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The New Year close reading scripts
READERS THEATER BRAINTEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT BUNDLE
This fun 30% off Middle School high interest trio of readers' theater brain teaser mystery scripts will delight both ELA and Drama students. They will practice reading and comprehension strategies, while testing their critical thinking skills in deductive work. Get 3 scripts for the price of 2!In two of these realistic mysteries your grades 5-8 students will discover the identity of thieves. In one script a laptop is stolen and in another, a necklace. The main characters, Matt and Sophie, are M
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5th - 8th
Happy New Year: A Readers' Theater Script with 3 Comprehension Worksheets
If you want an engaging activity to welcome your students back to school in January (or right before you let them loose for the holiday break in December!), check this out! It is a reader's theater script written for fifteen characters. The main idea of the Reader's Theater is recognizing how New Year's is celebrated in various parts of the world. Most of the characters have names that can be used with boys and girls alike, making it easy to assign parts.Each character has at least two speaking
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Readers' Theater BUNDLE: A set of 32 Scripts
ELA Emergency Sub Plans for Middle School Vol. 6
Emergency ELA Sub Plans for Middle School - Volume 6These language arts sub plans are perfect for filling (or refreshing) your substitute binder with engaging, standards-based activities. This is a true stand-alone resource that was designed to offer a print and go sub plan solution for middle school ELA teachers. No additional books or companion materials are needed!This resource includes:• A high-interest reader’s theater script • Reader Response Questions• Context Clue Word Work• Summary Stra
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in: ELA Emergency Sub Plans Bundle for Middle School
Chinese New Year Readers Theater Script - Lunar New Year - The Great Race
No prep necessary! This Chinese New Year Reader's Theater script tells the mythological story of "The Race for the Zodiac." It's fun and easy way to introduce middle grade students to an important Chinese New Year legend. Includes 16 speaking parts. Just print and go!As an American expat living in Shanghai, I love Chinese New Year and have really enjoyed creating activities to go with this granddaddy of all Chinese holidays. "The Race for the Zodiac" story is famous here in China because it tell
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Chinese New Year Activity Bundle - Lunar New Year Research - 2024 Update
READERS THEATER SCARY MYSTERY SCRIPT - Haunted House Mystery
This Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script will give Middle School students practice in reading, comprehension and writing, while having lots of ELA and Drama fun. The Mystery of the Haunted House makes your students into 'whodunit' detectives, performing inference tasks and drawing conclusions from four spooky clues. This humorous, realistic script is intended for about 9 students, but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded depending on how many groups you wish to hav
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5th - 8th
Also included in: READERS THEATER BRAINTEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT BUNDLE
January ELA Activities Bundle for Middle School
This collection of January and New Year's activities includes the perfect standards-based resources to engage your students on their return from winter break. Use these print-and-go resources to give your students practice reading to self, reading to someone, listening to reading, word work, and writing—all centered around the seasonal themes of January!This January ELA Bundle includes:• New Year's Close Reads for BIG KIDS• Martin Luther King Jr. Informational Text Task Cards• Martin Luther King
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4th - 7th
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Partner Plays Bundle for Upper Elementary, Fluency Activities, Close Reading
Partner plays are engaging and effective in building reading fluency and comprehension. This huge bundle of 15 ORIGINAL partner plays includes before, during, and after reading activities to help your students with vocabulary, reading fluency, comprehension skills including story elements, questioning, finding text evidence, characterization, sequencing, and writing. Students read and practice in a Close Reading format to improve fluency and deepen comprehension. Each script is written on a 3r
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3rd - 5th
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Monthly ELA Activities for Middle School - Full Year Bundle
This bundle of monthly ELA activities for middle school includes the perfect standards-based resources to engage your students throughout the school year. Use these print-and-go resources to give your students practice reading to self, reading to someone, listening to reading, word work, and writing—all centered around the months and seasons of the school year!All of the following resources are included: ELA activity bundles. You'll be prepared for every season and holiday with engaging resource
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4th - 7th
Fairytales Fables Folktales and Myths 1st 2nd 3rd Grade Readers Theater Scripts
This bundle is full of 2nd & 3rd grade standards aligned worksheets and reader's theater scripts. It works beautifully as supplement to any reading curriculum. Students are asked to identify morals, recount stories by exploring their elements, understand characters, distinguish points of view, and work with new vocabulary. There are so many resources in one engaging collection! This is a bundle of following resources:1. FablesExplore fables, theme, main idea, and teach morals with this CCSS
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1st - 3rd
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Frog and Toad Are Friends | Spring Activities
Thanks for purchasing my “Frog and Toad Are Friends: Spring Activity Pack!” Your students are in for a real treat. If you are an Arnold Lobel fan, this packet is a must have for your unit! Included in this activity pack are…1. A readers’ theater script based on Arnold Lobel’s classic book (4 parts – great for small groups!)2. Reading comprehension activities (characterization, sequencing, inferences, compare/contrast, story events)3. Nonfiction article comparing/contrasting frogs and toads4. F
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1st - 3rd
Chinese New Year Readers' Theater
The Chinese New Year is a fun celebration to teach young children about and what better way than by incorporating reading, science, writing and social studies!
