📰 Reading Informational Text: Penguins (Grade 2)

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Read the text. Answer using evidence from the text.

Penguins

Penguins are birds, but they cannot fly.

Their wings work like flippers to help them swim fast.

Most penguins live in the southern half of the world.

Emperor penguin fathers keep their eggs warm on their feet.

A thick layer of fat and tight feathers keeps penguins warm in icy water.

1. Can penguins fly?

2. What do penguins use their wings for?

3. Where do emperor penguin dads keep their eggs?

4. What is the main idea?

Main topic
Key detail 1
Key detail 2

Answer key: 1) no · 2) swimming · 3) on their feet · 4) Penguins are birds that swim instead of fly and stay warm in cold places. · Central idea: Penguins are birds that swim instead of fly and stay warm in cold places.

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About this grade 2 worksheet

Free Grade 2 English worksheet (Common Core RI.2.1): read the informational text "Penguins", find the main idea and answer questions with evidence. Skill: Key ideas and details in informational text. Level: Grade 2 — also suits Year 3 (UK).

For teachers: skills & standards

CCSS RI.2.1: Ask and answer questions about key details in an informational text
CCSS RI.2.2: Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text and the focus of paragraphs
CCSS RI.2.3: Describe the connection between events, ideas or steps
Works as a morning-work page, a centre/station activity, homework or an early-finisher task.

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Key ideas and details in informational text.

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