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Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids
Reader's Theater Scripts for BIG KIDS! Cover your reading literature standards while engaging your students with these high-interest reader's theater scripts and reading literature toolkits. Your upper elementary and middle school students will LOVE the chance to perform while working on fluency, comprehension, context clues, and writing. Each unit is a NO PREP, PRINT AND GO resource with ANSWER KEYS! This bundle includes 12-different reading literature toolkits. The scripts included are:• Ae
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4th - 8th
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READERS THEATER MIDDLE SCHOOL BRAIN TEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT: STOLEN LAPTOP
This grades 5-8 Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script gives students high-interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing. Drama and ELA fun! "The Mystery of the Stolen Laptop" readers’ theater script requires your students to perform inference tasks to solve clues. The cast list is intended for 8 readers but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded, depending on how many groups you wish to have. PLOTThis funny and engaging 12 page script is about the theft
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5th - 8th
Also included in:Â DRAMA FUN | MIDDLE SCHOOL DRAMA GAMES & READERS' THEATER
Editable Jeopardy Template Google Slides & PowerPoint Test Prep Game Keep Scores
This template is different from the others because you can keep team scores! All you have to do is add questions to whatever topic you cover in class. It is also different from most others because the value amount will disappear after it has been clicked, preventing a question from being asked again. This is compatible with any version of PowerPoint and can be used for any topic in class.Update: This now includes a Jeopardy Template for Google Slides. A score feature is not available for th
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PreK - 12th
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End of the Year Slideshow Template Google Slides | PowerPoint | Bulletin Board
Celebrate with this STUDENT-CREATED end of the year slideshow template in Google Slides (or easily convert to PowerPoint)! Perfect for your end of the year party or celebration. Each student customizes a slide to showcase what they're most proud of and their favorite memories from the year. The teacher can customize the cover of the slideshow and add class photos from the year as well. It's one less thing YOU have to create end of the year! Let your students! They love it.How can this slideshow
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PreK - 8th
Jeopardy Template (Google Slides & PP), Money Wheel, Smarter than a 5th Grader
Games Bundle: Jeopardy, Money Wheel (which plays like Wheel of Fortune), and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?Jeopardy Template:Keeps scores on a Mac and a PC (Microsoft PowerPoint)Google Slides version: A score feature is unavailable for the Google Slides version as creating one for that platform is impossible.Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?:A score feature is available on the PowerPoint version (Mac & PC)A score feature is unavailable for the Google Slides version as creating one for
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K - 10th
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Christmas Reader's Theater Script based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas
21 Roles - KID FRIENDLY - 8 page script - varying abilities - great vocab!
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3rd - 9th
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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
A Christmas Carol reader's theater play script (includes two versions!)
Originally part of the December 1998 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks Magazine, this traditional re-telling of the Ebenezer Scrooge story is perfect for Zoomer's theater, podcast, or classroom play--or add holiday hymns and create a full-fledged stage production. For 10 to 16 participants and innumerable extras. A second version from my book, Read Aloud Plays: Classic Short Stories (2010 Scholastic) is also included. In it, Scrooge is a woman, Eleanora Scrooge. Two comprehension activities are a
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â A Dickens' Christmas -- Reader's Theater Pack
Hard Summer Word Search Puzzle June July August Activity Vocabulary Worksheets
Keep your students busy with this Summer word search. It's a fun activity for your students as they learn more and improve their vocabulary.The words are placed in various directions - horizontally across or backward, vertically up or down, diagonally up, down or backward. With this, the words may intersect and that makes it more challenging and fun.You can use this as homework, or extra work to be done in the classroom.What's Inside?Here are the contents of this bundle:Product #1: Summer Word S
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4th - 8th
The Odyssey: A Collection of Reader's Theater Script-Stories
Are you looking for a more engaging way to teach the Odyssey? These five 40-minute script-stories bring Homer's epic to life by allowing your students to inhabit the classic characters. Although dialogue and touches of humor have been added to increase engagement, the adaption is incredibly faithful to the original epic.Included in this 73-page download are five script-stories and two handouts designed for grades 7-12:"Searching for Odysseus" (script-story)"On Calypso's Isle" (script-story)"In t
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7th - 12th
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153 Conversation starter cards (2 sets) - great for social skills / conversation
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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545 slides of Daily Bell work/Warmups/Bell Ringers for English with answer key
My current best selling item is my bell work. I had been using the same bell work slides for 3 years and I was starting to get a little bored. On top of that I felt like I was missing some topics and wanted to bulk up other topics! This new product almost triples the slides from my other product!This product is 545 slides of Daily Bellwork for the English classroom with answer key!It covers:InferenceFigurative LanguageConflictSymbolismPoint of ViewIronyTone and MoodPlot Static and Dynamic Charac
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5th - 12th
Fun Winter Word Search / Find Hard Puzzle January Activity Vocabulary Worksheet
Challenge your students and help improve their vocabulary with this Winter word search puzzle! These are harder versions that will keep your students occupied during this season.The words are hidden in various directions - horizontally across or backward, vertically up or down, diagonally up, down or backward. The words may also intersect which makes the activity more fun and challenging! This is a great activity for early finishers, homework, or just an additional fun resource.What You'll GetTh
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4th - 8th
Reader's Theater Bundle: 4 Scripts and Lessons, Middle & High School
Allowing your students to perform rather than simply read a play brings a new dimension to a class study of a dramatic piece. When students get up and act out the parts for their audience –usually comprised of non-acting students in the class – it brings a sense of identifying with and ownership of their parts. They have a safe and small audience to perform in front of – which makes it real and more doable. Bring or encourage costumes, the use of musical instruments in the background, or sound e
Margin Feedback Slips BUNDLE
Margin Feedback Slips [EDITABLE]This ORIGINAL concept allows for: quick, specific and timely feedback.Instructions for print: Print coloured margin feedback slips onto white paper OR,Print black & white slips onto coloured paperCut margin feedback slips into stripsGlue margin feedback slip onto the margin of workbooksTick during or after the learning sessionThe Margin Feedback Slips are designed to fit into the margin of a student workbook. They are best suited to an A4 workbook, or when pri
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education
Read Aloud Plays: The Monkey's Paw gothic masterpiece
Now with comprehension activities and extensions! This adaptation of W.W. Jacobs''s Gothic masterpiece is perfect for grades 5 through 8 (and potentially 4th). Originally published in the April 2012 issue of Scholastic's Scope magazine, use it as fluency-building reader's theater or as as a full classroom production or podcast. This twenty-minute play includes nine pages and parts for up to eleven students. What would you do with three wishes? Readers of the Monkey's Paw learn that those who med
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5th - 8th
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Twisted Fairy Tales for Small Group Reader's Theater
My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reader's Theater does this. In this package I have placed 6 Reader's Theater. The scripts are: Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Goldilocks, Little Red Ridin
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3rd - 8th
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WOULD YOU RATHER - partner or group game cards for getting to know each other!
