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Kindergarten - 5th Grade Summarize and Retell Worksheets : Page 5

Teach kids the art of book recommendations with this fill-in-the-blank worksheet.

recommended by me

Recommended By Me! 

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling a Fiction Story.

vocabulary cards retelling a fiction story

Vocabulary Cards: Retelling a Fiction Story

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

vocabulary cards making predictions and summarizing

Vocabulary Cards: Making Predictions and Summarizing

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

illustrating cause and effects reading log

Illustrating Cause and Effects Reading Log

This activity adds a discussion element to nonfiction reading. Use this worksheet to get your students thinking about facts in the books they read.

think jot and talk about facts

Think, Jot, and Talk About Facts

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

malala interview

Malala: Interview

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

vocabulary cards map a story

Vocabulary Cards: Map a Story

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling with Paragraph Frames.

glossary retelling with paragraph frames

Glossary: Retelling with Paragraph Frames

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

vocabulary cards summarizing with sequence words

Vocabulary Cards: Summarizing with Sequence Words

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

glossary summarizing with sequence words

Glossary: Summarizing with Sequence Words

Engage reluctant readers with this fun video game-themed worksheet! Students will share what happened at each point in the book as they advance through each level of the retell game.

ready set retell

Ready, Set, Retell

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

to build a fire

To Build a Fire

A big focus in kindergarten is on reading comprehension skills. This open ended worksheet is a wonderful way for students to practice these skills as they map out a familiar story using their own words and images.

map that story

Map that Story!

Support students to construct summaries of informational books by using the sentence frames on this handy worksheet. Your students will get useful practice retelling what they've learned from their nonfiction reading.

retell sentence frames

Retell Sentence Frames

Students become authors as they dream up the best book ever with this worksheet.

the best book you could imagine

 The Best Book You Could Imagine

This engaging activity helps students practice retelling stories by recounting the details of a favorite story, movie, or TV show. Students are asked to write a paragraph about the beginning, middle, and end of the story, as well as illustrate one of the

re tell about it

(Re) Tell About It

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn Story Elements.

glossary learn story elements

Glossary: Learn Story Elements

Use this worksheet to have students write or draw about their reading each day.

weekly reading response

Weekly Reading Response

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

glossary basic fiction summaries

Glossary: Basic Fiction Summaries

These worksheets are all about the 180-degree rule, an important film technique. If your kid loves movies, then she'll love this chance to go behind the scenes.

the 180degree rule in movies

The 180-Degree Rule in Movies

Kids rate stories and share favorite texts in this worksheet.

my story reflection

My Story Reflection

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: All About Sequencing.

vocabulary cards all about sequencing

Vocabulary Cards: All About Sequencing

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling with Paragraph Frames.

vocabulary cards retelling with paragraph frames

Vocabulary Cards: Retelling with Paragraph Frames

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

the beast of bray road

The Beast of Bray Road

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

a mad tea party

A Mad Tea Party

Here's a Hans Christian Andersen tale you might not know: The Tinder Box, where a soldier goes on a magical adventure.

the tinder box

The Tinder Box

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Fantastic Fiction: Retelling Stories.

glossary fantastic fiction retelling stories

Glossary: Fantastic Fiction: Retelling Stories

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Summarize a Nonfiction Text.

vocabulary cards summarize a nonfiction text

Vocabulary Cards: Summarize a Nonfiction Text

As students retell stories, have them use symbols to highlight certain parts in their book, such as question marks to note questions and hearts to indicate their favorite parts.

reading with symbols

Reading with Symbols

It’s fun to learn about books with friends! One of the best ways to get motivated to read is to get book recommendations. This worksheet helps students do just that in the format of a friendly letter.

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