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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.