Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Review and practice multiple reading skills using the text “King Midas and the Golden Touch” with these digital and print resources.
Summarize fictional text through this whole-class station activity.
Outline and determine the theme of a text with this 1-page graphic organizer worksheet.
Identify and explain the theme in 3 short story paragraphs provided in this worksheet.
A chart to practice using the SWBST strategy to write a summary for a fictional piece of text.
Practice summarizing a fictional text with this flipbook template.
A fun reading comprehension game to play after reading a fictional text.
A comprehension worksheet paired with a literary text about a princess who demands to hear the loudest sound in the world.
A comprehension worksheet paired with a comic about being safe when sharing photos on digital platforms.
Showcase your students’ insightful book reviews with our Halloween-themed classroom display.
A reading response journal for students to use to engage with text in meaningful and purposeful ways.
A reading response template for students to use to summarize a piece of text.
A reading response template for students to write a personal review of a piece of text.
A worksheet that encourages students to create a book cover including a blurb on the back.
A set of task cards to be paired with the International Women's Day comic 'Gender Ground Rules'.
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Grade 5 magazine.
A set of 15 finger puppets that can be used to spark the imagination for creative writing or to perform puppet shows.
A worksheet that encourages students to create a new book cover for a shared class or independent novel.
A worksheet which helps students explore important scenes from a class novel.
A worksheet to assist students in making predictions before reading a novel.
3 worksheets to help students analyze the points of view of opposing characters in a literary text.
3 worksheets to assist with analyzing characters in a class novel.
A 14-slide editable PowerPoint template explaining the reading comprehension strategy of summarizing.
A graphic organizer to help students summarize a fiction text.
A set of QR code question cubes to use when working with reading comprehension strategies.
A fun comprehension strategy board game for students to play during literacy rotations.
A fun reading comprehension strategy activity for students to use after reading a text.
5 different versions of dice to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
5 different versions of wheels to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
5 different versions of wheels to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
5 different versions of dice to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.