Character Traits Anchor Chart – 4-Chart Set
- Grades
- Grades 1–2, Elementary
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Reading, ELA
- Topic
- Anchor Charts, Reading Printable
- Resource types
- Anchor Charts, Teacher Tools
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Ontario expectations
- C3.2
From the author
About this resource
This resource is a set of 4 charts">anchor charts for teaching character traits. The first chart is complete. The following 3 charts are fill in the blank. These charts would work great on a bulletin board display or inserted into students' interactive reading notebooks.
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Identify a character's traits using clues from thoughts, feelings, actions, and descriptions.
Cite text evidence to justify a chosen character trait.
Apply the four trait-clue categories to analyze a character in a story.
Teaching tips
Display the completed poster as a permanent reference, and use the blank fill-in version as interactive notebook pages during a read-aloud.
Model the sentence frame with a familiar story character before students apply it independently.
Revisit the chart's four trait-clue categories chapter by chapter during a class novel unit.
Skills covered
Character trait inference — students identify a character trait using evidence from thoughts, feelings, actions, and other characters' descriptions.
Text evidence citation — students complete the sentence frame 'I know this because...' to support a trait claim with story details.
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Questions teachers ask about this resource
What is the difference between the two chart topics in this set?
The first chart maps four categories used to derive a character's traits (thoughts/words, feelings, actions, others' descriptions); the second explains the same four categories in sentence form and adds the 'I know this because...' evidence frame.
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Ontario curriculum
Ontario curriculum expectations
Ontario expectations
Ontario expectations
- C3.2 — Ontario Grade 2 Language C3.2: make simple inferences using stated and implied information and ideas to understand simple texts.
Core concepts
Core concepts
Character traits
Text evidence
Reading comprehension
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