Use this simple organizer to help students track and record key ideas when reading and summarizing nonfiction texts.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Read about the westward expansion of the United States and respond to questions about the informational text.

Get ready to take an exciting trip as you read this cheerful passage!

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Practice writing nonfiction summaries as you read and learn about an interesting ocean creature.

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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