Elementary School Analyze Characters Resources : Page 4

Read about why kangaroos hop on two legs, in Rudyard Kipling's "The Sing Song of Old Kangaroo." Your kid will answer reading questions and color illustrations.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Use this helpful worksheet to support your students as they develop their question asking skills by pretending to interview characters from beloved fictional texts.

Help your child tap into this fictional attraction by sharing about their favorite character with a pen pal! Your young reader will use this fun postcard template to describe their favorite character, including their favorite piece of dialogue.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Asking Questions and Finding Answers.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who are the Key Characters?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fairy Tale Character Traits.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Two Perspectives.

After reading a Christmas classic, The Elves and the Shoemaker , test your child's comprehension with this story map shoe!

Inspire your students to create a story using elements of fictional text! Budding writers will choose from the list of characters, settings, problems, and transition frames to help jump-start the creative process.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Complete the story by writing the main events.

Children learn how to identify cause and effect with the help of a friendly root vegetable in this playful worksheet.

Using this template, readers will use symbols and words to identify the ways a character's actions, thoughts, and words change from the beginning to the end of a story.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea.

Use this Venn diagram graphic to help your kindergarten students learn about comparing and contrasting settings.

Use this Venn diagram to help kindergarten students learn about comparing and contrasting events in a story.

If you're studying The Wizard of Oz, take a break with this fun quiz on quotes from different characters in the book.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Character Traits.

This resource helps ELs incorporate their own thoughts and text connections into a thinking paragraph.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Connections in a Fiction Text.

Historic novels are rich sources of reading practice and this graphic organizer is a nod to prairie classics like those written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

A Christmas Carol characters include Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and Jacob Marley. Learn about A Christmas Carol characters with this festive worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Close Reading Strategy.

After independent reading, check in to see how students are understanding what they read. Having students make character paper dolls is a fun way to assess their comprehension and bring the story to life!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Details and Asking for Answers.

Put a personalized twist on the old-school bookmark and your young reader will make the experience more fun for themselves by reviewing the book as they go.