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For the past few weeks, our second graders have been working on describing characters by matching traits to a character\u2019s actions, speech, thoughts, and feelings. It\u2019s an intense standard to unpack because it involves many levels of learning-comprehending stories, increasing vocabulary around personality traits, comparing characters and finding proof to support their claims in the texts they read.<\/p>\n

Throughout this month, my grade level partner, Jessica Bourne, and I have come up with some great resources to teach character description and help our students build their vocabulary. As we\u2019ve gone through this process, we\u2019ve realized how much our students have responded to these lessons by making connections to their own lives.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re finding that by analyzing the behavior of literary characters, our students are building their own strong character and personalities. Here are three resources we\u2019ve used to help our students master the standard and become better Rocketeers and citizens in the process:<\/p>\n

1. Fables & Folktales<\/h2>\n

Fables and folktales are one of the best places to start when teaching character traits because of the clear character types and behaviors. We read about crafty Fox and clever Anansi in several stories and our students enjoyed the tricks they played. Some of our students were already familiar with popular fables and it\u2019s exciting to build their repertoire of commonly retold stories and character tropes in literature around the world.<\/p>\n

Folktales and fables also have strong moral themes, and often have a direct lesson at the end of the story. A few of our favorite stories and illustrations are found in Eric Carle\u2019s Twelve Tales from Aesop: Retold and Illustrated<\/a> and Arnold Lobel\u2019s Fables<\/a> is an amazing book for upper grade levels.<\/p>\n

2. Kevin Henkes<\/h2>\n

\"Image\"<\/a>Kevin Henkes\u2019 adorable picture books have extremely relatable characters and hilarious childlike mice who throw tantrums, envy their friends, and face their fears. When reading Lily\u2019s Purple Plastic Purse<\/a>, my students laughed harder than I\u2019d ever heard at the silly illustrations while I knew they also identified with Lily and her mercurial behavior towards her beloved teacher, Mr. Slinger. Hearing one of my students use the word \u201cunpredictable\u201d to describe Lily was an awesome moment in building vocabulary.<\/p>\n

Kevin Henkes\u2019 books are also excellent in teaching character traits because many of his stories are connected through the same set of characters, all of them with as strong a personality as Lily.<\/p>\n

3. Kimochis<\/h2>\n

Our beloved Kimochis<\/a> characters and the accompanying stories provided an impactful end to our unit on characterization. Lower grade students at Rocketship campuses have been using the Kimochis characters and feelings to teach lessons that support our students\u2019 social and emotional skills all year. Our students immediately fell in love with the Kimochis and have been devoted to practicing kind words and expressing their feelings.<\/p>\n

\"Image\"<\/a>It was easy for us to use the Kimochis in a more academic realm because each of the characters comes with their own book and personality, supported by vivid details and rich language. Our goal in these lessons was to increase students\u2019 character trait vocabulary, and since the Kimochis were already familiar to our students, they were able to clearly understand more complex traits such as \u201cnurturing\u201d and \u201cpersuasive.\u201d Best of all, the Kimochis stories support strong lessons in communication, summarized by their mantra, \u201cIt\u2019s okay to be mad, but it\u2019s not okay to be mean.\u201d<\/p>\n

It has been exciting for Jessica and I to see how our students connect academic lessons related to the state standards with the life lessons we also hope to teach them. Through beloved characters and realistic examples, our second graders became proficient at describing characters and improving their own relationships and communication skills.<\/p>\n

\"Cohete_Diciembre131001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Claire Wernecke is a second grade teacher at\u00a0Mateo Sheedy Elementary<\/a>\u00a0and is in her sixth year of teaching and living in San Jose. She received a BA in American Studies from Stanford University. Claire enjoys tailgating and following Stanford football, dancing, and hiking all over the Bay Area<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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