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Summarizing Fiction Texts
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Short and Sweet Summaries
Short and Sweet Summaries
Worksheet
Short and Sweet Summaries
Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Write a Simple Summary
Write a Simple Summary
Worksheet
Write a Simple Summary
Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1
Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1
Worksheet
Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1
This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Rock Painting: Retell a Story
Rock Painting: Retell a Story
Activity
Rock Painting: Retell a Story
Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Activity
My Vacation
My Vacation
Workbook
My Vacation
In this three-part series, a child anticipates a family getaway. Practice summarizing works of fiction, identifying chronology, interpreting pictures, and identifying homophones and homographs through this series of reading and comprehension activities.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Workbook
Chapter Summaries
Chapter Summaries
Worksheet
Chapter Summaries
Tuck this chapter summary chart into reading workshop folders to help students keep track of longer chapter books. When they finish the book, have them look back at this to create a whole-book summary!
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #4
Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #4
Worksheet
Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #4
Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Summary High Five
Summary High Five
Worksheet
Summary High Five
Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Chapter Summary
Chapter Summary
Worksheet
Chapter Summary
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.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Retelling Folktales and Fables
Retelling Folktales and Fables
Worksheet
Retelling Folktales and Fables
After reading a fable or folktale, students will use this cute graphic organizer to record the most important things that happened in the beginning, middle, and end. Then they'll try their hand at identifying the moral of the story.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Summary with Time Order Words
Summary with Time Order Words
Worksheet
Summary with Time Order Words
Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #2
Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #2
Worksheet
Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #2
Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Summarizing and Order of Events
Summarizing and Order of Events
Worksheet
Summarizing and Order of Events
Learn the basics of summary and identifying the order of events — then try your hand at it!
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Chapter Map
Chapter Map
Worksheet
Chapter Map
Learning to read chapter books and summarize the key components is an important skill for young readers. Use this handy guide to assist your child in writing about the characters, setting, conflict, and goals in the book they are reading.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Stop & Jot Sticky Note Sequencing
Stop & Jot Sticky Note Sequencing
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Stop & Jot Sticky Note Sequencing
Then what happened? In this activity, students will choose stop and jot sticky notes from different parts of the story to practice their sequencing and summarizing skills as they respond to questions about the literature.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Vocabulary Cards: A Simple Summary
Vocabulary Cards: A Simple Summary
Worksheet
Vocabulary Cards: A Simple Summary
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: A Simple Summary.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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