The Princess & the Pea Fractured Fairy Tale Readers Theater Script Grade 3 4 5 6
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The Princess & the Pea Readers' Theater Fractured Fairy Tale: "The Princess & the Potato"
This readers' theater literacy toolkit includes the following fractured fairy tale activities for grades 3, 4, 5 & 6:
>"The Princess & the Potato": 6-page script by children's author T. P. Jagger (for 4-7 readers)
>Sound Effects: Cue Cards
>Vocabulary: Word Work activity
>Fairy Tales Compare & Contrast graphic organizer activity
>The Princess & the Pea 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, along with 2 pages of tips & tricks for successful readers' theater implementation
Readers' theater (also spelled "reader's theatre") is a terrific teaching tool for developing students' reading fluency, and students will enjoy this fractured fairy tales readers' theater script and literacy toolkit that puts a new twist on the fairy tale of The Princess & the Pea.
The 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 Princess & the Pea 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 Princess & the Pea-based stories is provided, from picture books to middle-grade novels.
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 is also provided, including information on the four essential components of reading fluency—accuracy, rate, phrasing, and expression.
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This readers' theater literacy toolkit is also available as part of the FAIRY TALES BONUS BUNDLE ~ SERIES 1, which contains 4 fractured fairytales and LOADS of supplemental activities, including bundle-exclusive bonus resources. The bundle makes a great addition to any fairy tales unit or folktales unit. Students in 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade can all enjoy the twists to the fractured fairy tales drama of Cinderella, Jack & the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Princess & the Pea!
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In addition to this The Princess & the Pea readers' theater script, I have many other scripts and readers' theater bundles:
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