4th Grade · Writing
Summarizing Nonfiction
Free printable 4th Grade writing worksheet: Summarizing Nonfiction. It practices summarizing (Common Core RI.4.2). For ages 9-10. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 4th Grade
- Subject
- Writing
- Skill
- Summarizing
- Ages
- 9–10
- Standard
- RI.4.2
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Summarizing Nonfiction” is sheet 12 of 25 in our free 4th Grade Writing Worksheets collection, written for children aged 9–10. It focuses on summarizing, one of two sheets in the set on that skill.
In the set it comes after “Describing a Setting” and before “Revise with ARMS”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
RI.4.2 · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 4
Reading: Informational Text · Key ideas and details
Children work on finding the central message or main idea and retelling or summarizing what was read.
More summarizing worksheets
The other 4th Grade Writing sheets on summarizing, in the order they are meant to be done.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Talk through the plan before writing. A child who can say their reasons out loud will write them more easily.
- 2
Use the ARMS revising sheet on any piece of your child’s writing, not just the sample paragraph.
- 3
For the research planner, help your child find two different sources and compare what they say.
