Read about the taiga's climate and inhabitants, then complete a brief summary to reinforce what you've learned.

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

Learn how sand dunes form, and a little bit about desert formations like yardangs as well, in this science summary sheet.

Read a chapter and write a summary! Help your second graders practice their reading fluency while also improving their summarizing skills.

'Tis the season for learning! Test your child's understanding of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, and fill out this plot summary chart.

Help your EL students will practice differentiating between big ideas and details.

After reading informational books, have students share a summary with a partner. Then have them write out their retelling using this worksheet. Students will be masters of their topics when all is said and done!

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

As students read nonfiction books, have them keep track of the fun facts they're learning using this graphic organizer. After collecting five interesting facts in the bubbles, students can use them to write a summary of the book.

Use this writing prompt activity to assess your first graders’ abilities to write an opinion piece. Students are tasked with writing a review of a book or movie of their choice, making sure to include a summary, their opinion, and supporting reasons.

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Basic Fiction Summaries.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.

Use this worksheet to help evaluate student summaries of texts or other presentations.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Basic Fiction Summaries.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.

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.

Take the monotony out of writing chapter summaries with this fun and creative alternative! Rather than writing out summaries, students will get to create illustrations and captions for major events from each chapter of their book.

Summarizing stories has never tasted so good! Students can use this yummy ice cream-themed graphic organizer to form short summaries of fiction they read independently or with the class.

Support students to construct summaries of informational books by using the sentence frames on this handy worksheet. Your students will get useful practice retelling what they've learned from their nonfiction reading.

Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practice both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.

Get students excited about taking reading notes with this bubbly worksheet! This fun format can be used to jot down quick notes about each chapter in your students’ books, then used as a reference for complete summaries when the time comes.

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

"We can fly! We can fly" Your child may never fly, but they'll have a soaring good time with this Peter Pan story and worksheet.

No snow? No problem! Read a story about two kids creating their own snow day in this playful reading comprehension worksheet!

Give your students the opportunity to turn boring titles into interesting titles!

Continue the wild ride with part two of this fun Peter Pan series. Your child will enjoy this exciting passage from Peter Pan while learning new words.

How is your garden decorated? Flowers are pretty but count the benches, lanterns and pinwheels that are also in your garden.

Children will select a chapter book, then make predictions as they progress through the story, in this reading comprehension template.

In this classic fable by Aesop, the tortoise learns an important lesson when he catches a ride into the sky with a duck. Exposing kids to classic texts like "The Tortoise and the Duck" is a great way to give them important reading practice.