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1st grade Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa social studies scripts $10 and up
Christmas Around The World: Easy Art & Craft Activities + Writing for Kids
This resource is a no-prep way to study Christmas around the world! It includes 13 fun literacy activities and a step-by-step art project for EACH of the 9 countries represented. It includes all the art and literacy you will need for December as you explore cultural celebrations around the world. It also includes bonus resources: single page flip books for all 9 countries, poster and coloring page showing all the countries together, bonus 3D Christmas tree craft, and more!Can't fit everything in
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K - 2nd
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Christmas Plays: Reader's Theater for Grades 1 and 2
Here are 6 reader's theater scripts for Christmas with stories about Santa, the elves, reindeers, the Gingerbread Man, a family looking for the perfect Christmas tree and a mouse and a girl too excited to sleep on Christmas Eve. The details: Two Original Scripts : 1. Finding the Perfect Christmas Tree A family has never had a Christmas Tree because the mom is scared of them, but one day they visit Tomas' Christmas Tree farm and things change. 2. The Elves and the Missing Toys It's the mo
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1st - 2nd
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Seasonal Art & Craft Activities Megabundle Easy Step by Step Crafts + Writing
Are you in need of easy seasonal arts & crafts ideas for your primary classroom? This huge collection features 70+ simple craft projects (8 seasonal art activities for each month), including Spring and Earth Day, as well as printable worksheets!As a busy teacher myself, I know how difficult it can be to plan for art lessons. My goal in creating these units is to do all the work for you so that art will be easy to include in your weekly and monthly plans!Each project has been classroom tested
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1st - 3rd
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Reader's Theater {Holiday Bundle}
This Reader's Theater Bundle is a 3 pack of Partner Plays {Holiday Editions} so that you can easily differentiate for your learners. It includes ten plays for Kinder Kids, ten plays for Beginning Readers, and ten plays for Advanced Readers.
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K - 2nd
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Christmas Play/Program/Readers' Theater (It’s Christmas at the Candy Cane Shop)
I am so excited to be able to share this Christmas Play/Readers’ Theater with you. I wrote this several years ago to use with my children at our local church, and I was so blessed at that time to have other churches in our area ask if they could use it as well. Little did I know that God had much bigger plans in mind–He would be using this play for His glory in churches and schools all around!
You will see interludes where our Kidz Choir performs songs in between each scene. We perform thi
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K - 6th
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Christmas Play Scripts BUNDLE of 3!
REVISED: I have included tips for Covid19 performance situations and revised PARENT LETTERS! These Christmas play scripts are equally hilarious, fun and audience favorites! All have been crowd favorites, student favorites and director favorites! Buying this in a bundle saves money and gives you THREE fun scripts to choose from! All are very versatile in cast size (see specific details in each description) and grade level. Santa is Sick and Couch Potato Santa are best with younger students. Chris
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PreK - 5th
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Christmas Play/Program/Readers' Theater (Let's Celebrate the Savior)
I am so excited to be able to share this Christmas Play/Readers’ Theater with you. I wrote to use with my children at our local church, and I was so blessed at that time to have other churches in our area ask if they could use it as well. Little did I know that God had much bigger plans in mind–He would be using this play for His glory in churches and schools all around!
You will see interludes where our Kidz Choir performs songs in between each scene. We perform this play as a musical.
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K - 8th
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STEM Seasonal BUNDLE - 30 Projects with Partner Plays STEM + Writing Spring
Kids love STEM, and these seasonal STEM activities integrate literacy through simple partner plays! Each challenge features a fun project, making it easy to explore STEM throughout the year in your integrated literacy program for kindergarten and first grade. This full year BUNDLE features 30 partner plays and 5 seasonal themes, including Easter, Spring and more! What is STEM?STEM involves:★ presenting students with an authentic problem★ challenging students to collaborate for possible solutions
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1st - 3rd
Elementary School Christmas Concert- The Voice of Christmas
This play was loved by my school and community! This package contains everything you need to direct and put on a hilarious Christmas production with your entire school! Inspired by the popular TV show, The Voice, this Christmas play will make you laugh and the ending will warm your heart. The celebrity judges in this play are Santa, Frosty, and Rudouph and the play is about their quest to find amazing musical talent. The best thing about this production is that ANY holiday songs that your cl
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K - 8th
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December Dreams: An elementary rhyming multi cultural holiday concert script
December Dreams is a script for a stand up elementary school concert. It is a drop in script…the linking rhymes are laid out and YOU add in songs of your choosing. You can rearrange the verses as you wish, eliminate some or even add in any of the alternative verses. One of the best features of using this script/format for your holiday program is the costuming…the children can wear their PJs!! Talk about excitement! Talk about easy for the teacher! It is a win win win for everyone. You don
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K - 3rd
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Christmas Play/Program/Readers' Theater (Through a Child's Eyes)
I am so excited to be able to share this Christmas Play/Readers’ Theater with you. I wrote this several years ago to use with my children at our local church, and now I am so excited to be able to share with you!
You will see interludes where our Kidz Choir performs songs in between each scene. We perform this play as a musical. We often use a variety of music for our performances. These ideas have been included for you also in this pack, however feel free to make any substitutions or addit
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K - 6th
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Christmas Play/Program/Readers' Theater (Christmas around the World)
I am so excited to be able to share this Christmas Play/Readers’ Theater with you all which celebrates Christmas symbols and traditions from all around the world!I wrote this several years ago to use with my own children and students, and I was so blessed at that time to have other churches in our area ask if they could use it as well. Little did I know that God had much bigger plans in mind–He would be using this play for His glory in churches and schools all around! You will see interludes w
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K - 6th
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K-3 Christmas Concert Ideas
Do you need an idea for your K-3 class for a Christmas assembly or concert?Here are 20+ ideas: Songs, plays, poems, reader’s theatre, dances - each of which is suitable for a K-3 class to perform at a Christmas concert. The teacher’s handbook includes piano accompaniments, reproducible student pages, movement, costume and staging ideas. The download also includes a vocal guide to help your students learn the songs, and accompaniments in case you don’t have a pianist.Intended Grades:Kindergarten
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PreK - 3rd
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Santa Gets An iPad REVISED- Hilarious Christmas Concert Elementary!
