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1st Grade Reading Response: Character Feelings and Clues
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Today I am practising: describing a character's feelings with story evidence
1
Write the character's name or draw the character.
2
Circle or write one feeling word: happy, worried, proud, angry, surprised, or another word.
3
What did the character say, do, or have happen that gives you that clue?
4
Draw the story moment that matches the feeling.
5
Finish the sentence: 'I think ___ feels ___ because ___. '
6
Choose a later part of the book. Did the feeling stay the same or change? Show the new clue.
- Read the feeling-word choices aloud, and accept a child-generated feeling word when it fits.
- Turn back to the page with the clue so evidence means a visible part of the text or illustration, not a guess.
- Model one oral response with 'because' before the child writes or dictates their own.