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Free 3rd grade drama resources
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Free Readers' Theater Script ~ Fractured Fairy Tale Cinderella Readers' Theater
Free Cinderella Fractured Fairy Tale Readers' Theater Script: "Cinder...Really?: The TRUE Story of Cinderella"* * * * * * * * * * * * * *This fractured fairy tale readers' theater freebie is excerpted from my 35-page CINDER..REALLY? Literacy Toolkit, which includes the readers' theater script plus supplemental literacy activities.It's also available as part of the FAIRY TALES BONUS BUNDLE ~ SERIES 1, which includes 4 fractured fairy tales and LOADS of supplemental activities. The bundle makes a
The Hare and the Tortoise Readers' Theater Script
Another one of Aesop's great fables!!! Students will love being Hare or Tortoise and acting out the race to the finish line. This readers' theater script goes well with a reading unit on Aesop's fables, a character education lesson, in a literacy center with props and costumes, or just for reading fluency practice. Text is aimed at early elementary. Script has 6 different speakers.
See other great Readers Theater scripts, lesson plans and graphic organizers in my TpT store. This script is inc
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1st - 3rd
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Free King Midas & the Golden Touch Greek Mythology Readers' Theater Script: 3-6
Free Greek Mythology Readers' Theater Script: "King Midas & the Golden Touch": A humorous 6-page retelling of the traditional Greek myth of King Midas.* * * * * * * * * * * * * *This readers' theater freebie is excerpted from my 37-page KING MIDAS Literacy Toolkit, which includes TWO readers' theater scripts plus supplemental literacy activities.It's also available as part of the GREEK MYTHOLOGY BONUS BUNDLE ~ THE MANGLED MYTHS SERIES, which includes 6 readers' theater scripts and LOADS of s
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3rd - 6th
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Free Readers' Theater - Free Poetry: I Gave Myself a Haircut & Other Silly Poems
Free readers' theater poetry: "I Gave Myself a Haircut (& Other Silly Poems)"* * * * * * * * * * * * * *If you enjoy this free poetry readers' theater compilation, I encourage you to check out the full, 10-poem set—THE SILLY POEMS COLLECTION—which also includes vocabulary pages.* * * * * * * * * * * * * *For years, elementary students have enjoyed the gloriously goofy poetry of Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky, and others. Following in that tradition, "I Gave Myself a Haircut (& Other Si
End-of-Year Free Summer Readers Theater Poetry: Summertime Poem Grade 3, 4, 5, 6
Free summertime poem & readers' theater poetry script: "The First Day of Summer Vacation": The poem is presented in two formats—as a standard poem and as a readers' theater script. The natural rhythm of poetry supports students' development into fluent readers, and combined with readers' theater, that makes this free poem a perfect fluency-builder for 3rd-grade, 4th-grade, 5th-grade & 6th-grade students.* * * * *This fast and funny readers' theater poem is excerpted from SCHOOL'S ALMOST
FREE Reader's Theater Script: The Veggie Thief
"The Veggie Thief" is a heartwarming, entertaining reader's theater script. It's part of a set of quality scripts kids love practicing and performing. They are real crowd pleasers! Check out the bundle here: Reader's Theater Bundle. This bundle includes enough roles (substantial roles) for your whole class. These Reader's Theater scripts are aimed at students in third grade, late grade two, or early fourth (fluency practice).The Veggie Thief has four parts (Rabbit, Skunk, Narrator One, Narrator
Free Readers Theater: Mother Goose Interrupted: This Little Piggy: Grade 3 4 5 6
Readers' Theater script for free: "Mother Goose Interrupted: This Little Piggy"Readers' theater (also spelled "reader's theatre") is a terrific teaching tool for developing students' reading fluency, and students will enjoy this fast and funny readers' theater script that puts a new spin on Mother Goose's "This Little Piggy." In "Mother Goose Interrupted: This Little Piggy," Mother Goose is continually interrupted by five talking toes, each with its own, distinct personality.The readers' theater
Fairy Tale Drama Circle Activity
Drama Circles are such a fun way to practice oral reading fluency, reading with expression, elements of drama, listening skills, following instructions, and performance skills, all in one cooperative learning activity! This Fairy Tale themed drama activity has a similar format to the “I Have / Who Has” Games and will have your students begging to try it over and over again. Each fairy tale card is similar to a task card in that it has an instruction for students to say or perform (or both). Stud
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Drama Circle Activity Bundle
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
Reader's Theater: Tall Tale of Paul Bunyan (differentiated scripts!)
