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1st grade Winter social studies scripts
Veterans Day Program Script School Assembly or Class Activity to Honor Veterans
Are you planning a Veterans Day celebration for your school this year? This Veterans Day program script will help you get started as you plan your Veterans Day program.Our school's Veterans Day program has been my absolute favorite event of the year for over fifteen years!I have found that a program that celebrates Veterans is one of our favorite activities to bring together community members of all ages and students in our school. I have used this script at our school-wide Veterans Day progra
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Reader's Theater Scripts for Beginning Readers {Winter Edition}
Reader's Theater Scripts - These plays can be used for centers, Language Arts activities, fluency practice, partner reading, etc.Buy the Winter Reader's Theater Bundle and SAVE!Or purchase them separately:Winter Plays for Kinder KidsWinter Plays for Advanced ReadersUPDATED! Ten NEW plays have been added with an easier to read font.These plays are designed and created with beginning readers in mind. Each play has large font, picture clues, and predictable sentence patterns. The new UPDATED plays
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Reader's Theater {Winter Bundle}
Snowman Readers Theater
Snowman Readers' Theater: "Freddy and Friends" is a short and easy but fun script that I wrote for your beginning readers. It is similar to and reminiscent of Frosty, the Snowman, but is very much an original, since Frosty is copyrighted.In this story, Freddy is a snowman that has helpful friends roll him up and put him in the freezer until next winter! The script sounds a little lyrical and could be put to a tune.Common Core Aligned for grades 1 and 2 (although this script is also suitable fo
Reader's Theater Scripts for Beginning Readers {Holiday Edition}
Reader's Theater Scripts - These plays can be used for centers, Language Arts activities, fluency practice, partner reading, etc.Buy the Holiday Reader's Theater Bundle and SAVE!Or purchase them separately:Holiday Plays for Kinder KidsHoliday Plays for Advanced ReadersThese plays are designed and created with beginning readers in mind. Each play has large font, picture clues, and predictable sentence patterns. However, this particular pack offers more of a challenge to beginning readers with add
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Reader's Theater {Holiday Bundle}
First Thanksgiving Play - Readers Theater Script - Thanksgiving Activities
A short, interactive play about the Pilgrims will get all your students involved! Students will learn about the Mayflower, Plymouth, & Squanto. This is the perfect way to introduce students to the story of the 1st Thanksgiving. A two page script for you to narrate gives students cues when it's their turn to speak or act something out. There are 24 character cards. 12 are speaking roles and 12 are just acting roles so that even struggling readers can be involved in the play. You can add more
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K - 2nd
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Reader's Theater - Partner Plays for Advanced Readers {Winter Edition}
Reader's Theater - These plays can be used for centers, Language Arts activities, fluency practice, partner reading, etc.
Buy the Winter Reader's Theater Bundle and SAVE!
Or purchase them separately:
Winter Plays for Kinder Kids
Winter Plays for Beginning Readers
These plays are designed and created with advanced readers in mind. The font is smaller, there are no picture clues, and varied sentence structure is used without.
Ten plays are included. Each play is an original work created and
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Reader's Theater {Winter Bundle}
Reader's Theater {Winter Bundle}
This Reader's Theater Bundle is a 3 pack of Partner Plays {Winter Editions} so that you can easily differentiate for your learners. It includes ten plays for Kinder Kids, ten plays for Beginning Readers, and ten plays for Advanced Readers.
