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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Basic Fiction Summaries.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Basic Fiction Summaries.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: A Simple Summary.