3rd grade theme lesson

Make this tough reading skill easier. This free slideshow offers practice and review in determining the theme of a story.

Before I go any further, teaching theme is HARD…like really hard. Why didn’t anyone teach me a sequence or developmental process for learning and teaching theme. When I first started teaching, I would just dive in. I’d find cool activities that practiced theme. Then, a few weeks later, it would come again in our textbook […]

Upper elementary tips and resources for teaching main idea vs. theme. Includes anchor charts, sorts, and discussion questions.

This FREE DIY Escape room for kids is perfect for elementary classroom activities. Get escape room classroom ideas for 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and middle school math and reading with this fun figurative language escape room theme transformation. Perfect for classroom activities and party theme and ideas. Free escape room printables and figurative language worksheets and activities. #4thgrade #5thgrade #escaperoomforkids #figurativelanguage #readingteacher

Teaching kids to identify the central message is not an easy task. Most central messages are implied and it takes some inferencing to piece it together. Once students get it though, it is truly like a lightbulb has turned on and they will start seeing central messages in every story, whether you’re focusing on that […]

Thinking About Theme: Anchor Chart & Freebie - 3rd Grade Thoughts

It's so important to explicitly teach your students how to annotate texts when they are close reading. Anytime we are looking at multiple (or paired passages) students need the skills to know how to mark up and annotate each text. This FREE resource will help them to build these important skills!

Help students break the reading ‘code’ with these games for teaching themes in upper elementary.

This post contains the animated short film "Glued." Download the accompanying handout leveled for upper elementary students to teach theme.

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