In this resource, students will practice writing a simple summary of a fiction story using a paragraph frame with sequence words.

Use the templates to assemble and stage a puppet show based on the story.

Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

Young readers respond to the books they have completed with this versatile worksheet template.

Help students build key reading comprehension skills by creating a story map for a book that they read. Students practice retelling, identifying characters, and making connections.

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

Help your students retell a simple fictional text using a paragraph frame for support! In this activity, students will read a short story about a family's camping trip and then summarize it by filling in the blanks.

Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Use this half-sheet graphic reading log to help students write simple summaries.

Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.

Unwind the complicated language of the Declaration of Independence with this paraphrasing activity!

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

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy of writing fiction summaries with these reading passages.

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!

Here's a chapter summary guide where your child can jot down the characters in a chapter, his favorite character and even predict what will happen next.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

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

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

Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

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

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

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.

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

The class watched an exciting movie about a castle adventure. But now the students need help recalling the details of the film.

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

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

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.