Teaching theme

Teaching theme will be engaging for your students with videos! Find the 5 Best Videos for Teaching Theme in your ELA classroom.

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!

Upper Elementary Snapshots: Activities to Teach Theme

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 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

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

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!

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!

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 find teaching theme in 4th grade difficult because it is so abstract? Grab these 5 fun & exciting tips for teaching theme in fourth grade today.

Teaching the theme of a story in elementary school is challenging, but these tips and strategies make it easy for 4th grade students to identify and summarize the theme of a story. These theme of a story activities are versatile and engaging, perfect for upper elementary students. Check out this post to learn how to teach the theme of a story in a fun and effective way. Use in whole group or small group lessons. Click now to discover more!

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

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

From Simple and Cozy Classroom

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.

10 Themes in Literature Anchor Posters: Studying theme helps us look deeper into the story in order to understand its meaning.

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Theme anchor chart. Help students learn about the theme of a story. For more anchor charts visit: https://www.pinterest.com/eclearning/elementary-anchor-charts/

Engaging and rigorous Main Idea vs. Theme lesson for upper elementary