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5th grade english language arts scripts for Microsoft PowerPoint
State Test Prep Boot Camp Skit
This motivational skit reveals introduces Test Recruits as they make their way through boot camp learning reading and math test strategies with the help of their Skill Sergeant. In the end, all graduate as Test Warriors. The reading and math test strategies are written as military cadence chants (like the Army's Sound Off cadence), and a PPT is included for audience participation. Perfect for testing pep rallies and test motivation!Check out the thumbnails and preview to see several of the caden
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: State Test Prep Skits Bundle
Reader's Theater: Robert Munsch HUGE 10-Book Bundle
This power-point document contains a reader's theater script for four hilarious stories, by Robert Munsch: Stephanie's Ponytail, The Paper Bag Princess, Smelly Socks, 50 Below Zero, and Pigs, Show and Tell, Purple, Green and Yellow, Moira's Birthday, Something Good, and Angela's Airplane.50 Below Zero: Jason’s dad falls asleep everywhere … except in his own bed. All night long, Jason gets woken up by strange noises that lead him to find his dad in the most unexpected places—from on top of the
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1st - 5th
Thanksgiving Reader's Theater Bundle
This purchase includes a bundle of five printable Thanksgiving-themed Reader's Theater scripts. Each script is typed so that there are 22 narrators that get two (or more) speaking parts throughout the Reader's Theater. *However, the scripts could easily be adapted to accommodate more or less narrators. Four of the scripts are for fiction stories, but the fifth script is a nonfiction text. It would be a really fun way for students to learn about the first Thanksgiving or to share with others abou
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1st - 5th
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Reader's Theater Friendship Bundle of Four
This power-point document contains a reader's theater script for four sweet and fun short stories, including "Enemy Pie" by Derek Munson, "Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon" by Patty Lovell, "A Sick Day for Amos McGee" by Philip C. Stead, and "Russell the Sheep" by Rob Scotton.
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon Summary: Be yourself -- like Molly Lou Melon -- no matter what a bully may do!
Molly Lou Melon is short and clumsy, has buck teeth, and has a voice that sounds like a bullfrog being squeezed by a bo
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1st - 5th
The California Gold Rush And You
With only a few pages in the text book devoted to the California Gold Rush, you know your students aren’t getting a real feel for this exciting time in U.S. history. This interactive unit — The California Gold Rush and You — has 40 pages of information and illustrations. The unit includes a slide show with 27 slides and a 10-page script with more than 100 bulleted points. Five interactive slides spaced throughout the presentation will ask your students to take notes about • the journey alon
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4th - 8th
Reader's Theater Script: How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
This power-point document contains a reader's theater script for the fun story,"How I Became a Pirate" by Melinda Long.
Book Summary: Pirates have green teeth—when they have any teeth at all. I know about pirates, because one day, when I was at the beach building a sand castle and minding my own business, a pirate ship sailed into view.