Looking for a fun Christmas Concert idea for your school that your students will be excited about? This package has everything you will need to put on a school-wide production, including the full play, with music, lighting, song suggestions, costuming, and more. Your students and families will love and connect to this original play about how Santa decides to implement technology into his Christmas journey, including Facebook, iPad, SantaCam, and much more. The play is now current and revised i
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K - 8th
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Christmas Reader's Theatre Bundle: Grinch, Charlie Brown, Polar Express +1more
Included in this Christmas Reader's Theatre Activity Bundle are three Christmas Classics and one Brand New Story by Mac Barnett: The Grinch Stole Christmas, The Polar Express, Merry Christmas Charlie Brown, and How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? Enjoy these No-Prep engaging activities that allow students to have fun while working on reading and presentation skills!Simply copy the scripts, assign the parts, and sit back and watch your students grow and have fun! Then, copy the added activities f
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1st - 4th
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Christmas Play Scripts BUNDLE of 4!
These FOUR Christmas play scripts are equally hilarious, fun and audience favorites! All have been crowd favorites, student favorites, and director favorites! All scripts are versatile in cast size (see specific details in each description) and grade level. Santa is Sick and Couch Potato Santa are best with younger students. Device-Free Christmas has a stronger vocabulary best for grades 2-4. Christmas Idol is great for primary and intermediate as it is very whimsical and fun for all ages. These
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PreK - 5th
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A Reason to Be Thankful thanksgiving play script
A sweet Thanksgiving play script for elementary students that tells the reason for the Pilgrims thankfulness on that first Thanksgiving. Join a teacher and her students as they follow the Pilgrims from their beginnings in Scrooby, England through their challenges on the Mayflower and their search for a safe place to settle in America.(Fun use of pantomime to act out each scene.)16 characters that can be combined for fewer actors or shared to allow for more, plus an option for a small choir to in
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1st - 6th
Christmas Play/Program/Readers' Theater (Bundle Pack)
I am so excited to be able to share these Christmas Plays/Readers’ Theaters with you. I wrote these to use with my children at our local church, and I was so blessed at that time to have other churches in our area ask if they could use them as well. Little did I know that God had much bigger plans in mind–He would be using these plays for His glory in churches and schools all around!
The 3 plays included for you are Let's Celebrate the Savior, It's Christmas in the Candy Cane Shop, and Thro
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K - 8th
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'Tis the Season! A last minute, emergency holiday show.
This is a last minute, "oh my goodness, what am I going to do" holiday program. Best suited for younger elementary, it is basically an instant concert/program. The children have a series of rhyming couplets to read or recite and the audiences joins in with the children to sing familiar holiday songs which include, Deck the Halls, Dreidel, Dreidel, Jingle Bells, Rudolph, Santa Claus is Coming to Town,Let it Snow, All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, and Silent Night. If you craft
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1st - 4th
"A Country Christmas" Elementary School Christmas Concert Script
This original script is written for an Elementary School's Christmas Concert. This drama takes place in the country where a Grandpa and Grandma are telling their grandchildren about the true meaning of Christmas - Jesus' birth! After each scene with the actors, there is space for classes to perform a song/dance/poem, etc. that relates to that part of the story. This is a great play that includes the whole school and will be a memorable performance for everyone for years to come! This play can al
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PreK - 7th
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Around the World Christmas Play Script for 30 or more actors
Celebrate diversity with this sacred and bible-based Christmas pageant script which blends the biblical Christmas story with traditions and customs from Mexico, Germany, Philippines, Sweden, United States, Italy, and China. This pageant was performed many times with rave reviews at a large Catholic school. The pageant performance is between approx. 50 minutes. A class of 30 older students acted out the script while the younger classes participated in the songs and country traditions. The scr
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K - 7th
A Christmas Time Machine! A Hilarious Christmas Concert Package for Elementary
Join a group of kids on Christmas Eve as they stumble across a magical sleigh that allows them to time travel! They experience Christmas holidays, toys, and music of the decades between the 1940s to the 2000s. They even get a glimpse into the Future! This is my 6th written and directed Christmas Concert, and dare I say the best?! This play was loved by both students, families, and staff. This is not only because of how funny it is, but because of how each age can connect and relate to it! It
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K - 8th
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Community Workers: Readers' Theater, Non-Fiction Easy Readers & Vocabulary
This is a bundle on community workers that incorporates fiction, non-fiction and vocabulary development to deepen students’ knowledge about 10 different community workers. It contains: 10 readers' theater playsRoles for everyone, from emergent to fluent readers. Most of the roles are for beginning readers and those in transition heading towards fluency.Plays are focused on these jobs: chef, construction worker, doctor, engineer farmer, firefighter, police officer, plumber, teacher and vet.Plays
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K - 2nd
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28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World (dates, cards, script)
I'm so excited about this resource! This packet was designed using the picture book, 28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the World by Charles M. Smith & Shane W. Evans.The 28 events highlighted in this book are for each day in February in honor of Black History Month. (Day 29 - leap year - is "today" and the students can write their own fact). The people mentioned are in chronological order from Crispus Attucks in 1770 to Barack Obama in 2009. Packet Table of Contents:pg. 3-9: Rea
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PreK - 12th
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