With step-by-step lessons, guided practice pages, graphic organizers, and fiction passages, students learn exactly how to identify key events, determine important information, and write strong, concise summaries. This resource is ideal for whole-group instruction, small-group reading, literacy centers, or independent practice. The printable and digital options make it easy to use in any classroom setting.

Available in PDF, POWERPOINT, AND GOOGLE.

✅ What’s Included- SEE PREVIEW

1. SCRIPTED LESSON PLANS: Step-by-step guidance for teaching summarizing, including pacing and teacher prompts.

2. WARM UP ACTIVITY- Activity to get students ready for summarizing.

3. ANCHOR CHART: Visual for Summarizing, including signal words.

4. MENTOR TEXT: Original mentor texts for modeling, plus a list of suggested published texts for additional practice, including a summary for each.

5. DIFFERENTIATED PASSAGES so that every student can learn at their level.

• Two sets of engaging passages in three reading levels- below, average, and challenging.
• Graphic organizer and open-ended comprehension questions, focusing on summarizing.

6. DIFFERENTIATED INTERACTIVE NOTES to build lasting comprehension strategies.

• Pre-written notes
• Sentence frames (fill-in-the-blank)
• Write in your own notes
• No cut-and-paste option (saves time)
• Mini-anchor charts (ideal for absent students)
• Digital notes

7. WORKSHEET-STYLE PRACTICE with short passages and graphic organizers.

8. TASK CARDS: 12 cards with short passages to review and reinforce learning. DIGITAL: THERE IS A SEPARATE LINK TO GOOGLE FORMS.

9. BLANK CHARTS/READING RESPONSE: Reusable graphic organizers for summarizing—use with any book or text.

10. STUDENT TRACKING FORM: Monitor progress and growth over time.

11. ASSESSMENT: Differentiated passages with comprehension questions for evaluating summaries.

12. OPTIONAL EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: Ideal for differentiation, early finishers, and project-based learning.

Teachers love this unit because it saves planning time, supports accountability in reading comprehension, builds confidence, and supports differentiation across multiple reading levels, helping students master one of the most essential reading skills for standardized testing and real-world literacy success.

Aligned to Common Core Standards:

RL.4.2- Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

RL. 5.2- Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

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