Re: How to Teach Theme

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On 9/26/10, Cara wrote:
> My 4th graders are having trouble grasping the literacy
> concept of "theme." Does anyone have a good lesson plan
> for teaching this? Our basal series puts it on most of
> their tests, but they do not introduce it in the series.

We just got done with our unit on theme. I taught it through
Fairy Tales. I printed off a short version of each fairy
tale and had them read over them with partners. They decided
what was the message (theme) of this fairy tale. What is the
author trying to teach me? Then they briwfly performed it
for the class and had the class decide and discuss it.  

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