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

Use this half-sheet graphic reading log to help students write simple summaries.

This graphic organizer helps students quickly identify the main events in the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional text.

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

After reading a short story, your students will practice writing a simple summary.

Children put their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution to the test with this simple quiz!

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

Here's a snapshot of the story of Orion. His tale makes for light reading and simple practice with story structure for kids.

Here's a worksheet that's great for improving reading comprehension skills. Kids read a simple story about a girl and her kitten then answer the question below.

This resource helps ELs make strong connections with a simple fiction text. After reading a short story, students will think about how they can connect with the text and use sentence frames to explain their thinking.

In this retelling of The Crystal Heart, a Vietnamese folk tale, kids will put themselves in the shoes of the main character and write a simple song!

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

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

E-mail is here to stay, but that doesn't mean kids shouldn't learn how to write a friendly letter.Teach your child how to write a letter to a friend.

Explore the sights and sounds of the prairie with this fourth- and fifth-grade reading-comprehension activity!

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.