheet cover?
It practices saying what a diagram would need to label — 2 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core RI.2.7: Explain what a diagram adds that the words alone do not. The instruction to students is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Label the Diagram practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.7 — RI.2.7, under Reading: Informational Text for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Label the Diagram is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on RI.2.7, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Label the Diagram 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 Label the Diagram can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Label the Diagram free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Label the Diagram, 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 RI.2.7
Explain what a diagram adds that the words alone do not.