4th - 8th Grade Summarize and Retell Worksheets

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Introduce readers to the poem “When I Was One-and-Twenty” by English poet A. E. Housman with this sixth-grade worksheet! 

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

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

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