Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: A Simple Summary.

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

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

This graphic organizer helps students quickly identify the main events in the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional text.

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

Reinforce reading comprehension skills with this simple practice quiz!

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

Early readers practice using context clues to order a simple story in this appealing worksheet.

Children read the First Amendment, then complete a simple word scramble puzzle and answer reading comprehension questions.

Use this simple and effective graphic organizer to have students predict or describe events from their own lives or from stories.

In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.

Here's a worksheet that's great for improving reading comprehension skills. Kids read a simple story about a girl and her kitten then answer the question below.

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.

A key component of reading comprehension is being able to draw conclusions—or make inferences—about what we read. Use this resource to give your students extra practice making their own inferences based on simple sentences.

Give your child the tools to decide the difference between fact and opinion with this fun and simple exercise. In this worksheet, children will identify which statements can be proven to be true and which are based on a personal view.

Making inferences is a critical skill for young readers to master, as it helps them look beyond the words on the page to figure out the author's message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!

Put a personalized twist on the old-school bookmark and your young reader will make the experience more fun for themselves by reviewing the book as they go.

This nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet is a fun, approachable way for students to practice identifying key ideas from nonfiction texts.

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.

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

This passage will challenge your 3rd graders to think deeper into the text to strengthen their comprehension skills.

If your budding reading is writing their first book report, help them nail down the plot with this quick review worksheet.

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Bears, camels, wombats, and more! Draw a picture of your favorite animal from this poem.

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.