Search Printable 5th Grade Reading Literature Summarizing Worksheets

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

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

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

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

Help your EL students will practice differentiating between big ideas and details.

Help your EL students identify big ideas before they write short summaries.

First thing's first: if your kid has a reading assignment, start by stating just the facts on this essential-info sheet.

Meet some famous short stories with our set of printable mini books.

Read a famous narrative poem, "Casey at the Bat," and practice reading comprehension skills at the same time in this printable mini-book worksheet.

Enjoy The Raven by Edgar Allan poe in a whole new way with this printable mini-book version

Practice reading comprehension with "A Mad Tea Party," an exciting chapter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, then make it into a mini-book.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summary Writing with Big Ideas.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Summary Writing with Big Ideas.

Here's a Hans Christian Andersen tale you might not know: The Tinder Box, where a soldier goes on a magical adventure.