These 16 fiction and non-fiction plays provide great fluency practice and connections to science and social studies.
* Nian the Terrible Monster (fiction, 5 pages, 6 characters)
* The Great Race (fiction, 4 pages, 7 characters)
* Chinese New Year (non-fiction, 4.5 pages, 5 characters)
* All About the Moon (non-fiction, 3 pages, 4 cha
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1st - 3rd
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3 Growth Mindset Reader's Theaters - New Year's Resolutions
This is a super exciting resource that will help your students:Discover what a New Year's Resolution is and how to set one of their ownBuild reading fluency by performing a reader's theaterGain confidence as readers and in front of an audienceLearn to work togetherReflect on their new thinkingIncluded in This Resource:3 RT scripts at different ability levels (basic, average, advanced).6-8 Character roles for each script at varying ability levels.Specific learning topics for each script.6 writing
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: Reader's Theater MEGA Bundle for Grades 2-4
Readers' Theater Bundle - Aesop's Fables and Fairy Tales
If you're looking for fun, engaging literacy practice, look no more! These original Aesop's Fables and Fairy Tale Readers' Theater scripts are sure to keep your students engaged and learning! This includes 24 Readers' Theater scripts, detailed lesson plans (grade level specific), CCSS aligned, and graphic organizers for deep comprehensionI've taken my best sellers and bundled them together for maximum price saving deals for you! If you want to teach your students reading comprehension skills (s
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1st - 3rd
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Aesop's Fables Readers' Theater for Big Kids Bundle
Thanks for purchasing my “Aesop’s Fables for Big Kids Readers' Theater Bundle!” Aesop was an ingenious storyteller, and students of all ages can enjoy (and learn) from his short stories. Included fables are: The Hare and the Tortoise, The Lion and the Mouse, and the Ant and the Grasshopper.Readers’ Theater allows students to become involved in the story in a deeper level. My plays have generally 4-6 parts, allowing for small group participation. Lesson included are in the format of Close Read
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3rd - 5th
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Star Wars Reader's Theater: AT-AT Attack! Reading Comprehension
Star Wars Reader's Theater: AT-AT Attack! Reading ComprehensionReader's Theater Script for Star Wars: Escape from Darth Vader, by Michael Siglain (Kindergarten to First Grade)Readers Theater is a dramatic presentation of a written work in a script form. Readers read from a "script" and reading parts are divided among the readers. Once you start Reader's Theater in your classroom you and your students will be loving it!!!CONTENTS:* Character Posters* 5 page script ( The script features 25 voices
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: May The Fourth Day Bundle - Star Wars Theme
Dr. Seuss Reader's Theatre Bundle: Lorax, Horton, Grinch, Oh,Places
Start the New Year in your classroom with this Dr. Seuss Reader's Theatre bundle. The bundle includes: The Lorax, Horton Hears a Who, Oh, the Places You'll Go! and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.Your lower/struggling students will gain confidence and start the year engaged. All students will practice fluency, presentation skills, and oral speaking. Reader's Theatre is my all-time favorite reading activity for the classroom, and the New Year is the perfect time. Students will love the active read
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2nd - 5th
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New Teacher New Year Social Story
Social story about preparing a child for a new teacher and new classroom. The book contains spaces to fill in the name of the new teacher and other details to personlise the book to the specific child. You can either write in the details you want to add yourself or you can email me at: info@senresourcesource.co.uk and let me know the additions you want and I will do this for you.The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a w
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Also included in: HUGE growing social stories bundle
