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Middle school Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa literature scripts
Reader's Theater for Greek Mythology (3 leveled scripts; 4 myths)
Focus on differentiation! This reader’s theater set features 4 popular stories from Greek Mythology written on 3 separate reading levels for a total of 12 plays! Each script contains 5-6 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regular versions focus on expression development, and enriched versions challenge students with tier 2 vocabulary and figurative language components. This set helps me
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
The Day the Colored Pencils Resigned: A Reader's Theater and Literature Toolkit
Have you read the picture book The Day the Crayons Quit? It may just be one of my favorite read alouds that lets students understand the funny perspectives of crayons. I loved this book so much that I created this reader's theater script to use with my class!The Day the Colored Pencils Resigned is an evergreen reader's theater script your middle school students will love! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating this high-interest story into your language arts instruction. This 12 cha
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in: Text-Based Reader's Theater and Read Aloud Activities Bundle
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Readers Theater Script Point of View
Students of all ages enjoy “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs,” and will love performing this clever Readers’ Theater play which takes place after the story ends. This script lets your students practice fluency in a fun, engaging way. All you have to do is print and get started! It's perfect for small groups, short weeks in between units, or for sub plans.Play features the wolf, 1 pig, and 3 news reporters. Your students will laugh at the banter between the characters as the wolf tries, y
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3rd - 6th
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Christmas Readers' Theater Scripts Winter Fractured Fairy Tales: Grades 3 4 5 6
Christmas Readers' Theater Scripts & Winter Holiday Reading Activities for 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th Grades: Here are three fractured fairy tale readers' theater scripts to take you through the wintertime (or anytime!) of year. This bundle includes the following Christmas-themed scripts by children's author T. P. Jagger:>"The Gingerbread Man" becomes . . . "The Gingerbread Dude": 6-page (approx. 7-minute) script for 4-9 readers>"Rapunzel" becomes . . . "Santapunzel": 5-page (approx. 5-mi
Christmas Reader's Theater based on Elf the Movie
READER’S THEATER based on ELF (the movie)!
15 characters
Kid-friendly script
Super engaging
Great for all ability levels- some roles are harder than others
Great for teaching figurative language, plot, predictions, bold print, and many other comprehension strategies and skills.
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3rd - 6th
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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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Reader's Theater: Tall Tales for 3rd-5th grades (differentiated reading levels)
This reader’s theater set features 4 popular tall tales from American folklore written on 3 separate reading levels for a total of 12 plays! (Paul Bunyon, Pecos Bill, Sally Ann Thunder, Stormalong) ABOUT THIS PRODUCTFocus on differentiation while working on expression, fluency, and the influence of traditional literature while helping to meet the CCSS: RL.4.9. Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
Christmas Readers Theater Script Gingerbread Man Fractured Fairy Tale: Grade 3-6
The Gingerbread Man Christmas Readers' Theater Fractured Fairy Tale Script & Literacy Activities: "The Gingerbread Dude" (grades 3, 4, 5 & 6)When Santa Claus's Christmas Eve snack escapes the oven, the chase is on! With one sassy cookie and a narrator who keeps getting carried away, this Christmas readers' theater script brings a gingerbread-man twist students are sure to enjoy this winter. The literacy toolkit provides wintertime learning and fun for 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade &
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3rd - 6th
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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: A Dickens' Christmas -- Reader's Theater Pack
Reader's Theater: Aesop's Fables and teaching THEME (intermediate)
Directly aligned to the common core standards for traditional literature, students will actively engage in character dialogue to help identify common themes pulled from the morals in these 8 classic Aesop fables written in these entertaining Reader’s Theater scripts! By providing more than 24 individualized parts on varying reading levels, ALL students will have a chance to practice fluency, utilize expression, and increase their basic knowledge of the common themes found in these classic stori
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
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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Winter ~ Christmas Readers' Theater Scripts & Reading Activities, grades 3 4 5 6
Christmas Readers' Theater Scripts & Winter Reading Activities for Grades 3/4/5/6: Here's a fun wintertime bundle of fast and funny readers' theater scripts and bonus reading activities to take you through the Christmas season. The bundle includes two Christmas-themed literacy toolkits:*BOOMER THE BULLDOZING REINDEER: Everybody knows about Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. Now it's time they learned about the reindeer who has been saving Christmas ever since Santa decided chimneys make the bes
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3rd - 6th
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz--10 Reader's Theater Scripts
You are purchasing 10 Reader's Theater Scripts based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Each script is 4 pages long and has 5-9 parts. This a great activity for "after the test" or the end of the year!Although there are similarities between the book and the movie, these scripts are based on the book. Therefore, the shoes are silver, among other differences. I chose the chapters that are most familiar to students for this collection. The scripts include:The Cyclone The Council with t
