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Would a Heading Help Here? is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on saying what a text feature would add to a passage, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.5. 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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Would a Heading Help Here?

RI.2.5

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How Paper Is Recycled

Used paper does not become new paper by magic. It goes through five stages. First it is sorted. Card, newspaper and office paper are separated, because each makes a different grade of new paper. Second it is pulped. The paper is mixed with water and churned until the fibres come apart. Third it is cleaned. Staples, glue and ink are removed. Ink is lifted out with air bubbles. Fourth the pulp is pressed flat between rollers and dried. Fifth it is cut into sheets. Paper can be recycled about five to seven times before its fibres get too short to hold together.

  1. 1. What is the second paragraph about?
  2. 2. The text uses First, Second, Third. Why?
  3. 3. How is this whole text organised?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How a Polar Bear Stays Warm

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. 1. What is the second paragraph about?
  2. 2. How would a labelled diagram help with this text?
  3. 3. What is the fourth paragraph about?

LessonPrint · RI.2.5 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Would a Heading Help Here?

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Sorting the paper into card, newspaper and office paper. 2. To mark each stage so the reader can follow the order. 3. As five numbered stages in the order they happen.
  2. 2.1. The layer of fat under the skin. 2. It could show the three layers in order, which is hard to hold in your head from words alone. 3. The long hollow guard hairs and why they look white.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.