Year 2 Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Set 4 | Australian Curriculum

Ten Year 2 reading comprehension passages with matching question pages and a retell page for every text - Set 4 in the Mini Monsters reading comprehension series. A deliberate mix of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, so students practise every text type they meet in Year 2.

• Three imaginative texts - An Apple A Day, Belinda Bookworm and Lost In Paradise - characters, sequencing and inference
• Four informative texts - Atoms, The Vet, Stars and Crystals - fact finding and literal comprehension with real science and community content
• Three persuasive texts - Plants: Blissful Greenery, Everyone Needs A Pet and Fascinating Volcanos - spotting opinions, arguments and author intent
• Ten questions per passage - tick box questions, written responses, a challenge vocabulary question and a draw-what-you-picture task, building from literal recall to inference
• A retell page for every passage - students rewrite the text in their own words in the correct order
• Black and white printable, ink friendly, one clean A4 page per sheet

What exactly do I get?

A single print ready PDF - 32 pages in total including the cover and the credits and terms of use page.

How do students check their work?

Questions are answered straight from the passage, so they suit desk marking, peer checking and reading group discussion - no answer key to manage.

Which year levels is this suitable for?

Year 2 Australian classrooms, reading groups and intervention in later years. The resources were originally created under the US 2nd Grade label - the reading level is equivalent.

Is this aligned to the Australian Curriculum V9.0?

Yes. AC9E2LY05 covers using comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning - exactly what the question pages and retells practise.

How do I use these?

Reading groups, guided reading, homework, fast finishers, assessment snapshots, or one passage a week across a whole term.

All worksheets are original Mini Monsters artwork and layouts. The credits and terms of use page lists the clipart and font creators used in this product.