Summarize a Text About How Pencils Are Made

Read the passage together, then ask your child to tell it to you in three sentences before writing. Talk about why the wrong summaries are too small or miss the ending. Check with the answer key.

Check the key details in an original text about how pencils are made, pick the best summary, write one. A summary tells the main idea and the most important details of a text in your own words. The directions on the page read: Read the text. Then, turn the page and answer the questions. On page 2: Check the boxes of the three most important details. Then, circle the letter of the best summary. Then, write a summary on the lines. The answer key covers the questions on page 2.

Yes, both. We made it for 3rd Grade main idea and details, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with summarizing. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

A summary tells the most important parts in a few sentences and leaves out small details. For a story, that is who it is about, what they wanted, what got in the way and how it ended (RL.3.2). For a text, it is the main idea and the key details (RI.3.2).

It is a five row chart with Somebody (the character), Wanted (the goal), But (the problem), So (what they did) and Then (how it ended). Children write a few words in each row, then turn the rows into sentences.

Ask whether the story or text would still make sense without the detail. On the informational pages, children check three important details out of six, which gives practice choosing what matters.

Yes. All ten summarizing sheets have an answer key, with a sample summary for the written part.

10 printable worksheets, all free to preview. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for 3rd Grade students, roughly ages 8-9. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Each one shows the Common Core code it covers on its own page, so you can check the alignment yourself rather than taking our word for it.