Description
Help students recognize who is telling a story and how that perspective matters.
- Grades: 2–3
- Format: Printable pages + Google Slides
Learning Objective
Students will identify point of view and explain how it shapes a text.
What's Included
- 10 practice texts (9 story selections and 1 play) and 2 assessments (1 story and 1 play).
- 2 model texts, anchor charts, and teacher guidance.
- Scaffolded comprehension questions and answer keys.
- Printable PDF and Google Slides formats.
- Classroom use
- Use model texts for whole-class instruction, practice passages for small groups or independent work, and assessments to check understanding. Rainbow Reading encourages students to color-code evidence and build the habit of returning to the text to support answers.
- Passage titles & Lexile levels
- The Big Storm — 460L
- My Missing Bear — 500L
- Getting Ready for the Big Cookout — Lexile level not provided
- Ferris Wheel Fear — 540L
- Letters from Summer Camp — 560L
- A Doggy Day — 580L
- A Difficult Day — 610L
- Dance Talent — 610L
- A Car Ride With Dad — 730L
- Cinderella Stories — 810L
- Assessment: The Cafeteria Dilemma — Lexile level not provided
- Assessment: The Pointed Truth — 600L
- Model text: The Spelling Bee — Lexile level not provided
- Model text: To Fish or Not to Fish — Lexile level not provided
Ways to Use
Whole-class instruction, small groups, independent practice, or enrichment.
Preparation
Preview the student pages, choose the activities, and print the pages you need. For digital use, check device and internet access and assign the version you will use.
Standards & Skills
Source-listed alignment: RL.2.6, RL.3.6.








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Loved these! I bought additional units, because of the quality.
Mandy Gross –
Nice graphics and easy to read.
Caitlin M. –
Great for small group!
Ashley G. –
I own all of these. Love them!
Brittany M. –
Loved using these passages!
Polly N. –
Thanks a million!
Sara Burkhardt –
I used this in my strategy small groups – perfect for using the same materials to teach a concept to different levels of student. Both my struggling and accelerated readers were successful with understanding and identifying point of view using materials at their level of independent instruction.
Jennifer S. –
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Andrea R. –
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Christie P. –
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Teaching from A-T –
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Stephanie Myles –
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MrsGockleyinThird –
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Pamela A. –
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Emily B. –
Loved this resource for small groups!
Leah J. –
Love find the evidence!
Amanda james –
Awesome resource!
Lacey M. –
This was a great resource to have for small group reading, as it was easily differentiated. Thank you!
Grace York –
Love the differentiation possible!
Valeri W. –
Love using these to supplement our curriculum when teaching point of view. Thank you!
Kim F. –
These are excellent for point of view.
Beth J B. –
Really helpful
Mellissa R. –
Good
Claudine Brown –
Loved this resource. Very engaging, high interest stories.
Samantha Roque –
I love all your stuff. This is a great resource to help differentiate learning and reading strategies in the classroom. Explains step by step how to guide students.
Teaching Love and Laughter –
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Elizabeth C. –
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lumarys V. –
My students loved doing these for homework because it added a different element with the coloring!
Amy V. –
Just what I was looking for. Thanks so much!
Renee Hardin –
Great resource!
Teaching in Flip Flops –
These were SO awesome to teach POV!
Elaine Russell –
Thank you!
Leslie B. –
These common core ELA passages provide terrific targeted practice of the standards they are aligned to!
Jamie Hall –
Great Resource!
Andrea Stilwell –
Great!
Sandra Burnham –
Great resource that meets the standards.
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Taylor D. –
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Patricia Kidd –
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Katherine A M. –
Great resource! Used during small group and then gave them another passage for independent practice and it worked really well!
Brittany A. –
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