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2nd grade Autumn science scripts
Animal Classification ELA and Science Unit, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade
Animal Classification (An ELA and Science Unit)These wonderful activities go along great with any animal unit. They are especially great to support and enhance your science lessons on animal groups. The reader theater scripts are two part scripts that focus on information about each animal group. There are 6 animal groups highlighted: mammals, reptiles, insects, fish, amphibians and birds. The students can take turns being the different animals, learn new vocabulary and work on their reading f
Reader's Theatre: The Night Before Thanksgiving
I'm a huge fan of Reader's Theatre as a collaborative and fun disguised way to practice fluency, oral language, speaking skills and working together in a group. Perfect for a literacy center group activity. I wrote this script as a paired text with The Night Before Thanksgiving by Natasha Wing. There are 5 roles and the script is 4 pages in length. The font is large enough for students to read. There are two versions of the same script included. A printer-friendly version that you can copy in
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Bundle of Mentor Text Reader's Theater Scripts
Reader's Theater Scripts for Beginning Readers {Fall Edition}
Reader's Theater Scripts - These plays can be used for centers, Language Arts activities, fluency practice, partner reading, etc.These plays are designed and created with beginning readers in mind. Each play has large font, picture clues, and predictable sentence patterns. 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.Each play has two characters to encourage partnership and teamwork.Buy the Fall Reader's Thea
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Reader's Theater {Fall Bundle}
Reader's Theatre: Stellaluna
I'm a huge fan of Reader's Theatre as a collaborative and fun disguised way to practice fluency, oral language, speaking skills and working together in a group. Perfect for a literacy center group activity. I wrote this script as a paired text with Stellaluna. There are 6 roles and the script is 6 pages in length. The font is large enough for students to read. There are two versions of the same script included. A printer-friendly version that you can copy in black, on white or colored card stock
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Bundle of Mentor Text Reader's Theater Scripts
Reader's Theatre: The Polar Express
I'm a huge fan of Reader's Theatre as a collaborative and fun disguised way to practice fluency, oral language, speaking skills and working together in a group. Perfect for a literacy center group activity. I wrote this script as a paired text with The Polar Express. There are 6 roles and the script is 6 pages in length. The font is large enough for students to read. There are two versions of the same script included. A printer-friendly version that you can copy in black, on white or colored
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Bundle of Mentor Text Reader's Theater Scripts
Reader's Theater {Fall Bundle}
This Reader's Theater Bundle is a 3 pack of Partner Plays {Fall 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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Reader's Theatre: Where The Wild Things Are
I'm a huge fan of Reader's Theatre as a collaborative and fun disguised way to practice fluency, oral language, speaking skills and working together in a group. Perfect for a literacy center group activity. I wrote this script as a paired text with Where The Wild Things Are. There are 4 roles and the script is 3 pages in length. The font is large enough for students to read. There are two versions of the same script included. A printer-friendly version that you can copy in black, on white or
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Bundle of Mentor Text Reader's Theater Scripts
Reader's Theatre: The Paper Bag Princess
I'm a huge fan of Reader's Theatre as a collaborative and fun disguised way to practice fluency, oral language, speaking skills and working together in a group. Perfect for a literacy center group activity. I wrote this script as a paired text with The Paper Bag Princess. There are 5 roles and the script is 5 pages in length. The font is large enough for students to read. There are two versions of the same script included. A printer-friendly version that you can copy in black, on white or col
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Bundle of Mentor Text Reader's Theater Scripts
Reader's Theatre: Scaredy Squirrel
I'm a huge fan of Reader's Theatre as a collaborative and fun disguised way to practice fluency, oral language, speaking skills and working together in a group. Perfect for a literacy center group activity. I wrote this script as a paired text with Scaredy Squirrel, a series on Epic! There are 4 roles and the script is 6 pages in length. The font is large enough for students to read. There are two versions of the same script included. A printer-friendly version that you can copy in black, on w
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Bundle of Mentor Text Reader's Theater Scripts
Reader's Theatre: The Day the Crayons Came Home
I'm a huge fan of Reader's Theatre as a collaborative and fun disguised way to practice fluency, oral language, speaking skills and working together in a group. Perfect for a literacy center group activity. I wrote this script as a paired text with The Day the Crayons Came Home. There are 11 roles and the script is 6 pages in length. This script is different than those in the past because of the number of characters. There are 11 characters instead of the typical 2-6. The lines are also longer
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Bundle of Mentor Text Reader's Theater Scripts
Reader's Theatre: Tacky the Penguin
I'm a huge fan of Reader's Theatre as a collaborative and fun disguised way to practice fluency, oral language, speaking skills and working together in a group. Perfect for a literacy center group activity. I wrote this script as a paired text with Tacky the Penguin. There are 4-7 roles and the script is 5 pages in length. The variation in roles can be determined whether you want one child to be the "Hunters" or you want three children to be Hunter 1, Hunter 2, and Hunter 3. The font is large
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2nd - 4th
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Reader's Theatre: Rosie Revere, Engineer
I'm a huge fan of Reader's Theatre as a collaborative and fun disguised way to practice fluency, oral language, speaking skills and working together in a group. Perfect for a literacy center group activity. I wrote this script as a paired text with Rosie Revere, Engineer. There are 5 roles and the script is 5 pages in length. The font is large enough for students to read. There are two versions of the same script included. A printer-friendly version that you can copy in black, on white or col
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Bundle of Mentor Text Reader's Theater Scripts
