Teaching character

Understanding characters is an essential part of reading comprehension, so today I’m going to share part one in a two part post on how to teach character traits. Watch the Facebook live video about this topic here. (Click here to skip to part two.) Like many lessons, I start with a hook. I ask my students to partner up…

The best books for helping students understand and identify character traits!

Character Study Made Easy! Here are the 3 secrets of teaching character traits so that students really get it!

See this! Use these 5 character building activities to teach things like empathy, kindness, respect, and honesty to your kids. Teaching kids to have good morals and values can be tough but is one of the most important jobs that parents and teachers have. As your child works on these simple character building activities, they’ll learn more about values, morals, and character.

Try these morning meeting routines with your elementary students this year! Morning meetings are such a great way to start the day, and a perfect opportunity to go over important topics! Some of my favorite things to cover during this time of day include goal setting, teaching kindness, classroom management games, and more!

Engage your students with the best books for teaching character traits. Each of these picture books make great read alouds and mentor texts for teaching character traits. Plus, get a FREE character trait center for 1st and 2nd grade! Get teaching tips to help support literacy in your class while teaching this important reading skill. Read more here!

Teach character traits in upper elementary through activities, full lesson plans, anchor charts, and small group work! Plus a freebie!

Analyzing character traits is a key fiction reading skill that is needed for successful comprehension. In most cases, authors do not just come out and tell readers the traits that a character possesses. By teaching

Here you will find a comprehensive list of adjective words to describe personality in English with examples and pictures. If you are telling someone about

Do you have a challenge fitting character education into your busy days? I know I always did! We know how important it is… and want to do it… But how?.. ..with reward tags, book marks, and fables! Reward Tags Reward tags are a great way to introduce and reinforce positive character qualities one by […]