3rd grade science scripts for ESL-EFL-ELL

Looking for a way to fit more into the school day? Save time by incorporating reading and science. This Solar System science play is an original script I wrote for my class as an end of the year performance for parents and students, but it may also be used as a high-interest space introduction or review! It's filled with lots of scientific information about the sun, moons, planets, and other space objects, but even better, it's full of humor and fun! Your 3rd - 6th grade students will LOVE this

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3rd - 6th

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Also included in: Reader's Theater Science Bundle Rocks & Minerals, Solar System, & Weather Play

Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - One Year Bundle

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Early Intervention, EFL - ESL - ELD, Tools for Common Core

This is a complete set (12 months) of original Common Core aligned phonological awareness curriculum...one lesson for every day of the year (320 pages). If you've enjoyed our monthly bundles, you're going to love this because it's all the months bundled together in one easy download and offered at a 20% discount over buying each monthly individually. This is a single user license however, so if you are planning on adopting this curriculum across your grade level or in your building (for grade l

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PreK - 3rd, Higher Education, Staff

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EFL - ESL - ELD, Special Education, Speech Therapy

153 Conversation starter cards (2 sets) - great for social skills / conversation

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Miss V's Speech World

This packet includes 2 different conversation starter card sets. - SET 1 contains 60 cards that was included in the original product line. - SET 2 contains 93 cards that are also part of my Social Skills Group Curriculum that is available in my store. I figured I should include these cards here in addition to the old set because I like them better and they are easier on the ink :). I am also adding a blank page for Set 2 so that you can create your own cards. The cards in the two sets are ma

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PreK - 12th

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The Rock Cycle Reader's Theater

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Drama, Earth Sciences, Reading

A fun way to act out the rock cycle! This reader's theater contains 20 speaking parts that explain the process that a rock goes through in the rock cycle. Students will not only be able to define sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks but they will also learn science vocabulary such as weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation, sediment, intrusive, extrusive, mantle, magma, and lava. Each word is defined in the script. Students will also review examples of each type of rock i

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3rd - 6th

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Rocks and Minerals Reader's Theater Science Class Play Fluency Practice Erosion

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Looking for a way to save time by incorporating reading and science? How about adding fluency practice for the whole class? This "I Wanna Be a Rock Star" Play is all about rocks and minerals. It is an original science script I wrote for my class as an end of the year performance for parents and students, but it may also be used as a great activity to reinforce a rocks and minerals science unit. The play is filled with lots of scientific information about rocks and minerals, including sedimentary

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3rd - 6th

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Also included in: Reader's Theater Science Bundle Rocks & Minerals, Solar System, & Weather Play

Reader's Theater Weather Class Play - Weather Science Activity Fluency Practice

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Save time by incorporating reading and science! This Weather Play is an original science script I wrote for my class as an end of the year performance for parents and students, but it may also be used as part of a weather unit in science. Not only does it contain excellent scientific information about the water cycle, and weather phenomena like rain, snow, hail, thunder, lightning, and cloud types, but it's also funny and is one your students will love!Specifically, it includes:15 page Original

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3rd - 6th

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Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, EFL - ESL - ELD, Literature

Also included in: Reader's Theater Science Bundle Rocks & Minerals, Solar System, & Weather Play

A Christmas Carol Readers Theater, Discussion Questions and Test (3rd grade RL)

Created by

Rebecca Reid

This readers' theater is based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and is written at a third-grade reading level. It could be used for middle school ESL students or middle or upper elementary school students.Scene (chapter) questions and a final test can be used to assess student understanding of the basic themes, characters, and vocabulary in A Christmas Carol, either during class discussion or as a personal assessment of understanding.See also the correlating character crowns available for

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3rd - 8th

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Phonemic Awareness Curriculum: Literature Based - One Year Bundle {Set 2}

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Early Intervention, EFL - ESL - ELD, Tools for Common Core

This is a complete set (12 months) of original phonological awareness curriculum...one lesson for every day of the year (307 pages). If you've enjoyed our monthly bundles, you're going to love this because it's all the months bundled together in one easy download and offered at a 20% discount over buying each monthly individually. This is a single user license however, so if you are planning on adopting this curriculum across your grade level or in your building (for grade levels and interventi

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PreK - 3rd, Higher Education, Staff

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Earth's Rotation and Revolution Reader's Theater

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Drama, Earth Sciences, Reading

This script allows students to perform and act out the rotation and revolution of Earth. The reader's theater explains the day and night cycle, the difference between rotate and revolve, and the causes of the seasons. Some ideas are to have your students form small groups to perform for other students. Have them create props, a background, add silly voices... anything to help them comprehend! Kids love acting! Check out my Science Reader's Theater Bundle and other Science Reader's Theaters:

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3rd - 6th

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Reader's Theater for Oral Reading Fluency Practice 6 Science Themed Class Plays

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Looking for a way to save time by incorporating reading and science? Want to give your students meaningful and fun fluency practice? This Reader's Theater Science Bundle can help you accomplish all those goals! It includes six original plays: I Wanna Be a Rock Star (Rocks and Minerals), Weather, the Solar System, Adaptations Around the World, Dude, Where's My Rock (weathering, erosion, and deposition), and Force and Motion at the Amusement Park (introductory physics).Each script has enough parts

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3rd - 6th

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Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - October Bundle

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EFL - ESL - ELD, Special Education, Speech Therapy

**ONE YEAR CURRICULUM BUNDLE is ready and available for a 20% discount when you purchase all months at once - CLICK HERE** This is a complete month of original Common Core aligned phonological awareness curriculum. If you follow our curriculum in your classroom, which requires 15 minutes a day on the first day and 10 minutes a day for the next four days, you will see amazingly ridiculous phonological awareness growth in your students. This program is tried and true, used in K and first grade cl

