The Christmas Cookie Swap: Grade 2 Reading Passage

About this worksheet

Sofia and her dad burn their gingerbread stars before the Oak Street cookie swap, then save them with white icing. A free printable 2nd grade short story (108 words) with multiple-choice what/why/how questions, true-or-false sentences and a short written answer. Answer key on page 2. It fits second grade readers, around ages 7 to 8. Add white for snow.

On this sheet

Every December, the families on Oak Street have a Christmas cookie swap. Each family bakes one kind of cookie and brings a big plate to share. This year, Sofia and her dad made gingerbread stars. Sofia rolled the dough, and Dad cut out the stars. But they forgot to set a timer! The first batch came out dark brown and crunchy. Sofia wanted to give up. Instead, Dad showed her how to cover the dark edges with white icing and tiny red candies.

Tips for using it

• Red, green and gold make a classic Christmas palette.
• Before reading, look at the picture and the title together and guess what the passage will be about.
• Ask your child to underline the sentence in the passage that proves each answer.
• Talk about the story afterwards: what was the problem, how was it solved, and what would your child have done?

Printing tips

Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. Free for personal, family and classroom use.