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.

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.

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.

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.