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

This activity guides your readers towards the key details and shows kids how to effectively underline while reading.

Tuck this chapter summary chart into reading workshop folders to help students keep track of longer chapter books. When they finish the book, have them look back at this to create a whole-book summary!

Learn about a mysterious sea creature as you pick out important information for a nonfiction summary.

Have your movie lover read about the history of movies, and then test her reading comprehension as she arranges the events to complete a timeline.

Engage students in reading by having them share books with peers. Students prepare for giving a book talk in which they'll describe what happens in the book, their favorite part, and whether or not they would recommend the book to a friend.

After reading a short story, your students will practice writing a simple summary.

This worksheet will help your child organize the details needed to write about a book they've read!

Use this fairy tale story map to follow the details of your child's favorite stories and strengthen his reading skills.

Learning to read chapter books and summarize the key components is an important skill for young readers. Use this handy guide to assist your child in writing about the characters, setting, conflict, and goals in the book they are reading.

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.

Provide your students support as they work on improving their reading comprehension skills by creating a nonfiction text summary.

Children will practice using a text to create a timeline in this engaging worksheet.

Help the Smith family summarize their family vacation with a main idea, details, and a conclusion. Kids will work on reading comprehension and summarizing.

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

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Kids research the constitutional amendments that were added after the Bill of Rights with this cool worksheet.

Give your students a chance to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details in a nonfiction text.

First thing's first: if your kid has a reading assignment, start by stating just the facts on this essential-info sheet.

Help your EL students identify big ideas before they write short summaries.

After reading a fable or folktale, students will use this cute graphic organizer to record the most important things that happened in the beginning, middle, and end. Then they'll try their hand at identifying the moral of the story.

Enjoy The Raven by Edgar Allan poe in a whole new way with this printable mini-book version

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!

Students will cite stanzas from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their poetry readings and share thoughts, feelings, and ideas about the text.

Help your child comprehend his reading better by using this graphic organizer. Help him fill out the story map for The Three Little Pigs.

Students underline key details, such as vocabulary and important information, to strengthen reading comprehension.

Students practice using keywords to prepare for summary writing.

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.