Preschool critical thinking drama literature circles

A Place Called Kindergarten Jonelle Bell

Some More Reader's Theater Scripts for Retelling Stories in Kindergarten

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Reader's Theater Scripts for Beginning ReadersLooking for an engaging way to retell stories, increase fluency and comprehension? These Reader’s Theater are scripts for beginning readers that are adapted from literature. Students “perform” by reading scripts based on familiar or favorite stories. These Reader’s Theaters require no sets, costumes, props or memorized lines although there are character signs included with these reader’s theaters. Reader’s Theaters are an entertaining and engaging wa

Subjects:

Drama, Literature, Reading

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Scripts, Literature Circles, Centers

CCSS:

, RL.K.2

Drama, Oral Communication, Reading

, RF.K.1

...

Also included in: Reader's Theater Scripts Bundle for Retelling Stories

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? {Felt Story Set}

Created by

Keeping Life Creative

Flannel boards are a great tool in teaching visual literacy, narration, sequencing, and comprehension! This felt story set was inspired by the classic children's picture book, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle. **Please note, this set comes in flattened PDF files only. If you are looking for the digital felt clip art set to make your own projects, you can find those here: Polar Bear Digital Felt Art After downloading and printing this felt story set,

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Drama, Oral Communication, Reading

Preview of More Reader's Theater Scripts for Retelling Stories in Kindergarten

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? {Felt Story Set}

Created by

Keeping Life Creative

Flannel boards are a great tool in teaching visual literacy, narration, sequencing, and comprehension! This felt story set was inspired by the classic children's picture book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle. **Please note, this set comes in flattened PDF files only. If you are looking for the digital felt clip art set, you can find those here: Brown Bear and Friends Digital Felt Art. After downloading and printing this felt story set, you can use th

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Teaching Inquisitive Kids

Jumbo Poster Size Graphic Organizer Collaboration and Group Discussion Mats

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Need some help getting your group to record their discussions or stay on topic? More important, do you need a way to do that conveniently without a lot of effort? Yes, graphic organizers can be found anywhere. These poster size printouts save you the time of formatting and enlarging them for whole or small group use. As a teacher, my time is valuable, which is why I made these. These printable collaboration mats print across 6, 8.5 x 11 sheets of paper each. Once taped together, they make the p

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff, Not Grade Specific

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles, Lesson

Solve the mystery case files | Problem solving | Group activity for preschool

Created by

learnplayrepeat

This Secret Spy Detective mystery case file game is a fun and educational game that challenges students' reasoning skills and builds teamwork. As they work as a team to solve the case, players will develop their critical thinking skills, understand logical reasoning, increase memory recall and improve their reading comprehension. Each of the cases comes with materials for 10 case files, making this ideal for an extended 2 week lesson. Solve a new case every day, or solve them all at once!⭐️This

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Activities, Games, Literature Circles

CCSS:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Drama, Holidays/Seasonal

, RI.K.1

, RI.K.2

...

Also included in: Solve the case bundle | Logical reasoning | Problem solving skills | Puzzle Game

Humphrey the Christmas Camel | Christmas Craft

Created by

Little Kinder Bears

Humphrey's First ChristmasThis craft was created to go along with the book "Humphrey's First Christmas" by Carol Heyer. If you haven't read this book... you must! It is so heart warming! I love reading this book to my kids every year.... but beware the story will bring tears to your eyes! Included with this craft:All pattern Pieces for the camel with and without detailed edges.Picture of craftMaterials & Instructions pageStory retelling puppet of the camel and his blanket for the kids to c

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 3rd

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Literature Circles

Over in the Meadow Book Companion for Spring

Created by

moonlight crafter by Bridget

This book will take your class on a journey through a meadow...where different animals will be introduced on each page! This set of materials will help to expand your students language and emerge them in lots of fun literacy activities! This companion was designed to be used with the book Over in the Meadow that was illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats. The animals in this version are a bit different than the traditional song. Concepts: Sequencing Rhyming Recall Movement-Dramatazation of the animals

