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1st grade Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa social studies scripts $5-10
Reader's Theater Scripts for Beginning Readers {Holiday Edition}
Reader's Theater Scripts - These plays can be used for centers, Language Arts activities, fluency practice, partner reading, etc.Buy the Holiday Reader's Theater Bundle and SAVE!Or purchase them separately:Holiday Plays for Kinder KidsHoliday Plays for Advanced ReadersThese plays are designed and created with beginning readers in mind. Each play has large font, picture clues, and predictable sentence patterns. However, this particular pack offers more of a challenge to beginning readers with add
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Reader's Theater {Holiday Bundle}
Santa is Sick! Christmas Play Script for Kids! Funny!
This Christmas play is so cute and so funny! This script has been teacher tested and audience approved! Prepare to laugh! So much fun! The script alone is 6 pages with cover; part of a 24 page book that contains Director's Notes, Cast of Characters list with characterization suggestions for casting, Costume Ideas, Parent Letters for both Daytime and Night Performance, Tips and Suggestions for a smooth performance, 6 Page "Santa is Sick" SKIT with cover, a read and color book related to the play,
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: Christmas Play Scripts BUNDLE of 4!
10 Christmas Nativity Plays {Reader's Theater)
Need to beef up your Christmas activities? How about 10 cute original 1 page Nativity plays that chronicle the events that led to Jesus' birth in Bethlehem? These are written very simply for beginning readers. Each play has 3-4 parts as well as cut-out and color characters, backgrounds, and props. Glue these on popsicle sticks and you have yourself the makings of a great activity!!
Photocopy each play back to back and make three copies of each. Have students practice each play. Photocop
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K - 2nd
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Christmas Reader's Theater Bundle
This purchase includes 8 complete Christmas Reader's Theater scripts. Each script has 22-23 narrators who get to speak at least two times (in a few of the stories, three times) during the Reader's Theater. The scripts could easily be adjusted to accommodate larger/smaller class sizes.The Reader's Theater Scripts are for the following Picture Books:1. There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow by Lucille Colandro2. Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner3. Llama Llama Holiday Drama by Anna Dew
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K - 4th
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Decades Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
This show is a time traveling musical history lesson!! The speakers’ script includes many facts about inventions and inventors of the 20th century and the musical performances will take the audience on a trip down memory lane.This performance package can be used by an elementary classroom teacher, a music teacher, a summer camp coordinator, or a drama program instructor.This show could be performed by anywhere from 25 to 100+ students depending on stage size.The length of the performance is appr
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K - 8th, Not Grade Specific
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Reader's Theater - Partner Plays for Kinder Kids! {Holiday Edition}
Reader's Theater for Kinder Kids! - These plays can be used for centers, Language Arts activities, fluency practice, partner reading, etc.
Buy the Holiday Reader's Theater Bundle and SAVE!
Or purchase them separately:
Holiday Plays for Beginning Readers
Holiday Plays for Advanced Readers
These plays are designed and created with Kinder Kids in mind. Each play has extra large font, picture clues, and predictable sentence patterns with sight word practice. The sentences only have four to five
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Reader's Theater {Holiday Bundle}
Christmas Literacy Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, Readers Theater, Writing {CCSS}
Christmas Songs, Poems, fingerplays & readers theater and craft ELA, literacy activities for your Preschool, kindergarten, first grade elementary "Santa" activities. Sing, Read, Move, Write activities for literacy circles, stations, shared reading time.Songs, Poems, Fingerplays and Chants and Reader’s Theater/Music Program are all about Santa, Reindeer, Gingerbread, traditional themes. Use the Writing activities, Finger puppets, song book to help students say; “I Can recite songs and poems w
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PreK - 3rd
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Christmas Play Script Hilarious Comedy "Christmas Idol" 14 - 23 parts
UPDATED! Includes tips for pandemic-time performances; revised parent letters! This Christmas Play script has been teacher tested and audience approved! Prepare to laugh! It's fun to act in, super fun to direct and hilarious to watch. It's suitable for all ages because of its whimsical flare. Kids love to act in this but teachers would love to act this out for the student body, as well. The script alone is 13 pages; part of a 41 page book that contains Director's Notes, Cast of Characters list w
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Christmas Play Scripts BUNDLE of 4!
