Being able to describe and compare character development is an important skill for young readers. Using this handy graphic organizer, students will use adjectives to compare characters at the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Have your child read these Peter Pan passages and decide what she knows about the Peter Pan character.

Have students consider a character’s attributes and actions with this cute and memorable organizer! After reading a book, students will draw a picture and describe the characters. Then they'll summarize the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

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.

Making a timeline is a good way to sort out a story's events. Double the challenge by having kids make The Hobbit timeline, one of the book and one of the film.

Use this passage as an opportunity to work on reading comprehension, and explore Aunt Em's character inside and out.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

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

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.

Develop your student's writing skills with this character and setting worksheet. Encourage your students to use interesting adverbs and adjectives in their descriptions.

This fun worksheet serves as a great visual for your kids to organize their thoughts around the elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them fill out this handy slide graphic organizer with plot, protagonist, and antagonist.

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

Have students think about each character’s journey with this character-specific beginning, middle, and end story map. Students can complete maps for different characters, then compare and contrast!

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!

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

Being able to identify when and where a story takes place is an important skill for young readers. After reading fiction books, check students’ comprehension by having them draw the setting of the story in this fun reading comprehension activity.

Bring story characters to life by having your students imagine them in real life scenarios. In this creative activity, students will seek to analyze their favorite characters by thinking about how each one would react in different situations.

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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: Character Actions and Emotions.

This Cinderella story map is ready to keep the details of a classic and beloved fairy tale in order. As your child thinks of who is in the story, and…

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 these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Scary Story Elements.

Have a storytelling adventure with Cinderella! Little readers will love putting their own spin on a classic fairy tale.

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

Your second grader can use this Venn diagram to list traits of their favorite book characters. Help them expand their vocabulary with new, descriptive words.

Complete the story by writing the main events.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Differences.