What Each Paragraph Is About is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on matching each paragraph to the one thing it is about, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.2. 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 camel's hump is full of fat. When food is hard to find, the camel lives off it.
Under its fur, a polar bear has a thick layer of fat. The fat holds in its body heat.
A fire engine carries ladders that reach the third floor of a building.
A polar bear's paws are wide and furry. They spread its weight on thin ice.
A.The ladders on a fire engine
B.How a polar bear keeps heat in
C.How a polar bear walks on ice
D.How a camel stores food
2.Join each paragraph to what it is mostly about.
A tadpole grows back legs, then front legs, and its tail slowly shrinks.
Magma rises through the ground because it is lighter than the rock around it.
A bee does a waggle dance to show other bees where the flowers are.
Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant.
A.Why magma rises
B.Volcanoes that are sleeping
C.How a tadpole changes
D.How bees share directions
LessonPrint · RI.2.2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Each Paragraph Is About
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A camel's hump is full of fat. When food is hard to find, the camel lives off it. — D (How a camel stores food) 2. Under its fur, a polar bear has a thick layer of fat. The fat holds in its body heat. — B (How a polar bear keeps heat in) 3. A fire engine carries ladders that reach the third floor of a building. — A (The ladders on a fire engine) 4. A polar bear's paws are wide and furry. They spread its weight on thin ice. — C (How a polar bear walks on ice)
2.1. A tadpole grows back legs, then front legs, and its tail slowly shrinks. — C (How a tadpole changes) 2. Magma rises through the ground because it is lighter than the rock around it. — A (Why magma rises) 3. A bee does a waggle dance to show other bees where the flowers are. — D (How bees share directions) 4. Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant. — B (Volcanoes that are sleeping)
Questions about What Each Paragraph Is About
What does the What Each Paragraph Is About worksheet cover?
It practices matching each paragraph to the one thing it is about — 2 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core RI.2.2: Say what the whole text is about and what each paragraph is about. The instruction to students is “Write the letter of the match next to each one”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does What Each Paragraph Is About practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.2 — RI.2.2, under Reading: Informational Text for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What Each Paragraph Is About is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on RI.2.2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What Each Paragraph Is About 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 What Each Paragraph Is About 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 What Each Paragraph Is About free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What Each Paragraph Is About, 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.2.2
Say what the whole text is about and what each paragraph is about.