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1st - 5th Grade Common Core Summarize and Retell Worksheets : Page 3

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

hot cross buns read to remember

Hot Cross Buns: Read to Remember

Students practice using keywords to prepare for summary writing.

summarizing with key words

Summarizing with Key Words

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

story order case 2

Story Order: Case 2

After finishing R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s novel <em>Wonder</em>, help learners analyze two characters from the book with this creative extension activity!

novel study wonder create your own character awards

Novel Study: Wonder: Create Your Own Character Awards

Read about the taiga's climate and inhabitants, then complete a brief summary to reinforce what you've learned.

welcome to the taiga biome

Welcome to the Taiga Biome

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.

sequencing to summarize

Sequencing to Summarize

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.

give a book talk

Give a Book Talk!

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!

somebody wanted story map

"Somebody Wanted" Story Map

Summarizing stories has never tasted so good! Students can use this yummy ice cream-themed graphic organizer to form short summaries of fiction they read independently or with the class.

sundae summarizing

Sundae Summarizing

Children will select a chapter book, then make predictions as they progress through the story, in this reading comprehension template.

making predictions and summarizing tell me what you think

Making Predictions and Summarizing: Tell Me What You Think

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

big idea summary

Big Idea Summary

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.

chapter map

Chapter Map

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

book facts

Book Facts

Introduce young learners to Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and all of the Seven Summits, with this worksheet.

who was junko tabei

Who Was Junko Tabei?

Help your EL students will practice differentiating between big ideas and details.

summary writing big ideas vs details

Summary Writing: Big Ideas vs. Details

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.

retelling folktales and fables

Retelling Folktales and Fables

Use this paragraph frame worksheet to support ELs as they navigate through the process of retelling text using transition words. This template can be used as a scaffold for any fictional text in the classroom!

paragraph frame worksheet for fictional text retell

Paragraph Frame Worksheet for Fictional Text Retell

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

vocabulary cards summarizing with sequence words

Vocabulary Cards: Summarizing with Sequence Words

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

glossary elements of fairy tales

Glossary: Elements of Fairy Tales

Engage reluctant readers with this fun video game-themed worksheet! Students will share what happened at each point in the book as they advance through each level of the retell game.

ready set retell

Ready, Set, Retell

Everyone's heard the story of the ugly duckling, but have you met his new friend, the beastly bird? Help students learn about the importance of transition words when telling a story with this fun tale of outcasts who become fast friends!

the ugly ducklings new friend

The Ugly Duckling's New Friend

Students will provide details of cause and effect events directly related to theme.

theme cause and effect reading log

Theme, Cause, and Effect Reading Log

Help your second graders practice their prediction and summarizing skills.

summarize it

Summarize It

Support students to construct summaries of informational books by using the sentence frames on this handy worksheet. Your students will get useful practice retelling what they've learned from their nonfiction reading.

retell sentence frames

Retell Sentence Frames

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

underline key details

Underline Key Details

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

the raven by edgar allan poe

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Basic Fiction Summaries.

glossary basic fiction summaries

Glossary: Basic Fiction Summaries

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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