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Free holidays character education scripts
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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Taking a Break Social Skill Story & Task Cards FREE
FREE Sample: Taking a Break Social Skills Story Are you an educator dedicated to fostering behavior management, social skills, and emotional growth in special education and preschool settings? Discover a FREE sample of our comprehensive Taking a Break Social Skills Story with Social Emotional Learning Activities, a resource that empowers both teachers and students!Explore Essential Social Skills: This FREE Sample provides a peek into our comprehensive resource, showcasing how it facilitates conv
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PreK - 2nd
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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
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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Reader's Theater: 13 Colonies-Life in a New England Colony!
Bring key characteristics of the 13 colonies to life with this FREEBIE Reader’s Theater script featuring the New England Colonies! This is part of a leveled set of 3 reader’s theater featuring the New England, Middle, and Southern colonial way of life plus additional comparison activities! This freebie script contains 6 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! This activity helps integrate Social Studies history content with Language Arts common core s
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3rd - 6th
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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
It's OK to make a mistake social story
Social story about accepting that everyone makes mistakes at school when they are learning and that that is OK. It also covers some ways to overcome your mistakes.The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, co
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: Coping at School Social Stories Bundle
The Year Santa Got Mixed Up! - Readers Theater for the Entire Class
This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. It can be performed at any time but is usually performed at Christmas. Reader's Theater is a terrifically fun way to improve your fluency.The Year Santa Got Mixed Up by Melanie Whitesides is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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3rd - 8th
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Thanksgiving Reader's Theater Five Plump Turkeys
A reader's theater created for first and second grade from the poem Five Plump Turkeys. Students will enjoy reading from this one page script and acting out the roles. This skit is perfect for most almost mid year readers. Parts could be doubled by pairing a low reader with a higher reader. My first graders love to perform reader theaters for their reading buddies and our school's kindergarten classes. It would be great for a parent night too. I hope you enjoy it and please contact me if you
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K - 2nd
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Fun, Christmas Readers Theater – Not the Night Before Christmas
Twas the week before Christmas and all through the houseEv'ry creature was stirring, especially the mouse!"Here’s a rollicking Readers Theater rendition of the old poem "The Night Before Christmas" by Carol Montgomery of Readers Theater All Year™. Your students or family will enjoy this fun Christmas Readers Theater script. Here’s what one teacher wrote: "Wow! I have to tell you that your script, Twas not the night before Christmas (????) is soooo funny. The kids love it! Thank you. They laug
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3rd - 5th
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My Personal Bubble Social Story
We have all had/have those students in our classes that just have no concept of personal space. A lot of the time they don't mean any harm by it, but then other students get upset because they are all up in their faces. This social story takes the idea of imaging there is a bubble around us and the rules that go with having our own personal bubble. A fun way to teach our students about personal space and how important this is!I have used a beautiful font from 'Graphics From the Pond' and gorgeou
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Not Grade Specific
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Social Stories | Making friends | Printable book in English & Spanish | FREEBIE
Enjoy this FREE printable Social Story about making friends at recess. Use it during your SEL block to explicitly teach this life skills that students need in order to be successful in school. This resource will help you create a problem solving, kind, empathetic and socially intelligent classroom community.Inside this resource you will find:1 English printable mini-book in B& W1 Spanish printable mini-book in B& WDon't forget to check out these other resources:Social Stories | Making fr
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PreK - 2nd
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The Twelve Days of Christmas ...Vacation – A Free Readers Theater
“The Twelve Days of Christmas ...Vacation”Readers Theatre Script by Carol MontgomeryNo Santa. No elves. Just twelve tongue-twisting days of Christmas... vacation. Based on the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" ("12 Days of Christmas"), this rollicking rendition may motivate students to clean their rooms by the time they finish! The annotated curriculum links at the end even include a math lesson. Perhaps YOUR students would have fun creating their own compositions of "The Twelve Days of
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2nd - 4th
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Black History Month Poem - Ruby Showed the Way
Ruby Bridges was only six.
People tried to hit her with sticks.
Hateful words at her thrown
Hate to all with her skin tone.
The first stanza of an original poem written for a Black History Month program. Can also be used as an introduction to a unit on the Civil Rights Movement, Ruby Bridges or or character education unit.
