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The Night the Streetlight Blinked

Read a short original story about a boy and a streetlight, then answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about key details.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.2.1

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1 Common Core standard
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11 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 answer who, what, where and when questions about the key details of a story.
Students answer why and how questions using details from the text.
Students match questions to answers and write a question of their own about a story.

How to use

Have students read the story once for the big picture, then reread paragraphs as they answer. Talk about which question word (who, where, when, why, how) points to which kind of detail.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.2.1

Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions to show understanding of a story's key details.

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The Night the Streetlight Blinked

Answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about a story.

Read the story

The Night the Streetlight Blinked

1Omar lives on Maple Street. Every evening at five o'clock, the old streetlight in front of his house turns on with a soft hum. Omar likes to watch it from his window while he eats dinner.

2One winter evening, the light blinked twice and then went dark. Just then, Omar's little sister Lila was walking home from her piano class. She stopped at the corner because the sidewalk ahead looked too dark.

3From his window, Omar saw Lila standing at the corner. He grabbed a flashlight and ran outside. "Follow my light!" he called. Omar held the flashlight high and walked beside Lila all the way to their front door.

4The next morning, a worker in a yellow truck fixed the streetlight. Omar waved at the worker from the sidewalk. That evening at five o'clock, the light turned on with its soft hum, and Omar smiled.

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