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3rd - 5th Grade Nonfiction Common Core Summarize and Retell Resources

This workbook is the spot for reluctant readers and bookworms alike! Kids can get ideas for books then delve deeper into what they read with decision charts, organizers, writing and design prompts.

Book Marks the Spot

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.

Make a Summary: Butterflies

Learn all about the Revolutionary War with this exciting history workbook!

American Revolution

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

Writing a Nonfiction Summary: Sharks

Unwind the complicated language of the Declaration of Independence with this paraphrasing activity!

Paraphrase the Declaration of Independence

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

Writing a Nonfiction Summary: The Mimic Octopus

A biome is a community of plants and animals that occupies a distinct region. In this great introductory overview, we explore the vocabulary, flora, and fauna of the world's biomes: tundra, taiga, grasslands, deciduous forest, chaparral, desert, savanna,

Terrestrial Biomes

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.

Chapter Summary

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

Timeline: The History of Photography

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

Comparing Two Nonfiction Texts: We Need Clean Water

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

Writing Book Reviews

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.

History of Movies

Read about the westward expansion of the United States and respond to questions about the informational text.

Historical Perspectives: Westward Expansion

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Make a Timeline of an Influential Person

Comparing Two Nonfiction Texts: A Freedom Fighter

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

Tracking Important Details: A Look into Marie Curie's Life

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

Writing a Nonfiction Summary: The Mysterious Squid

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

Who Was Junko Tabei?

After reading Jim Murphy&#39;s novel <em>The Great Fire</em>, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

Book Study: The Great Fire: One Year After The Fire

Comparing Two Nonfiction Texts: Planting and Growing

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

Comparing Two Nonfiction Texts: What to Do with Waste

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.

Graphic Organizer: Comparing Two Nonfiction Texts

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

Welcome to the Taiga Biome

Students underline key details, such as vocabulary and important information, to strengthen reading comprehension.

Underline Key Details

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

Malala: Interview

Bram Stoker's Dracula has inspired feelings of fear and morbid curiosity for over a century. With this lesson plan, your students will get a taste of the literary work while learning about the myth behind vampires.

Mythological Creature: Vampire

Look at history! In this lesson, guide students through an exploration of the context, causes, and effects of the Transcontinental Railroad, and help them practice identifying the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text.

Connecting the Coasts: Effects of the Transcontinental Railroad

Sugar skulls and fancy dress aren't all there is to the Day of the Dead. In this lesson students will learn about several societies that celebrate their dead, as well as some of the history behind the traditions of the Día de los Muertos.

Día de los Muertos: Traditions in History

Put your students' imaginations to the test with this lesson on storytelling and creative writing. After reading some classic fairy tales, students will create their own using printed figures.

Mixed Up Fairy Tales

Understanding the big idea of a nonfiction text and being able to write a succinct summary are key fourth grade skills. This lesson focuses on summarizing a nonfiction passage in three to four sentences.

What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts

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