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Kindergarten - 7th Grade Fiction Summarize and Retell Educational Resources

Here's a conversation starter! Read rhymes and Aesop's tales to your child and have him ask and answer questions with this workbook focused on key details in texts.

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Read-Aloud Tales and Questions

Hone key reading comprehension strategies with this engaging five-page worksheet!

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Extended Reading Comprehension: Think Fast!

Dig into some of the most famous myths and legends across the country. This nonfiction comprehension workbook is complete with writing activities, fill-in-the-blanks, and drawing pages.

creepy creatures

Creepy Creatures

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

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Short and Sweet Summaries

This workbook is the spot for reluctant readers and bookworms alike! Kids can get ideas for books then delve deeper into what they read with decision charts, organizers, writing and design prompts.

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Book Marks the Spot

Read this charmingly illustrated story of &quot;The Three Little Pigs&quot; then use the finger puppets to retell it!

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The Three Little Pigs

Read a famous narrative poem, "Casey at the Bat," and practice reading comprehension skills at the same time in this printable mini-book worksheet.

casey at the bat

Casey at the Bat

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

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The Crab that Played with the Sea

Use the templates to assemble and stage a puppet show based on the story.

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The Hare and the Tortoise

Introduce readers to the poem &ldquo;When I Was One-and-Twenty&rdquo; by English poet A. E. Housman with this sixth-grade worksheet!&nbsp;

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Analyzing Poetry: “When I Was One-and-Twenty” by A.E. Housman

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

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Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #1

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

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Reading Response Journal

Build your reading stamina and comprehension skills with this worksheet based on “Ashputtel,” the Grimm Brothers’ version of another famous fairy tale.

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Extended Reading Comprehension: Ashputtel

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

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Paraphrasing Practice

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

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Write a Simple Summary

Introduce readers to the poem &quot;The Song of Wandering Aengus&quot; by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet! 
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Analyzing Poetry: "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats

Read this classic children&#39;s story &mdash;&nbsp;then stage a stick puppet performance of it!

the little red hen

The Little Red Hen

Take reading a piece and a clue at a time to help your child improve his reading skills. Ask and answer questions like who, what, where, when and why, about details, key info and using text evidence.

be a text detective

Be a Text Detective

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

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Summary High Five

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

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Simple Fiction Summary

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1&ndash;38 of The One and Only Ivan.

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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1

Help your students retell a simple fictional text using a paragraph frame for support! In this activity, students will read a short story about a family's camping trip and then summarize it by filling in the blanks.

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Paragraph Frame: Summer Vacation

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

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Story Elements Map

In this three-part series, a child anticipates a family getaway. Practice summarizing works of fiction, identifying chronology, interpreting pictures, and identifying homophones and homographs through this series of reading and comprehension activities.

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My Vacation

Read Aesop's classic fable, then answer a few reading comprehension questions.

the ants and the grasshopper

The Ants and the Grasshopper

Read this Mother Goose's Treasury classic, then answer the reading comprehension questions.

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Little Boy Blue

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

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Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #2

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

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Three Sentence Summary

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan.

novel study the one and only ivan discussion guide 2

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #2

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.

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