Picture books to teach theme

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Discover how picture books help teaching main idea and using books to teach theme, including specific examples for many books.

Ready for one of my favorite ways to teach students about writing, reading, creativity, and even kindness? It’s something that elementary teachers have known all along…it’s the picture book! The picture book is a powerful instructional tool that can work in any classroom…and I thought I’d share some examples of my favorites with you today. I’ve put the collection of books in a simple (and free) PDF with links that you can download by clicking this LINK. I’ve also paired each book with a…

I absolutely love to embrace the chaos of the Christmas season and tie the holidays into my December lessons! I love to find ways to make learning engaging for my students and still focus on my grade level reading standards. Below are a few books that are perfect mentor texts for teaching various reading comprehension […]

Main idea and theme can be some of the most difficult topics to teach my first graders, so I thought I would share some of my favorite picture books I use to teach these skills in my classroom. Favorite main idea and theme read alouds: Sheila Rae, The Brave by Kevin Henkes This story […]

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Are you teaching upper elementary students how to identify the theme of a piece of literature? This blog post features FREE posters, an anchor chart idea, and five helpful tips!

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 […]

Check out this comprehensive list of the best books for teaching story elements! These picture books are a great way to introduce story elements in kindergarten and first grade. Each of these stories makes a good mentor text to follow up with activities, worksheets, graphic organizers, or small group lessons. Get ideas to teach reading skills during language arts by using reading workshop and guided reading to encourage kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade literacy. Read more here!

From thoughtful books to silly stories, your kids will love this book list for kids that includes 20 Picture Books About Teachers.