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Free holidays literature scripts
Free Readers' Theater Script ~ Fractured Fairy Tale Cinderella Readers' Theater
Free Cinderella Fractured Fairy Tale Readers' Theater Script: "Cinder...Really?: The TRUE Story of Cinderella"* * * * * * * * * * * * * *This fractured fairy tale readers' theater freebie is excerpted from my 35-page CINDER..REALLY? Literacy Toolkit, which includes the readers' theater script plus supplemental literacy activities.It's also available as part of the FAIRY TALES BONUS BUNDLE ~ SERIES 1, which includes 4 fractured fairy tales and LOADS of supplemental activities. The bundle makes a
Free King Midas & the Golden Touch Greek Mythology Readers' Theater Script: 3-6
Free Greek Mythology Readers' Theater Script: "King Midas & the Golden Touch": A humorous 6-page retelling of the traditional Greek myth of King Midas.* * * * * * * * * * * * * *This readers' theater freebie is excerpted from my 37-page KING MIDAS Literacy Toolkit, which includes TWO readers' theater scripts plus supplemental literacy activities.It's also available as part of the GREEK MYTHOLOGY BONUS BUNDLE ~ THE MANGLED MYTHS SERIES, which includes 6 readers' theater scripts and LOADS of s
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3rd - 6th
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Christmas Play Reader's Theater: The Gingerbread Man
This is a 4 page, 7 part reader's theater script of the Gingerbread Man with a Santa theme. Mrs. Claus makes a gingerbread man but he runs away. He is chased by Santa, a reindeer, and an elf. Finally a polar bear eats him up.The script is written with primary students in mind and has parts suitable for Emergent Readers and Transitional readers as follows:o Emergent (roughly levels 4-8) Mrs. Clause, Reindeer, Santao Transitional (roughly levels 10-12): Elf, Gingerbread Man, Polar Bear o High T
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Christmas Plays: Reader's Theater for Grades 1 and 2
The Chocolate Touch Reader's Theater
"The Chocolate Touch" by Patrick Skene Catling is a beloved favorite of elementary students. This Reader's Theater script gives students the chance to portray the characters and events in the story. It includes parts for up to eleven students, an explanation of Reader's Theater, and a performance checklist.
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2nd - 4th
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Reader's Theater: Tall Tale of Paul Bunyan (differentiated scripts!)
Focus on differentiation while meeting several Common Core Reading standards! This reader’s theater set features the popular tall tale of Paul Bunyan written on 3 separate reading levels for a total of 3 scripts! Each script contains 6-7 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regular versions focus on expression development, and enriched versions challenge students with tier 2 vocabulary and
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3rd - 6th
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Puppets and Reader's Theater
This product includes a reader's theater script based on the folk tale Why Mosquitoes buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aarmdema.There are also 7 print out puppets based on the illustrations of Leo and Diane Dillon. The puppets are a mosquito, a iguana, a python, a rabbit, a crow, a monkey, and an owl. The puppets come in full color and black and white.
These puppets are wonderful for literacy centers, fluency and summarizing activities. They are a great addition to a unit on folk tales.
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K - 2nd
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Reader's Theater: 13 Colonies-Life in a New England Colony!
Bring key characteristics of the 13 colonies to life with this FREEBIE Reader’s Theater script featuring the New England Colonies! This is part of a leveled set of 3 reader’s theater featuring the New England, Middle, and Southern colonial way of life plus additional comparison activities! This freebie script contains 6 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! This activity helps integrate Social Studies history content with Language Arts common core s
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3rd - 6th
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Readers Theater Script: The Peacock and the Crane Aesop's Fable
This is reader’s theater script with 7 speaking parts is a retelling of Aesop’s classic fable from ancient Greece . **The script does not have the moral stated, so students can discuss and figure out the message for themselves.** (CCSS 2.2 and CCSS 3.2) The moral could be stated as: It is better to be useful than to be beautiful. Aesop’s fables are well loved even though they had their beginnings more than two thousand years ago! This story about a proud peacock is a popular one, and it has been
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Bundle: K-2 Readers' Theater Scripts
The Little Red Hen readers theatre
The Little Red Hen picture book story has been adapted into a readers theatre script for easy recognition of roles for emergent readers. It is colour coded and it has pictures along side each character for assistance. This can be used for mixed ability classes as there are roles for non-readers and good readers.
I hope you can use this in your classroom as i have with much enjoyment and success.
