Showing Results for summarizing non fiction texts

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

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.

Learn to separate fact from fiction with this comparative worksheet.

Learners will discover seven facts about Mars, then use these and their own research to draft a work of science fiction.

Get into a mad scientist state of mind with this fun science fiction writing prompt! Your child will imagine and describe a magical potion.

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.

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

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

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple non-fiction text features with this table of contents activity. Young readers will practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions about chameleons.

Use this resource to help your students formulate who, what, when, where, why, and how questions when reading fiction texts.

Read the famous quote by Gandhi, then write a short paragraph about the change you would like to be.

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.

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

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.

Help your second graders practice their prediction and summarizing skills.

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

This drawing page helps you celebrate Christmas tradition in a non-traditional way. Have your young artist bring this scene from "A Christmas Carol" to life.

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

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