Describe Characters and Setting Activity
Reading comprehension activity built around the short story A Day at the Beach, where students draw the characters and setting from details in the text on a graphic organizer.

- Grades
- Preschool–Grade 1
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Reading, ELA
- Topic
- Story Elements, Text Features
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
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Description: The Describe Characters and Setting Activity helps students understand how illustrations contribute to the meaning of a text. This is a great activity for students who are struggling with reading comprehension.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Identify the characters and setting in a short story
Use descriptive details from the text to support a drawing
Teaching tips
The story reads above most Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten levels, so younger students may need it read aloud before they draw.
Skills covered
Visualizing — turning written descriptions of the beach trip into pictures
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