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Black History Month vocal music scripts
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Jackie Robinson readers theater baseball play
Here's a compelling play about Jackie Robinson. Over my nearly thirty years of using drama in the classroom, kids say this is one of their favorites to enact. This original script recounts the events surrounding Jackie's breaking of the color barrier through the narration of the Hot Dog Man and the Peanut Vendor at an "actual" ballgame today. (You can hear a podcast presentation of the play at ReadAloudPlays.com) Parts for from 7 to 13 actors, and suitable for reader's theater, podcast, or sta
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4th - 7th
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Christmas Play Script for Concert or Readers Theatre - "Christmas Countdown"
Christmas Concert Idea - Perform Your Own "Top Twelve" Show! An original Christmas Play Script for ElementaryChristmas Countdown is a mock TV "Countdown Special" that highlights 12 common (but often comical!) aspects of the season. For each number in the countdown there is a song and/or vignette for the students to perform. This script makes a perfect program for your school or classroom.Looking for a Christmas play? This is a completely original, kid-tested, high quality script for Christmas co
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Sitting Down for Dr. King: Sit-ins Protests RT
Here's a powerful classroom play set during the Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins of 1960. The event is viewed through the eyes of a middle-class white boy who gets angry when the protests prevent him from enjoying his family celebration at the Woolworth. As the historically-accurate events unfold, he comes to understand the plight of the young protesters and in the end overcomes his own preconceptions to "stand" with them.Best suited for reader’s theater, podcast, or discussion-based classroom r
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5th - 8th
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Year Long Theater Curriculum Lessons Units Plays Projects Grades 6 to 9 Drama
DISCOUNT 30%! Hey, new teacher! Are you looking for year-long theater education curriculum and help from an award winning, veteran drama teacher? These units are best taught to students in sixth grade through ninth grade, however some units work well with sixth grade. I created a gigantic bundle of drama lessons, units and plays to help you! This bundle includes 55 products (over 1,500 PAGES) which were all created by me and time tested in my classroom over thirty-eight years. This is the
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6th - 9th
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Black History Month Skits & Readers Theater Plays with Scripts 4th and 5th Grade
Are you looking for exciting Black History Month skits or readers theater plays that connects with kids using pop culture, have scripts with a variety of roles for all students, and teaches history in an engaging way? Then this is it! Readers theater = better comprehension!There is no better way to teach students critical reading skills than with reader's theater. As they perform and learn about the various historical heroes, students will improve their skills by:- connecting with the text- lear
Christmas Concerts for Elementary "1940s Radio Broadcast" Christmas Play Script
Christmas Concerts for Elementary - 1940s Radio Broadcast - An original Christmas Play ScriptThis story takes place at a 1940s radio station during their Christmas Eve broadcast. Things start going awry when not everyone arrives in time for the show, and the program director is left to get someone – ANYone – to fill the roles.Looking for a Christmas play? This is a completely original, kid-tested, high quality script for Christmas concerts & pageants that weaves music and story into one cohe
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Elementary Music Christmas Concert Program Scripts Introductory Christmas Poems
This is an excellent resource to help you plan your next elementary music Christmas concert!This resource is a collection of poems I have used to introduce songs in preschool and elementary Christmas/Winter/Holiday concerts and programs. I usually have an upper elementary student read the poem and then the students sing the song.There are four scripts included. Two of the scripts are for preschool-1st grade concerts, and two are for 2nd-5th grade concerts. Each set of poems also has song sugg
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar - music program for K & 1st grade
This program is built around the book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." The story follows a caterpillar on his journey to becoming a butterfly. I used the text of the story as the lines for speaking parts (the book text is NOT included with this purchase for copyright reasons). This book may be available at your local library if you do not wish to purchase it. The vocabulary of the book is appropriate for younger grade levels, as well. I used all of the folk songs included here, as well as a few co
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PreK - 2nd
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Patriotic Musical Program for Primary Grades
There's nothing better than hearing little voices singing patriotic songs! This program is appropriate for all elementary grade levels. Some have even used it for a school wide program! The first graders at my school have been doing this inspiring musical program for over 15 years! Not only will students be singing patriotic songs, but a script has been provided that gives many students the opportunity to speak into the microphone. The program begins with kiddos reciting Presidential quotes
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PreK - 6th
Black History Month 30 minute Motown Play! Detroit History, Motown History
This short play is written from the perspective of a young Berry Gordy (Motown Records Founder) and tells how perseverance helped him launch one of the biggest record companies of all time. Students will perform classic motown songs that the whole audience is sure to enjoy! Perfect for Black History Month and for teaching music history. Students will enjoy bringing this play to life!When my students performed this play for Black History month we created a powerpoint slide to play in the backgrou
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Readers Theater scripts: African American scientists & inventors
Nine African-American scientists/inventors (Benjamin Banneker, Mae Jemison, Patricia Bath, George Washington Carver, Dr. Mary Chinn, Lewis Latimer, Yvonne Cagle and Elijah McCoy, Patricia Bath) are featured in this collection of reader's theaters. They may be used in language arts, science or history class, adapted for a school wide program or even memorized and done, royalty free, as a stage play or video.Each interview is self-contained so students can be divided into groups to read and rehea
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Black History Month bundle (in person and remote)
Black History Month Skit and Readers Theater Play with Script 4th and 5th Grade
Are you looking for an exciting Black History Month skit or readers theater play that connects with kids using pop culture, has a script with a variety of roles for all students, and teaches history in an engaging way? Then this it! Readers theater = better reading comprehension! There is no better way to teach students critical reading skills than with reader's theater. As they perform and learn about the various historical heroes, students will improve their skills by:- connecting with the tex
