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Elementary reading simulations
Reader's Theater: Boston Tea Party
This is a great reader's theater script to introduce/reinforce the importance of the Boston Tea Party as a major event in our history leading to the American Revolution. In addition, it's great practice in the areas of expression and fluency. The following play script contains 23 individual parts, but can be easily adapted for a class of any size. I have ranked the parts by size (long, medium, short) in order to make it easier to differentiate parts for all levels of readers. In addition, I h
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: America Becomes a Nation: Reader's Theater Bundle for 4th Grade
Mock Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Classroom Mystery/Detective Simulation Game
Stage a mock crime scene investigation in your classroom! Kids solve the mystery through observation and science labs. They study crime scene photos, gather clues, analyze fingerprints, and experiment with powders and chromatography. Students love participating in this forensic science simulation - and cracking the case!Open the preview to take a closer look at the game-like project. The crime scene and detective activities are laid out for you. With a few common household items (such as pens, p
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3rd - 5th
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Reader's Theater: The American Revolutionary War (differentiated script)
Experience life as a Patriot or Redcoat soldier during the key events and battles of the American Revolutionary War! The war is brought to life in this whole class reader’s theater based on 4th grade Ohio Social Studies standards! This 9 page script features the following: Paul Revere’s midnight ride, the shot heard ‘round the world, Ethan Allen & Green Mountain Boys, the battle of Bunker Hill, Crossing the Delaware, Valley Forge, the Battle of Yorktown, the Treaty of Paris, and much mor
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Ohio 4th Grade Reader's Theater Mega Bundle!
Reader's Theater: The Constitution-United We Stand! (leveled script)
Students will bring the development of the United States Constitution to life in this whole class reader’s theater based on 4th grade Ohio Social Studies standards! Students will gain a deeper understanding of the different state’s viewpoints in a connected and engaging way! This original play contains 22 parts featuring 3 reading levels to ensure whole class participation, fluency development, and differentiation. In addition, 14 name tags are included to make a class presentation of this pla
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Ohio 4th Grade Reader's Theater Mega Bundle!
Reader's Theater: Ohio and the War of 1812 (intermediate level with 24 parts!)
Students will bring the War of 1812 and the Battle of Lake Erie to life in this whole class script of Don’t Give up the Ship! This fast moving script explores the causes and events leading to this important war in our country’s history in an engaging and connected way! This original play contains 24 parts featuring various reading levels to ensure whole class participation, differentiation, and engagement. Students will integrate important Social Studies concepts with key LA common core standa
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Early Ohio History Activity Bundle for 4th Grade Social Studies
Christmas Around the World Reader's Theater Set (Differentiated scripts!)
Focus on differentiation with this Christmas Around the World set of leveled Reader’s Theaters! This set focuses on telling the story behind 4 important customs celebrated around the world at Christmas time. Written on 3 separate reading levels, it is easy to match each student with a part that meets their individual need! Each script contains 5-6 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regu
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Special Holidays in America: Reader's Theater Bundle for 4th Grade
Roanoke: The Lost Colony! A Reader's Theater (with differentiated parts!)
What happened to the colony of Roanoke? Students will bring this century old mystery to life in this whole class reader’s theater based on 4th grade Ohio Social Studies standards! Students will gain a deeper understanding of the events, people, places, and effects of this important piece of our country’s history in an engaging and connected way! This original 7 page play contains 21 parts featuring 3 reading levels to ensure whole class participation, fluency development, and differentiation. St
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Early United States History Reader's Theater Bundle-Discovering America
Editorial vs. Regular News Article Game (Is it Fact or Opinion Writing?)
In this engaging, self-checking Google Slides game, students gain a valuable skill for interacting with media. Students are guided to learn the difference between fact and opinion writing—even when the difference is subtle—by reading information about both, then looking at headlines and choosing whether the headlines are for editorials or regular facts-only news articles. All headlines are from real articles, so students are learning with content that is relevant. Students are given feedback i
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4th - 10th
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Jamestown: A Reader's Theater (with differentiated parts!)
Bring the settlement of Jamestown, John Smith and Pocahontas to life with this whole class reader’s theater based on 4th grade Ohio Social Studies standards! Students will gain a deeper understanding of the events, people, places, and effects of this important piece of our country’s history in an engaging and connected way! This original play contains 23 parts featuring 3 reading levels to ensure whole class participation, fluency development, and differentiation. Students will integrate importa
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Early United States History Reader's Theater Bundle-Discovering America
Reader's Theater: An Age of Exploration! (intermediate leveled reading scripts)
Help students bring the Age of Exploration to life with this 24 part, differentiated reader’s theater! This fast moving script re-enacts several key explorers who discovered North America and helps students connect to our country’s history in an engaging and involved way! This original play contains 24 parts featuring various reading levels to ensure whole class participation, differentiation, and engagement. Students will integrate important Social Studies concepts with key LA common core st
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Ohio 4th Grade Reader's Theater Mega Bundle!
Project Based Learning Starting a School Newscast
Are you wanting to start a school newscast? How to Start a School Newscast is a guide to help teachers or administrator start a school newscast. Materials lists, steps, hints, and printable guides will help you get started. This project helped get my students engage in learning and increased their communication skills. Students become so excited about finding news stories they don't even realize that they are writing and reading. Their fluency increases while enjoying the project! Students
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
The First Thanksgiving Simulation: Journey on the Mayflower
This is a week long simulation where your kids will become a part of history! Students will read about the process of the pilgrims coming to the New World and then receive their experience cards, which will let them be a part of the famous journey.
They take the knowledge they gain from the reading and the information on the experience card to write a journal entry from a pilgrim's perspective. Kids will be learning and engaged in these reading and writing activities!
