Use these 3 free graphic organizers with 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students learning about character traits. They can be used with different fiction texts.

3 Character Traits Graphic Organizers

Use these 3 free graphic organizers with 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students learning about character traits.  They can be used with different fiction texts.

Use the 3 free character traits graphic organizers below. Each of the graphic organizers focuses on a different aspect of character traits, and can be used over and over with a suitable fiction story with upper elementary students.  Use these graphic organizers after introducing character traits to your upper elementary students.

You can download a free printable / pdf version of each of these graphic organizers at the bottom of the webpage!

You might also like these reading response activity ideas that can be used with any fiction text!  

Character Traits Graphic Organizer: Report Card

This character traits graphic organizer has students assign a character a "grade" based on their different character traits, and then defend their grade with an explanation. This is a great graphic organizer to use to show students that everybody has their own strengths and weaknesses.

Before having students fill out a report card based on a character in a story, I would always model this graphic organizer using myself as an example. My students always got a kick out of "grading" me.

I tried to pick character traits that I exhibited often in the classroom, the good as well as the bad.  (These character trait lists are helpful.) Students would grade me on how truthful, patient, clumsy, and fair I was - I always got an A+ for clumsy!

Free Character Traits Report Card graphic organizer.  Use when teaching character traits to 3rd grade, 4th grade, or 5th grade students.

Character Traits Chart

This simple chart helps 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students organize information about the characters they read about. By filling out the graphic organizer, students will be more easily about to compare and contrast the different characters in a story.

Also, it requires students to cite evidence from the story and defend their answers - a must have skill with today's standards.

Scaffold this chart by filling in some of the boxes, and asking students to fill in the remaining boxes.

Free Character Traits Graphic Organizer that requires students to cite evidence.
Teaching main idea and details so 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students actually understand

Are your students still struggling with finding the main idea / central idea? This scaffolded resource is designed to help struggling students better understand this difficult skill. Students will learn:

  • that titles give clues about the main idea
  • that details should support the main idea
  • the difference between main idea and details
  • how to find the main idea in short and long text

Help your students be successful with main idea!

Comparing Character Traits Graphic Organizer

This character traits graphic organizer compares a character's behavior at the beginning of a story to their behavior at the end of a story.  (You might also like these other compare and contrast resources.)  It will work best when used with a fiction story where one of the main characters undergoes a dramatic change.

2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students must also answer questions about the main character and what caused the change.

Download these 3 Free Character Trait Graphic Organizers   

Free Character Traits Graphic Organizer - Have students compare the character traits of a character at the beginning of the story to the character traits at the end of a story.

No Prep Character Trait Activities

At least one of these graphic organizers should work with any fiction text that contains characters.  Download these 3 Free Character Trait Graphic Organizers and use them in your classroom today!

These graphic organizers are a part of my No Prep Activities for Teaching Character Traits, which includes cut and paste activities, reading passages with a corresponding activity, and several writing activities.

Character Traits: No Prep Activities.  Includes cut and paste activities, 3 unique reading passages with corresponding character trait activities, and several writing activities.

You might also be interested in these Character Traits Resourcesfind freebies, ideas for building character trait vocabulary, and more.

Teaching Character Traits? You Need This Freebie.

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