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Free elementary reading 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
Readers' Theater: The Very Cranky Bear
4 animal friends just want to get out of the rain and play in a nice, warm spot. 1 cranky bear just wants to take a nap in his nice, dry cave. Everything ends up working out, but not before the bear ends up looking ridiculous! This play is based on the book by Nick Bland. It is 4 pages long and has 7 parts: Narrator 1, Narrator 2, Moose, Zebra, Lion, Sheep and Bear.
Readers' Theater helps kids improve their reading fluency (pace, smoothness and expression) and self-confidence!
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K - 3rd
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Readers' Theater: The Stinky Cheese Man
If you know and love the classic tale of the Gingerbread Man, then you'll laugh yourself silly reading this fractured fairy tale play, which is based on the book "The Stinky Cheese Man" by Jon Scieszka.
-The script is 5 pages long
-There are 8 characters (Narrator, Stinky Cheese Man, old man, old
woman, girl, boy, cow, fox)
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K - 3rd
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The Hare and the Tortoise Readers' Theater Script
Another one of Aesop's great fables!!! Students will love being Hare or Tortoise and acting out the race to the finish line. This readers' theater script goes well with a reading unit on Aesop's fables, a character education lesson, in a literacy center with props and costumes, or just for reading fluency practice. Text is aimed at early elementary. Script has 6 different speakers.
See other great Readers Theater scripts, lesson plans and graphic organizers in my TpT store. This script is inc
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1st - 3rd
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Free Readers' Theater - Free Poetry: I Gave Myself a Haircut & Other Silly Poems
Free readers' theater poetry: "I Gave Myself a Haircut (& Other Silly Poems)"* * * * * * * * * * * * * *If you enjoy this free poetry readers' theater compilation, I encourage you to check out the full, 10-poem set—THE SILLY POEMS COLLECTION—which also includes vocabulary pages.* * * * * * * * * * * * * *For years, elementary students have enjoyed the gloriously goofy poetry of Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky, and others. Following in that tradition, "I Gave Myself a Haircut (& Other Si
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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Free Readers Theater: Mother Goose Interrupted: This Little Piggy: Grade 3 4 5 6
Readers' Theater script for free: "Mother Goose Interrupted: This Little Piggy"Readers' theater (also spelled "reader's theatre") is a terrific teaching tool for developing students' reading fluency, and students will enjoy this fast and funny readers' theater script that puts a new spin on Mother Goose's "This Little Piggy." In "Mother Goose Interrupted: This Little Piggy," Mother Goose is continually interrupted by five talking toes, each with its own, distinct personality.The readers' theater
Sentence Strips Visuals for Speech Therapy | Sentence Expansion | FREE
Carrier phrases are phrases in which the first few words are constant and only the last word changes. These phrases help to encourage longer utterances, offer repetition and provide multiple opportunities to practice targets without an additional cognitive task of having to generate ideas, which may detract from the articulation or vocabulary drill. For early readers, they also provide sight word practice!⭐️ Products related to this item:Articulation Story Dice Companion for Speech Therapy using
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K - 3rd
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End-of-Year Free Summer Readers Theater Poetry: Summertime Poem Grade 3, 4, 5, 6
Free summertime poem & readers' theater poetry script: "The First Day of Summer Vacation": The poem is presented in two formats—as a standard poem and as a readers' theater script. The natural rhythm of poetry supports students' development into fluent readers, and combined with readers' theater, that makes this free poem a perfect fluency-builder for 3rd-grade, 4th-grade, 5th-grade & 6th-grade students.* * * * *This fast and funny readers' theater poem is excerpted from SCHOOL'S ALMOST
FREE Reader's Theater Script: The Veggie Thief
"The Veggie Thief" is a heartwarming, entertaining reader's theater script. It's part of a set of quality scripts kids love practicing and performing. They are real crowd pleasers! Check out the bundle here: Reader's Theater Bundle. This bundle includes enough roles (substantial roles) for your whole class. These Reader's Theater scripts are aimed at students in third grade, late grade two, or early fourth (fluency practice).The Veggie Thief has four parts (Rabbit, Skunk, Narrator One, Narrator
Easy Reader's Theatre Fairy Tale Scripts FREEBIE
As a first grade teacher, I struggled to find reader's theatre scripts that were easy enough for my young students to read, so I wrote my own!
This is a FREE sample of Little Red Riding Hood (with six parts) to try out in your own classroom.
All scripts have picture cues to make it easier for your students to find their parts. I've tried to create each script to be at approximately a mid-first grade level.
To see more of my fairy tale reader's theatre scripts, click below!
