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Kindergarten - 5th Grade Common Core Summarize and Retell Worksheets : Page 2

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.

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Chapter Summary

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

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Fiction Summaries:  Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then

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

tracking important details a look into marie curies life

Tracking Important Details: A Look into Marie Curie's Life

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

writing a nonfiction summary the mimic octopus

Writing a Nonfiction Summary: The Mimic Octopus

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

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Novel Study: Wonder: Post-Reading Response Prompts

Learn the basics of summary and identifying the order of events — then try your hand at it!

summarizing and order of events

Summarizing and Order of Events

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

historical perspectives westward expansion

Historical Perspectives: Westward Expansion

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.

reading comprehension map that story

Reading Comprehension: Map That Story!

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

paragraph frame for summarizing fiction

Paragraph Frame for Summarizing Fiction

Help your child comprehend his reading better by using this graphic organizer. Help him fill out the story map for The Three Little Pigs.

three little pigs story map

Three Little Pigs Story Map

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

summary with time order words

Summary with Time Order 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!

chapter summaries

Chapter Summaries

This open-ended reading reflection journal helps students to think about the books they've read.

my reading reflection journal

My Reading Reflection Journal

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

five finger story sequencing

Five Finger Story Sequencing

Your students will demonstrate understanding of a short fiction text by answering who, when, what, where, why, and how questions. Use this as an introduction to the vocabulary in the EL Support Lesson: Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How Questions.

sum it up grandpas boat

Sum it Up: Grandpa's Boat

Read this sweet poem by A.A. Milne, then answer a few short reading comprehension questions.

the four friends

The Four Friends

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.

graphic organizer comparing two nonfiction texts

Graphic Organizer: Comparing Two Nonfiction Texts

Give your students a chance to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details in a nonfiction text.

main topic worksheet

Main Topic Worksheet

Read this well-loved poem, then answer a few reading comprehension questions.

the five little pigs

The Five Little Pigs

Ask your students to read the story about Ty's birthday, then answer the comprehension questions by retelling main events of the story on the lines provided.

its time to retell

It's Time to Retell

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

simple summary reading log

Simple Summary Reading Log

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

story order case 1

Story Order: Case 1

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for the eighth and final part&nbsp;of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

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Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #5

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

nonfiction text summary template

Nonfiction Text Summary Template

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

writing book reviews

Writing Book Reviews

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from the next part of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

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Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #3

In Aesop's classic fable, a tortoise and a hare race — but the winner may surprise you!

the hare and the tortoise

The Hare and the Tortoise

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

writing a nonfiction summary the mysterious squid

Writing a Nonfiction Summary: The Mysterious Squid

This ocean-themed worksheet helps students with their reading comprehension skills as they figure out the order in which the story goes.

the starfish

The Starfish

After independent reading, have students record and reflect. Young readers will demonstrate their ability to summarize and respond to their reading, and a log is a fun way for them to track their progress. Make copies of this log to use again and again!

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