Christmas Readers Theater Script Gingerbread Man Fractured Fairy Tale: Grade 3-6
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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 childrePrice $9.85Original Price $11.25Save $1.40
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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 & 6th grade and includes the following:
>"The Gingerbread Dude": 6-page (approx. 7-minute) script for 4-9 readers
>Sound Effects: Cue Cards
>Vocabulary: Word Work activity
>Fairy Tales Compare & Contrast graphic organizer activity
>The Gingerbread Man Leveled Reading List of both traditional and fractured fairytale retellings
>Readers' Theater Weekly Practice Checklist
>An overview of readers' theater & the four elements of fluent reading
The fractured fairy tale readers' theater script includes sound effects for which students may choose to include audience participation. Cue cards are provided that students can use to cue the audience for a unique, interactive readers' theater performance.
The script also includes a list of “Watch-out words!” This feature highlights challenging words for which students may need help as they practice. These words make terrific candidates for classroom vocabulary instruction.
If you choose to do script-based vocabulary instruction, the Word Work vocabulary activity included with the script uses four of the “Watch-out words!” for more in-depth vocabulary study. A Sample Answer Key is included.
If you want to strengthen students' skills with comparing and contrasting, you can use the Fairy Tales Compare & Contrast graphic organizer activity to have students compare the traditional The Gingerbread Man fairy tale with the fractured version. A Sample Answer Key is included.
For students who want even more fairy tale fun, a leveled booklist of a wide assortment of The Gingerbread Man-based stories is provided.
For a classroom reading block, readers’ theater can be used as a student-monitored station during small-group instructional time, and my literacy toolkit includes a Weekly Practice Checklist that provides a framework for students’ day-by-day practice.
A basic overview of readers' theater (also spelled "reader's theatre") is provided, including information on the four essential components of reading fluency—accuracy, rate, phrasing, and expression.
In addition to The Gingerbread Man readers' theater script, check out my other winter holiday readers' theater and seasonal scripts for third-grade, fourth-grade, fifth-grade, and sixth-grade students (including more fractured fairytales!):