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- 5 days
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2nd - 8th
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Surgery Room Transformation Bundle | Text Feature and Irregular Shapes Surgery
Nonfiction text feature and Irregular Shapes Area surgery has been seen all over social media, and now you can bring these engaging activities to your own classroom! Everything is included in this product to create your own “surgery experience” for your students. You save 20% by purchasing this bundled product!You can make it as simple or theatrical as you like! If you need a print and go version, your students will only need a magazine, the patient files, scissors and glue. If you really want
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2nd - 4th
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Easter Activity | Reading Escape Room | 3rd - 5th Grade
Celebrate the fun of Easter without sacrificing your reading instruction! In this Easter Reading Escape Room for grades 3, 4, and 5, students will kickoff spring using a variety of reading skills. They'll read about a spring event with an Easter egg hunt using real life texts. With each text they'll work through a comprehension challenge using a variety of skills. The words they collect from each challenge will help them breakout with the answer to the question -- Where is the golden egg hidden?
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Escape Room | Seasonal and Holidays BUNDLE
ELA Escape Room Challenge Penguin Theme
Looking for something a little challenging, incredibly engaging, and slightly different from an ordinary day? Escape room challenges have all of that and more.In this escape room challenge, the students must escape from being stuck on Penguin Island after disobeying the sign on a magic portal at the zoo's penguin exhibit. They can only get out if they can successfully navigate their way through 5 ELA challenges.This challenge has students apply skills in reading comprehension, sentence vs. fragm
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3rd - 5th
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Reader's Theater: Famous Ohio Inventors! (intermediate leveled reading scripts)
Help bring Ohio Social Studies and the topic of famous inventors alive for students with this intermediate leveled reader’s theater! This fast moving, entertaining script introduces 7 famous inventors and their well-known innovations. Mnemonic devices and little tricks are provided throughout this 7 page play to help students make connections between key names and events. This original play contains 18 parts featuring various reading levels to ensure whole class participation, differentiation,
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Ohio 4th Grade Reader's Theater Mega Bundle!
Christmas Reading Comprehension Escape Room Activity for 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade
Have fun this Christmas by practicing reading comprehension with an engaging escape room activity. Suitable for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students, this printable, low prep breakout room will have your students begging for more. Practice comprehension, details, inferences, and context clues for vocabulary while reading a variety of nonfiction styled texts. There is even a bonus activity for early finishers!This activity is a great choice for teachers that want to review reading comprehension skill
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Escape Room | Seasonal and Holidays BUNDLE
Westing Game Interactive Unit
The Westing Game Interactive Unit is language arts based, with supporting lessons in creative writing, writing analysis, guided reading, math, science, and social studies. The unit consists of three phases: the scripted pre-reading simulation (a la How to Host a Murder), the reading of the Newbery Award-winning novel by Ellen Raskin, and several interdisciplinary activities inspired by the book.
In Phase 1: The Westing Game simulation, students act out one of seventeen characters in an effort
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5th - 8th
Reader's Theater: Steps to Statehood (leveled play for 3rd, 4th, 5th grade)
Need a fun way to liven up your lesson on statehood? This reader’s theater features 23 parts on 3 different reading levels to ensure whole class participation and engagement. Students will hear how a pioneer family, the Northwest territory officials, and the newly formed United States all played a part in the statehood process (featuring Ohio in 1803). Integrating important Social Studies concepts with key LA standards such as fluency and expression, this original play provides a rich and mea
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Early Ohio History Activity Bundle for 4th Grade Social Studies
Mock Election and Voting Simulation Unit
Let’s Get Out and Vote! This election simulation takes students from registering with paper applications or online, to researching the candidates, making campaign signs, voting in a mock election paper-based or online; you decide! Students collect the votes in a graph to decided who the winnign candidate is. Its a fun way to teach civil responsibility and learn about the election process. This unit is organized to be completed in 4-5 days. It has a plan at the beginning of each day along with
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3rd - 8th
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Reader's Theater: The Battle over Ohio (Northwest Territory)
The Northwest Territory in Ohio became a battleground between the Native Americans and pioneers in this intermediate level Reader’s Theater. Famous names such as Tecumseh, Fallen Timbers, and Mad Anthony Wayne are some of the characters and events brought to life in this integrated social studies activity. This original play contains 18 parts featuring various reading levels to ensure whole class participation, differentiation, and engagement. Students will integrate important Social Studies
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Early Ohio History Activity Bundle for 4th Grade Social Studies
Reader's Theater: The Pilgrims and the Mayflower (differentiated script)
Students will bring the voyage of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower to life in this whole class reader’s theater that features a fictitious family reliving the historical event ! Students will gain a deeper understanding of the actual events, people, places, and effects of this important piece of our country’s history in an engaging and connected way! This original play contains 20 parts featuring 3 reading levels to ensure whole class participation, fluency development, and differentiation. Studen
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Early United States History Reader's Theater Bundle-Discovering America
Halloween Stories & Activities -Virtual Field Trip -Interactive Story Adventure
Let's take a Halloween STORYventure... with our favorite classic Halloween books: Room on the Broom, Creepy Underwear, The Big Pumpkin, and the Little Old Lady That Was Not Afraid!!This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some HALLOWEEN FUN with an interactive story as Halloween gets near that will encourage reading good books in a new way to students!On this Halloween STORYventure, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through the Halloween S
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2nd - 4th
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Escape room style activity for STAAR review
This activity is a puzzle based, escape room style challenge activity where students receive clues, answer questions from released STAAR tests, get hints, and try to beat the clock to escape an alien ship.
I used a paired text from the 2017 5th grade released reading STAAR, it would be easy to simply delete the questions and have them complete questions from another grade level or even another subject.
They basically get a puzzle, then must answer 3 STAAR questions before you give them a hint
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4th - 6th
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