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

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!

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.

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

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

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

Read about the earth's coldest land biome, the tundra, then fill in the blanks to review what you've learned.

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

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts. This graphic organizer will help your students organize the important information from two informational texts on the same topic.

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.

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

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

Help your second graders practice their prediction and summarizing skills.

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

Students practice using keywords to prepare for summary writing.

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.