Help your young reader learn to identify themes with the Panchatantra story "The Broken Pot" a classic fable from India that has a moral lesson.

Use these picture cards to introduce your students to 16 common theme words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sorting & Describing Books.

What happens when you have a foolish friend? Introduce your stellar reader to the Panchatantra stories, animal fables with a moral lesson.

Use this writing response to test your little reader's understanding of "The Elves and the Shoemaker" by the Brothers Grimm.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Common Theme Words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: What's the Moral?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: What's the Moral?

See reading in a new light in this snowy fantasy story!

Read, reflect, and uncover the lesson behind the story with this fourth- and fifth-grade reading comprehension worksheet!