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Preschool - 1st Grade Common Core Summarize and Retell Worksheets : Page 3

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.

Book Pen Pals

Students learn to retell familiar stories by sharing about one of their favorite books. Students will share important details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Tell Me About Your Favorite Book

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

Vocabulary Cards: Retelling a Fiction Story

Summarizing a whole book can be daunting, so why not start with just one page? Help students to retell information they’ve read in nonfiction books by choosing one page to summarize.

What's This Page About?

Engage students in reading by having them share about the nonfiction books they read. In this activity, students write a summary—in speech form!—of a book that they read. For added fun, have them give their speeches to a partner—or even the whole class!

Summary to Speech

This worksheet is a great way to record students’ thinking as they recall and retell a story.

Lots of Details!

Nonfiction books are jam-packed with information, which is why it’s important to read them more than once! This worksheet encourages students to reread nonfiction, summarizing what they learned with pictures and words.

Reread It!

Use these vocabulary cards with the lesson plan EL Support Lesson: Sharing Ideas with a Friend.

Vocabulary Cards: Sharing Ideas with a Friend

Help students to retell information they’ve read in informational books with this helpful worksheet. Students will choose four pages from their nonfiction book to summarize, writing their sentences in the pages of the fun book graphic.

Pick a Page

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Is It Little Red?

Glossary: Is It Little Red?

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: What's the Sequence?

Vocabulary Cards: What's the Sequence?

Have students record new words in this organizer and jot down what they think they mean.

New Nonfiction Words Template

This printable worksheet offers a space for students to record facts they have learned from a book. Recalling facts helps develop their ability to summarize reading.

These Facts Stick in My Mind

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

Vocabulary Cards: All About Sequencing

This open ended worksheet is a great way for students to practice sharing their opinions of read alouds while working on their reading comprehension skills.

Sharing Ideas About Stories

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

 The Best Book You Could Imagine

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn Story Elements.

Vocabulary Cards: Learn Story Elements

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading with Symbols.

Vocabulary Cards: Reading with Symbols

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

Students can use this organizer to jot down the new words they encounter and also note what they think they mean.

New Nonfiction Words Organizer

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: What Happened to the Itsy Bitsy Spider?

Vocabulary Cards: What Happened to the Itsy Bitsy Spider?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading with Symbols.

Glossary: Reading with Symbols

Use this glossary with the lesson plan EL Support Lesson: What Happened to the Bunny?

Glossary: What Happened to the Bunny?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: What Happened to the Itsy Bitsy Spider?

Glossary: What Happened to the Itsy Bitsy Spider?

Engage your students in retelling stories and sharing their thoughts with this fun worksheet. After reading a book independently, young critics will tell what happens in the story and explain why they would or would not recommend it.

Would You Recommend It?

Engage students in reading by having them share about the nonfiction books they read. This activity will get students talking, listening, and writing! They'll take turns sharing about the book they've read before writing a summary of their partner's book.

Reading Partners Record!

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