Use the templates to assemble and stage a puppet show based on the story.

The "Somebody Wanted But So Then" reading strategy is a great way to help kids identify the key elements of a story. Students will use this easy format to begin summarizing a story of your choice in this fun treasure map-themed worksheet!

Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

Young readers respond to the books they have completed with this versatile worksheet template.

Let your students show you the way through a story of their choice using this fun road map! Your students will get to flex their reading comprehension muscles as they write about various story elements, including main characters, setting, and plot.

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

Every story has a turning point or two, and this worksheet encourages your kid to examine the main event in a book up close.

Read this charmingly illustrated story of "The Three Little Pigs" then use the finger puppets to retell it!

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy of writing fiction summaries with these reading passages.

Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

Read this classic children's story — then stage a stick puppet performance of it!

Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.

Use this half-sheet graphic reading log to help students write simple summaries.

Help students master summarizing using keywords with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practice both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.

Help students build key reading comprehension skills by creating a story map for a book that they read. Students practice retelling, identifying characters, and making connections.

In this resource, students will identify sequence words in the summary of a well-known fairy tale. Then they'll read a short story and write a summary with the help of a sequence word bank.

Here's a chapter summary guide where your child can jot down the characters in a chapter, his favorite character and even predict what will happen next.

The class watched an exciting movie about a castle adventure. But now the students need help recalling the details of the film.

Learn a fun reading strategy and practice writing fiction summaries using a classic text.

Ask your students to read the story about Ty's birthday, then answer the comprehension questions by retelling main events of the story on the lines provided.

Help your students retell a simple fictional text using a paragraph frame for support! In this activity, students will read a short story about a family's camping trip and then summarize it by filling in the blanks.

In this resource, students will practice writing a simple summary of a fiction story using a paragraph frame with sequence words.

This open-ended reading reflection journal helps students to think about the books they've read.

Stretch student understanding of story sequencing into a summary with this graphic organizer. Students will start by jotting down quick notes to remember each part of the story, then they'll use their notes to write a complete summary of the text.