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Grade 2 Summarize the Text Fiction Curriculum Resources

Introduce young readers to summarizing fiction with our interactive and printable Summarize the Text Fiction curriculum resources. These resources guide children through summarizing fictional texts in an engaging and accessible format, improving overall reading comprehension.

Curriculum Resources Results

Short Story — The Mice and the Well - worksheet educational content
Short Story — The Mice and the Well
Students read a fable about Birbal, a wise man who impresses Emperor Akbar with his intelligence and wit. Aligned to RL....
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Magic Book’s Lesson —Short Story - worksheet educational content
Magic Book’s Lesson —Short Story
Reading Literature - Deeply analyze the engaging fantasy tale "Magic Book's Lesson" by quoting key textual details. Thro...
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Short Story — The Mice and the Well - worksheet educational content
Short Story — The Mice and the Well
Students read a fable about Birbal, a wise man who impresses Emperor Akbar with his intelligence and wit. Aligned to RL....
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My Friend Nikola Tesla - worksheet educational content
My Friend Nikola Tesla
Students read a Akbar Birbal story and answer multiple choice questions to analyze the text, including interpreting char...
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Short Story — Akbar and Birbal - worksheet educational content
Short Story — Akbar and Birbal
Reading Literature - Engage with the fascinating fable featuring Akbar and Birbal's intellectual encounters. Closely rea...
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - worksheet educational content
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
This engaging 4th-grade ELA worksheet, aligned with CCS.RL.4.5, guides students through a character analysis of Kate DiC...
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Figurative language in The One and Only Ivan - worksheet educational content
Figurative language in The One and Only Ivan
In this engaging worksheet aligned with CCS.RL.4.5, 5th-grade students will explore figurative language in Katherine App...
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Read the book "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White - worksheet educational content
Read the book "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
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Story Details and Elements - worksheet educational content
Story Details and Elements
In this worksheet students will read a short story passage and answer multiple choice questions that require quoting tex...
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Citing Textual Evidence - worksheet educational content
Citing Textual Evidence
In this worksheet students will read a short realistic fiction passage and answer multiple choice questions that require...
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Table of Contents - worksheet educational content
Table of Contents
This worksheet on text features will get your students familiar with the table of contents. Students will look at the TO...
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Short Story —Norah and the Fire Alarm - worksheet educational content
Short Story —Norah and the Fire Alarm
This short story about a girl who is afraid of the fire alarm is a great way to practice comprehension. Students will re...
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Angela and Marie—Short Story - worksheet educational content
Angela and Marie—Short Story
This short story about a cat having kittens is a great way to practice comprehension. Students will read the text and th...
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Luca and Lily—Understanding Text - worksheet educational content
Luca and Lily—Understanding Text
This short story about a trip to the animal shelter is a great way to practice comprehension. Students will read the tex...
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What Do Humans Need? Informational text - worksheet educational content
What Do Humans Need? Informational text
This worksheet contains an informational text on what humans need to survive. Following the passage is a short comprehen...
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Informational Text—Where Do You Live? - worksheet educational content
Informational Text—Where Do You Live?
This informational text on urban, suburban, rural areas is a great way to practice reading fluency and comprehension whi...
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Telling Time: To the Hour - worksheet educational content
Telling Time: To the Hour
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Telling Time: To the Half Hour - worksheet educational content
Telling Time: To the Half Hour
This worksheet on telling time is a great way to practice reading clocks to the half hour. Students will read the times ...
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The Lion and the Mouse: A Fable Retold - worksheet educational content
The Lion and the Mouse: A Fable Retold
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Short Story — The Monkey and the Crocodile - worksheet educational content
Short Story — The Monkey and the Crocodile
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Short Story — Wise Birbal and the Bridge - worksheet educational content
Short Story — Wise Birbal and the Bridge
This 4th grade reading literature deals with describing characters in a story and analyzing their traits, motivations, a...
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Happy Birthday Cake - reading educational content
Happy Birthday Cake
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The Olympic Games - reading educational content
The Olympic Games
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How Do Scientists Study Past Climates? - reading educational content
How Do Scientists Study Past Climates?
Students will analyze how tools like ice cores and tree rings provide scientific evidence about Earth’s historical clima...
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Baxter and the Missing Diary Caper - reading educational content
Baxter and the Missing Diary Caper
