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

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

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

Discover how small acts can create lasting change with this sixth- and seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

Story webs organize a story into one main idea and several details. Help your second grader read the story, then analyze it using the story web.

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.

This short fictional text can be used to help students determine words and phrases the author uses to help the reader figure out the central message of the story.

Help your beginning reader boost comprehension skills with this fun worksheet, where he'll map the events in a story.

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.

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.