Easy Reader's Th
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K - 2nd
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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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Medieval Themed Script for Readers Theater, Short Play or Puppet Show
Do you need a short versatile play that can easily include many children at varying ability levels? Do you need something that your speakers of other languages or your very shy kids will be able to participate in? Then this is the script for you! (...and there is SCREAMING... as you know all kids seem to enjoy screaming.)This script is about a scary looking but kind hearted dragon who only wants to win the acceptance of his neighbors. Originally written as a puppet show this script is very versa
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PreK - 5th, Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: Medieval Scripts for Readers Theater, Short Play or Puppet Show BUNDLE
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
Readers Theater Script of The Three Little Pigs - 1st Grade
Enjoy practicing reading with expression with this Reader's Theater script based on the classic tale of the Three Little Pigs. Reader's Theater provides an authentic reason for students to reread text in order to improve fluency.
This script is written for 6 characters, but really is just 5 parts because the mother pig only has one line.
This is fun to do as a puppet show too!
Thank you for looking and happy reading!
Mehitabel Chiott
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1st - 2nd
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Fox and Grapes Readers' Theater Script
This readers' theater script takes the story "The Fox and the Grapes" and allows early elementary students to act it out. Text is easy to read. Script has 4 speaking parts. Great to use for a study with Aesop's fables, character education, or learning about the genre of plays and scripts. Place copies of the script in a literacy center with props and costumes and let your students have fun practicing their fluency!
Script written by Martha Hach.
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1st - 3rd
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Readers' Theater: The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Three brothers go looking for delicious grass but come across a big ugly troll with huge eyes and a long nose. They manage to get past him, the last one knocking him off his own bridge. This classic tale is fun to perform!This play is 2.5 pages long and has 5 characters: Narrator, Big Billy Goat, Medium Billy Goat, Little Billy Goat, Troll.
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K - 2nd
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Free Readers' Theatre Poetry: Babysitting Superman & Other Silly Poems - 3/4/5/6
Free readers' theater poetry script for grades 3, 4, 5 & 6: "Babysitting Superman (& Other Silly Poems)"Readers' theater (also spelled "reader's theatre") is a terrific teaching tool for developing students' reading fluency. This fast and funny readers' theater 3-poem compilation is excerpted from ANOTHER SILLY POEMS COLLECTION. If you enjoy this free readers' theater poetry compilation, I encourage you to check out the full, 10-poem set, which also includes vocabulary word work.This fre
Gingerbread Man: Reader's Theater for Grades 1 and 2
A 3 page, 7 part reader's theater script for the folk tale The Gingerbread Man. The script is written with primary students in mind and contains parts for Emergent to Transitional readers as follows:o High Emergent (roughly DRA 4-10): old woman, cow, dog, foxo Transitional (roughly DRA 12-18): horse, gingerbread man, narratorThe parts of the old woman, cow, dog and horse are small, just 1-2 lines.Mixed ability scripts allow children to work with classmates who may not be in their reading group
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Fairy Tale Reader's Theater Scripts for Grades 1 and 2
The Principal's New Clothes - Reader's Theater for the Entire Class!
This reader's theater is for the entire class! You will need at least 11 students but more is always better. This ties into my other twisted fairy tales except that it was written to do as a class. I split my class into two groups and both groups practice. When we perform we discuss what things we liked about each group. I use this to introduce the small group reader's theaters I have them do the rest of the year. I have also come back to the script at the end of the year to perform in front of
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3rd - 8th, Adult Education
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Readers Theater: Greatest Hits FREEBIES
17 scripts (14 fiction & 3 non-fiction) with anywhere from 2 to 7 characters to help your students improve their reading fluency (pace, smoothness, expression) and have fun!
Included with the scripts are some informational pieces about close reading and Readers' Theater.
Over 100 pages for FREE, enjoy!
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1st - 4th
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Write a Play Template
Your students will love strengthening their writing skills when they write a Reader's Theater play with this free write a play template. Great way to motivate young. Writes and practice fluency skills!
Looking for more Reader's Theater ideas?
Reader's Theater Scripts
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2nd - 4th
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Free Readers' Theater Poem - Free Poetry: The T-rex from My Cereal
Free readers' theater poetry script: "The T-rex from My Cereal"
Readers' theater (also spelled "reader's theatre") is a terrific teaching tool for developing students' reading fluency, and students will enjoy this fast and funny readers' theater poem.
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If you enjoy this free poetry readers' theater, I encourage you to check out the full, 10-poem set—THE T-REX FROM MY CEREAL: A SILLY POEMS COLLECTION—which also includes vocabulary pages.
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The readers' theater script also incl
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
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