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.

Everyone's heard the story of the ugly duckling, but have you met his new friend, the beastly bird? Help students learn about the importance of transition words when telling a story with this fun tale of outcasts who become fast friends!

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

Then what happened? In this activity, students will choose stop and jot sticky notes from different parts of the story to practice their sequencing and summarizing skills as they respond to questions about the literature.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

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.

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Students can read the origin of the strange creature known as Beast of Bray Road and decide whether or not they believe the stories.

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

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

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

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: A Simple Summary.

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

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

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

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