Patriotic Musical Program for Primary Grades
There's nothing better than hearing little voices singing patriotic songs! This program is appropriate for all elementary grade levels. Some have even used it for a school wide program! The first graders at my school have been doing this inspiring musical program for over 15 years! Not only will students be singing patriotic songs, but a script has been provided that gives many students the opportunity to speak into the microphone. The program begins with kiddos reciting Presidential quotes
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PreK - 6th
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Slide Show and Art Project
Celebrate December with this inclusive slide show on Our Lady of Guadalupe and the miracle that Juan Diego witnessed in Mexico 500 years ago. The slide show also includes a section on Aztec culture and Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire to give students background on how the miracle affected relations between the two warring cultures. Other slides illustrate and discuss some 20 symbols and miraculous features of the tilma that Juan Diego used to gather roses in. A simple art project is also i
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1st - 8th
A Whoville Christmas - A Skit/Play for School Groups
Christmas in Whoville was written by Michele K. Garza, principal of a small Texas school. The play was written for elementary students in grades Pk through 5th.
The play takes place the Christmas after "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". The Grinch joins the Whos in celebrating Christmas, from decorating the tree to the Roast Beast feast. Of course, he can’t help to act up a bit!
Written in rhyme, it is easy for the students to memorize their parts. There are 27 speaking parts including the Gri
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PreK - 5th
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Christmas Play Script | Birth of Jesus | Nativity Play
Joy to the world, the Lord is come! I wrote this Christmas play for my students based on the First Christmas story. It begins with Mary and Joseph journeying to Bethlehem and ends with the celebration of the birth of Jesus. There are four scenes in this play and 18 speaking parts, plus “Sheep,” which can include anywhere from 3-5 students. You can let students choose their roles or assign roles. Also, you can include more speaking parts by adding angels or shepherds, or non-speaking parts such a
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1st - 6th
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Also included in: Christmas Activity Pack Bundle | Birth of Jesus
Patriotic Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
This patriotic performance is full of US facts and history! This performance package can be used to create a great culminating event for your Social Studies History and Government unit, or for a Patriotic Holiday show! Perfect for a Veterans Day or Presidents Day music program.Performance is so memorable for children! When you can connect a performance to academic content as this one does... they will remember it forever.This script is simple and versatile. It can be used year after year in diff
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K - 5th, Not Grade Specific
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Circus Script, Songs, Costume Ideas, and Coloring Book
I have been performing a circus with my students for many years. My experience with this script has been with kindergarten only, but it can easily be adapted to preschool to second grade. We practice our circus during school hours. Because of that, our circus takes about a month to prepare. The circus performance itself takes 30 - 45 minutes to perform if all roles/acts are included. The script is easily adapted to removing performers and acts if time is a factor for you. It is also a fun back
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PreK - 2nd
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One Practice Christmas Program - the No-Room Inn
If you are a busy pre-school teacher, Sunday School teacher, Children's Director, home-school mom, or any and all of the above, this program is for you!Getting children ready to share the meaning of Christmas through a program can sometimes be more than challenging. This short pre-school to school aged program can be performed with just one prior practice. There are no speaking lines to memorize, and there is room for all of your children, whether you teach a large or small group. I have also up
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PreK - 2nd
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Gingerbread Boy & Girl Reader's Theater & More
This is the perfect product to purchase if you want to perform a reader's theater in December. Included are the directions for the performance, 2 different scripts, The Gingerbread Boy and The Gingerbread Girl, posters for the children to wear during the performance, songs and chants to sing between the performances, and an invitation for the family to come and see the performance.
Perfect for a variety of readers, easier and harder parts included.