Subjects:

Drama, Reading, Spring

Grades:

PreK - K, Staff

Types:

Activities, Printables, Literature Circles

Also included in: Frog Book Companion Bundle

Blanks Questions and Book Companion - Who Sank the Boat

Created by

Speech Concepts

Practical resources for Speech and Language Therapy I love using books in therapy sessions with my clients and I’m sure you do too. Using books provides an endless array of content on which to build your therapy. Having a structure on which to build this therapy makes your life easier. That is why we have developed our Blanks Questions and Book Companion series. Marion Blank devised a four-level system of questioning for oral language development aimed at children in the early years. She acknow

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Oral Communication

Grades:

PreK - 3rd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Literature Circles

Also included in: Blanks Questions and Book Companion BUNDLE 1

Listening and Following Directions - BUNDLE

Created by

Resources From Rachel

Listening and following directions activities: Grades K-6 Special Education / General Education. OVER 150 worksheets!!! Worksheets that promote building listening skills and following directions. These worksheets are for whole group, small group, or independent. Depending on the students level of independence, it can be for independent or teacher prompted instruction. These are great self-explanatory sheets that are good to leave for substitutes.This is the BUNDLE Edition. If you purchased any

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, EFL - ESL - ELD, Special Education

Grades:

PreK - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment, Literature Circles

Accountable Talk Posters

Created by

themommyteacher

Here are 9 different accountable talk posters to encourage rich partner discussions and reflections. The prompts include: "I agree with.... because...." "I disagree with.... because...." "I can conclude..." "This makes me think about..." "Now I am wondering..." "I like what you said... I can add..." "What do you think about..." "I can connect this to..." "The clues from the text tell me..." All 9 include pictures that provide a visual clue to remind students of the prompts. If you have

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Informational Text, Reading

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Posters, Literature Circles

CCSS:

SL.K.1

Nursery Rhymes Printable Shadow Puppets for Children

Created by

Adventure in a Box

Download and cut your own puppets to let children stage a shadow puppet play, based on the Nursery Rhymes.This set is based on Nursery Rhymes for children. With the seventeen shadow puppets, children can stage these famous rhymes and songs:– Itsy-Bitsy Spider– Little Miss Muffet– Baa, Baa, Black Sheep– Mary Had a Little Lamb– Little Bo Peep– Jack, Be Nimble– Jack and Jill– Hickory Dickory Dock– Hickety, Pickety– Three Blind Mice– One Two Three Four Five Once I Caught a Fish Alive.The shadow pupp

Subjects:

Drama, English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles, Centers

Nursery Rhyme Activity Pack & Reader's Theater BUNDLE!

Created by

Kindergarten is Grrreat

This BUNDLE included activities and reader's theater scripts for 6 different nursery rhymes! Nursery Rhymes included: Hey Diddle Diddle, Hickory Dickory Dock, Humpty Dumpty, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Jack and Jill, Little Miss Muffet Activities included for each nursery rhyme are: the poem, vocabulary/sight word flashcards, missing words, missing letters, reader's theater, sequencing, and a coloring page. There are endless ways to use these packets! This is perfect for a nursery rhyme unit at the

Subjects:

Drama, English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles

Little Red Riding Hood Printable Shadow Puppets

Created by

Adventure in a Box

This set is based on the fairy-tale “Little Red Riding Hood” and includes seven silhouettes: a girl, a wolf, a hunter, a grandmother, a house, a tree, and a bush. If you already have a flashlight, then this is all you need in order to present the “Little Red Riding Hood” shadow puppet show. Make a simple cardboard theatre, and you can stage spectacular performances for friends and family! Shadow puppetry is beneficial for children of various ages, encouraging development of: - literacy &

Subjects:

Drama, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Literature Circles, Centers

