Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Common Themes in Fiction

Anchor charts for teaching theme in fiction:







This is a teacher's site, Beth Newington.  Once you follow the link, you will scroll down to Reading Workshop.  In that menu of choices click on Theme Study and Posters.

http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/


This is an example of the theme posters and how she uses them



If you have time to shop around, she has many other great ideas and resources.


Possible Test Questions:


One of  the 4th grade released sample questions:

Both the poem and the selection express the imortance of -
                a) thinking a out others
                b) making new friends
                c) being accepting of others
                d) overcoming challenges

One of the 3rd grade released sample questions:

What is the main message in the poem:
                a) It is important for owners to train their pets
                b) it is difficult to care for some pets
                c) dogs and people are very different
                d) pets and their owners can make each other happy

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