So proclaims Jeremy Jacob, a boy who joins Captain Braid Beard and his crew in this witty look at the finer points of pirate life by the Caldecott Honor–winnin
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1st - 5th
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The Pony Express And You
How much space does your textbook devote to The Pony Express - maybe a couple of paragraphs? This exciting time in U.S. history deserves better than that, and with “The Pony Express And You,” your students will readily identify with the young men who rode for the service and the dangers they faced. The 26-page slide show I’ve created is full of colorful illustrations (more than 100 pictures) and offers students four opportunities to write a journal entry as though they were a rider on The Pony
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4th - 8th
A Christmas Truce PowerPoint Reader's Theater
A Christmas Truce PowerPoint Reader's Theater. 44 slides. Use this in the classroom or make it into a full production for Christmas. All about the spontaneous truce in the trenches during WWI where the British and German soldiers stopped fighting. Listen to the song "Christmas in the Trenches" as an introduction. Connect to Snoopy and the Red Baron's Christmas Truce. Play slides while students are reading printed cards as a production for parents or visitors. (We performed this for parents and i
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Christmas Activities BUNDLE - Fun ELA Resources Grades 4 - 7
Best-Seller Bundle: Top 10 for Drama Teachers
A Drama bundle loaded with my Top 10 current Best Sellers, which all come with detailed powerpoints and supporting resources - they are ready to go, with no planning needed:Silent MoviesDarkwood Manor (Haunted House)Characterization and ImprovisationMatildaCommedia D’el ArteGreek TheatreA Christmas Carol (adapted script)Little Red Riding Hood (short script)Twelfth Night (adapted script)Christmas monologues
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2nd - 12th
A Wish to be a Christmas Tree Reader's Theater and Activities
This purchase includes a printable Reader's Theater script for the sweet Christmas text, A Wish to be a Christmas Tree by Colleen Monroe, as well as a crossword puzzle to use as an extension after reading.The Reader's Theater script is typed with 22 narrators who each get to speak at least two times in the story, as well as some specific character parts such as the Pine Tree, Squirrel, Deer, and Cardinal. *However, the script is typed using Powerpoint so it could be easily edited to include more
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2nd - 5th
Reader's Theater for "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein
This power-point document contains a reader's theater script for the sweet story, "The Giving Tree" by Shel SilversteinSummary: Since it was first published fifty years ago, Shel Silverstein's poignant picture book for readers of all ages has offered a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.There are 20 different narrators in the script, including a special 'Boy" and "Tree" part. But this could easily be adapted to fit a la
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2nd - 7th
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Drama - The Emperor's New Clothes Reader's Theater PowerPoint
Drama - The Emperor's New Clothes. This PowerPoint is a fun reader's theater or classroom play based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale that can be performed by students on short notice with limited space and props. Cast of characters, props, and stage directions make it easy and entertaining. Vocabulary can be discussed during a preview. Print the slides out as handouts (Print-Settings-Outline - to print out like a script in black and white) for your students and project the play as it is
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4th - 7th
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Journey to Bethlehem: The Historical Journey
If your school allows you to focus on the religious aspects of Christmas, here is a great slide show for you. “Journey to Bethlehem: The Historical Journey” tells how Joseph and Mary made their way from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Along the way, your students will learn about:their home in Nazareththe census that necessitated their journeythe route they tookthe landscapes they would have walked throughwhether they walked or rode a donkey or used a cartthe dangers and the hardships they would have enc
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4th - 8th, Adult Education
Distance Learning using Zoom for Reader's Theater: The 3 Branches of Government
What is a DIGITAL Reader’s Theater?Use Google Drive to access my Reader’s Theater script on the Branches of Government and share it with your class for a virtual performance! I created this play to help students review the three branches of Government in a fun, interactive, and creative way! This is a perfect blend of Language Arts and Social Studies since students will learn key social studies content while practicing reading fluency and expression. The script is designed to be “shared” as a
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3rd - 6th
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Reader's Theater for "The Invisible Boy" by Trudy Ludwig
This power-point document contains a reader's theater script for the heart-warming story, "The Invisible Boy" by Trudy Ludwig. It contains 18 rotating narrators, but can easily be edited to fit smaller or larger class sizes.Summary: Meet Brian, the invisible boy. Nobody ever seems to notice him or think to include him in their group, game, or birthday party . . . until, that is, a new kid comes to class.When Justin, the new boy, arrives, Brian is the first to make him feel welcome. And when Br
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1st - 5th
Reader's Theater for "Enemy Pie" by Derek Munson
This power-point document contains a reader's theater script for the sweet and fun story, "Enemy Pie" by Derek Munson.
Book Summary: It was the perfect summer. That is, until Jeremy Ross moved into the house down the street and became neighborhood enemy number one. Luckily Dad had a surefire way to get rid of enemies: Enemy Pie. But part of the secret recipe is spending an entire day playing with the enemy!
