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Character Traits Reading Passages

Learning to identify character traits helps your students understand the actions, motivations, and feelings of characters. This helps them think critically about why each character acts. These character traits reading passages will help your students practice learning about the characters in the text.

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When your students identify character traits from a text, they are learning that characters in the story have different motivations and feelings. This helps build on their reading comprehension skills as they use this to help them predict outcomes and make connections to the characters. These character traits reading passages are great to practice this reading skill.

Included In The Character Traits Reading Passages

  • 8 different character traits reading passages
  • Digital audiobook story with character traits practice
  • Printable bookmark
  • 4 character traits graphic organizers 
  • 4 games to check student’s understanding of character traits
  • Exit Tickets to informally assess character traits
  • Formal character traits assessment 

Practicing character traits is easy with all the resources included. With the reading passages, the bookmark, the games, and the graphic organizers, your students have multiple opportunities to determine the character’s traits as well as their motivation for their actions.

character traits reading passages

They’ll love completing the character traits reading passages, then playing one of the four games included: “Thumbs Up”, “I Have… Who Has?”, “Charades”, or “BINGO”. If you’re short on time, exit tickets are great to quickly check your student’s understanding of character traits. And when you’re ready, there is a formal assessment to complete your character traits reading unit.

How Can I Use This In My Classroom?

These character traits reading passages have several ways to practice this reading comprehension strategy. Here’s how to teach character traits using this resource.

Character Traits Printable Bookmarks

Introduce your students to the character traits reading comprehension skill with a bookmark that acts as a portable anchor chart. Print them on bright paper and send them home with library books or laminate and add them to your independent reading centers. The bookmark reminds students that a character’s main traits can effect their actions. Keep your bookmarks handy as your students learn why a character acts in a certain manner.

character traits reading passages

Character Traits Graphic Organizers

Graphic organizers are great for teaching reading comprehension. And they’re versatile too! With these character traits graphic organizers and your favorite read-aloud, your students will tell about a character, listing what they are like on the outside as well as the inside. Use the graphic organizers as you’re introducing your students to the character traits reading skill. Then, as you gradually release the responsibility to your students, the graphic organizers are great for independent or partner reading.

character traits reading passages

Character Traits Reading Passages

The character traits reading passages can be used to introduce or practice the reading skill. Great for your whole classroom, or at your literacy center, these reading passages help your students identify different character traits.

character traits reading passages
character traits reading passages

There are 8 character traits passages included. 4 of the stories are fiction, 4 are non-fiction. Here are more details:

  • 4 reading passages have character traits practice. Students read the passages, then highlight two clues that tell them what the character is like. They will then choose from a list of traits and write how they figured out which character trait to choose from.
  • 4 reading passages give students the opportunity to read the text, then determine which character trait is showcased and draw the characters showing each trait.

Digital Character Traits Reading Passages

As teachers, we want our digital activities to be meaningful. The digital resource included is engaging and interactive with an audiobook specifically for students to identify the character traits they read. Students will read along with the story and answer questions about the characters. Another great method for teaching reading comprehension.

character traits reading passages

Character Traits Games

Understanding character traits can be difficult for a beginning reader. A long list of character traits may prove difficult for a child with a growing vocabulary. And putting themselves in someone else’s shoes is a concept that may be new to them. The games included in this resource are perfect for teaching character traits to your students. 

character traits reading passages
character traits reading passages
character traits reading passages
character traits reading passages

Here are the character traits games included:

  • Thumbs Up: Print and laminate the thumbs. Read the short story to your students. If the character trait matches, they hold up their thumbs up card. If it does not match, they hold up their thumbs down card.
  • I Have… Who Has?: This is a fun game where everyone is involved. The first student reads a short story. The student with the matching character trait will then read their card, and so forth. Full instructions are included.
  • Charades: Students draw a character trait card, then act out the trait for their classmates to guess.
  • BINGO: Read the short stories to your students. They mark the character traits on their BINGO cards.

Character Traits Exit Ticket

Exit tickets are perfect if you have a short amount of time to check if your students understand the concept of character traits. Print the exit tickets on bright paper, or even better, use the included sticky note printer template to print the character traits exit tickets onto a sticky note. Add a blank posterboard to your walls for your students to place their sticky note exit tickets! Either way you use them, these exit tickets will tell you quickly who has an understanding of character traits and who needs more practice.

character traits reading passages

Character Traits Assessment

When you are ready to assess your students, use the formal assessment provided. The story “Get Well Soon” was written specifically for the character traits skill. The 4 reading comprehehension questions show if your students can identify the character traits. There is a final open ended prompt for them to explain how they knew to choose the traits.

As teachers, we know that your students need multiple ways to practice a new reading skill. As teachers of young students, we also know that it needs to be fun and engaging. These character traits reading passages, graphic organizers, printable bookmark, games, and assessments will highlight the reading skill but in a fun way for your students. 

character traits reading passages

Why Will This Work In My Classroom?

Many times, we cannot find the right reading passages to “fit” the particular reading strategy when we are teaching reading comprehension strategies. The reading passages, as well as the other resources included focus directly on teaching your students to identify the character traits while reading. Focusing on the specific skill in isolation first will help your students as they practice character traits on their own.

FAQ About The Character Traits Reading Passages

  • What Reading Level Are The Reading Passages? The text for the passages are at a first grade reading level. 
  • How Do I Differentiate For My Struggling Readers? We are teaching our students the reading skill with this resource. If you have students reading below a first grade reading level, it would be appropriate to read the passages and questions to them.  
  • Do I Have To Use All The Activities Included? No, of course not. However, many activities have been included so you can choose what is best for your students. You can also vary any of the activities based on the needs of your classroom.
  • Where Can My Students Use The Digital Resources? The digital reading passages are available on Google Slides, Boom Cards, or Seesaw. Links to these activities are found at the beginning of the resource.

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Adding the character traits to your reading comprehension lesson plan will help your students identify why the characters act in a certain manner. Practicing finding the character traits with this resource will enable your students to learn this skill so they can critically think about future text. Grab your character traits reading passages today!

character traits reading passages

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