4th Grade Fiction Summarize and Retell Resources

Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

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

Young readers respond to the books they have completed with this versatile worksheet template.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Read about the earth's coldest land biome, the tundra, then fill in the blanks to review what you've learned.

Learning to read chapter books and summarize the key components is an important skill for young readers. Use this handy guide to assist your child in writing about the characters, setting, conflict, and goals in the book they are reading.

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

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

Students will provide details of cause and effect events directly related to theme.

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

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

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

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