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Kindergarten - 8th Grade Common Core Summarize and Retell Worksheets

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

Read this charmingly illustrated story of &quot;The Three Little Pigs&quot; then use the finger puppets to retell it!

The Three Little Pigs

Use the templates to assemble and stage a puppet show based on the story.

The Hare and the Tortoise

Read this classic children&#39;s story &mdash;&nbsp;then stage a stick puppet performance of it!

The Little Red Hen

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

The Crab that Played with the Sea

Explore the physics at play in roller coasters with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Physics at Play: Roller Coasters

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

Short and Sweet Summaries

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of George Washington Carver

Introduce students to some wild and weird types of lightning with this fascinating reading comprehension worksheet!

Extended Informational Reading Comprehension: Weird, Wild Weather: Lightning 

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

Reading Response Journal

Build your reading stamina and comprehension skills with this worksheet based on “Ashputtel,” the Grimm Brothers’ version of another famous fairy tale.

Extended Reading Comprehension: Ashputtel

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

Paraphrasing Practice

Help your students retell a simple fictional text using a paragraph frame for support! In this activity, students will read a short story about a family's camping trip and then summarize it by filling in the blanks.

Paragraph Frame: Summer Vacation

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

Write a Simple Summary

Read a one-page adaptation of the Japanese myth, &ldquo;The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child&rdquo; and answer a variety of eighth-grade comprehension questions!

Reading Comprehension: The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child

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

Writing a Nonfiction Summary: Sharks

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

Story Elements Map

Inspire middle-grade learners with this biography of Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Ellen Ochoa

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan.

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #4

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #1

Early readers practice using context clues to order a simple story in this appealing worksheet.

Order the Story: Kim and Tim

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

After-Reading Response Choice Board: Informational Text

Read Aesop's classic fable, then answer a few reading comprehension questions.

The Ants and the Grasshopper

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

Simple Fiction Summary

After independent reading, have students record and reflect. Young readers will demonstrate their ability to summarize and respond to their reading, and a log is a fun way for them to track their progress. Make copies of this log to use again and again!

Independent Reading Log

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1&ndash;38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1

Help students build key reading comprehension skills by creating a story map for a book that they read. Students practice retelling, identifying characters, and making connections.

Reading Comprehension: Map That Story!

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

Simple Summary Reading Log

Introduce readers to the poem &quot;The Song of Wandering Aengus&quot; by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet! 
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Analyzing Poetry: "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats

Read this Mother Goose's Treasury classic, then answer the reading comprehension questions.

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