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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Kela P. –
Absolutely love these … I can’t wait to get every standard. This is perfect for my students. It allows them to work on their fluency. Thank you.
Genea N. –
Great resource for teaching point of view! includes a good variety of passages.
M D. –
Great quality, easy to use, and perfect for my classroom. Highly recommend!
Amy Chapman –
I really like your passages… you always include a variety of stories and require the students to locate text evidence. Thanks!
Renee U. –
This is a great resource for my students. It has helped them with this difficult concept, and they really enjoyed it.
Elizabeth K. –
Great resource. Good review and engaging activity.
Brittany C. –
These were great to use in my small groups! I loved how they are differentiated by Lexile levels!
McKenzi South –
I always love using these to practice going back and forth to find text evidence.
Regina M. –
Thank you for a great product. My students were able to understand point of view with the use of this product.
Teaching in the Palmettos –
Amazing resource. It was very helpful in the classroom.
Brooke B. –
This was a great addition to what I am using in the classroom! Thank you for sharing!
Semone N. –
Love it it works in small groups and morning work!
Kaitlin S. –
This lesson was fun and engaging. My students really enjoyed it.
Natalie P. –
Highly recommend implementing this product into small groups! It was awesome.
brenda C. –
I use these comp passages in reading centers. Kiddos do them with a partner. Great!
Angela Miller Hop To It –
My students found these passages engaging. I found that they were very helpful in learning the concept of point of view
Candice W. –
Fantastic resource! Lots to use and keep students engaged! Students can use independently. Thank you!
Tania L. –
I love this resource! I love that my students have to prove their answers and they have to look back through their stories to find evidence. I love that I can use this as a whole class and in a small group. Thank you so much for creating these.
Christine K. –
This resource was great. My students loved it. Thank you!
Stefani G. –
Point of view is my favorite lesson to teach and using these was helpful for in class learning and homework practice!
Noggins and Noodles –
This resource was great. My students loved it. Thank you!
Maeghan G. –
I use this yearly for homework for my students. I love that is has different levels starting low and moving up.
Ami B. –
A huge thank you for the time spent making these resource. They were SO helpful to my students learning about Point of View!
Alexis J. –
Great resources while learning author’s point of view. The articles are in line with standards and interesting to students
Bridgette P. –
Great resource with a variety of passages and questions!
kailey majewski –
This is a good resource to use to go over the standards.
Second Home Classroom –
This an amazing resource that helped prepare for my students. Thank you!
MsMorgansMarketplace –
I got this towards the end of my school year and my students seemed to like the stories we did. I can’t wait to use more of the stories next year!
SimplyMissG –
Great resource! These are easy for me to use because they are so aligned with my standards.
Mrs Amber Davis –
Thank you so much for this amazing resource. It is so helpful!
Daly Essentials of Teaching –
I loved this resource and so did my class! This was super helpful in my classroom!
Kimberly B. –
This resource is super engaging! My students love it!
Little Leaf Learning Lab –
Your skill based passages are always a win! They are exactly what I need each time, the passages are so engaging and the questions have my kiddos thinking critically each time! Thank you.
Tyler H. –
I love this resource! It was exactly what I was looking for! Great passages and questions!
Ms. Burns’s Classroom Creations –
This is great practice for students with point of view. I love the content of the passages and how they are aligned with what I want my students to practice.
Penny Norman –
My students enjoyed the stories and they were great for teaching the topic “Point of View.” The stories were age appropriate and questions and activities aligned well.
Cynthia A. –
This was a great resource. I really like the anchor charts along with the work of highlighting text evidence.
Jennifer H. –
Awesome resource. It was very engaging for my class.
Maddison Brown –
My students enjoyed the stories and they were great for teaching the topic “Point of View.” The stories were age appropriate and questions and activities aligned well.
Johnie G. –
This was great for comparing and contrasting author’s POV with the students! I will use again!
Geiger’s Gems –
These passages are great for small group retracting skills.
Megan T. –
These passages were very interesting to my students. It was very easy to print and go with this resource. Thank you for the additional activities to help with point of view.
Life of a Teaching Mama – Keyla Kuehler –
Thanks! This has been so great for my students!
Bloom Bright Tutoring LLC –
This was really helpful in helping my students understand this concept in a concrete way. They were engaged in the stories and had fun finding the answers! Thank you!
Mary M. –
This is a fantastic resource for students in the classroom.
Tammy C. –
I love MagiCore resources! They are great resources for teaching those reading comprehension skills.
MrsRepicisRoom –
We loved using this to go along with our POV lessons!
Kristina S. –
I really like the setup of multiple-choice and constructed responses. This is a great resource for identifying point of view.
Lori J. –
I love that the passages are leveled for easy differentiation.
I I. –
The work was engaging and low prep. The small groups found the work enjoyable. I liked that the resource resembled NYS ELA format (multiple choice and constructed response).