Reader's Theatre: The Runaway Pumpkin
I'm a huge fan of Reader's Theatre as a collaborative and fun disguised way to practice fluency, oral language, speaking skills and working together in a group. Perfect for a literacy center group activity. I wrote this script as a paired text with The Runaway Pumpkin. There are 4 roles and the script is 3 pages in length. The font is large enough for students to read. There are two versions of the same script included. A printer-friendly version that you can copy in black, on white or colored c
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Bundle of Mentor Text Reader's Theater Scripts
Plants: Science Reader's Theater and Experiments
Combine some Science with your Language Arts. This is a readers’ theater script plus 7 experiments explaining what a seed needs to grow and what each part of the plant does. The script is 4 pages with 8 parts and is particularly useful for early readers as it has parts suitable for Emergent and Transitional Readers as follows:High Emergent (roughly levels 6-8): RainTransitional (roughly levels 10-12): Seed, Sun, Roots, LeavesHigh Transitional (roughly levels 14-16): Soil, Stem, NarratorThere ar
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K - 2nd
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Reader's Theatre: The Rainbow Fish
I'm a huge fan of Reader's Theatre as a collaborative and fun disguised way to practice fluency, oral language, speaking skills and working together in a group. Perfect for a literacy center group activity. I wrote this script as a paired text with The Rainbow Fish. There are 5 roles and the script is 5 pages in length. The font is large enough for students to read. There are two versions of the same script included. A printer-friendly version that you can copy in black, on white or colored c
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Bundle of Mentor Text Reader's Theater Scripts
Solar System & Planets Reader's Theater
This product includes a reader's theater script called "The Planets' First Day of School." It includes a script for 9 roles (the sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune). I have also included necklaces to identify the roles. There is a brief worksheet for students to write down what they learned about the planets and the sun. I have used this in my class, and my students loved it! I mounted the cover sheet and scripts to file folders for each reader. I laminat
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2nd - 5th
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Science Lessons PowerPoint Slides and Note Taking Graphic Organizers Bundle
Are you looking for science lessons that are visual and informational? These PowerPoint presentation slides cover 12 different primary science topics. They will include a PowerPoint, a teacher script, and student note-taking pages.A quick introduction:You’ll display your slide, read the teacher's script for that given slide, and allow students to take notes. Please check out the preview for a closer look at how to use this!What's included in each zip file product:Read-Me First IntroductionPowerP
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2nd - 3rd
Fall Partner Play, Fluency Activity, Apple Theme Readers Theater
This fall partner play is great for building fluency AND comprehension skills. The Winner Gets the Pie is a partner play for the middle grades about two children who compete to see who can pick the most apples. (Tortoise and the Hare so to speak.) The play includes before, during, and after reading activities for deeper comprehension and additional fluency practice.HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS FALL PARTNER PLAY IN THE CLASSROOM:The play is three pages in length and includes two voices. I recommend
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2nd - 4th
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Plants Reader's Theater Script
This is a 4 1/2 page reader's theater script that is all about plants. Tie fluency and science together with this script that is ready to use in your classroom. The script focuses on the parts of a plant, the life cycle of a plant, and what photosynthesis is.
The script is set-up for a small group / center with 4 students. It can be easily adapted to include more students. The document is in word, so you can edit and add in your own lines about particular things your class is studying abou
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2nd - 5th
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Reader's Theatre: Last Stop On Market Street
I'm a huge fan of Reader's Theatre as a collaborative and fun disguised way to practice fluency, oral language, speaking skills and working together in a group. Perfect for a literacy center group activity. I wrote this script as a paired text with Last Stop On Market Street. There are 4 roles and the script is 5 pages in length. The font is large enough for students to read. There are two versions of the same script included. A printer-friendly version that you can copy in black, on white or
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Bundle of Mentor Text Reader's Theater Scripts
Reader's Theatre: Balloons Over Broadway
I'm a huge fan of Reader's Theatre as a collaborative and fun disguised way to practice fluency, oral language, speaking skills and working together in a group. Perfect for a literacy center group activity. I wrote this script as a paired text with Balloons Over Broadway, a series on Epic! There are 5 roles and the script is 6 pages in length. The font is large enough for students to read. There are two versions of the same script included. A printer-friendly version that you can copy in black
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Bundle of Mentor Text Reader's Theater Scripts
Johnny Appleseed Day Readers Theater
Enjoy and learn from this Reader's Theater script about Johnny Appleseed Day celebrated on September 26***This is included in our Informative Reader’s Theater from July to December. Please do not purchase if you own this unit.*** Johnny Appleseed holiday unit includes:1 graphic organizer on the life cycle of an apple1 full script in black and white with Character Cards1 full script in color with Character CardsFor a look at what is included in this set, please download the preview file.If yo
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Apples Bundle Fact and Opinion plus Johnny Appleseed Readers Theater
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
Fall Partner Play, Halloween Partner Play Activity, Fluency Builder
This fall partner play is a wonderful tool for working on fluency and comprehension at the same time. The Great Pumpkin Heist is an original three page partner play perfect for the fall and Halloween. It is intended for use in small groups or for partners during your literacy workstation rotations or with your guided reading groups. You can also use them for tutoring.HOW TO USE FALL PARTNER PLAYS WITH YOUR STUDENTS:Teachers can use these engaging activities as a way to build reading fluency for
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2nd - 4th
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