Treehouse Summary

This worksheet invites students to read a short narrative about friends building a treehouse and then write a concise 3-4 sentence summary. Students must include the story’s main events in order while leaving out unnecessary details. This exercise builds summarizing and sequencing skills, key components of narrative comprehension. It also helps learners practice distinguishing essential events from supporting details. Through this task, students improve both their reading comprehension and concise written expression.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Summarizing Key Events

English Language Arts – Narrative Reading Comprehension

English Language Arts – Sequencing Events in Texts

English Language Arts – Writing Concise Summaries

This worksheet is part of our Grade 5 Reading Comprehension collection.