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.

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

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

Explore all the action packed into "To Build a Fire" by building mini version of it!

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

Students imagine a hypothetical interview with Malala Yousafzai, using their research skills to form and answer thoughtful interview questions.

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.

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.

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!

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

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!

Students can read the origin of the strange creature known as Beast of Bray Road and decide whether or not they believe the stories.

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

Students will cite instances of cause and effect from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their fiction readings.

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

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

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

Students practice using keywords to prepare for summary writing.

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

These worksheets are all about the 180-degree rule, an important film technique. If your kid loves movies, then she'll love this chance to go behind the scenes.

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.

Help your second graders practice their prediction and summarizing skills.

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

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

Keep this organizer handy for your students to keep track of the chapters they've read and look ahead to the next one! Challenge your young readers to take their chapter summaries one step further by having them write out predictions for upcoming chapters

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine narratives with characters from their favorite stories.

Meet some famous short stories with our set of printable mini books.