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Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Common Core Summarize and Retell Worksheets : Page 3

Take the monotony out of writing chapter summaries with this fun and creative alternative! Rather than writing out summaries, students will get to create illustrations and captions for major events from each chapter of their book.

Retell with Pictures

Get students excited about taking reading notes with this bubbly worksheet! This fun format can be used to jot down quick notes about each chapter in your students’ books, then used as a reference for complete summaries when the time comes.

Chapter Bubbles

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

Vocabulary Cards: Using the 5 W's

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Connections in a Fiction Text.

Glossary: Making Connections in a Fiction Text

Read a chapter and write a summary! Help your second graders practice their reading fluency while also improving their summarizing skills.

This Happened and Then

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Vocabulary Cards: Elements of Fairy Tales

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: All About Sequencing.

Vocabulary Cards: All About Sequencing

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Summarize a Nonfiction Text.

Vocabulary Cards: Summarize a Nonfiction Text

Engage students in reading by having them share about the nonfiction books they read. This activity will get students talking, listening, and writing! They'll take turns sharing about the book they've read before writing a summary of their partner's book.

Reading Partners Record!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Fantastic Fiction: Retelling Stories.

Vocabulary Cards: Fantastic Fiction: Retelling Stories

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn Story Elements.

Vocabulary Cards: Learn Story Elements

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Draw Beginning, Middle, and End.

Vocabulary Cards: Draw Beginning, Middle, and End

Have students record new words in this organizer and jot down what they think they mean.

New Nonfiction Words Template

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling a Fiction Story.

Vocabulary Cards: Retelling a Fiction Story

Engage reluctant readers with this fun video game-themed worksheet! Students will share what happened at each point in the book as they advance through each level of the retell game.

Ready, Set, Retell

Teach kids the art of book recommendations with this fill-in-the-blank worksheet.

Recommended By Me! 

This worksheet is a great way to record students’ thinking as they recall and retell a story.

Lots of Details!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling a Fiction Story.

Glossary: Retelling a Fiction Story

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Fantastic Fiction: Retelling Stories.

Glossary: Fantastic Fiction: Retelling Stories

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

Vocabulary Cards: Making Predictions and Summarizing

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading with Symbols.

Glossary: Reading with Symbols

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Summarize a Nonfiction Text.

Glossary: Summarize a Nonfiction Text

As students retell stories, have them use symbols to highlight certain parts in their book, such as question marks to note questions and hearts to indicate their favorite parts.

Reading with Symbols

Children will select a chapter book, then make predictions as they progress through the story, in this reading comprehension template.

Making Predictions and Summarizing: Tell Me What You Think

Who doesn't love sharing about a good book? Your students will love writing and drawing about their books in this reading comprehension activity. After students read independently, have them share about what they read using this fun worksheet.

Tell Me Everything

This activity adds a discussion element to nonfiction reading. Use this worksheet to get your students thinking about facts in the books they read.

Think, Jot, and Talk About Facts

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling with Paragraph Frames.

Vocabulary Cards: Retelling with Paragraph Frames

Flip through a story flipbook with your child, a great way to teach about beginning, middle and end.

Story Flipbook

Keep this organizer handy for your students to keep track of the chapters they've read and look ahead to the next one! Challenge your young readers to take their chapter summaries one step further by having them write out predictions for upcoming chapters

Summarize and Predict

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Draw Beginning, Middle, and End.

Glossary: Draw Beginning, Middle, and End

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