2nd grade making predictions worksheets
Second grade prediction passages add real-world clues: storm clouds piling up, geese gathering to fly south. Your child predicts the outcome and matches it to its evidence, which is the difference between guessing and predicting.
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Each click picks one of the 26 passages written for this grade. Every sheet comes with its answer key. You don't need to sign up.
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The kind of passages you'll get
Read the passage. Then circle the letter of the best answer for each question.
Grandpa Can't Find His Glasses
Grandpa sat in his big chair with the newspaper. After a while, he pushed his glasses up on top of his head and closed his eyes for a little rest. When he woke up, he wanted to finish the crossword puzzle. He patted his shirt…
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What will Nell most likely do next?
point to the top of Grandpa's head · look under the couch for the glasses · go to the store for new glasses · hide the newspaper
Answer: point to the top of Grandpa's head
- Which clue shows where the glasses are? something shiny is on his hair · his shirt pocket was empty · he called out to everyone in the house · Nell came in from the kitchen
Each print picks one of the 26 passages written for this grade, and its questions come with it. With 26 to pick from, a second print can land on one you've used, so check the title before you hand it out.
What's on a 2nd grade sheet
2nd grade sheets draw from 26 passages, 53 to 106 words long. All 13 of 1st grade's passages are here too, plus 13 more. On 1st grade sheets they run 53 to 72 words.
Some of the titles: The Wobbling Tower, The Substitute's List, Clouds over the Cornfield, Feeding Time at the Aquarium, The Mitten on the Bench, Biscuit by the Door.
- Reading passage. Read the passage. Then circle the letter of the best answer for each question. One passage per sheet, with its own question set.
Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.
How to teach this
Play weather-forecaster: a prediction needs evidence, so ask your child to report it like the news. A storm is coming BECAUSE the clouds grew tall and the birds took shelter. The because is the whole skill.
Watch for: A prediction is not a wish. Kids pick the ending they WANT instead of the one the clues support. Ask: which clue says so? Wild endings feel fun but score wrong. The best prediction is the boring one the passage has been setting up all along.
Common questions about 2nd grade making predictions
- What kinds of clues appear at second grade?
- Both story clues (a girl who always orders chocolate) and world clues (tall dark clouds, restless geese). Mixing them teaches that predicting uses the page plus what you already know.
- What do the wrong options look like?
- Possible but unsupported endings. The passage never rules them out; it just never points to them. Choosing the supported one is exactly the skill.
Related worksheets
- 1st grade making predictions A step easier, same skill
- 3rd grade making predictions A step harder, same skill
- 2nd grade animal reading comprehension Same grade, nearby skill
- 2nd grade author's purpose Same grade, nearby skill
- 2nd grade cause and effect Same grade, nearby skill
- Making predictions, all grades The full progression
- All 2nd grade English worksheets Every skill at this level
- All 2nd grade worksheets Everything at this level
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Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 241, updated October 2026.
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