Character Traits Anchor Chart – 4-Chart Set
- Grades
- Grades 2–5
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Literature
- Topic
- Character traits, Character analysis
- Resource types
- Anchor Charts
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Standards
- RL.3.3
Product description
From the author
This resource is a set of 4 anchor charts for teaching character traits. Pages 1 and 3 are completed charts; pages 2 and 4 are corresponding fill-in versions. 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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Curriculum
Standards, concepts & topics
Standards
Standards
- RL.3.3
Core concepts
Core concepts
Character traits
Text evidence
Reading comprehension
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