In this funny yet endearing story, one little boy learns an effective recipes for turni
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1st - 5th
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch: Reader's Theater Script
This power-point document contains a reader's theater script for the hilarious story, The Paper Bag Princess, by Robert Munsch.Book Plot: Princess Elizabeth plans on marrying Prince Ronald, who is practically perfect. However, a dragon arrives who destroys her castle, kidnaps Ronald, and burns all her clothes, so she must look for something to wear, and her only option is a paper bag. Elizabeth follows the dragon and Ronald, and seeking to rescue her fiancé, challenges the dragon to burn forests
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1st - 5th
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Readers theater scripts - 4 Weather scripts, rubric & Power Point
With much to cover and limited time, these 4 weather reader’s theater scripts (plus Power Point and activities) help students cover language arts and science concepts together. A rubric (editable WORD document) is included so you can customize it to your class.
Up, Up and Away covers air pressure, layers of the atmosphere and ocean breezes in the context of a hot air balloon ride. FK reading level: 4.4
Christmas Vacation discusses the ocean’s effect on climate. FK reading level: 4.9
The Cloud
TALL TALES ACTIVITIES 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Grade
TALL TALES ACTIVITIES 2nd 3rd 4th 5th GradeHere's a great set of activities for your students as you study TALL TALES!
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2nd - 5th
READERS THEATER SCRIPT WRITING PROJECT Grades 5-8
This colorful, detailed PowerPoint and PDF explains, step-by-step, the process of writing a 4-6 page readers' theater script for students to read aloud in small groups. LOTS of examples from 3 readers' theater scripts demonstrate techniques of plot, character development and dialogue. Teacher rubrics are included.This writing assignment will take about two hours to write and proof-read. It will take a few hours for students to rehearse with their readers because students will be readers in more
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5th - 8th
Also included in: READERS' THEATER UNIT: READING & SCRIPT WRITING grades 5 6 7 8
Reader's Theater: Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch
This power-point document contains a reader's theater script for the hilarious story, Stephanie's Ponytail, by Robert Munsch.Book Summary: None of the kids in her class wear a ponytail, so Stephanie decides she must have one. The loud, unanimous comment from her classmates is: “Ugly, ugly, very ugly.” Steadfast, when all the girls have copied her ponytail, she resolves to try a new style. With true Munsch flair, each of Stephanie’s ponytails is more outrageous than the last, while the cast of c
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1st - 5th
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ExC-ELL Aligned Vocabulary Introduction & Word Wall: Force, Motion, and Energy
Highly effective for emerging Bilingual/Multilingual students (truly, all students). Introduce the vocabulary essential to engaging with the content. These slides give you all of the resources to align your introduction with the ExC-ELL routine including:- the word hyperlinked to a dictionary definition, - the word in context, - a relevant photograph, - and sentence starters and frames for oral discoursePrint the word word wall pages to make the words visible for students to support their disco
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2nd - 6th
Real Comics {Fill - in - the - Speech - Bubble}
Kids love cartoons! One fun way to get them thinking about adding dialogue in their writing is to provide a format that inspires creative thought. Let your students' imaginations grow using real single pane comics with empty speech bubbles. This unit consists of 100 single pane comics that can be used in a number of ways.
Aside from inspiring higher level thinking skills, the activities can be used to teach the proper use of capitalization and punctuation in sentence form.
Please look at the
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Erie Canal and You
The Erie Canal was an exciting and pivotal time in U.S. history. But most textbooks only devote a couple of pages to it, so your students are not getting a real feel for the men who built and worked along the canal. This unit — “The Erie Canal and You” — has 65 pages of information and illustrations including five challenges for your students to write journal entries as though they were workers on the Erie Canal. The unit includes a slide show with 44 slides and a 17-page script with 170 bul
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4th - 8th
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English language arts (ELA) concepts — reading, writing, listening, and speaking — empower students to become effective communicators, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners. They are the foundation for all other types of learning as students must rely on ELA skills to master content from other subject areas and communicate what they’ve learned.
Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
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