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.

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!

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

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

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

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.

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.

Read this passage about a rainy spring break to boost your character analysis skills!

With room for 110 characters and diagonal guides for extra precise practice, this versatile template is a great way to support language learners as they practice writing characters.

Brighten your writing by learning how to build and describe great characters!

Kids identify information about characters and setting in this worksheet.

Help your child get started on his storytelling skills with this worksheet about characters!

Children practice identifying the characters for colors in Chinese with this coloring worksheet.

Happy Valentine's Day, from your favorite Brainzy characters!

Your cartoon-crazed creative kid gets to decide what the cool cartoon characters say.

Readers practice describing fictional characters using their own words with this graphic organizer template.