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K - 2nd
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Decades Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
This show is a time traveling musical history lesson!! The speakers’ script includes many facts about inventions and inventors of the 20th century and the musical performances will take the audience on a trip down memory lane.This performance package can be used by an elementary classroom teacher, a music teacher, a summer camp coordinator, or a drama program instructor.This show could be performed by anywhere from 25 to 100+ students depending on stage size.The length of the performance is appr
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K - 8th, Not Grade Specific
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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Readers Theater Script
Your students will love learning all about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad with this Reader's Theater Script. The script features speaking parts for 3 narrators and each letter of the alphabet. This script will enrich your shared reading or guided reading group time by providing informational text, vocabulary, and varied skill levels to introduce slavery in kid-friendly terms. The following items are included in this product:• Teacher Instructions• Common Core Standards for Grades 1-
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1st - 2nd
Patriotic Musical Program for Primary Grades
There's nothing better than hearing little voices singing patriotic songs! This program is appropriate for all elementary grade levels. Some have even used it for a school wide program! The first graders at my school have been doing this inspiring musical program for over 15 years! Not only will students be singing patriotic songs, but a script has been provided that gives many students the opportunity to speak into the microphone. The program begins with kiddos reciting Presidential quotes
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PreK - 6th
Readers' Theater: SNOW Pack
These 4 plays about snow and snowmen are loosely based on great books by Jan Brett, Allen Morgan, Maureen Wright and Robert Munsch. Your students will improve their fluency (pace, smoothness, expression) and have fun at the same time! You would spend $8.50 if you bought each of these scripts separately, so you save $2 when you buy the pack.
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The Mitten (5.5 pages, 6 characters)
Sadie and the Snowman (5.5 pages, 6 characters)
Sneezy the Snowman (5.25 pages, 6 characters)
The Ugly Snow
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1st - 4th
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Our Lady of Guadalupe: Slide Show and Art Project
Celebrate December with this inclusive slide show on Our Lady of Guadalupe and the miracle that Juan Diego witnessed in Mexico 500 years ago. The slide show also includes a section on Aztec culture and Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire to give students background on how the miracle affected relations between the two warring cultures. Other slides illustrate and discuss some 20 symbols and miraculous features of the tilma that Juan Diego used to gather roses in. A simple art project is also i
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1st - 8th
Readers' Theater Plays for The Mitten and The Hat by Jan Brett
This product gives you two readers' theater scripts adapted from two popular winter stories by Jan Brett.
Tips for teachers’ use:
• These scripts were originally written for and used in a 2nd grade classroom.
• The Hat script includes parts for 11 students, and it is written for students at a lower reading level.
• The Mitten script includes parts for 13 students, and it is written for students in 2nd grade reading at an average to above reading level.
• I had my class dress up and perform t
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1st - 4th
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Winter Readers Theater Scripts EDITABLE
These Winter Reader's Theater scripts are a practical and engaging way to have younger students practice reading fluently with expression, rate, phrasing, accuracy and using punctuation. Included in this resource:3 different scripts (10 pages per script) with varying levels of text difficulty (use a single script or all three!)Each script includes 8 roles Printable props in color and black and white (1 for each role, just glue onto wooden craft sticks)Pre-reading vocabulary definedYour download
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Readers Theater Short Play Winter Spring Summer Fall Scripts
Patriotic Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
This patriotic performance is full of US facts and history! This performance package can be used to create a great culminating event for your Social Studies History and Government unit, or for a Patriotic Holiday show! Perfect for a Veterans Day or Presidents Day music program.Performance is so memorable for children! When you can connect a performance to academic content as this one does... they will remember it forever.This script is simple and versatile. It can be used year after year in diff
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K - 5th, Not Grade Specific
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Circus Script, Songs, Costume Ideas, and Coloring Book
I have been performing a circus with my students for many years. My experience with this script has been with kindergarten only, but it can easily be adapted to preschool to second grade. We practice our circus during school hours. Because of that, our circus takes about a month to prepare. The circus performance itself takes 30 - 45 minutes to perform if all roles/acts are included. The script is easily adapted to removing performers and acts if time is a factor for you. It is also a fun back
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PreK - 2nd
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Community Helpers Reader's Theatre for grades 1 - 3, Scripts Drama Fluency
This reader's theatre resource is a great addition to your community helpers unit! Integrate drama, ELA, and social studies!This resource includes 4 easy scripts with 5 to 6 parts in each script. Each script is 2 to 3 pages long, with large 18 point font. Language is written at an easy primary level.Mrs. Kind Goes To The Vet - characters include mechanic, vet, mail carrier, Mrs. Kind, and narrator.Mrs. Maria's Fire - Mrs. Maria, police officer, firefighter, paramedic, and narrator.Sam's Fall - S
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1st - 3rd
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Medieval Themed Script for Readers Theater, Short Play or Puppet Show
Do you need a short versatile play that can easily include many children at varying ability levels? Do you need something that your speakers of other languages or your very shy kids will be able to participate in? Then this is the script for you! (...and there is SCREAMING... as you know all kids seem to enjoy screaming.)This script is about a scary looking but kind hearted dragon who only wants to win the acceptance of his neighbors. Originally written as a puppet show this script is very versa
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PreK - 5th, Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: Medieval Scripts for Readers Theater, Short Play or Puppet Show BUNDLE
Airline Ticket, Itinerary, and Flight Instructions for Holidays Around the World
Why not have even more fun with your Winter Holidays Around the World unit by giving your students the full airline treatment?
