Teaching theme 2nd grade

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

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

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

In this blog post we are going to dive into what you should look for when choosing a theme mentor text for a theme lesson.

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 […]

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 […]

Here are the 4 essential concepts that students need to understand when they are determining the theme of a passage. Help students learn how to identify theme with the reading activities and lessons profiled in this "How to Teach Theme" blog post.

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 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!