Halloween reading comprehension worksheets

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2nd grade Halloween reading comprehension passage with questions and an answer key · 2 pages + answer key

NameDateGrade 2 readingHow a Pumpkin GrowsRead the article. Then answer the questions. Fill in the bubble or write your answer.Informational text · 2nd grade · 210 wordsEvery pumpkin on a porch in October started as a small, flat seed.1Farmers plant pumpkin seeds in late spring, after the danger of frost has2passed. Pumpkins need lots of sun, water, and room to spread out. Inabout a week, two leaves poke up from the soil.The plant grows into a long vine that creeps across the ground. Its big3leaves shade the soil and keep it moist. Soon, bright yellow flowers bloomon the vine.A pumpkin vine has two kinds of flowers. Only one kind has a tiny green4ball at its base. That ball is a baby pumpkin! Bees visit the flowers todrink nectar, and they carry pollen from flower to flower. When pollenreaches a flower with a green ball, the ball can grow into a pumpkin.Over the summer, the pumpkin grows bigger and bigger. It starts out5green and slowly turns orange. Most pumpkins take about three to fourmonths to grow from seed to harvest.Here’s a surprising fact: a pumpkin is a fruit. Scientists call the part of a6flowering plant that holds the seeds a fruit. So next time you scoop out apumpkin, look at all those seeds. Each one could grow a brand-newpumpkin plant.edulist.com/worksheets/reading-comprehension/halloweenPage 1 of 2

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Halloween reading comprehension with three original passages, one for each grade band. Kindergarten and 1st grade read "Pip Picks a Pumpkin," a short story about choosing pumpkins with Gran. 2nd and 3rd grade read "How a Pumpkin Grows," which explains vines, flowers, bees and why a pumpkin is a fruit. 4th and 5th grade read "Bats: Masters of the Night," covering echolocation, wing bones and why bats aren't blind.

Each passage has six questions and an answer key. This version shows the 2nd grade pumpkin article; choose a grade above to switch bands. Make it a Halloween learning day with a Halloween word search, Halloween writing prompts and the Halloween worksheet pack.

Tips for using it

  • After the pumpkin article, cut open a real pumpkin and count the seeds.
  • Pair the bat article with a short video of bats echolocating.
  • Read the K–1 story aloud and let your child tell you about their own pumpkin.

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Is a pumpkin really a fruit?

Yes. Botanists call the part of a flowering plant that holds the seeds a fruit, so pumpkins, like tomatoes and cucumbers, are fruits even though we cook them like vegetables.

Are the Halloween passages scary?

No. They're cheerful or factual. The stories are about picking and decorating pumpkins, and the nonfiction explains how pumpkins grow and how bats find food.

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