Pillbugs Reading Comprehension Worksheet
This pillbugs reading comprehension worksheet gives 2nd graders a fun science passage about roly-polies, four multiple-choice questions and a short response, plus an answer key, to build close reading skills.
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Description
Pillbugs, also called roly-polies, are a favorite discovery for curious kids. This pillbugs reading comprehension worksheet helps 2nd grade readers learn surprising facts about these tiny creatures while practicing how to find answers in an informational text. Students learn that a pillbug is not an insect at all, but a crustacean, just like a crab or a lobster.
The first page has a 180-word pillbug reading passage and a colorful picture of three pillbugs curled into balls beside a rotten log. Students read about how pillbugs grow, why they curl up, how they breathe with gills, where they live and what they eat. Then they turn the page to answer questions about the text. Read the passage aloud together or let children read on their own, then go back to the text to find and check each answer.
What’s Included
- A 180-word informational passage about pillbugs written at a 2nd grade reading level
- A full-color illustration of pillbugs on a damp forest floor
- Four multiple-choice questions with fill-in-the-bubble answers
- One short-response question that asks students to use two facts from the text
- A complete answer key
Why It Helps Kids
First, the questions send students back into the text to find evidence, which builds strong reading habits. Second, the short-response question teaches children to explain an answer with two details. Third, the science content grows vocabulary with real words like crustacean, gills and armor, each explained right in the passage.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Pair this pillbugs reading comprehension worksheet with a nature walk and look under logs or leaves for real roly-polies. Have students draw a pillbug and label its hard plates, or compare pillbugs with insects on a simple chart. It also works well in a science center, a small reading group or as homework.
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