Reading a Grade 2 Story is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on reading a whole Grade 2 story and answering across it, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.10. 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 pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Reading a Grade 2 Story

RL.2.10

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Read the story, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Crow and the Pitcher

A crow had flown for hours without finding water. At last she saw a pitcher standing in a garden. She landed on the rim and looked in. There was water at the bottom, but the neck was narrow and her beak could not reach it. She pushed the pitcher. It was too heavy to tip. Then the crow noticed the pebbles on the path. She picked one up and dropped it in. Then another. Then another. Each pebble pushed the water a little higher. After forty pebbles, the water reached the top. The crow drank until she had had enough.

1. What is the moral of this fable?
2. What does dropping forty pebbles tell you about the crow?
3. How many pebbles did it take?
4. What did the crow find in the garden?

2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The New Boy

A new boy called Iosif joined the class in November. He did not speak much English yet. At playtime he stood by the wall. Some children waved. He looked away. Marta noticed he was watching the football. She rolled the ball to him. He stopped it neatly and rolled it back. They passed it for ten minutes without saying a word. When the bell went, Iosif said one word: "Tomorrow?" "Tomorrow," said Marta.

1. What does Marta do that the others do not?
2. When did Iosif join the class?
3. How does the beginning set up the story?
4. How does the ending conclude the action?

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Answer key — Reading a Grade 2 Story

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Little by little does the job — patience and thinking solve what strength cannot. 2. She is patient — she kept dropping pebbles even though each one raised the water only a little. 3. Forty. 4. A pitcher with water at the bottom.
2.1. She rolls him the ball instead of waving. 2. In November. 3. It tells us Iosif is new and does not speak much English, which is the difficulty. 4. The two agree to meet again with one word each.

More practice for RL.2.10

Read and understand stories and poems at the Grade 2-3 level by the year's end.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.2.10 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.