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PreK - 3rd, Higher Education, Staff

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The Water Cycle Reader's Theater

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Drama, Earth Sciences, Reading

This reader's theater allows students to act out and perform the water cycle! Includes 14 speaking parts with vocabulary words such as evaporation, condensation, precipitation, transpiration, groundwater, and runoff. Some ideas are to have your students form small groups to perform for other students. Have them create props, a background, add silly voices... anything to help them comprehend! Kids love acting! Check out my Science Reader's Theater Bundle and other Science Reader's Theaters: Th

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3rd - 6th

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Reader's Theater Science Bundle Rocks & Minerals, Solar System, & Weather Play

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Looking for a way to incorporate reading and science? How about adding fluency practice for the whole class? This Reader's Theater Science Bundle includes three original plays: I Wanna Be a Rock Star (Rocks and Minerals), Weather, and the Solar System. Each script has enough parts (30) for the whole class and is great to use as part of a science unit, for fluency practice, or to add variety to your reading program. The best part about these plays is that besides being full of scientific informat

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3rd - 6th

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Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - August Bundle

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EFL - ESL - ELD, Special Education, Speech Therapy

**ONE YEAR CURRICULUM BUNDLE is ready and available for a 20% discount when you purchase all months at once - CLICK HERE** This is a complete month of original Common Core aligned phonological awareness curriculum. If you follow our curriculum in your classroom, which requires 15 minutes a day on the first day and 10 minutes a day for the next four days, you will see amazingly ridiculous phonological awareness growth in your students. This program is tried and true, used in K and first grade cl

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PreK - 3rd, Higher Education, Staff

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Animal Classification Readers Theatre

Created by

Emily Kissner

Looking for an interesting way to teach basic animal classification? This folder contains readers theatre scripts for teaching about the five groups of vertebrates--reptiles, amphibians, fish, mammals, and birds. Each script is two pages and includes parts for 4-5 students. All together, you will have parts for 23 students. The scripts are--well, a little silly! In Molly's Mammals, a pet shop owner who wants to sell only mammals deals with customers who want other kinds of pets. Other scripts in

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Reading, Science

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3rd - 5th

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Animal Adaptations Reader's Theater

Created by

Activities, Scripts, Centers

This reader's theater provides a fun way to dive into animal adaptations! The story analyzes the difference between structural and behavioral adaptations and how these help animals to survive. Many animal examples are provided as well as an explanation of inherited traits and learned behaviors. Students will see how without adapting, animals will go extinct. Science vocabulary defined and discussed in this reader's theater include: extinction, structural adaptation, behavioral adaptation, insti

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Biology, Drama, Reading

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3rd - 6th

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Science Readers' Theatre about Space: Poor Pluto

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Slip into Science

From my personal experience teaching elementary grades, there is never enough time for reading or science. This lesson integrates science content into a way for students to practice fluency and reading skills. It not only has science vocabulary about the planets but also uses challenging everyday words for students to learn. This file has a 6-character script (for small group) and a 10-character script (for a larger group) that tells the story about how Pluto is not longer considered a planet

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3rd - 4th

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Scripts, Lesson

Science Reader's Theater Bundle

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This bundle includes SEVEN science based reader's theaters to connect reading, science, and drama! Included readings are "The Cause of Autumn," "Animal Adaptations," "Energy Pyramids and Food Chains," "The Water Cycle," "The Rock Cycle," "Earth's Rotation and Revolution," and "Renewable vs Nonrenewable Resources." This 40 page product allows students to have fun while learning science and practicing reading skills. Some ideas are to have your students form small groups to perform for other stude

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3rd - 6th

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Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - Kevin Henkes Set

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Balanced Literacy, Early Intervention, EFL - ESL - ELD

**ONE YEAR CURRICULUM BUNDLE is ready and available for a 20% discount when you purchase all months at once - CLICK HERE** This is a complete month of original Common Core aligned phonological awareness curriculum. If you follow our curriculum in your classroom, which requires 15 minutes a day on the first day and 10 minutes a day for the next four days, you will see amazingly ridiculous phonological awareness growth in your students. This program is tried and true, used in K and first grade cl

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PreK - 3rd, Higher Education, Staff

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Drama, English Language Arts, Science

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RF.K.2

, RF.K.2a

, RF.K.2b

, RF.K.2c

, RF.K.2d

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Solar System & Planets Reader's Theater

Created by

Poppy's Place

This product includes a reader's theater script called "The Planets' First Day of School." It includes a script for 9 roles (the sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune). I have also included necklaces to identify the roles. There is a brief worksheet for students to write down what they learned about the planets and the sun. I have used this in my class, and my students loved it! I mounted the cover sheet and scripts to file folders for each reader. I laminat

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2nd - 5th

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Balanced Literacy, Biology, Reading

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RL.2.10

, RL.3.10

Circulatory System Reader's Theatre

Created by

Stephen Slates

Heart, blood vessels, blood cells, spleen, and platelets oh my! Are you studying the circulatory system and need a quick review? Have your students practice this reader's theatre. Packed with 11 characters including a funny virus and a white blood cell who hopes to gobble up every germ in their path, this reader's theatre will help your students become more fluent readers and learn about this important body system at the same time.

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3rd - 8th

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Activities, Scripts, Centers

Energy Pyramid and Food Chain Reader's Theater

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This reader's theater provides a fun way to dive into food chains and energy pyramids! The story analyzes how energy is passed from one organism to the next and how a break in the food chain affects an entire ecosystem. Science vocabulary defined and discussed in this reader's theater include producer, photosynthesis, consumer, herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, decomposer and scavenger. 10 speaking parts as well as a vocabulary note taking sheet are included. Some ideas are to have your student

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3rd - 6th

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