Describe Characters and Setting Activity
This describe characters and setting activity has kindergarten and 1st grade students sort story clue cards, then draw from describing words. Answer key included.
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Describing Characters and Setting
This describe characters and setting activity helps young readers listen closely to the words an author chooses. Describing words tell us what a character looks like, sounds like and acts like. Other describing words paint the setting, the place where a story happens. When children can sort those words, they understand a story more deeply and can picture it in their minds.
How to Use the Activity
Read the short story A Day at the Beach out loud. Crab is small and red with two big claws, and Gull is white with gray wings and a loud voice. The beach has big blue waves, a bright sun, white shells and a tall lighthouse. Then hold up the twelve clue cards one at a time. Each card has a picture and describing words from the story. Children decide if the clue tells about a character or the setting and place it on the Character box or the Setting box of the Sort Mat. Next, they use the same words to draw Crab and the beach on the Draw It page. This kindergarten story elements activity works well in a reading group, at a literacy center or with a partner, and the 1st grade practice worksheet lets students show what they learned on their own. Use this describe characters and setting activity again with any picture book.
What’s Included
- Colorful cover page
- How to Use page with simple steps
- Read-aloud story: A Day at the Beach
- 12 clue cards with pictures and describing words
- Character and Setting Sort Mat
- Draw It page
- 1st grade practice worksheet
- Answer keys for the sort and the practice page
Why This Activity Helps Kids
- Children learn that describing words tell about characters and places.
- Sorting the cards turns listening into a hands-on game.
- Drawing from the words builds the mental pictures good readers make.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
After any read-aloud, ask children to name one word that describes a character and one that describes the setting. You can also hide the pictures in a picture book, read a page, and have children draw what they heard before you show the art.
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