In this short mystery story, Baxter the clever talking dog uses his detective skills to solve the case of Zoe's missing ...
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The Backwards Halloween - reading educational content
The Backwards Halloween
In the quirky Topsy-Turvy Town, Halloween is celebrated backwards: kids wear inside-out costumes and give candy to adult...
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The Mix-Up Witch - reading educational content
The Mix-Up Witch
Wendy the Witch's Halloween excitement leads to a comical mix-up when she accidentally grabs her cat's toy wand instead ...
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The Mission Control Room - reading educational content
The Mission Control Room
This comprehensive passage introduces students to the complex world of space mission control, connecting with NGSS stand...
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The Space Food Lab - reading educational content
The Space Food Lab
This engaging passage explores the fascinating world of space food technology, aligning with NGSS standards for engineer...
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Carl and the Lost Girl—Moral of the Story - worksheet educational content
Carl and the Lost Girl—Moral of the Story
This fable with comprehension questions will teach students about kindness and trust. Students will identify character t...
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Fable on The King’s Quest—Author's Purpose - worksheet educational content
Fable on The King’s Quest—Author's Purpose
This fable with comprehension questions will teach students that it is never a smart idea to judge a book by its cover. ...
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The Honey Jar—Evidence from text - worksheet educational content
The Honey Jar—Evidence from text
This fable with comprehension questions will teach students about being truthful. Students will identify character trait...
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Fiction vs Nonfiction - worksheet educational content
Fiction vs Nonfiction
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Mark's Awesome Birthday Party - worksheet educational content
Mark's Awesome Birthday Party
This fiction passage about a child's birthday party with comprehension questions will keep your students engaged. They w...
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Book Covers - worksheet educational content
Book Covers
This worksheet will help your class to understand the elements of a book cover. Students must identify the title and aut...
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Baxter and the Vanishing Veggies - reading educational content
Baxter and the Vanishing Veggies
Baxter investigates disappearing vegetables from Emma's garden and collects clues leading to Marshmallow the cat as the ...
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Playground Puddles - reading educational content
Playground Puddles
This passage demonstrates how gathering data helps solve practical problems. Students learn to use mapping and measureme...
School Garden Fix - reading educational content
School Garden Fix
This passage shows how systematic observation and measurement help identify problems. Students learn to gather specific ...
The Sneaky Skeleton's Sweet Surprise - reading educational content
The Sneaky Skeleton's Sweet Surprise
Bony Bob, the hungriest skeleton in town, faces a unique Halloween challenge - he has an uncontrollable sweet tooth but ...
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The Upside-Down Vampire - reading educational content
The Upside-Down Vampire
Vinnie the Vampire, residing in a spooky old castle, faces a unique challenge every Halloween - he's always upside-down!...
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The Haunted Cookie Jar - reading educational content
The Haunted Cookie Jar
In the mysterious Spooky Sweet Shop, a magical cookie jar that no one can open becomes the center of attention on Hallow...
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The Pumpkin That Wouldn't Smile - reading educational content
The Pumpkin That Wouldn't Smile
In Old Farmer Joe's pumpkin patch, one pumpkin named Grumpy refuses to smile, no matter how Joe carves it. The story tak...
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The Mars Rover - reading educational content
The Mars Rover
The Mars Rover' introduces young readers to the cutting-edge technology used in exploring other planets. Sarah encounter...
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Otters at the River - reading educational content
Otters at the River
The Weather - reading educational content
The Weather
This reading passage on sunny day will enhance and test the reading comprehension skills of Grade 1 student. This onlin...
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Eva's Aquarium Visit - reading educational content
Eva's Aquarium Visit
Embark on an enchanting journey with Eva as she visits the aquarium with her family. Feel her excitement as she marvels ...
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The Exciting Arrival - reading educational content
The Exciting Arrival
In 'The Exciting Arrival,' young Sarah and her classmates embark on a thrilling field trip to the Space Museum. The stor...
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Short Story on The Art Contest - worksheet educational content
Short Story on The Art Contest
This comprehension passage about a boy who enters an art contest is a great way to practice writing conclusions and read...
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Dara the Dolphin - worksheet educational content
Dara the Dolphin
This short story is perfect for identifying figurative language. Students will read the text then highlight any figurati...
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Count of All the Crows in the Kingdom—Short Story - worksheet educational content
Count of All the Crows in the Kingdom—Short Story
Students read a historical fiction short story and answer multiple choice questions to identify and interpret figurative...
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Animal Lover Poem - worksheet educational content
Animal Lover Poem
This poem is perfect for all of the animal lovers in your classroom! Students will read the short poem and then circle a...
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