Read this passage about a rainy spring break to boost your character analysis skills!

Children reflect on the importance of a book's setting as they design a travel brochure for a work of fiction they have read.

Your students will seek to read and complete sentences using a word bank of common reading comprehension terms, such as conflict and setting.

Read this shortened version of the Monkey King story, then try your hand at writing a new folk tale starring the Monkey King himself!

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Children will read this Reader's Theater script, then answer questions designed to support their understanding of the characters, story, and message of the play.

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.

As students read R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, use this graphic organizer to track and analyze the book's characters.

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 handy concept web to teach your students about ways to interact with text, including text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections that can help deepen their understanding of what they read.

Use this graphic organizer to support your students as they describe characters, settings, and events in detail, using specific details from the text.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying characters and their dialogue.

Children learn how to spot the protagonist and supporting characters in a work of fiction.

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

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this worksheet to show how to compare characters’ thoughts and actions.

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

Bring books to life by having students create their very own character puppets! When they're finished, students can use the puppets to act out their favorite scenes.

What better way to learn about characters in stories than to become one? In this activity, students take on the role of a character as they act out scenes with a partner.

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.

Help students practice close reading with this character detective worksheet.

Is your child having trouble with reading comprehension? The wizard can help!

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.

Assemble your favorite actors and find the perfect parts for them in your summer reading book.