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.








C C. –
Awesome! Thanks for another great set of reading comprehension passages tied to the common core standards.