Common Core State Standards
Reading: Literature
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Free Character Traits List
Teach your students to analyze characters more effectively by providing them with a list of character traits.
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Five Finger Summary - Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use to summarize a fiction text.
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Sensory Chart Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.
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Story Elements Anchor Charts - Sloth-Themed Posters
Display these cute sloth-themed story elements anchor charts when learning about narrative texts.
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Figurative Language Football Interactive Activity
Have a Figurative Language bowl review with this self-checking Google interactive activity.
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Design Your Own Book Cover Worksheet
A worksheet that encourages students to create a book cover including a blurb on the back.
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Character Adjective Accordion Template - Blank
A fun and creative way to learn about how adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality.
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Character Emotions Worksheet
A worksheet to use when teaching students about characters and how to make inferences.
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Developing Characters Poster Pack - Show, Don't Tell Feelings
Enhance story development and characterization in student writing with a set of 16 Show, Not Tell Posters.
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Parts of a Story - Story Elements Workbook
Explore the different elements of a narrative story with this student mini workbook.
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Writing a Simile Poem - Worksheet
Experiment with similes by writing a simile poem about a special person.
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Reading Response Template – Summarizing
A reading response template for students to use to summarize a piece of text.
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Character Traits: Interactive Activity
Analyze text and identify character traits of characters with a Google Slides Interactive activity.
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Character Analysis Task Cards
Use these task cards to practice analyzing characters within any fictional text.
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Comprehension - The Three Little Pigs
A comprehension activity using a narrative text .
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Applying Reading Comprehension Strategies Worksheets
A collection of worksheets which enable students to practice applying reading comprehension strategies.
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Reading Comprehension Strategies Anchor Charts
Provide young readers with concrete examples of reading strategies with a set of 18 ready-made reading anchor charts.
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Elements of Poetry - Instructional Slide Deck
Investigate poetic elements with an interactive Elements of Poetry teaching slide deck.
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Summarizing a Nonfiction Text - Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer to help students summarize a nonfiction text.
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Reading Response Templates - Complete Journal
A reading response journal for students to use to engage with text in meaningful and purposeful ways.
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Figurative Languages Lesson - Slide Deck
Teach figurative language using our comprehensive instructional slide deck and accompanying activities.
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Onomatopeia Writing Activity
A template to practice using onomatopeias in a piece of text.
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Poetry Task Cards
A set of 20 task cards to practice different elements of peotry.
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Deforestation-Infographic Analysis Activity
Read and understand an infographic about Deforestation with a thought-provoking poster and comprehension questions.
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Reading Response Template – Character Report
A reading response template for students to analyze a character in a piece of text.
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Readers' Theater Script - What's My Pet?
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 6 years and over.
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Read and Roll - Comprehension Dice Game
A fun reading comprehension game to play after reading a fictional text.
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First But Not Last – Comprehension Task
An article about historic women paired with a comprehension task.
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Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) Constructed Response Worksheet
Use our constructed response writing prompts for fourth grade to learn about the fearless Women’s Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs).
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Helen Keller Comprehension Passage - Tasks
Uncover facts about Helen Keller with a reading passage and worksheet pack to practice comprehension, character analysis, and sequencing.
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Elements of Plot Teaching Presentation
Teach them to your students with a Plot Elements Teaching presentation.
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Character Traits Graphic Organizer
Describe the most notable mental and moral qualities of a real or fictional person.