The Bet Activities Bundle

This ACTIVITY PACK includes the perfect combination of literary and informational text activities and assessments for success in increasing reading achievement and comprehension.

You will find a rhyming readers theater script, two informational text articles with annotation activities for building background knowledge, standards based re-usable graphic organizers, and the original short story.

These activities were the subject of doctoral research and are research-proven to be effective in increasing fluency, engagement, and success in reading comprehension while meeting national and state standards for English Language Arts.

Think of it this way:

FIRST:

Tell your students they’ll be reading a rhyming play.

They’ll each interact with one another today.

Divide your class into groups to start.

Students then select a part.

After reading together, choose a few volunteers,

To perform it for everyone’s eyes and ears.

Fluency improves, and students master the plot.

Now you can discuss theme and whatnot.

SECOND:

Now that they’ve mastered the rhyming text,

Reading the original short story is next.

THIRD:

They’ve got it down; they are proceeding.

Now, introduce informational reading.

LAST:

These graphic organizers are for you to assess,

All of the knowledge they now possess!

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9. The Most Dangerous Game Activity: Readers Theater | Rhyming

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