Give your class a deeper understanding of theme with this art and poetry-focused lesson plan about theme. By the end of the lesson, students will understand what theme is and how to determine theme in a piece of writing, such as a poem.

In this lesson, the class will review what it means to make an inference. After you model how to make an inference in a painting using your schema, your students will work in groups to analyze additional paintings to make more inferences.

With this activity, students will identify shapes, build 3-D shapes, and practice describing shapes with a partner.

This lesson provides teachers with an opportunity to teach students about reading stamina and assess student comprehension during independent reading.