Character trait

As we have entered the month of August, every teacher, whether she likes it or not, starts thinking about school. Some of us have dreams (or nightmares). Some of us go on a Pinterest spree. We walk through Target and ask ourselves "What do I 'need' from the dollar section?" You don't do this? Okay, maybe it's just me. Anyway, we are also thinking about what were some of our students' challenges last year, and how we will address them this year. My third and fourth graders had difficulty with…

Free Character Trait List - sorted by synonyms to help students build character trait vocabulary. Teaching Made Practical

Seven toxic seniors were leeching off of their classmates' hard work during group projects to maintain their grades, and the other kids were too nervous and scared to do something about it. So their teacher took action.

Character Traits in Knave

Looking for a list of negative character traits? Here's a list of 98 negative character traits and qualities with examples.

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Grades 1-5 are all in the midst of a character unit in Reading Workshop. This week, I thought I might focus a bit on what a character trait is. According to Yourdictionary.com, character traits are "all the aspects of a person’s behavior and attitudes that make up that person’s personality. Everyone has character traits, both good and bad. Even characters in books have character traits. Character traits are often shown with descriptive adjectives, like patient, unfaithful, or jealous." They…