Subjects

Math

English Language Arts

Science

Social Studies

Foreign Language

Grades

Pre-K

Kindergarten

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Worksheets

Games

Build a Worksheet

Word Scramble

Word Search

Crossword Puzzle

Sudoku Generator

Addition Worksheet Generator 

Subtraction Worksheet Generator

Multiplication Worksheet Generator

Division Worksheet Generator

See All

More Resources

Arts & Crafts

Hands-On Activities

CVC Words

Guided Lessons

Common Core State Standards

Common Core Math

Common Core ELA

Roly Recommends

Weekly Recommendations

Early Childhood

Social Emotional Learning

Holidays

Winter

Christmas

Hanukkah

Kwanzaa

Showing Results for summarizing fiction texts : Page 2

Practice comparing two nonfiction texts in this reading comprehension worksheet!&nbsp;

Comparing Two Nonfiction Texts: The Influence of Water

Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

Summary High Five

Guide students to get the most out of non-fiction texts by thinking about their previous knowledge, what they learn, and what they still want to know. When they finish, they can trim it to paste into a spiral-bound notebook.

Note-Taking from a Text

Getting hooked on a series or type of character creates reader engagement! Use this lesson to challenge your students to compare and contrast fictional texts as they find the joy in reading books by the same author.

Comparing Texts by the Same Author

Use this resource to practice close reading in a fictional text. Your students will look at the adjectives, adverbs, and verbs that give more details about the important story elements.

Close Reading in Fiction

Use this resource to organize the different ways a character tries to solve a problem in a fiction text.

Graphic Organizer: Problem & Solution

If you've ever had something go wrong, you know how it feels to search for a solution! Use this lesson to teach your students to identify problems and solutions in fictional text.

Fiction Comprehension: Problem and Solution

EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

Reading Fiction: Main Idea and Details

With this resource, give your students practice comparing and contrasting the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

Comparing Two Nonfiction Texts: The Influence of the Sun

Improve reading comprehension with a lesson on cause and effect! In this lesson, students will use a T-chart to identify examples of cause and effect in and by the end, you’ll all be singing along to the cause and effect song!

Fiction Comprehension: Cause and Effect

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.

Five Finger Story Sequencing

Use this exercise to evaluate a fiction text and support judgments with evidence.

Evaluate a Text: What Do You Think?

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.

Fact or Fiction Bubble Pop

Students will use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast two fiction stories.

Compare and Contrast Elements of a Story

Help your second graders practice their prediction and summarizing skills.

Summarize It

Give your students practice bringing their stories to life as they write realistic fiction!

Realistic Writing

Children learn how to spot the protagonist and supporting characters in a work of fiction.

Protagonists and Supporting Characters

Readers practice comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.

Character Comparison Graphic Organizer

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

Cause and Effect

Give your students a chance to practice their reading comprehension skills by focusing on the elements of fiction through story mapping.

Story Map Graphic Organizer

Your students will love reading this classic fable as they seek to determine the author’s purpose and differentiate fiction from nonfiction.

Author’s Purpose: The Ant and the Grasshopper

Help your ELs use transition words as they make predictions and summarize a short fictional text. This lesson can be used as a stand alone activity or a support lesson.

Making Predictions and Summarizing

Use this graphic organizer to support your students as they distinguish their own viewpoint from those of characters in a fiction text.

Circle of Viewpoints

What happened in the story? Use this helpful graphic organizer to capture the characters, setting, and important events in a fiction text.

Who, What, Where 

Can your child tell fact from fiction? Boost reading comprehension with this story sheet featuring a famous tall tale character: Paul Bunyan!

Paul Bunyan

Real-life connections are made in this realistic writing lesson. Students will explore differences between fantasy and realistic fiction, using trade books as a model for their own writing.

Making It Real

Use this resource to help your students create questions about their fiction text.

Post Your Questions

Meet the legendary John Henry, a famous character from a classic tall tale! Learn the difference between fact and fiction with this fun reading sheet.

John Henry Tall Tale

This resource will help your students practice an important reading comprehension skill as they read a fiction text and identify cause and effect relationships

Cause and Effect Reading Comprehension: My Day at the Amusement Park

Is the tale of Johnny Appleseed fact or fiction? Perhaps it's a bit of both! Introduce your child to a famous figure from a classic tall tale.

Johnny Appleseed Story

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

Grade Level

2nd and 3rd Grade

Lesson Plans

Interactive Worksheets

Workbooks

Activities

Exercises

Stories

Songs

Offline Games

Teacher Resources

Teacher Editions

Resource Type

Birthdays

Women's History Month

St. Patrick's Day

Ramadan

Passover

Spring

Easter

Earth Day

Cinco de Mayo

Mother's Day

Memorial Day

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Graduation

Summer

Summer Packets

Father's Day

Independence Day

Back to School

Labor Day

Fall

Hispanic Heritage Month

Halloween

Dia de los Muertos

Veterans Day

Thanksgiving

New Year

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Lunar New Year

Valentine's Day

Presidents' Day

Black History Month

Occasion

Common Core

Mazes

Dot to Dot

Ball Games

Crossword

Fitness & Exercise

Group Games

Memory Games

Outdoor Games

Printable Board Games

Puzzles & Sudoku

Scavenger Hunt

Travel Games

Word Puzzles

Game Type

Fabric Projects

Beads & Jewelry

Paper & Glue Crafts

Construction & Sculpture

Painting & Drawing

Recycled Crafts

Coloring

Snacks

Mains

Sides

Dessert

Recipes

English Language Support