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!

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

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summary Writing with Big Ideas.

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.

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.

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

This worksheet helps guide kids along as they read their chosen book.

Keep this organizer handy for your students to keep track of the chapters they've read and look ahead to the next one! Challenge your young readers to take their chapter summaries one step further by having them write out predictions for upcoming chapters

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine narratives with characters from their favorite stories.

After reading nonfiction books, encourage students to share what they’ve learned by writing letters to a family member. Students will use this letter template to share the name of the book and a detailed summary of what they learned.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling a Fiction Story.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts on the same topic.

Meet some famous short stories with our set of printable mini books.

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

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Draw Beginning, Middle, and End.

Use these vocabulary cards with the lesson plan EL Support Lesson: What Happened to the Bunny?

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

Use this graphic organizer with your students to reflect and re-imagine story endings with characters from their favorite tales.

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

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.