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

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

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.

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

Students will cite stanzas from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their poetry readings and share thoughts, feelings, and ideas about the text.

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

Students practice using keywords to prepare for summary writing.

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, students give thought to the various settings in the story with this creative post-reading prompt!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts on the same topic.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summary Writing with Big Ideas.

Every story has a turning point or two, and this worksheet encourages your kid to examine the main event in a book up close.

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

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

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

Practice reading comprehension with "A Mad Tea Party," an exciting chapter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, then make it into a mini-book.