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1st and 2nd Grade Summarize and Retell Worksheets : Page 2

Use this worksheet to have students write or draw about their reading each day.

weekly reading response

Weekly Reading Response

Read a chapter and write a summary! Help your second graders practice their reading fluency while also improving their summarizing skills.

this happened and then

This Happened and Then

Then what happened? In this activity, students will choose stop and jot sticky notes from different parts of the story to practice their sequencing and summarizing skills as they respond to questions about the literature.

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Stop & Jot Sticky Note Sequencing

After reading informational books, have students share a summary with a partner. Then have them write out their retelling using this worksheet. Students will be masters of their topics when all is said and done!

read tell write

Read, Tell, Write

This engaging activity helps students practice retelling stories by recounting the details of a favorite story, movie, or TV show. Students are asked to write a paragraph about the beginning, middle, and end of the story, as well as illustrate one of the

re tell about it

(Re) Tell About It

Take the monotony out of writing chapter summaries with this fun and creative alternative! Rather than writing out summaries, students will get to create illustrations and captions for major events from each chapter of their book.

retell with pictures

Retell with Pictures

Use this worksheet to give your students confidence in reading nonfiction texts by familiarizing them with visual elements like diagrams, photographs, illustrations, and charts.

classifying visual text features

Classifying Visual Text Features

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling with Paragraph Frames.

glossary retelling with paragraph frames

Glossary: Retelling with Paragraph Frames

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Summarize a Nonfiction Text.

glossary summarize a nonfiction text

Glossary: Summarize a Nonfiction Text

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

vocabulary cards elements of fairy tales

Vocabulary Cards: Elements of Fairy Tales

This activity adds a discussion element to nonfiction reading. Use this worksheet to get your students thinking about facts in the books they read.

think jot and talk about facts

Think, Jot, and Talk About Facts

Students become authors as they dream up the best book ever with this worksheet.

the best book you could imagine

 The Best Book You Could Imagine

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

glossary making predictions and summarizing

Glossary: Making Predictions and Summarizing

As students read nonfiction books, have them keep track of the fun facts they're learning using this graphic organizer. After collecting five interesting facts in the bubbles, students can use them to write a summary of the book.

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Facts, Facts, Facts

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

glossary using the 5 ws

Glossary: Using the 5 W's

This set of picture cards can help students to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details.

main topic cards

Main Topic Cards

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

vocabulary cards making predictions and summarizing

Vocabulary Cards: Making Predictions and Summarizing

Teach kids the art of book recommendations with this fill-in-the-blank worksheet.

recommended by me

Recommended By Me! 

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn Story Elements.

glossary learn story elements

Glossary: Learn Story Elements

Summarizing a whole book can be daunting, so why not start with just one page? Help students to retell information they’ve read in nonfiction books by choosing one page to summarize.

whats this page about

What's This Page About?

It’s fun to learn about books with friends! One of the best ways to get motivated to read is to get book recommendations. This worksheet helps students do just that in the format of a friendly letter.

book pen pals

Book Pen Pals

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Draw Beginning, Middle, and End.

vocabulary cards draw beginning middle and end

Vocabulary Cards: Draw Beginning, Middle, and End

As students retell stories, have them use symbols to highlight certain parts in their book, such as question marks to note questions and hearts to indicate their favorite parts.

reading with symbols

Reading with Symbols

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

glossary map a story

Glossary: Map a Story

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

vocabulary cards using the 5 ws

Vocabulary Cards: Using the 5 W's

Get students excited about taking reading notes with this bubbly worksheet! This fun format can be used to jot down quick notes about each chapter in your students’ books, then used as a reference for complete summaries when the time comes.

chapter bubbles

Chapter Bubbles

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn Story Elements.

vocabulary cards learn story elements

Vocabulary Cards: Learn Story Elements

This printable worksheet offers a space for students to record facts they have learned from a book. Recalling facts helps develop their ability to summarize reading.

these facts stick in my mind

These Facts Stick in My Mind

After reading nonfiction books, encourage students to share what they’ve learned by writing letters to a family member. Students will use this letter template to share the name of the book and a detailed summary of what they learned.

share your summary

Share Your Summary

Students learn to retell familiar stories by sharing about one of their favorite books. Students will share important details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

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