Teaching theme 3rd

Teaching theme can be tricky. Where do you begin? How do you start simple and get a little deeper? In this blog post, I describe how to start simple and work your way to comparing two texts and finding multiple themes in one text! #4thgrade #5thgrade

Theme can be a difficult reading concept for students to pick up. It is all too often confused with main idea. Over the years I've tried many different activities and these are the ones that helped my students learn to easily identify the theme from a story, fable or reading passage. Click thru to read these classroom tested teaching tips for teaching theme. #Theme #ReadingComprehension #UpperElementary #ElementaryTeacher

Do you want to learn how to teach theme? Well, this blog post will do just that! A huge list of theme activities, with a freebie, included!

Use this free slideshow to help teach theme to your 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students (upper elementary). The slideshow includes short reading passages that have your students choose the best theme of the story, slides to help students distinguish between theme and main idea, and some writing integration activities. If your third grade, fourth grade, or fifth grade students struggle with determining the theme of a story, this quick lesson can help.

Theme is such an important concept when teaching reading. Students are asked to determine the theme of a text over and over again. However, many students struggle with how to identify the theme. That's why I'm sharing some of my favorite ways to teach theme. You'll find theme lesson ideas, theme activities, and theme passage suggestions to help your students finally figure out how to find theme!

This collection of mentor text recommendations as lesson plan ideas make teaching theme a breeze, and makes learning theme meaningful!

Common Core requires third graders to begin to find the central message of their fictional texts. This means the theme or message will be written in a short sentence. Instead of “Friendship” students will have to choose a phrase like...

Theme can be a tricky topic to teach and one that I try to touch on all year long with the different Teacher Time books and read aloud books we cover. My experience has been that when we discuss it all year long, students are able to deepen their understanding gradually, as opposed to an isolated lesson here or there. Plus, the added benefit of seeing them connect books through theme at this point of the year reminds me why it's often worth it to go slow on these more "out there" topics. I…

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Games and centers to help your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students better understand and practice finding the theme of a story / fiction text. Includes mazes to help students distinguish between main idea and theme, a theme sort, and a theme writing center. Use these as stations, literacy centers, or small group activities to help you teach theme. #reading #fiction #theme

Theme is a skill needs to be taught but can be a subjective so it is tough to know if your students are understanding it! In this post, I have 3 lessons for teaching theme in the upper elementary… More

Reading comprehension - identifying the theme of a story. Need to up your anchor chart game but can't find the time or the patience? I would love to help out! My charts are hand drawn and are made to order. Anchor charts are one of the best ways to engage students in learning and great to have as a reference tool during lessons. Any anchor can be customized to your preferences, most of what I will do will be in bright colors. NOT laminated/NOT prints. *DISCLAIMER: all photos are of my…

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Since it is summertime and so many of us are already in planning mode for next year, I wanted to utilize my Mentor Text series post this month to share books to help you teach your students about THEME! If you like any of the books you see in this blog post, you can click […]

Give this free bookmark for themes in literature to your students! They can use this as they are reading to help them apply the skill of identifying the theme to their books. It will also help them remember what themes are!

Teaching theme to 3rd and 4th graders can be rather difficult. With these easy to prep activities your students will master theme in no time!

Do your students struggle with theme? Teach them how to find a literary every time with a few simple steps. This post provides a step-by-step process for students to find the message of the text. Get them to ask the right questions to identify the theme every time.

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