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.








Teach Reach Rosa –
This was exactly what I was looking for to use with reading. Thank you!
Floating in First Grade –
This was perfect for small groups! It really helped my students understand the concept better.
Connect2Teach –
This activity was very fun & engaging for my students!
mrsbrownsclassroomresources –
This is an excellent print and go resource for me to use with my 3rd graders!
Brittany B. –
I loved that this had multiple passages to practice with on different levels!
Tammye G. –
Great resource for both small group and large/whole group.
Brittany W. –
This was great practice for my third graders to read and identify points of view. I used it as differentiation for students who were reading below grade level.
teachlovexplore –
These were such a great resource for reviewing point of view with my students. The passages and questions were great, and I especially appreciated the reading levels included.
Rikki Harris –
I found this extremely useful in small groups! I love the anchor charts that are included for reference.
Natasha R. –
My students liked being able to read the stories and then be able to use the questions. The stories were high interest for them and loved discussing what they read.
Brittney D. –
Point of view is very difficult. This resource helped me to teach and then assess students over the different types of point of view.
Happiness in Second –
WOW great resource for my second graders! Perfect for independent practice for my high kids.
Fifth Favorites –
I used these in centers for my lower level readers and they worked very well. They could complete them easily and the content is good.
Laurie E. –
These are my favorite for small group strategy work.
Teaching High Hopes –
I used this with my students who needed instruction-level materials! Thank you!
Gianna Hittmann –
Great resource with multiple reading levels that were a good fit for my students!
Christin J. –
This was a great resource! It helped my students master the content and meet goals.
Ms. Morgan in 5th –
These passages were great for my students! I love that they are at different lexile levels.
Brianna Donaruma –
This is a great resource for my students! My students loved it.
Rachel L. –
I absolutely love everything MagiCore. I use MagiCore resources every week. It reinforces finding text evidence.
Jenifer Stewart –
This was a helpful supplemental resource for reading. Students were engaged and received more opportunities to understand and master the skill.
Iris Y. –
This resource truly helped my students understand point of view. Students were able to identify point of view.
Kathryn M. –
I absolutely love how differentiated this resource is! We use it with third and love how we can have them cite evidence and write in complete sentences the answer. I didn’t buy the bundle, but have bought so many of these resources!
Angela G. –
This is a great addition to my teaching resources. Thank you!
Teaching inthe Rural –
Great resource! This really helped the kids in their learning.
Jennifer G. –
This was so useful with revisiting point of view and assessing this standard. The passages were engaging and interesting, and just the right length. Thank you!
Melissa D. –
This is great for my ELL students!!! Thank you so much!
amber M. –
This is a great resource! It was engaging and easy to use.
Shimmy Shake and Educate –
I put these in a bucket I called the spiral bucket and when students needed help with a skill they went to the bucket for it. This was in there for POV the students were just challenged enough to help refine their learning but yet understood what to do. Great resource.
Kristen H. –
These are great passages that are aliened with the standard.
Miranda S. –
These resources are so wonderful! They are perfectly aligned and very engaging. I appreciate that students are required to find text evidence.
Paula F. –
This is a great resource. It is engaging for my students.
Beth Roos –
This was a very helpful supplement to the curriculum. The passages were good reading practice and the questions were well aligned with the common core
Mackenzie H. –
Teaching a character’s point of view is a tricky concept with the curriculum we are given. This really helped my students understand the points of view without being lost in the story. Once we practiced using this, students were able to read other stories and talk about different points of view! Success!
Alexandria H. –
Supplemented my lesson; Used for small group instruction and independent practice.
Sandra B. –
This was a great resource for teaching this skill to my students.
MissBogonis –
this was a wonderful resource to use in my classroom!
Krisitn Breinlinger –
Great resource. My students were engaged and I will be using this resource to teach this standard again.
Ashley G. –
I seriously love all these resources! Easy to use and very engaging!
Lori D. –
Great resource for point of view. Great practice and review for my students.
Kelli F. –
Great resource! I use this in small group with my students who are struggling.
Emily Culbreth –
I use these EVERY week in reading. They are perfect. The differentiation aspect is great for the various levels in my room this year.
Laura L. –
Great resource! Loved the differentiated texts and the text based questions. Test was well aligned with standard.
sentrice W. –
Great resource for my students! Also, this gave my students more practice with the skill.
Carrie L. –
I loved the idea of having the students color code their answers.
Nicole D. –
Very engaging passages and aligned to common core.
Christina R. –
Thank you for the great resource. It was very helpful.
Danielle F. –
I trust any resource by MagiCore whole heartedly.. As usual, this didn’t disappoint. The texts are always authentic and the questions are at different DOK levels.
Reading with Ms B –
Finding passages that align to standards is always hard. This resource makes it easy for me to teach the standard easily and not sacrifice student engagement
McDonough Musings –
I use these as part of my whole group lessons and collaborative group work.