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3rd - 5th Grade Theme Worksheets

Learners will practice identifying the theme of a story by reading a short passage and answering four comprehension questions.

Finding the Theme

Practice analyzing poetry with&nbsp;one of Emily Dickinson&rsquo;s most popular poems!

Analyzing Poetry:  “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson

Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

The Lion and the Mouse Fable

Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.

Think About Theme: The Golden Nugget

In this exercise, students will work through a series of steps to identify the theme of a classic story.

Rudyard Kipling: What's the Theme?

Children to identify the theme of a story from the Panchatantra, an ancient collection of Indian animal fables.

Panchatantra: The Fish That Were Too Clever

With this easy-to-use flowchart, your students will learn how to find the theme of a fictional story.

Find the Theme Flowchart

Improve your child's reading skills and introduce her the classic tale of Peter Rabbit with this comprehension page, all about finding the main idea.

Find the Main Idea: Peter Rabbit

What if you met a snake who could make you rich? Enjoy one of the classic Panchatantra stories, animal fables from India that have a moral lesson.

Panchatantra: "The Gold-Giving Snake"

Use this resource to help your students familiarize themselves with the concept of literary themes.

Thinking About Themes: Reflection Cards

Explore the major themes of your reading assignment by making a book poster. Don't forget the tagline!

Book Poster

After reading The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen, complete this comprehension page to test your understanding of the story.

The Nightingale Comprehension

After completing R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s novel <em>Wonder</em>, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

Novel Study: Wonder: Acts of Kindness

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.

Panchatantra: "The Broken Pot"

Use this activity with your students to compare themes between fiction texts.

Head to Head Fiction: Themes

Get your kids writing about their reading! When students note key observations as they read, they have a better chance at understanding a text's message.

Find the Central Message: Literary Response

Children will read this Reader&#39;s Theater script, then answer&nbsp;questions designed to support their understanding of the characters, story, and message of the play.

Reader’s Theater: Fourth of July

Children will love this imaginative worksheet that invites them to identify the main idea of a movie plot by coming up with a title for it!

Main Idea: At the Movies

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.

Glossary: Figuring Out the Theme

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

Panchatantra: "The Foolish Friend"

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

A Visual Glossary of Theme Words

With this open-ended worksheet and graphic organizer students can practice locating events and connecting these events to a central idea.

Connect the Events

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

Vocabulary Cards: Common Theme Words

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Common Theme Words.

Glossary: Common Theme Words

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.

Vocabulary Cards: Figuring Out the Theme

Put a personalized twist on the old-school bookmark and your young reader will make the experience more fun for themselves by reviewing the book as they go.

Cool Bookmarks 3

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

Determine the Theme: The Lost Light

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