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Penguin Facts: Does It Make Sense?

Grade 2 reading practice: read a penguin article, check whether each sentence makes sense, and use context clues to fix and understand words.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.2.4.c

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Single worksheet
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1 Common Core standard
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9 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students check whether a sentence makes sense and fix a misread word.
Students use clues in an informational text to work out what new words mean.

How to use

Read the article together once, then let students reread it as they work. Remind them to ask "Does that make sense?" and to look at nearby sentences for clues.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.2.4.c

Use context to confirm or fix word recognition and understanding, rereading as needed.

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Penguin Facts: Does It Make Sense?

Check each sentence and use clues to fix and learn words.

Read the article

Read the article. Go back and reread when you need to.

Birds That Cannot Fly

1Penguins are birds. They have feathers, and they hatch from eggs. But penguins cannot fly. Their wings are flat and stiff. These wings work like flippers. Penguins use them to swim fast under the water.

2Many penguins live in very cold places. Thick feathers and a layer of fat keep them warm. On land, a penguin waddles from side to side on its short legs. To move faster, it may slide across the ice on its belly.

3Emperor penguins lay their eggs as winter begins. The mother goes to the sea to find food. The father stays behind and holds the egg on top of his feet. A fold of warm skin covers the egg.

4The wind is icy, so the fathers huddle. They stand close together in a big group to share their heat. They take turns standing in the warm middle. Around the time the chick hatches, the mother comes back from the sea.

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