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Readers' Theater Bundle
Funny Reindeer Christmas Readers' Theater Script & More: 3rd 4th 5th 6th Grades
Winter ~ Christmas Readers' Theater Script & Literacy Toolkit: Boomer the Bulldozing Reindeer (grades 3, 4, 5 & 6). Everybody knows about Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, but it's time they learned about the reindeer who has been saving Christmas ever since Santa decided chimneys make the best escape routes. Yep . . . Boomer the Bulldozing Reindeer!* * * * * * * * * *This readers' theater literacy toolkit is also available as part of two different discounted bundles:*HOLIDAY READERS' THEA
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3rd - 6th
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Fractured Fairy Tale Snow White Readers' Theater Script & More: Grades 3 4 5 6
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Readers' Theater Fractured Fairy Tale Script & Graphic Organizer Activities (grades 3, 4, 5 & 6):Students are sure to enjoy this readers' theater script that brings a Reindeer-based twist to Snow White. It works well as a Christmas readers' theater script or as part of fractured fairy tales activities. The literacy toolkit includes the following:>"Snow White & the 6 1/2 Reindeer": 6-page (approx. 9-minute) script for 4-9 readers>Sound Effects: Cu
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3rd - 6th
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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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Reader's Theater: Aztec, Incan, & Mayan Civilization Myths (intermediate)
Review key elements of the Incan, Mayan, and Aztec ancient civilizations while focusing on differentiation in reading fluency! This reader’s theater set features 3 popular myths/legends from history written on 3 separate reading levels (each with a lexiled reading level) for a total of 9 plays. Each script contains 6-8 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups with over 20 different characters provided! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Ohio 5th Grade Social Studies Reader's Theater Bundle
Mythology Scripts: 5 scripts: Full Class Readers Theatre Play
This is a compilation of five popular greek mythology stories written as Reader's Theatre scripts. These five short scripts have 6-8 characters each (narrator parts can be separated even more to create more parts if needed) making it a full class project with parts (as written) for 30 students. Each script is approximately 4-6 pages and join together for a full play approximately 50 min in length. They can also be worked separately in reading groups or literacy centers.
These characters are perf
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4th - 8th
Christmas Comedy Drama Bundle - four Christmas plays
Christmas Comedy Drama Bundle is a collection of four original humorous plays that are suitable for reader's theater, classroom skits, or as a performance for a large audience. In The Christmas Rush, many last-minute shoppers hit their frustration point as they wait in a checkout line at a store behind an easygoing, unhurried shopper, who holds them up with his unintentional delays. In The Truth of the Matter, several characters pass along a story about a man who slipped and fell while out colle
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5th - 8th
Scripts: Shakespeare reader's theater (5 scripts)
Package contains reader’s theater scripts for Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Hamlet on Trial and the Ophelia Murder Mystery, interactive game links, lesson ideas, graphic organizers, writing prompts and an assessment rubric. Part of the Shakespeare readers theater bundle 7 scripts, 100+ pagesThese 10 minute scripts are tongue in cheek versions of the Bard’s finest tragedies. These are perfect for drama clubs, literature circles, an introduction to Shakespeare or for concluding a unit on the
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5th - 10th
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | A Play Script for Young Performers
This is a play script for William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which has been rewritten to be suitable for ages 9 to 14. A Midsummer Night’s Dream tells the story of four Athenian lovers who have a complicated yet dramatic love life. Lysander and Hermia loved each other and wished to be together. Helena loved Demetrius, but Demetrius loved Hermia, and Hermia’s father wanted him to marry his daughter. Hermia and Lysander decided to run off together into the woods. But the woods were h
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4th - 8th
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A Christmas Carol Readers Theater, Discussion Questions and Test (3rd grade RL)
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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Reader's Theater: 4 Cultural Cinderella Stories (differentiated reading levels)
Directly aligned to the common core standards, students will actively engage in dialogue that will provide a background for the cultural differences demonstrated in these 4 Cinderella Reader’s Theater scripts! In addition to a comparison chart, Venn diagram graphic organizer, and writing prompt activity, I provide 2 stories written on a middle fourth grade reading level, 1 story written at a modified level for struggling readers, and 1 story written with a longer script and enriched vocabulary t
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
Christmas Play Script - The Grouch
A funny Christmas play that revolves around a town where everyone loves Christmas. In fact they love Christmas so much it is all they talk about! However, a mysterious outcast lives outside of the town; this outcast hates Christmas and anything to do with the festive time of year. This beast is called the Grouch!The play follows the story of Mary-Boo and her family as they open up to the Grouch, and try to show him what Christmas is all about. However, the Grouch has his own plans to ruin Christ
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: A Bundle of Five Christmas Play Scripts
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