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Kindergarten english language arts scripts for Microsoft Word
Easter Reader's Theater Script
This document contains a Reader's Theater Script for the story, "Last One in Is a Rotten Egg!" by Diane deGroat.
The script is set up to have twenty narrators that have three speaking parts each. Plus there are four or five characters from the story that have speaking parts. The script could easily be adapted for larger or smaller class sizes!
Reader's theater is a fun way to build reading fluency and confidence in students!
Kindergarten Graduation Poem to perform or include in written program
Kindergarten graduation is such an exciting time in a child's life. This poem is great to use as a performance with multiple children or whole classes. The alternate ending makes it kind of fun to use for first year kindergarten teachers and is unexpected when read aloud. It has 6 stanzas that can be divided up to be said/read separately, or chorally. Very loved poem by the parents at our graduations!!! And when the kids shout “ME!” at the end, the audience loves it!This also works as a poe
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PreK - K
Giraffe's Can't Dance- Play script
This play script was adapted from the much loved story book Giraffe’s Can’t Dance by Gilles Andreae and Guy Parker Rees for a group of primary aged students. 'Gerald the tall giraffe would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance, but everyone knows that giraffes can't dance . . . or can they?' This play was designed for an end of term performance after a Drama Unit titled INSPIRE. Gerald inspires the other characters to be proud of who they are and their individual gifts and t
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PreK - 5th
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The Little Red Hen readers theatre
The Little Red Hen picture book story has been adapted into a readers theatre script for easy recognition of roles for emergent readers. It is colour coded and it has pictures along side each character for assistance. This can be used for mixed ability classes as there are roles for non-readers and good readers.
I hope you can use this in your classroom as i have with much enjoyment and success.
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PreK - 3rd
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Holiday Partner Readers' Theater Plays with Corresponding Puppets
This is a collection of six two-page original Reader's Theater Plays written for the holiday season. Each play is written for only two characters, which makes them perfect for partner practice in literacy centers or for use in a whole-class setting. Children can practice reading the plays once and then switch characters to read it a second time. Each holiday play has two characters, a setting, a problem and a solution. Each play is written to incorporate high frequency words, repetition, and
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K - 2nd
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Dragon's Merry Christmas Reader's Theater
This is a set of four short reader's theater scripts based off the four short stories in Dragon's Merry Christmas by Dav Pilkey.
1. The Perfect Christmas Tree
2. The Candy Wreath
3. Mittens
4. Merry Christmas, Dragon
These reader's theater scripts were intended for students in k-2. The reading level of the text is 3.2.
Reader's theater are fun activities to build fluency in students' reading!
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K - 2nd
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Tiddalick- The Play
"Tiddalick the Frog" is a charming children's play based on the ancient First Nations creation story. Set in the Dreamtime, the tale follows Tiddalick, a small yet mischievous frog with an insatiable thirst. His selfishness leads him to gulp down all the water from creeks, lakes, and rivers, causing distress among the other animals. As the land dries up, the creatures must band together to find a solution and restore balance to nature. Through this entertaining adventure, young audiences learn a
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PreK - 6th
Kindergarten Graduation Poem
This is a wonderful, enchanting little poem and just perfect for any Kindergarten graduation ceremony or celebration. The poem is even ideal for the whole class to recite to an audience on graduation day!
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K
Little Red Hen Play Package
Put on a performance and watch your students shine! The Little Red Hen is a timeless story which leaves students with a wonderful message about sharing and caring. This package includes a Teacher’s Script, a unique song written just for this performance, Reader’s Theatre, Writing Prompt, Invitation, Playbill, Cast Party Sign Up Sheet and a Costume Reminder for parents.
Students benefit by learning theatre vocabulary, reading skills through re-reading of the reader’s theatre, enthusiasm for lea
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K - 1st
Spring Life Cycle Play or Reader's Theater
This is a wonderful life cycle play that can be performed in the Spring. It can be used as a Reader's Theater or a full play. It includes 23 parts and can be modified. It also includes three songs for the class to sing. Such a wonderful way to practice fluency and learn the life cycles in Science. My first grades LOVE this!!
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K - 4th
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Reader's Theatre Full Class Script: Nature's True Garden
This is a wonderful Reader's Theatre/ Full Class Play for Preschool through 2nd grade. It uses simple language, word patterns, and short sentences making this a beautiful compliment to the script (also available on my page for free) from the popular book- "The Very Hungry Caterpillar".
