Students can use this organizer to jot down the new words they encounter and also note what they think they mean.

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.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Draw Beginning, Middle, and End.

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.

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 glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Summarize a Nonfiction Text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

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

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!

Students become authors as they dream up the best book ever with this worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading with Symbols.

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.

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.

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 EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling with Paragraph Frames.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Summarize a Nonfiction Text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling with Paragraph Frames.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading with Symbols.

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

Learn to retell events in your own words with the help of this adorable story!