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2nd Grade

Reading comprehension, writing, and growing math skills

Worksheet for 2026-10-05

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📖 The Mystery of the Crumbs

Leah saw crumbs under the art table and guessed someone had eaten a cookie there. Then she noticed a broken piece of dry modeling clay. The crumbs were the same pale color as the clay. Her teacher explained that the clay had crumbled during cleanup. Leah changed her guess. A clue can look familiar and still come from something unexpected.

1. What does Leah first think caused the crumbs?

 

2. What new clue does she notice?

 

3. What caused the crumbs?

 

4. Why is changing her guess sensible?

 

✏️ Writing

Write three sentences showing Leah's first idea, new clue, and new idea.

➕ Math

1. There are 3 groups with 3 dots in each group. How many dots? ______
2. Skip count by 5s: 5, 10, 15, ______, ______
3. Skip count by 10s: 20, 30, 40, ______, ______
4. Draw 3 groups of 3 circles.

🎨 Color & Create

Draw a mystery object and two possible explanations for it.

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📖 Reading Answers

  1. Someone eating a cookie.
  2. A broken piece of dry modeling clay matching the crumbs.
  3. Clay crumbling during cleanup.
  4. The new evidence supports a different explanation.

➕ Math Answers

  1. 9
  2. 20, 25
  3. 50, 60
  4. Student drawing: 3 groups of 3

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