Characters from a story can be sorted by their traits, just like shapes or objects can. First the children list several character traits on a chart, they read a familiar story, and then sort the characters by their friendly or unfriendly traits. As a class, they read the story Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes and analyze character actions to determine which character should falls under the friendly or unfriendly classification. 

Common Core

RL.1.3 RL.1.7 L.1.5.a L.1.5.b