Read Works: Theme 3rd Grade Unit

[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides a series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to identify and support the theme of a fable and a fiction selection based on main idea and supporting details. Lessons are based on the books Aesop's Fables by Jerry Pinkney, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe, Boundless Grace by Mary Hoffman, and Chinese Children's Favorite Stories by Mingmei Yip. With free login, users have access to downloadable PDF worksheets used in this lesson. There are are also unit extension ideas and other title suggestions for teaching plot.