Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

Young readers respond to the books they have completed with this versatile worksheet template.

Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.

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

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

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

Here's a chapter summary guide where your child can jot down the characters in a chapter, his favorite character and even predict what will happen next.

Help students master summarizing using keywords with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

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

Have your movie lover read about the history of movies, and then test her reading comprehension as she arranges the events to complete a timeline.

Practice writing nonfiction summaries as you read and learn about an interesting ocean creature.

Children will practice using a text to create a timeline in this engaging worksheet.

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

Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.

Tuck this chapter summary chart into reading workshop folders to help students keep track of longer chapter books. When they finish the book, have them look back at this to create a whole-book summary!

This worksheet will help your child organize the details needed to write about a book they've read!

This activity guides your readers towards the key details and shows kids how to effectively underline while reading.

In this resource, students will practice writing a simple summary of a fiction story using a paragraph frame with sequence words.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts on the same topic.

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.

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