Reader's Theater Star Wars: Escape from Darth Vader, Reading Comprehension
Reader's Theater Script for Star Wars: Escape from Darth Vader, by Michael Siglain (Kindergarten to First Grade)Readers Theater is a dramatic presentation of a written work in a script form. Readers read from a "script" and reading parts are divided among the readers. Once you start Reader's Theater in your classroom you and your students will be loving it!!!CONTENTS:* Character Posters* 5 page script ( The script features 20 voices)
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: May The Fourth Day Bundle - Star Wars Theme
Fairytales The Three Little Pigs Cinderella Fairy Tale Graphic Organizer Unit +
Build reading fluency & have FUN with these readers theater fairy tale scripts - The 3 Little Pigs, Cinderella & Rumpelstiltskin! Engage your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-grade students in a delightful literary adventure! Transform your classroom into a place where fairy tales come to life! With our reader's theater scripts and accompanying comprehension worksheets, learning becomes an unforgettable adventure for your young learners. Grab this resource today and watch your students' ent
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1st - 3rd
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A Christmas Carol Play Reader's Theater Drama Script - 33 Roles for all Staves
This is a play version of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Use as a school wide play, or a fun activity in the classroom. It has 33 roles covering all 5 staves of this novel. There are enough roles for all of your students. Enthusiastic students can even have multiple roles from different staves. Perfect for the last week before winter break!Are you teaching this novel? I wrote this play several years ago, and it made the perfect test review. You can teach a chapter (stave), and th
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3rd - 9th
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf Reading Passage and Readers Theater Script Aesop's Fables
The Boy Who Cried Wolf Readers' Theater script is perfect for your young readers! They can practice fluency while learning about characters and story elements. Use this Aesop's Fable in small groups and focus on your reading comprehension and fluency needs. Your students will beg to do this play again and again!The Boy Who Cried Wolf is part of the Aesop's Fables Scripts and Passages Bundle: Click HereContents:1 page story (full page and smaller for Interactive Notebooks)Readers’ theater script
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2nd - 4th
READERS THEATER MIDDLE SCHOOL MYSTERY SCRIPTS: YOUNG HOLMES INVESTIGATES BUNDLE
Save 25% on this Middle School Readers’ Theater Young Holmes brain teaser mystery script activities bundle. These fun whodunnit scripts will entertain both drama and ELA classes. The scripts and activities give grades 5-8 students high interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and even some writing. A FREEBIE is included. Question sheets and answers are included in both scripts. Also provided are quick peer and self assessment forms, and a reading rubric for easy marking.Young Holmes Inv
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5th - 8th
Beach Partner Play, Ocean Theme, Summer Readers Theater, Summer Fluency Builder
Partner plays are great for building fluency and comprehension skills. Sam and Max Go to the Beach is a partner play for grades 1-3 about how Sam and Max spend the day playing in the sand and ocean waves. The play includes before, during, and after reading activities for deeper comprehension and additional fluency practice.HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS PARTNER PLAY IN THE CLASSROOM:The play is five pages in length and includes two voices. I recommend using this resource as a fluency center during yo
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1st - 3rd
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Complete Reader's Theater: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Novel
This is a bundle of ALL 17 chapters from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Every chapter has been turned into a script for Reader's Theater. Each chapter includes its own casting list.
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5th - 8th
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