Riding the Bus Reading Comprehension Worksheet
This Riding the Bus Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 2nd grade students a short back to school story, four multiple choice questions, one written response and an answer key, so you can check comprehension in one sitting.
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Description
The Riding the Bus Reading Comprehension Worksheet helps second grade students read a short back to school story and show what they understood. Reading comprehension is the skill of holding on to characters, events and feelings while the words go by, and then using the text to answer a question. Early in the school year, a story about a first bus ride gives students something familiar to think about while they practice that skill.
This 2nd grade back to school worksheet tells the story of Kayla, who is nervous about riding the school bus for the very first time. Students read the passage on page one, then move to page two and answer four multiple choice questions and one written question. The questions move from simple recall to feelings and finally to a short explanation, so one page of reading gives you a full picture of how each student is doing. A complete answer key is included.
What Is Included
- A one page illustrated story about a student riding the school bus for the first time
- Four multiple choice comprehension questions with fill in the bubble answers
- One written response question that asks students to use two details from the text
- A full answer key with sample written responses
- A print ready PDF sized for standard letter paper
Three Reasons This Helps Students
- The story is written at a true second grade reading level, so students can decode it on their own and spend their thinking on meaning instead of on the words.
- The written response question teaches students to point back at the text for proof, which is the habit every reading test asks for.
- The topic is one almost every child has lived through, so students who are still building confidence have real background knowledge to lean on.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Use this Riding the Bus Reading Comprehension Worksheet during the first week of school as a gentle assessment that also opens a conversation about first day nerves. Read the story aloud once together, then let students read it again quietly before they start the questions. Ask students to underline the sentence that helped them choose each answer. For the written question, model one sentence on the board and let students write the second one on their own. Struggling readers can work with a partner on page one and answer page two independently. Finished students can write about their own first bus ride on the back of the page.
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