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PreK - 3rd
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The Fox and the Crow Readers' Theater
Your early readers will love this FREE Readers' Theater script. Aesop's fable of The Fox and the Crow is retold as a Readers' Theater, specifically for early readers. The simplified text and use of sight words make it easy to read in 1st or 2nd grade. This Readers' Theater works great for shared reading or for a strategy/guided reading group focused on fluency.This Readers' Theater script includes 4 parts: Narrator 1Narrator 2FoxCrowEach part is color-coded on the script, making it easier for e
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K - 2nd
The Year Santa Got Mixed Up! - Readers Theater for the Entire Class
This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. It can be performed at any time but is usually performed at Christmas. Reader's Theater is a terrifically fun way to improve your fluency.The Year Santa Got Mixed Up by Melanie Whitesides is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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3rd - 8th
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Free Davy Crockett Readers' Theater Tall Tale Script ~ Grades 3, 4, 5 & 6
Free Davy Crockett-themed Readers' Theater Tall Tale: "Davy Crockpot: A Tall & Twisted Tale" (grades 3, 4, 5 & 6): This 5-page readers' theater script puts a new twist on the tall tale of Davy Crockett. It is written for 6 readers, though narrator roles can be combined, as needed, to adjust for group size, making the scripts easily adaptable for 3-6 readers. This is a terrific tool for developing students' reading fluency!* * * * * * * * * * * * * *This free twisted tall tale readers' th
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3rd - 6th
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Thanksgiving Reader's Theater Five Plump Turkeys
A reader's theater created for first and second grade from the poem Five Plump Turkeys. Students will enjoy reading from this one page script and acting out the roles. This skit is perfect for most almost mid year readers. Parts could be doubled by pairing a low reader with a higher reader. My first graders love to perform reader theaters for their reading buddies and our school's kindergarten classes. It would be great for a parent night too. I hope you enjoy it and please contact me if you
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K - 2nd
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Fun, Christmas Readers Theater – Not the Night Before Christmas
Twas the week before Christmas and all through the houseEv'ry creature was stirring, especially the mouse!"Here’s a rollicking Readers Theater rendition of the old poem "The Night Before Christmas" by Carol Montgomery of Readers Theater All Year™. Your students or family will enjoy this fun Christmas Readers Theater script. Here’s what one teacher wrote: "Wow! I have to tell you that your script, Twas not the night before Christmas (????) is soooo funny. The kids love it! Thank you. They laug
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3rd - 5th
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The Twelve Days of Christmas ...Vacation – A Free Readers Theater
“The Twelve Days of Christmas ...Vacation”Readers Theatre Script by Carol MontgomeryNo Santa. No elves. Just twelve tongue-twisting days of Christmas... vacation. Based on the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" ("12 Days of Christmas"), this rollicking rendition may motivate students to clean their rooms by the time they finish! The annotated curriculum links at the end even include a math lesson. Perhaps YOUR students would have fun creating their own compositions of "The Twelve Days of
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2nd - 4th
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Black History Month Poem - Ruby Showed the Way
Ruby Bridges was only six.
People tried to hit her with sticks.
Hateful words at her thrown
Hate to all with her skin tone.
The first stanza of an original poem written for a Black History Month program. Can also be used as an introduction to a unit on the Civil Rights Movement, Ruby Bridges or or character education unit.
Black History Month Poem - Ruby Showed the Way by Carol S. Oaks is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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3rd - 5th
The Great Turkey Race Readers Theater
Grab this freebie!This Readers Theater is perfect for building your students fluency. There are 18 parts. It can be shortened by combining some of the parts into smaller roles if needed. Your kids will love it. Mine did. This play is perfect for grades 1-4
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1st - 4th
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George Washington
This reader’s theater script will have your students learning all about President George Washington while working on their reading fluency at the same time. This reader's theater script is free and is one of 6-2 part scripts of different Presidents in my Presidents' Day resource. The Presidents' Day resource includes reader's theater scripts, vocabulary, compare and contrast activity, cloze sentences for comprehension and everything you need to make great biography reports on the presidents. M
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2nd - 4th
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Free Valentine's Day Readers' Theater Script Poem - Free Poetry - Grades 3 4 5 6
Free Valentine's Day readers' theater poetry script: "Charlie Gave Me Chocolates": A fast and funny Valentine's Day 2-reader poem for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades.Readers' theater is a terrific teaching tool for developing students' reading fluency. Furthermore, the natural rhythm of poetry can further support students as they develop into fluent readers. That combination of readers' theater and poetry makes this free poem a perfect fluency-builder.* * * * *This fast and funny readers' theater
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3rd - 6th
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"Earth Day Hen and Friends" Readers Theater–Reading Comp.–Fluency, spring–fall
"The Earth Day Hen and Friends" (Primary grades)an original Readers Theater by Carol MontgomeryDo you want to motivate your students to recycle, create less waste, and maybe even raise worms? Okay, skip the worms if you want. Are you looking for an Earth Day or environmental Readers Theater script that's humorous and educational?
This free Earth Day Readers Theater script for primary level readers should generate giggles and discussions about the environment. Complete with annotated curricu
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1st - 3rd
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Free Readers Theater Christmas Poetry Script "Santa's Socks" Poem: Grade 3 4 5 6
FREE Christmas readers' theater poetry script for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades: "Santa's Socks" poem* * * * * * * * * * * * * *If you enjoy this free and funny readers' theater poem, give students even more wintertime fun with the full, 8-poem CHRISTMAS SILLY POEMS COLLECTION, which includes multiple formats for each poem, comprehension questions, poem-based writing prompts, vocabulary pages, and other resources.* * * * * * * * * * * * * *Two versions of the 2-page "Santa's Socks" readers' thea
Readers Theatre: Trickery Treatery - A SCRIPT FOR HALLOWEEN
Readers Theatre Script for 4 voices.
Excellent script for grade 2 - 3.
Use this to reinforce rhyme, rhythm, and to strengthen expressive oral reading.
Written by Marilyn Smith, and published by U Otter Read It Educational Resources (www.uotter.com) in our Invitation to REaders Theatre, Celebrating holidays ...
This is copyrighted material, but we give teachers permission to use this in their classroom.
Trickery Treatery by Marilyn Smith, Helen Raczuk is licensed under a Creative Commons Attr
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1st - 2nd
Readers Theater: The Lion and Mouse - Script
A one minute play about the Mouse and Lion fable. Can be used for puppet theatre, readers theater.
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1st - 4th
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FREE Gingerbread Man Reader's Theatre Script and Play
A perfect accompaniment for any Gingerbread Unit or as a stand alone Christmas-time Reader's Theatre. Appropriate for even your youngest readers with parts for all kids to be successful!
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K - 2nd
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