RL.2.2 Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.2
:"Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral."
Our Take: Second graders read fables and folktales from a variety of different cultures. Help your students accurately recount the events of these stories and discuss their messages.
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
Worksheets
Using My Own Words: The Frog Prince
Worksheet
Using My Own Words: The Frog Prince
Reinforce grammar and comprehension as you support your students in understanding the elements of a fictional text! In this activity, students will practice identifying verbs and rewriting the beloved story of "The Frog Prince" in their own words.
2nd Grade
Worksheet
Paragraph Frame Worksheet for Fictional Text Retell
Worksheet
Paragraph Frame Worksheet for Fictional Text Retell
Use this paragraph frame worksheet to support ELs as they navigate through the process of retelling text using transition words. This template can be used as a scaffold for any fictional text in the classroom!
1st Grade
Worksheet
The Ugly Duckling's New Friend
Worksheet
The Ugly Duckling's New Friend
Everyone's heard the story of the ugly duckling, but have you met his new friend, the beastly bird? Help students learn about the importance of transition words when telling a story with this fun tale of outcasts who become fast friends!
2nd Grade
Worksheet
I Can Make Predictions and Summarize Text
Worksheet
I Can Make Predictions and Summarize Text
Use this short fictional story about the ugly duckling’s new friend to help your ELs make predictions, summarize text, and recognize the importance of transitional phrases!
2nd Grade
Worksheet
Practice with Verbs
Worksheet
Practice with Verbs
Help your students get a handle on tricky verb tenses by providing them with extra practice! Students will transform words into present participle and past tense before drafting their own sentences.
2nd Grade
Worksheet
Glossary: Retelling with Paragraph Frames
Worksheet
Glossary: Retelling with Paragraph Frames
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling with Paragraph Frames.
2nd Grade
Worksheet
Lesson Plans
Read and Retell a Classic Story
Lesson plan
Read and Retell a Classic Story
Your students will enjoy reading the classic story “The Ugly Duckling,” written about a very lovable duck! This reading lesson also includes a fun partner activity to help your students practice comprehension.
1st Grade
Lesson plan
Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How?
Lesson plan
Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How?
Do you have students who are constantly asking what, who, where, why, how, and when? It's your turn to ask now! Have them read various stories and ask them to answer these questions in this lesson.
1st Grade
Lesson plan
Traditional Literature: Story Mapping
Lesson plan
Traditional Literature: Story Mapping
Students will learn how to identify story elements and create a short and sweet summary. They will fill out a graphic organizer and solidify their understanding by creating illustrations to show major plot points that they find themselves!
2nd Grade
Lesson plan
The Paper Bag Princess
Lesson plan
The Paper Bag Princess
In this lesson, students will practice listening comprehension skills after reading “The Paper Bag Princess” together as a class. Afterward, students will role-play, make inferences, and use summarization to strengthen literacy skills.
1st Grade
Lesson plan
Play It Again
Lesson plan
Play It Again
Merging art, creativity, and literature, this lesson is sure to be a crowd favorite. Students will practice their puppetry as they create plays to retell stories in this drama-filled lesson.
1st Grade
Lesson plan
Sticky Reading Comprehension
Lesson plan
Sticky Reading Comprehension
Sometimes students struggle with comprehension, and it can be difficult to pinpoint where the breakdown occurs. Help your students make visual summaries on sticky notes in this lesson!
1st Grade
Lesson plan
Workbooks
Fairy Tales: Classics Known and New
Workbook
Fairy Tales: Classics Known and New
Spark an interest in reading with an introduction to four classic tales. Coloring pages make old and new stories accessible, especially for reluctant readers.
2nd Grade
Workbook
A Holiday Bedtime Story
Workbook
A Holiday Bedtime Story
This workbook is a festive way to work on reading comprehension strategies.
2nd Grade
Workbook
Tall Tales
Workbook
Tall Tales
Can you read 100 books in a day? Run a mile in 30 seconds? Kids can compare fact and fiction with Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and others to learn about story structure, character analysis and hyperbole.
2nd Grade
Workbook
Games
Ogg and the Beanstalk
Story
Ogg and the Beanstalk
Teach kids about the importance of story perspective with this interactive version of Jack and the Beanstalk, retold from the Giant's point of view.
2nd Grade
Story
Jack and the Beanstalk
Story
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack grew a magical beanstalk that changed his life! Introduce kids to the classic fairy tale with this interactive story, featuring three reading modes.
2nd Grade
Story
Jack and the Beanstalk Reading Comprehension
Game
Jack and the Beanstalk Reading Comprehension
Developing reading comprehension skills is essential to becoming a super reader. Challenge kids to recall details about Jack and the Beanstalk in this game.
2nd Grade
Game
Exercises
No exercises found for this common core code.