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K - 2nd
Santa I've Been Good! A Christmas Concert Reading
Instead of having your students perform a play for your Christmas concert this year, why not have them present this short poetry reading that could be presented on its own or along with a song and.......without any fuss and costuming, you have a cute item for the concert! This poem is one of my original creations and can be presented with individual students contributing a line each, or with groups of students saying the lines alternately. Have fun with this! It is short and sweet and just rig
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K - 1st
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Reader's Theater - Partner Plays for Advanced Readers {Holidays with M&M}
Reader's Theater - These plays can be used for centers, Language Arts activities, fluency practice, partner reading, etc.
These plays are designed and created with advanced readers in mind. The font is smaller, there are no picture clues, and varied sentence structure is used without.
Ten plays are included. Each play is an original work created and written by A Teeny Tiny Teacher. All plays are two pages in length.
This particular pack features two lovable characters, Murphie (the dog) and
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K - 2nd
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Christmas Play Script, Couch Potato Santa, Funny! PreK - 3rd
REVISED: includes tips for Covid19 performances; revised parent letters. Want a Christmas play that parents and your student body will love? This play is adorable and hilarious! It has been teacher tested and audience approved! Prepare to laugh! The script alone is 9 pages with cover; part of a 32 page book that contains Director's Notes, Cast of Characters list with characterization suggestions for casting, Costume Ideas, Parent Letters for both Daytime and Night Performance, Tips and Suggestio
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: Christmas Play Scripts BUNDLE of 4!
"Quiltmaker's gift" (School Play)/ "Το δώρο της Παπλωματούς" (θεατρικό)
Χριστουγεννιάτικο θεατρικό 14 σελίδων με ρόλους για 50 περίπου παιδιά που εύκολα προσαρμόζονται στις ανάγκες κάθε εκπαιδευτικού! Γραμμένο σε έμμετρο λόγο, με συγκινητικό ύφος, που περνάει σε μικρούς και μεγάλους το μήνυμα της προσφοράς και της αγάπης προς όλους! Το αρχείο περιλαμβάνει και προτεινόμενα μουσικά κομμάτια για να επενδύσετε τη γιορτή σας! Λίγα λόγια για το έργο...Σε μια μακρινή πολιτεία, ζει μία παπλωματού που όλη μέρα κεντά τα παπλώματά της για να τα χαρίζει απλόχερα σε όσους
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K - 4th
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Christmas Poetry Growing Bundle with Fluency Practice and Reader's Theaters K-3
This is a growing bundle of delightfully fun Christmas poetry! Each is formatted for fluency practice--timed, repeated readings AND reader's theaters! Fun and skill practice in one! All poems are in full-color and black and white. Project the poems for shared readings, make copies for students' poetry folders for reading and rereading, make a copy for fluency practice to take home. Use them for quick read-alouds during poetry breaks, too! Have fun performing the poems for other classes! P
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K - 3rd
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Seasonal STEM with Partner Plays - Christmas STEM
SEASONAL STEM CHRISTMAS with PARTNER PLAYS
These quick and easy STEM Challenges will make it SIMPLE to explore STEM in your classroom, while incorporating literacy through fun PARTNER PLAYS to set up each challenge!
Each STEM challenge is introduced through a simple seasonal partner play so that the engineering challenge will be purposeful and authentic.
The STEM challenge is meant to be completed after reading each partner play, and involves solving a problem for the characters in the play
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1st - 3rd
Christmas Play as a Poem Presents Under The Tree
With this simple, original poem, you can have your kiddos ready for the concert in no time flat! There is no costuming necessary.....the only props are a decorated Christmas tree and one wrapped present for each student. Any number of children can take part in this recitation. You have the option of doing choral speaking or using a narrator while the rest of the class does the actions, which are simple!
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1st - 3rd
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Christmas Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
The “Broadway Kids” are busy preparing for their Christmas show when their director falls ill. Luckily he makes a call to Santa who solves the problem by bringing a few guest directors down from the north pole. They think they can improve the kids’ performance with some magical gadgets, but the kids teach them that all they need is the true spirit and magic of the season.This Christmas performance package can be used by an elementary classroom teacher, a music teacher, a summer camp coordinator,
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K - 5th, Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: Christmas Scripts Bundle
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