Theme third grade

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…

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!

Teaching theme in reading is such a tricky skill in 3rd grade. It's one of those reading concepts that is confusing for them. Here are 3 tips, strategies, and activities for you to try with your 3rd-grade students that will help them understand what theme is and how they find it. Click here to learn more about teaching theme in 3rd grade!

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

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

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 […]

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!

Find great ideas and activities for teaching theme. These ideas for teaching theme are perfect for your third grade, fourth grade, or fifth grade classes. Not only will you find activites for teaching theme, but you will also find a great list of picture books to teach theme.

Our principal has really been encouraging us to add more writing into our daily lesson plans. "They should be writing all day long" he tells us. The research is there to back him up. I bumped into this Roll and Retell page from Fun In First on Pinterest awhile back and finally figured out how to add it to our learning day. I printed and laminated four copies of the Roll and Retell page to hand out to each of my four table groups. After a round of Daily 5 I handed them out. I also gave each…