Feelings Emotions puppets | dramatic play, craft

Created by

That Fun Reading Teacher

My kindergarten students loved acting out scenarios demonstrating various emotions using these fun, colorful (printed) puppets! The highlight was that they could easily change the facial expressions with the wipe of a cloth (or, in the updated option, turn of the roll).I made the color set by attaching images to business size envelopes, laminating them and cutting the bottom open. My students loved using dry-erase markers to draw the expressions on their faces and make puppet shows.Many students

Subjects:

Drama, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

A Place Called Kindergarten Jonelle Bell

Also included in: Feelings low / no prep activities, visuals | SEL

Even More Reader's Theater for Retelling Stories in Kindergarten

Created by

Reader's Theater Scripts for Beginning ReadersLooking for an engaging way to retell stories, increase fluency and comprehension? These Reader’s Theater are scripts for beginning readers that are adapted from literature. Students “perform” by reading scripts based on familiar or favorite stories. These Reader’s Theaters require no sets, costumes, props or memorized lines although there are character signs included with these reader’s theaters. Reader’s Theaters are an entertaining and engaging wa

Subjects:

Drama, Literature, Reading

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Scripts, Literature Circles, Centers

CCSS:

, RL.K.2

RFTS-Preschool2Kindergarten

, RF.K.1

...

Also included in: Reader's Theater Scripts Bundle for Retelling Stories

SILLY ZOO STORIES WRITING PROMPTS: CREATE, WRITE, AND DRAW A – Z

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Is a field trip to the zoo on your agenda? Or maybe you're introducing zoo animals to your students? Perhaps you're simply looking for a fun way to enhance writing skills. No matter your educational goals, this engaging resource is ideal for igniting creativity and bringing a burst of imaginative language and storytelling into your classroom, especially when the theme is zoo animals.Our Silly Zoo Stories Writing Prompts are the perfect tool to spark creativity among your preschool and kindergart

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Activities, Printables, Literature Circles

Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller illus. by Jen Hill

Created by

Nebraska Golden Sower Award

Discussion Questions-Author Surveys straight from the author and/or illustrator-A short vocabulary list-Internet connections-Activities-and a list of companion books by the authorIt is a great way to introduce this book to students**See our other product listings for Battle of the Books Questions**

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Literature, Reading

Grades:

PreK - 6th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

Reader's Theater - Nursery Rhyme BUNDLE!

Created by

Kindergarten is Grrreat

This BUNDLE includes just the Reader's Theater section from my Nursery Rhyme Activity / Reader's Theater BUNDLE! This includes plays for 6 different nursery rhymes: Hey Diddle Diddle, Hickory Dickory Dock, Humpty Dumpty, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Jack and Jill, and Little Miss Muffet. Each play includes large script strips that can be used for the actors or can be used as an introduction to the poem. There are 4 different script options for each nursery rhyme. There are large graphics included t

Subjects:

Drama, English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles

Back To School Reader's Theater for Retelling Stories in Kindergarten

Created by

A Place Called Kindergarten Jonelle Bell

Reader's Theater Scripts for Beginning ReadersLooking for an engaging way to retell stories, increase fluency and comprehension? These Reader’s Theater are scripts for beginning readers that are adapted from literature. Students “perform” by reading scripts based on familiar or favorite stories. These Reader’s Theaters require no sets, costumes, props or memorized lines although there are character signs included with these reader’s theaters. Reader’s Theaters are an entertaining and engaging wa

Subjects:

Drama, Literature, Reading

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Scripts, Literature Circles, Centers

CCSS:

, RL.K.2

Arts & Music, Critical Thinking, English Language Arts

, RF.K.1

...

Also included in: Reader's Theater Scripts Bundle for Retelling Stories

Daily Doodle + Alphabet Letter Formation 52 Directed Drawings

Created by

Two By Two

Daily Doodle + Letter FormationEngage students with step by step directions on Daily Doodles! Students will get to critically think and learn how to draw in the process. Numbered Step by Step directions for Letter Formations. Students will circle the their best one and have the opportunity to discuss with a partner WHY they circled the one they did. Colorful & Picture Center Directions Uppercase & Lowercase penmanship practice <3

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types: