Snapshot

This worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 strengthen summarizing skills, grammar awareness, reading comprehension, and clear written expression through a short informational passage about the Pentecost story. After reading a brief summary, learners write their own 3-4 sentence summary focusing on the most important events, then underline the main verb in each sentence to reinforce understanding of sentence structure and action words.

Skills Reinforced

• Summarizing Informational Text (Grades 4-6) – Identify and restate the most important events in a clear, concise way
• Reading Comprehension – Distill key details from a short narrative passage
• Grammar Awareness – Identify and underline the main verb in each written sentence
• Clear Writing – Practice expressing ideas accurately using complete, focused sentences

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to support upper elementary ELA and religion/literature instruction
• Integrated Grammar Practice – Combines summarization with verb identification
• Structured Sentence Expectation – Guides students toward concise, organized writing
• Flexible Use – Suitable for classwork, homework, assessment, or homeschool lessons
• Low-Prep Printable – Ready to use with minimal teacher preparation

This Snapshot worksheet helps students practice essential literacy skills by summarizing a meaningful narrative and focusing on sentence structure at the same time. By identifying key events and underlining main verbs, learners strengthen comprehension, grammar knowledge, and clear written communication. It’s a simple, no-prep resource for classroom and homeschool settings focused on thoughtful reading and concise writing.

This worksheet is part of our Pentecost Worksheets collection.