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The First 21 Days | Day 5: Characters | Reading Instruction

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Lesson cover introducing characters as part of a balanced literacy unit for a Common Core classroom.
Opening cover of the characters lesson
Opening lesson questions ask what a character is, what a main character is, and how we talk about characters.
Three opening questions about characters
Character definition slide leaves blanks for who a story is about and what makes a character the main character.
Definition sequence, step 1: blanks
Character definition slide fills the first blank with “People”; two other definition blanks remain empty.
Definition sequence, step 2: People
Character definition slide adds “characters” after “People or”; the main character definition stays incomplete.
Definition sequence, step 3: second word revealed
Character definition slide adds “important” to identify the main character as the most important in the story.
Definition sequence, step 4: important
Completed anchor chart defines characters as people or animals and the main character as central to the action.
Definition sequence, step 5: completed anchor chart
Character clues chart lists thoughts and words, feelings, actions, and what the author or characters tell us.
Chart explaining how readers learn about characters
Listening behaviors chart shows eyes on the teacher or book, a quiet mouth, hands in lap, and two more expectations.
Listening expectations for teacher read-alouds
Book introduction slide displays the cover of Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon, featuring a girl in tall grass.
Book cover presented within the characters lesson
Attributes
Subject

ELA, Reading

Grades

Preschool, Grade 1, 2, 3

Types

Teacher Tools, Lesson Plans

File

Microsoft PowerPoint

Editable
No
Author
First in Line
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About This Product

This resource is Day 5: Characters in the First 21 Days lesson set.

This presentation is full of comprehension and reading strategies, anchor charts, interactive activities and so much more.

What's Included

1 PowerPoint with 19 ready to display slides

Resource Tags

short story reading passage characters setting reading lesson plan

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