Themes in Literature - Find the Theme Activities Passages Theme Worksheets
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Imagine having a complete set of resources to take you through the year that targets standards in a kid-friendly way. This print and digital Reading Bundle is perfect to supplement your reading curriculum and contains 10 essential reading units for 4th and 5th graders to help your students increasePrice $36.75Original Price $79.50Save $42.75
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Looking for a way to help your students truly understand how to find the theme of a story? This print and digital theme unit can help! It's packed with lots of targeted theme practice with everything you need to teach students how to identify the theme of a piece of fiction.
It includes a variety of activities with 7 passages (Aesop's Fables, Folktales from Around the World, a Legend, and a Myth). It also has a set of 32 task cards, anchor charts, graphic organizers, a picture book list, and 21 theme posters.
It includes:
7 Literature Passages (with questions and keys): The digital version comes in Google Slides (open-ended questions with text boxes) AND in Google Forms (multiple choice and self-grading)
The Golden Goose and the Milkmaid - Paired Aesop's Fables
Impossible - Paired Aesop's Fables
It Could Always Be Worse – Jewish Folktale
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing and Wolf Poetry – Paired Passages
The Wise Old Owl – Native American Legend
Anansi and the Wisdom Pot - Folktale from West Africa
Pandora's Box – Greek Myth
32 Task Cards (and a student record sheet and key)
21 Theme Posters
4 Anchor Charts
10 Graphic Organizers
Mentor Book List for Themes
Elements of a Fairy Tale Handout (fairy tales have strong themes)
Writing Page for Fairy Tales
Elements of a Fable Handout (fables usually have easily identifiable themes)
Writing Page for Fables
Teacher Notes PDF with LINKS
SAVE MORE and GET MORE with the Reading Bundle for 4th and 5th Grade!!! (Click Here) It has 10 key reading units which cover many 4th and 5th reading standards!
Here are the units included in the Reading Bundle for 4th and 5th Grade!
Characters, Settings, and Events: Story Elements
Elements of Poetry, Drama, and Prose
Inferences Using Informational Text
Why you'll love this resource:
- It includes theme passages that are high-interest ones your students will enjoy, like Anansi and the Wisdom Pot!
- It comes in a digital format that works well in the classroom, for homeschool, and for distance learning.
- Some of the passages are short paired texts on a single page.
- There are a variety of formats included from passages to posters, task cards, a mentor text list, graphic organizers, writing pages, and more!
- The theme posters allow you to chart the themes of books you read as a class (or individually) for the whole year, allowing you to spiral learning!
- The task cards have 32 mini-passages which are lots of fun and have a variety of themes!
- The printables are low prep for busy teachers!
- It may be used in a number of ways, from reading lessons to independent work, literacy centers, exit slips, homework, whole class games, test prep, and more!!!
Want more theme materials? I also have two digital reading units for Theme that have completely original content. These paperless units are created for Google Slides™ with moveable drag and drop pieces. They also work in OneNote if you open the Google Slides™ file as a PowerPoint. Students really love these!
4th Grade Digital Reading Unit: Theme for Google Slides™
5th Grade Digital Reading Unit: Theme for Google Slides™
Here are some reading games related to theme:
Themes in Drama and Poetry Game
Central Message Using Traditional Literature Game
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Thanks!
Jenn
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This resource may only be placed on a password-protected website for your students, like Google Classroom™. It may not be placed anywhere else on the internet, on a class or school website visible to the public, or on a district server. Please email me if you have any questions: theteachernextdoor01@gmail.com.
