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Elementary School Fiction Common Core Analyze Characters Worksheets

Read this classic children&#39;s story &mdash;&nbsp;then stage a stick puppet performance of it!

The Little Red Hen

Get your third grader in the habit of reading closely with this multi-page story featuring questions on the main character, sequencing, and recalling details.

Reading for Comprehension: Alexis and the Game Show

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character&rsquo;s actions with their emotions.

Character Emotion Match Cards

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

Story Elements Map

Read Aesop's classic fable, then answer a few reading comprehension questions.

The Ants and the Grasshopper

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

Folktales: The Princess Mouse

As students read&nbsp;R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder, use this graphic organizer to track and analyze the book&#39;s characters.

Novel Study: Wonder: Character Tracker

Read this Mother Goose's Treasury classic, then answer the reading comprehension questions.

Little Boy Blue

In Aesop's classic fable, a tortoise and a hare race — but the winner may surprise you!

The Hare and the Tortoise

This resource helps ELs make strong connections with a simple fiction text. After reading a short story, students will think about how they can connect with the text and use sentence frames to explain their thinking.

Part 1: Making Connections with Texts

Use this fun story rollercoaster template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them consider these who, what, where, why, and how questions as they relate to the plot.

Story Rollercoaster

Read this nursery rhyme classic, then answer a reading comprehension question.

The House that Jack Built

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Discussion Guide #1

Read this well-loved poem, then answer a few reading comprehension questions.

The Five Little Pigs

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

The Wizard in The Wizard of Oz

Read this sweet poem by A.A. Milne, then answer a few short reading comprehension questions.

The Four Friends

Your students will demonstrate understanding of a short fiction text by answering who, when, what, where, why, and how questions. Use this as an introduction to the vocabulary in the EL Support Lesson: Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How Questions.

Sum it Up: Grandpa's Boat

In this first-person narrative, a child looks forward to a first camping trip.

My Vacation (Part One)

Read this cozy poem by A.A. Milne, then answer a reading comprehension question.

Furry Bear

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

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Analyze the Characters

Everyone loves this silly classic! Read the poem, then answer a question at the end.

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Use this graphic organizer to help your students identify the four elements of a fictional story: characters, setting, problem, and solution.

Elements of a Story: Circle Chart

Enjoy Rudyard Kipling's story "The Beginnings of the Armadillos", where your little one will answer questions and enjoy some coloring pages!

The Beginnning of the Armadillos

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

Comparing Characters: Haunted Hotel

After reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan, students can reflect on the themes and events of the novel with these writing prompts!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Post-Reading Response Prompts

Is your kid struggling with reading comprehension? Try this short and sweet story from Oscar Wilde.

The Selfish Giant

Let your students show you the way through a story of their choice using this fun road map! Your students will get to flex their reading comprehension muscles as they write about various story elements, including main characters, setting, and plot.

Story Roadmap

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn Story Elements.

Glossary: Learn Story Elements

Use this handy concept web to teach your students about ways to interact with text, including text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections that can help deepen their understanding of what they read.

Making Connections with Texts Concept Web

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.

Compare & Contrast Supporting Characters

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Elementary School Fiction Common Core Analyze Characters Worksheets

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