Black History Month Poem - Ruby Showed the Way by Carol S. Oaks is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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3rd - 5th
The Great Turkey Race Readers Theater
Grab this freebie!This Readers Theater is perfect for building your students fluency. There are 18 parts. It can be shortened by combining some of the parts into smaller roles if needed. Your kids will love it. Mine did. This play is perfect for grades 1-4
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1st - 4th
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George Washington
This reader’s theater script will have your students learning all about President George Washington while working on their reading fluency at the same time. This reader's theater script is free and is one of 6-2 part scripts of different Presidents in my Presidents' Day resource. The Presidents' Day resource includes reader's theater scripts, vocabulary, compare and contrast activity, cloze sentences for comprehension and everything you need to make great biography reports on the presidents. M
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2nd - 4th
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Free Valentine's Day Readers' Theater Script Poem - Free Poetry - Grades 3 4 5 6
Free Valentine's Day readers' theater poetry script: "Charlie Gave Me Chocolates": A fast and funny Valentine's Day 2-reader poem for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades.Readers' theater is a terrific teaching tool for developing students' reading fluency. Furthermore, the natural rhythm of poetry can further support students as they develop into fluent readers. That combination of readers' theater and poetry makes this free poem a perfect fluency-builder.* * * * *This fast and funny readers' theater
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3rd - 6th
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"Earth Day Hen and Friends" Readers Theater–Reading Comp.–Fluency, spring–fall
"The Earth Day Hen and Friends" (Primary grades)an original Readers Theater by Carol MontgomeryDo you want to motivate your students to recycle, create less waste, and maybe even raise worms? Okay, skip the worms if you want. Are you looking for an Earth Day or environmental Readers Theater script that's humorous and educational?
This free Earth Day Readers Theater script for primary level readers should generate giggles and discussions about the environment. Complete with annotated curricu
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1st - 3rd
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Free Readers Theater Christmas Poetry Script "Santa's Socks" Poem: Grade 3 4 5 6
FREE Christmas readers' theater poetry script for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades: "Santa's Socks" poem* * * * * * * * * * * * * *If you enjoy this free and funny readers' theater poem, give students even more wintertime fun with the full, 8-poem CHRISTMAS SILLY POEMS COLLECTION, which includes multiple formats for each poem, comprehension questions, poem-based writing prompts, vocabulary pages, and other resources.* * * * * * * * * * * * * *Two versions of the 2-page "Santa's Socks" readers' thea
Readers Theatre: Trickery Treatery - A SCRIPT FOR HALLOWEEN
Readers Theatre Script for 4 voices.
Excellent script for grade 2 - 3.
Use this to reinforce rhyme, rhythm, and to strengthen expressive oral reading.
Written by Marilyn Smith, and published by U Otter Read It Educational Resources (www.uotter.com) in our Invitation to REaders Theatre, Celebrating holidays ...
This is copyrighted material, but we give teachers permission to use this in their classroom.
Trickery Treatery by Marilyn Smith, Helen Raczuk is licensed under a Creative Commons Attr
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1st - 2nd
Character Education Skit PERSEVERANCE
Students love skits and role-playing! This resource allows your students to help teach one another a very important character trait - perseverance - in a fun way! It consists of one skit (script) that includes four student reading parts and an accompanying poster.Upper elementary students (3rd grade and up) can read this skit over the morning announcements or during an assembly for the whole school to enjoy. Students in kindergarten and up will enjoy and benefit from the skit. You can also use i
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2nd - 5th
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FREE Gingerbread Man Reader's Theatre Script and Play
A perfect accompaniment for any Gingerbread Unit or as a stand alone Christmas-time Reader's Theatre. Appropriate for even your youngest readers with parts for all kids to be successful!
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K - 2nd
Thanksgiving Readers Theater Activity with Pilgrims & Pumpkins
“Squanto’s Squash”—A Free Thanksgiving Readers Theater with Pilgrimsby Carol Montgomery“Squanto’s Squash” jumps into the history of Thanksgiving with Pilgrims, Native Americans, and more. This non-fiction Readers Theater script comes in two flavors: lively–with group participation or shorter and calmer–without interruption. Complete with a vocabulary list and annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans, this free Readers Script is perfect for elementary students. For 2nd or 3rd graders
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4th - 6th
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Package: Christmas reader's theater and choral readings
Choral reading and reader’s theater are excellent ways to build reading fluency and expression. Multiple readings help build comprehension and hide scripture away in the heart.
The following Power Points and scripts (.PDF and Word.doc) are based on Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2.
The Birth of Jesus narration is a 7 page, 6 scene script written at the 4.6 reading level. The Birth of Jesus perspectives script is told from eye witness viewpoints, is 6 pages, 6 scenes and written on the 5.6 reading
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3rd - 9th
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