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.

Students will cite stanzas from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their poetry readings and share thoughts, feelings, and ideas about the text.

Students will cite instances of cause and effect from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their fiction readings.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Learn about a mysterious sea creature as you pick out important information for a nonfiction summary.

Enjoy The Raven by Edgar Allan poe in a whole new way with this printable mini-book version

Help your second graders practice their prediction and summarizing skills.

Kids research the constitutional amendments that were added after the Bill of Rights with this cool worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

Get ready to take an exciting trip as you read this cheerful passage!

Introduce young learners to Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and all of the Seven Summits, with this worksheet.

The "Somebody Wanted But So Then" reading strategy is a great way to help kids identify the key elements of a story. Students will use this easy format to begin summarizing a story of your choice in this fun treasure map-themed worksheet!

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.

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

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

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Students imagine a hypothetical interview with Malala Yousafzai, using their research skills to form and answer thoughtful interview questions.

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

First thing's first: if your kid has a reading assignment, start by stating just the facts on this essential-info sheet.

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

Practice some hands-on storytelling with these shadow puppets, modeled after The Three Little Pigs.

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.

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

Use this worksheet to give your students confidence in reading nonfiction texts by familiarizing them with visual elements like diagrams, photographs, illustrations, and charts.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn Story Elements.

Engage reluctant readers with this fun video game-themed worksheet! Students will share what happened at each point in the book as they advance through each level of the retell game.

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.

Have students record new words in this organizer and jot down what they think they mean.

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts. This graphic organizer will help your students organize the important information from two informational texts on the same topic.