Summarize the Text is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on putting a story's key events in order to summarize it, aligned to Common Core standard RL.4.2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Ravi's class is set the task of building a bridge from straws.
LessonPrint · RL.4.2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Summarize the Text
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Correct order: 5, 2, 4, 3, 1
2.Correct order: 5, 2, 3, 1, 4
Questions about Summarize the Text
What does the Summarize the Text worksheet cover?
It practices putting a story's key events in order to summarize it — 2 questions for Grade 4, all on Common Core RL.4.2: Work out the theme from the details, then summarize the text. The instruction to students is “Number the boxes to show the right order”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Summarize the Text practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2 — RL.4.2, under Reading: Literature for Grade 4. The published standard reads: “Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Summarize the Text is written for Grade 4, typically ages 9-10. It is one of the sheets on RL.4.2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Summarize the Text come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Summarize the Text can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Summarize the Text free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Summarize the Text, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for RL.4.2
Work out the theme from the details, then summarize the text.