This original play uses the very basic story of a gardener planting seeds to explore the valuable lesson of self-love. It teaches us that when we grow to be the ‘flower we are meant to be’ (our true nature)—the
1st Grade Reader's Theater: Little Miss Muffet and the Spider
This is an original Reader's Theater script based on the Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme entitled, "Little Miss Muffet." It is perfect for a first grade class! Whether you're teaching your students nursery rhymes or studying spiders, this Reader's Theater play is a fun addition to your lesson plans. Use the play in a literacy center or have students perform it in a whole group setting. Either way, Reader's Theater plays provide a fun, entertaining way to engage students in practicing their reading
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K - 2nd
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Play and Class Assembly about Brazil's Culture and Rainforest
This is a fun and interactive play all about Brazil. It includes parts about the rainforest, carnival, culture, language, landmarks and of course soccer. Dancing is also incorporated throughout the play.
Mother Goose Play Script for Kindergarten, First and Second Grades
"Mother Goose: A Tale of Lost Sheep and Friendship," is a fun, thirty-minute play written for young performers (grades K-2). Little Bo Peep is very sad; she's lost her sheep and doesn't know where to find them. After much searching and help from all her nursery rhyme friends, the story has a happy ending as her sheep are found and her friends join in the celebration.
Filled with familiar rhymes, chants and songs, this is the perfect play to perform as a culminating activity for a phon
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K - 2nd
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Multi Sensory Stories
Three Multi sensory stories for preschool through kindergarten, and for special needs kids. Told using props, sounds, and motions for engaging the senses to retain and be motivated throughout the story. Improves retention and reading comprehension. Three Scripts included along with directions.
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PreK - 1st
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Visual Schedules for Students with Autism Packet
Student with autism benefit from following a schedule. Schedules help students with autism understand the routine and expectations.
Included:
2 Step Schedule
-First, Then
3 Step Schedule
-First, Next, Last
-First, Second, Third
-1, 2, 3
-Horizontal
4 Step Schedule
-Horizontal
5 Step Schedule
-Vertical
8 Step Schedule
-Vertical
10 Step Schedule
-Vertical
These schedule formats can be used in various ways. 1. You can print, laminate, and Velcro schedule pieces on for students to manipulate.
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PreK - 12th
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Reader's Theatre Full Class Script: One With a World of Friends
This original Reader's Theatre script is a fantastic collaborative project for a classroom of early readers and/or students working on exploring their creative expression! It incorporates roles for up to 23 students and parts could be doubled to include more. It is a gentle story about friendships and uses basic language to explore the deeper topics and curiosities of belonging and growing up. Each character speaks fairly short lines that are great for Kindergarten or 1st grade. It could also be
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K - 3rd
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The Hungry Little Caterpillar Play
This play is great to use if you're learning about butterflies or if you love Spring.
This play comes with a script and line cards for each character.
This play has 28 talking characters ( all of the food from the story)
They can be modified to work for your classroom!
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PreK - 5th
Choral Reading/Literary Play/Reader's Theater--God's Son is Born
Reader's Theater activity. Can be used Kindergarten through Fourth GradeChristian/ReligiousWritten in the format of the old story of the Sky is Falling, except the animals see the star and decide to take the Baby Jesus a birthday present. The basket containing the gift is stolen and the animals have to find some thing else to give. They decide to sing the song they sung as they traveled to see him. Includes two images that can be projected on screen during the reading, if you desire to use them.
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PreK - 4th
Scripts: 3 Short Christian Drama Scripts for Very Young Actors
These short scripts were designed for performance by preschoolers and primary grade actors. They are short, have easy to memorize lines and are age appropriate message wise. They can be done on a bare stage and the only props needed are 2 pieces of candy.
"Memory Verse" allows for unlimited extras so many children can have the experience of being on stage without having to speak on cue.
These can also be adapted for use with older students or have older students direct.
Check out these prod
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PreK - 3rd
Reader's Theater Pack With ZENO Words!
This Reader's Theater pack was designed to get kids practicing the Zeno words. The 107 most used sight words. There are parts for 3 - 4 students. There are other words in each script but they are low words - used for K - 1st grade. All Words not in the Zeno list are listed on the front page of each script. I have included a page with all Zeno words on it. The scripts in this pack are: Are We There Yet?, Nan's Bad Day, The Cool Kid, The Really Big Fish, We Are Bob, and Would You Like to See My Do
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K - 5th
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Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type Reader's Theatre
This is a Reader's Theatre script adapted from the classic anchor text, Click Clack Moo Cows That Type. There are parts for 8 characters: Narrator, Farmer Brown, Cows 1-3, Ducks 1-3. There are also choral parts so the whole class can participate! Have fun!!
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K - 3rd
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Holiday Play or Reader's Theater
This is a fun Holiday play or Reader's Theater for the primary grades. There are 21 parts which can be edited. There are five full scenes and even songs for the children to sing! My first graders perform this for their parents and other classes every year. They have so much fun and meet the common core standards for Reading, Speaking and Listening!
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PreK - 3rd
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Christmas Play - The Best Gift
This is a play for children that can be for about 15-20 characters. It supports many values such as love and respect and promotes originality and anti-bullying! It has some fun Christmas jokes as well as a very important message.
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K - 8th
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