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Video shorts for teaching theme3/22/2023 The whereabouts of smooth-voiced, permed-haired Bob Ross’s vast collection of lost paintings. The dangers of “sharenting.” Coming-of-age with autism. Gravity-defying dancers on nine-foot stilts. If you want to make your theme instruction as easy (but meaningful and rigorous) as possible, I definitely recommend this resource.Death metal-singing grandmothers. Want a one-page printable version of the tips and information for teaching theme shared on this post? Click here on the image below to grab it! Click here to see passages and texts written for 4th and 5th grade skills but at a 2nd/3rd grade lexile level. One way to help with skill instruction is by using a lower lexile. Note: Obviously basic reading comprehension of a story is required…if your students cannot do this they will likely struggle with finding the theme of a grade level text. Keep it engaging or interesting to make struggling readers want to do it…partner talk or conversation, reader’s letters if you have time, a class blog of sorts, etc. Don’t make the students laboriously write about connections they make. Provide direct instruction on the different connections and model it but don’t make it a chore. Being able to think about how a story connects to their life or their situation…if they can’t see any type of connection, a theme will probably be difficult for them to generate.Being able to tell a lesson from a story that very obviously teaches a lesson…backing up and reading a few short stories that are obvious will help the students not see a story too literally.Understanding a given moral at the end of folktale and how it matches/connects to the story.If students struggle understanding and determining a theme, reteach these skills or check these for understanding: Tips for Students Who Struggle Understanding Theme *If a skill above is not required of your students, these are great skills for enrichment and advancing your students.
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