Summarizing Skills
This collection brings together no-prep summarizing resources designed for 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade ELA classrooms. Every resource is aligned to Common Core Reading standards — including RI.6.2, RI.7.2, RI.8.2 and RL.6.2, RL.7.2, RL.8.2 — so students are practicing the kind of objective, text-based summarizing that middle school standards require.
Whether you need practice with informational text, literary text, or both, these resources help students move past retelling and toward true summarization — identifying what matters, leaving out what doesn't, and putting it in their own words.
Materials work for direct instruction, independent practice, small group intervention, and assessment. Answer keys are included with every product, and everything is ready to use without additional prep.
Perfect for ELA teachers and homeschool educators who want standards-aligned summarizing practice that holds up in a rigorous middle school classroom.
