Today, we read Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell. This is a great book to read when getting kids to start looking for themes! As we read, we discussed themes that we were starting to see, and created a list of these. These ranged from "Be proud of who you are," to "Don't judge a book by its cover," to "Being a bully makes you look foolish." Both classes did a great job reading and thinking about themes! We also came up with a class definition of theme: Theme is the lesson the author is trying to teach you. By using this definition, we are really stressing that theme and main idea are two very different things, which is a tough concept to understand.
Soon, we will be focusing on not just finding the theme, but also finding evidence from the book to PROVE that we are correct.
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