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I love the variety of graphic organizers. I use these all the time in my class! 

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I love the variety of graphic organizers. I use these all the time in my class! 

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Honestly, I have never taught reading so I don't have a favorite informational book to teach theme.
I like using the KWL charts in my class. This allows my students to see what they know and what they learned.
-Amanda Eastman

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Love your graphic organizers! I cannot teach a lesson without using some form of them in my class!
- Melanie

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Love the literature theme examples. I have saved it in my files. Great information on your board. I have used many different Graphic organizers to teach main idea and theme. I find that the "searching for a theme" one you posted is great.
-Ashley Testerman

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I really like all of the graphic organizers and the way you have to click to see them, but they're easy to save!  I especially love the somebody-wanted-but-so-then tip!
Thanks,
Shannon

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Students retell story and determine theme of the story.
http://www.storyboardthat.com/

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**What is your favorite informational book(s) to teach theme?
**What graphic organizer do you find works best to help students understand this skill?

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Teaching K-5 Students to Meet the Reading Standards
Authors:
Maureen McLaughlin
Brenda Overturf

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It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations—something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own. —Katherine Patterson

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It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations—something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own. —Katherine Patterson

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*RI1/RL1
*RI3/RL3
*Literature - W3
Informational - W2
*Literature SL1
*Informational SL1 and 5

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*Retelling
*Determining themes in literary text (grades 2 and 3)
*Determining main idea nd key details in informational text
*Summarizing

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Fun book to teach theme!

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*What is the message the author is trying to tell us?
*Students need to explain how key details are arranged under the main idea to write a coherent and organized answer to a question.

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Fables are a great way to introduce how to find the lesson of the story.

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Fables are a great way to introduce how to find the lesson of the story.

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The Tortoise and the Hare | Aesop's Fables for Kids

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The Tortoise and the Hare | Aesop's Fables for Kids "Slow and steady wins the race." This is the moral of this Aesop's fable when the hare and the tortoise set off to race with one another. Kids and toddlers can learn valuable lessons as they watch this video.

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Literature Examples:

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1. The ability to determine the central idea or theme of a text.
2.  The ability to analyze the development of ideas or themes in  a text.
3. The ability to summarize the key details or themes in a text.

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Determining Central Ideas and Themes

AKA: Getting to the Point