After making your suitcases, distribute airline tickets and have them go through a mock security screening. Arrange their chairs as if on an airplane, and read the enclosed flight attendant instructions. Make sure they buckle up, and stow their suitcases under the seat in front of them. You may even want to serve a little snack and beverage while they watch an in-fligh
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1st - 5th
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Constitution Day Readers Theater
Learn about the American holiday Constitution Day, celebrated on September 17, with our script.Constitution Day Reader's Theater activities include:1 graphic organizer and/or activity1 ABC Order Activity1 full script in black and white with Character Cards and 5 speaking parts1 full script in color with Character Cards and 5 speaking partsFor a look at what is included in this set, please download the preview file.This is already included in our Informative Reader’s Theater Holidays from July to
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Holidays July to December Readers Theater Bundle
Reader's Theater Plays Winter 4 Parts
Are you looking for readers theater plays for your beginning readers? This resource includes 12 four-person partner plays with a winter theme! Perfect for literacy stations, reading groups, and more! Includes short and simple sentences with lots of decodable and high frequency words.Includes 12 plays (8 winter, 4 Christmas):Crunchy CookieSnow DayIce SkatingSnow FortPolar Bear FunHockey GameSo Many SweetsSnow, Snow, SnowNorth Pole FunChristmas CraftReindeer GamesLet's Get a TreeEach play includes
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Plays 4 Parts Year Long Bundle
Reader's Theater Plays Winter 2 Parts
Are you looking for readers theater plays for early readers? This resource includes 12 two-person partner plays with a winter theme! Great for partner reading, literacy stations, reading groups, and more. Perfect for reading fluency and expression practice! Includes short and simple sentences with lots of decodable and high frequency words.SAVE OVER 20% WHEN YOU BUY THE PARTNER PLAYS BUNDLE!Includes 12 plays (8 winter, 4 Christmas):Snow FortLet's PlayPajama PartyUp LateNap TimeThe HillLet It Sn
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Partner Plays 2 Parts Year Long Bundle
FREE Art History Guided Lesson and Art Project - Whimsy Workshop
This free sample pack from the bundle of easy step-by-step guided art lessons:Art History For Elementary 1 - With Teacher ScriptsThis lesson explores the artist Ted Harrison's use of warm and cool colors as he paints in the arctic of Canada. The simple art project will create a stunning bulletin board display! As in my other art history lessons, there is a teacher script included, with questions embedded, to lead a discussion about art techniques, geography and famous artists! There is also a wr
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K - 7th
Reader's Theater - Partner Plays for Advanced Readers {Winter with M&M}
Reader's Theater - with Murphie and Milo! These plays can be used for centers, Language Arts activities, fluency practice, partner reading, etc.
These plays are designed and created with advanced readers in mind. The font is smaller, there are no picture clues, and varied sentence structure is used without.
Ten plays are included. Each play is an original work created and written by A Teeny Tiny Teacher. All plays are two pages in length.
This particular pack features two lovable character
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K - 2nd
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