Harry the Hippo – Reading Comprehension Worksheet
This Harry the Hippo Reading Comprehension Worksheet lets 2nd Grade readers learn how a hippo spends its day and night, with four multiple-choice questions, a written response and an answer key to check their thinking.
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Description
Hippos are some of the biggest animals on land, and they spend their days in a surprising way. This Harry the Hippo Reading Comprehension Worksheet introduces 2nd grade readers to Harry, a hippo who lives in a wide river in Africa. Children read an informational passage about how a hippo keeps cool in the water, why its eyes, ears and nose sit on top of its head, and what it does when the sun goes down. Along the way they practice finding key details and using evidence from a text.
The Harry the Hippo Reading Comprehension Worksheet is built the way a reading assessment is. Page one holds a colorful crayon-style picture of Harry grazing on the river bank at sunset, with the passage in a clear reading panel below it. Page two asks four multiple-choice questions that move from where Harry lives, to why he stays in the water, to how he sees and breathes, to what he does at night. A short written response then asks students to explain how Harry spends his day and his night, using two things from the text. It works well for independent reading, a guided reading group, a literacy center, a science tie-in or homework.
What’s Included
- A 170-word informational passage about a hippo’s day and night, with a full-color illustration
- Four multiple-choice questions with fill-in-the-bubble answers
- One short written response that compares day and night
- A complete answer key
3 Reasons This Worksheet Helps Kids
- It builds key-detail skills. Every question points back to a sentence in the passage that holds the answer.
- It connects reading and science. Students learn real facts about how a big animal stays safe and cool in its habitat.
- It teaches readers to use evidence. The written response asks students to return to the text and use its words.
Teacher and Parent Ideas
- Before reading, ask students what they already know about hippos and where they think hippos live.
- After reading, have students draw a two-part picture that shows Harry in the day and Harry at night.
- Make a class chart of the body parts that help Harry live in the water, and add a sentence from the text for each one.
- Pair this 2nd grade animals reading comprehension worksheet with other animal passages to compare how each animal lives.
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