Perfect for Back to School activities. Perfect for Brain Breaks or Kagan Cooperative Learning (class or teambuilding). Get to know each other and strike up a conversation with your opinions.
They can be used in stations or after work is complete with a small group or partners. Use in morning meeting activities! Use them to form a persuasive paragraph by answering the "why" question. Set of 48 cards. (Just Updated - NOW 56 cards)
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1st - 8th
Edgar Allan Poe's Tell-Tale Heart Modernized Readers Theater
A clever adaption of Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic masterpiece in a modern setting. Uniquely suitable for a wide-range of readers. Because the "beating heart" is an annoying cell phone, all your fourth through eighth graders will readily relate to the story. Whether reader's theater or stage production, this fifteen-minute play includes parts for up to nine students. Original purchaser is licensed to reproduce a full class set every year! Looking for a traditional re-telling? Take a look at my Tell-T
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5th - 8th
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Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? PowerPoint and Google Slides Template Game
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?: This is a template that can be edited to whatever topic you like. This can be used for any subject: English, Math, Science, History, etc.Update: A Google Slides version of this game is now available; however, due to the limitations of Google Slides, a score feature is impossible to create. A score feature is on the PowerPoint Version though.Important: This Game is available as a bundle with "Jeopardy" and "Money Wheel" at the following link:Games Bundle: Jeo
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K - 10th
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School News Program Set-up and Scripts for Student Announcements
This program includes instructions on how to set up the recording, editing, and broadcasting of a daily or weekly, elementary student-made school news show. It also includes an option for audio-only intercom announcements. Everything is editable and customizable in Microsoft Word or Excel files!Product Contents:Instructions for setting up your broadcasting studio, including photos of the studio in the back of the library I worked in.Student applications and sign-up materialsStudio scripts for a
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5th - 8th
Christmas Reader's Theater Script based on Home Alone the Movie
23 roles - 8 pages - fun, fun, fun!
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3rd - 9th
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Daily Writing Prompts, Practice, or Journals - 600+ Options! BUNDLE
Make writing fun and engaging again with the 600+ writing prompts! Upper elementary, middle school, AND special education kids will ALL be engaged with the variety of picture and video prompts included here at a GREAT price! You get over 600 writing prompts - a combination of pictures and videos!At this price, you are saving over 80%! You are paying less than $0.04 PER PROMPT. And when you use the editable options to create your own, that makes this an even better price! WHAT YOU GET:50 "Caption
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2nd - 8th
180 slides of Daily Bell work/Warmups/Bell Ringers for English
180+ slides of Daily Bellwork for the English classroom. It covers:Editing (commas, apostrophes, I vs. me, capital letters, Double negatives, quotation marks, and general proofreading practice)WritingLiterary ElementsSummarizingFigurative LanguageContext CluesBrain TeasersConflictSymbolismInferenceBasically you name it, this has itI use this every single day in my classroom. Each day I see what we are covering and then find a correlating slide!You could also use them as a quick "did they get it"
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5th - 12th
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Importance of learning English language arts
English language arts (ELA) concepts — reading, writing, listening, and speaking — empower students to become effective communicators, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners. They are the foundation for all other types of learning as students must rely on ELA skills to master content from other subject areas and communicate what they’ve learned.
Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
Benefits of learning English language arts
Learning English language arts offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. It helps students:
- Develop effective communication skills
- Build critical thinking and analytical skills
- Nurture their creativity and imagination
By ensuring that students have a solid foundation in English language arts, teachers can help set them up for future success.
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On TPT, English language arts resources come in various forms: from interactive notebooks and task cards to small-group activities and individual worksheets. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of ELA concepts, or to reteach a tricky concept. By incorporating ELA resources from TPT into your teaching toolbox, you can create an engaging learning experience that strengthens students’ understanding of ELA concepts.
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital English language arts worksheets, TPT has an extensive collection of resources across topics and grade levels. No matter what ELA topic your students are working on — whether you’re teaching the parts of speech to 1st graders or argumentative essay writing to 10th graders — TPT has instructional materials that are designed to help with any ELA learning need. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning ELA will be so much easier.
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There are many different types of English language arts resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular ELA lessons include reading, writing, phonics, vocabulary, spelling, and creative writing.
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Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your English Language Arts lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.
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