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4th - 6th
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African Folktales Reader's Theater Scripts Bundle
Discover African folktales while practicing fluency with this bundle of reader's theater scripts. Perfect for Black History Month or any time of year!Includes:• Anansi the Spider Script• Anansi and the Talking Melon Script• How Anansi Got His Stories Script• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters Script• Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion Script• Viola Desmond Script• Headbands for each role• Response activities - story map, summarizing, comparing and contrasting tales• Assessment tools - fluency self-a
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2nd - 3rd
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Christmas Play Script "The Colours of Christmas" Concert Idea or Readers Theater
Christmas Concert Script: The Colours of ChristmasA trendy script with over the top characters and a lesson about how change isn't always an improvement.Is Santa Getting A New Wardrobe?The Colours of Christmas is the story of Santa's "rebranding". The head elf hires an image consultant to give Santa a makeover, but this proves to be more difficult than it might seem! The image consultant and his/her assistants come up with a number of new outfits in different colours for Santa to try. (Accompani
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Christmas Dramatic Play Script - "The Christmas Cafe" Concert Idea
Dine at the Christmas Cafe - An Original Christmas Play Script - Suitable for a Christmas Concert program or Readers Theater for Upper Elementary The story takes place in a curiously-themed restaurant, “The Christmas Café”, in which all the menu items are inspired by lyrics from Christmas songs. On Christmas Eve the traffic is slow due to the weather, and the waiter is impatient to close up for the night. Just when the Manager gets ready to give in, a customer enters… and that’s where our story
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Juneteenth Readers Theater
Perfect for celebrating Juneteenth! Based on actual slave narratives, Freedom for the First Time is historically-accurate, kid-friendly, and comes embedded with discussion prompts and historic photos. It’s the narrative of ten-year old Tyree during the Civil War. Tyree believes whatever her masters say. But when Tyree’s brother, Sweet Walter, arrives with a band of Union soldiers to tell her the war is over, she and her family experience their day of Jubilee, the day they know freedom for the fi
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4th - 8th
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December Dreams: An elementary rhyming multi cultural holiday concert script
December Dreams is a script for a stand up elementary school concert. It is a drop in script…the linking rhymes are laid out and YOU add in songs of your choosing. You can rearrange the verses as you wish, eliminate some or even add in any of the alternative verses. One of the best features of using this script/format for your holiday program is the costuming…the children can wear their PJs!! Talk about excitement! Talk about easy for the teacher! It is a win win win for everyone. You don
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K - 3rd
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Claudette Colvin Twice Toward Justice Readers Theater Play Script
A true and compelling story from the Montgomery Bus Boycott! Who can forget Claudette Colvin? Well, history did for nearly fifty years. Claudette was just fifteen when she was dragged off a Montgomery city bus for refusing to surrender her seat. Unlike Rosa Parks a year later, Claudette was convicted and then ostracized by her peers, by Civil Rights leaders, and by history. Her story has resurfaced thanks to Philip Hoose’s book, Twice Toward Justice. Use this script independently or paired it wi
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5th - 9th
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Christmas at the Movies Elementary Music Christmas Concert Program Script
This handy script will help you plan your next elementary music Christmas/holiday/winter concert. I use this script to have students introduce the songs for the program. Each introduction is only a minute or two long, so it's an easy way to get students involved in public speaking, and makes for a smooth transition between songs. I have used this program with 2nd-5th graders, with 5th graders doing the speaking parts.The theme for this program is "Christmas at the Movies". Each song comes fr
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Behind the Nursery Rhyme (Children's Music Program)
One day a kindergarten student in my music class wondered out loud why Jack and Jill went up the hill and why they came tumbling down, which prompted a discussion. The students eventually created their own interconnected backgrounds for a number of nursery rhymes (not related to the dark histories often associated with these tales) which I worked into the songs for their music program.Scan the QR code above or click this link to hear samples of the songs:1. Castle Chaos :00-:20
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K - 2nd
Grimms Fairy Tale One Act Play & Unit | The Brave Little Tailor With Large Cast!
Talk about funny! This fifteen minute comical play (moderate or large cast depending on your needs) is suitable whether studying fantasy and fairy tales, the German culture or in a drama class. Students strengthen their reading (fluency), speaking (diction) and listening skills (restating) while learning to work cooperatively. The central themes include fate, ingenuity and cleverness. Based on the Grimms fairy tale by the same name, students will have an opportunity to: learn about "the director
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5th - 8th
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Ruby Bridges Black History Readers Theater
Ruby Bridges was headline news in 1960 as she naively trudged into the all-white William Frantz School. Her compelling story, that of a first grader integrating New Orleans Public Schools is indelible. Famed American author John Steinbeck wrote about it. Norman Rockwell painted it. And Ruby herself, nearly forty years later, revisited it in her stunning book, Through My Eyes. By pairing Ruby’s book with this lovely RT script, you’ll inspire learning that’ll stay with your students for years to c
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4th - 7th
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? - music program for K & 1st grade
This program is built around the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" The story lists a bunch of different animals and colors as it goes along. Each animal has a song of its own. I used the text of the story as the lines for speaking parts (the book text is NOT included with this purchase for copyright reasons). I used all of the folk songs included here, as well as a few copyrighted songs that are listed, as well. I have included sheet music to a few alternate songs that may be used
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PreK - 2nd
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Ruby Bridges Reader's Theatre Play
This is a 5 minute interactive play about Ruby Bridges. This play breathes life into the story of Ruby Bridges and allows students to imagine what it would have been like to be in her shoes. This play also includes a teacher's guide and Common Core aligned activities for students. This play and its supporting materials have been updated, revised and edited for clarity.
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2nd - 5th
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