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Raise your hand if you love Pete the Cat! The next day, we discussed Pete’s character traits again and why we like Pete. Thankfully, I didn’t have any students who don’t like Pete. I think my heart would’ve broken just a small little bit! Then, we created our craft! Aren’t these the cutest things ever?

They did a great job! Here are some little close-ups of my example for the kids: To snag this craftivity, click the picture below! You don't want to miss out on this exclusive freebie just for the Missing Tooth Grins Community. Sign up and you'll immediately be sent your charts! We respect your privacy.

Unsubscribe at any time. Teaching about main character and character traits can be a lot of fun with the right activities. When teaching about characters, I read a different mentor text every day during reader’s workshop. You can read more about my favorite mentor texts for teaching main character and character traits here. You can see the full comprehensive Main Character and Character Traits Reading Unit here. I like to use a lot of “get up and move” activities for whole group lessons, which usually involves some sorting.

When I introduce main character, I hand each student a card. The cards either have a picture (and name) of a character or something that is not a character. Then, I play a catchy Kids Bop song that they love. While the song is playing, they have to walk around the room with their card. Let’s be honest; they are normally dancing around the room! I will randomly stop the music and then they have to find the closest person to them.

They read their card to their partner and tell their partner whether or not theirs is a character or not. Then, I play the music again and repeat! When we are finished, they bring their cards to the carpet and we sort them together. It’s important for students to see characters outside of books as well and in scenarios they have possibly been in so they can recognize the character traits in all characters. This activity involves reading a short paragraph about the character and then writing the inside and outside traits. I like to use this activity in whole group, small groups, and partners.

I always read the paragraph because not all students can. It’s not about being able to read the content, but understanding the skill. If you are teaching main character and character traits this Halloween season, then you and your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students will enjoy this Halloween-themed character resource. It is a Halloween-themed sample of my Main Character & Character Traits Reading Unit. You may also want to check out these Fall-Themed Activities: Punctuation Turkey: A Punctuation Scoot Game

If you are teaching main character and character traits this Halloween season, then you and your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students will enjoy this Halloween-themed character resource. It is a Halloween-themed sample of my Main Character & Character Traits Reading Unit. You may also want to check out these Fall-Themed Activities:

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