Introduce THEME to your 3rd graders to foster critical thinking, deepen reading comprehension, and help children make connections between literature and their own lives. Packet includes: reading comprehension passages & questions, graphic organizers, activities , exit slips, standards addressed and book recommendations,. All activities are available in a print and digital format.
This unit is also part of theĀ Reading Mini Units Bundle for 3rd Grade
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What is included?
1. Google Slides/PowerPoint:Ā This is an interactive teaching presentation to teach theme.Ā The Google Slides and PowerPoints help you teach or review the skill. There are three versions included in both PowerPoint & Google Slides. The slide presentation is organized so that you can use the I Do, We Do, You Do method:
- Model the Skill
- Let's Try It! (Active Engagement)
- Independent Practice (Exit Slip)
Version 1: (Teaching Slides)Ā These slides include transitions so that you can discuss the answers before they appear. The answers are also in the notes section of the slideshow.
Version 2: (Student Slides) Ā These slides can be used if you are teaching virtually or if you want to use this as a review and have students complete on their own.
Version 3: (Answer Key) This slide has all the answers.
2.Ā 3rd Grade Theme Standards
3.Ā Tips for choosing books to teach theme
4.Ā Book Recommendations:Ā chapter books & picture books
5.Ā Graphic Organizers:Ā common themes, multiple themes, themes across stories, theme: finding evidence, step-by-step theme, thinking about theme, revealing the theme
6.Ā Theme Posters:Ā The following theme posters are included: theme, theme topics vs. statements, revealing the theme, common themes. The posters come in different colors: red, teal, black and white)
7.Ā Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions:Ā total of 5 with a focus on theme
8.Ā Exit Slips:Ā There are 5 exit slips with a variety of questioning about theme in multiple choice or short response format. They print 2 per page and are also available in Google Forms.
9.Ā Reading Activities:
- Theme: true or false?
- Could it be a theme?
- Theme or Main Idea?
- Theme: The Case of the Missing Skateboard
- Theme: The Adventures of Carl Caterpillar
- Writing about Theme
- Mr. Thompsonās Haunted House (step-by-step theme)
- Theme Practice
- Theme Match