Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

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

Students practice using keywords to prepare for summary writing.

Help students master summarizing using keywords with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children will practice using a text to create a timeline in this engaging worksheet.

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

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

Students imagine a hypothetical interview with Malala Yousafzai, using their research skills to form and answer thoughtful interview questions.

Use this worksheet as a way for students to practice retelling a familiar story using their own words and images.

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

Help your child comprehend his reading better by using this graphic organizer. Help him fill out the story map for The Three Little Pigs.

Learn a fun reading strategy and practice writing fiction summaries using a classic text.

Support students to construct summaries of informational books by using the sentence frames on this handy worksheet. Your students will get useful practice retelling what they've learned from their nonfiction reading.

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

After reading informational books, have students share a summary with a partner. Then have them write out their retelling using this worksheet. Students will be masters of their topics when all is said and done!

Use this paragraph frame worksheet to support ELs as they navigate through the process of retelling text using transition words. This template can be used as a scaffold for any fictional text in the classroom!

A big focus in kindergarten is on reading comprehension skills. This open ended worksheet is a wonderful way for students to practice these skills as they map out a familiar story using their own words and images.

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.

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.

As students read nonfiction books, have them keep track of the fun facts they're learning using this graphic organizer. After collecting five interesting facts in the bubbles, students can use them to write a summary of the book.

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

Have your kindergarten students retell the story with pictures. This is a great activity to promote reading comprehension!

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

This decodable worksheet helps students with their reading comprehension skills as they figure out the order of the story.

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