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

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

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

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

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

Use this fairy tale story map to follow the details of your child's favorite stories and strengthen his reading skills.

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

This story teaches students a moral and helps strengthen their sentence building skills.

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

Use this worksheet as a way for students to practice retelling a familiar story using their own words and images.

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

Stretch student understanding of story sequencing into a summary with this graphic organizer. Students will start by jotting down quick notes to remember each part of the story, then they'll use their notes to write a complete summary of the text.

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.

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

Have your kindergarten students retell the story with pictures. This is a great activity to promote reading comprehension!

Engage students in reading by having them share books with peers. Students prepare for giving a book talk in which they'll describe what happens in the book, their favorite part, and whether or not they would recommend the book to a friend.

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.