Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

Comparing characters in books is a great way to learn more about them, and learn more about how important characters are to books.

Main characters would be lost without their supporting characters! Use this reading comprehension worksheet to compare and contrast characters from classic novels using a graphic organizer and paragraph excerpts.

If your child is writing their first book report, help them get a handle on the characters in their book.

Folktales are a great way to get your child into reading, and to help them consider moral values as well!

Explore characters in literature by extracting clues from this paragraph about one of the main Secret Garden characters: Miss Mary Lennox.

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Characters and Settings.

Use this worksheet to show how to compare characters’ thoughts and actions.

Children learn how to spot the protagonist and supporting characters in a work of fiction.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Characters and Dialogue.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Characters and Settings.

Explore characters in literature by getting inside of the most famous Alice in Wonderland character's head: Alice herself.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying characters and their dialogue.

Children practice comparing and contrasting characters in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Noun phrases can give readers important information about the characters and settings of a story. This worksheet will help your students identify noun phrases that describe characters and settings in fictional texts.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.

Children learn how to write the Chinese characters for a few favorite animals in this practice worksheet and template.

Use this graphic organizer to support your students as they describe characters, settings, and events in detail, using specific details from the text.

It can be tricky to sort out different perspectives in a complex book! Use this activity to help your learner think about how two different characters feel about the same event or challenge.

In this Chinese language worksheet, children identify the characters for different colors and then color them in accordingly.

Review and practice writing dialogue with your students. Choose from three situations and create an original dialogue for the characters in one of them.

If you're looking for some punctuation practice, here's the worksheet for you! Read the fable, and then add in all the missing punctuation marks.

Help the mouse find his lost cheese in this adorable fourth-grade division worksheet!

Use this exercise with your students as they work through the realms of realism and fantasy.

Use this resource with your students to give them practice reading a fable and categorizing sentences as either examples of realism or fantasy.

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Can your third grader help the Mouse family find their new dream house? They'll find the total areas to determine which house has an area over 55 square feet.