What Each Paragraph Is About is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on naming the focus of one paragraph at a time, 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 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.
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 centimetres 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 the fourth paragraph about?
2. What is the second paragraph about?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Inside a Fire Engine
A fire engine carries everything a crew might need, because there is no time to go back for anything.
It holds about eighteen hundred litres of water. That sounds like a lot, but a hose can empty it in under three minutes, so the crew connect to a hydrant as soon as they can.
Ladders are carried on the roof. The longest can reach a third-floor window.
Inside are cutting tools for road accidents, breathing sets for smoke, and a thermal camera that finds a hot spot through a wall.
The engine is red so that it is seen. The siren is for when being seen is not enough.
1. What is the second paragraph about?
2. What is the last paragraph about?
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. The long hollow guard hairs and why they look white. 2. The layer of fat under the skin.
2.1. The water the engine carries and why the crew connect to a hydrant. 2. Why the engine is red and why it has a siren.
Questions about What Each Paragraph Is About
What does the What Each Paragraph Is About worksheet cover?
It practises naming the focus of one paragraph at a time — 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 pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does What Each Paragraph Is About practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.2 — RI.2.2, in the Reading: Informational Text domain 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 pupil working at that standard — including older pupils 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 pupil, 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.