Focus on differentiation while meeting several Common Core Reading standards! This reader’s theater set features the popular tall tale of Paul Bunyan written on 3 separate reading levels for a total of 3 scripts! Each script contains 6-7 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
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3rd - 6th
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Fox and Grapes Readers' Theater Script
This readers' theater script takes the story "The Fox and the Grapes" and allows early elementary students to act it out. Text is easy to read. Script has 4 speaking parts. Great to use for a study with Aesop's fables, character education, or learning about the genre of plays and scripts. Place copies of the script in a literacy center with props and costumes and let your students have fun practicing their fluency!
Script written by Martha Hach.
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1st - 3rd
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Free Readers' Theatre Poetry: Babysitting Superman & Other Silly Poems - 3/4/5/6
Free readers' theater poetry script for grades 3, 4, 5 & 6: "Babysitting Superman (& Other Silly Poems)"Readers' theater (also spelled "reader's theatre") is a terrific teaching tool for developing students' reading fluency. This fast and funny readers' theater 3-poem compilation is excerpted from ANOTHER SILLY POEMS COLLECTION. If you enjoy this free readers' theater poetry compilation, I encourage you to check out the full, 10-poem set, which also includes vocabulary word work.This fre
Reader's Theater: 13 Colonies-Life in a New England Colony!
Bring key characteristics of the 13 colonies to life with this FREEBIE Reader’s Theater script featuring the New England Colonies! This is part of a leveled set of 3 reader’s theater featuring the New England, Middle, and Southern colonial way of life plus additional comparison activities! This freebie script contains 6 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! This activity helps integrate Social Studies history content with Language Arts common core s
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3rd - 6th
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Rapunzel on Trial: Fairytales on Trial Fractured Fairytales and Point of View
Point of view can be difficult for students to grasp. With this unit, you'll teach POV using fractured fairytales and hold a mock trial where your students will put fairy tale characters on trial. You'll set up court, act as judge and jury, and decide which perspective is the most believable.Rapunzel on TrialRapunzel's mother was EVIL and locked her in a tower! Or was she? Your students will decide when you read two different versions of the story. Use any original version (even a video from you
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Fairy Tales on Trial (Fractured Fairy Tales & Point of View) BUNDLE
FREE Christmas & Winter Charades
Use these FREE Christmas/Winter Charades Cards for a drama activity or for a December brain break! There are 16 cards with seasonal pictures for students to act out. You may also like:Drama Games - 200 Card BundleChristmas Math & Literacy Bundle★ Click to follow me and be notified when new resources are added to my store!
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K - 3rd
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Write a Play Template
Your students will love strengthening their writing skills when they write a Reader's Theater play with this free write a play template. Great way to motivate young. Writes and practice fluency skills!
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Reader's Theater Scripts
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2nd - 4th
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The Principal's New Clothes - Reader's Theater for the Entire Class!
This reader's theater is for the entire class! You will need at least 11 students but more is always better. This ties into my other twisted fairy tales except that it was written to do as a class. I split my class into two groups and both groups practice. When we perform we discuss what things we liked about each group. I use this to introduce the small group reader's theaters I have them do the rest of the year. I have also come back to the script at the end of the year to perform in front of
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3rd - 8th, Adult Education
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KOALA PAPER BAG CRAFT PUPPETS SAMPLER AUSSIE ANIMALS MUSIC POETRY AND FUN
This introductory sampler includes simple instructions for making a Koala paper bag puppet using black-line master templates. Each animal character comes with its own original poem - perfect for learning, speaking and presenting language ideas. The full version includes twelve of your favourite Aussie animal puppets each with their own original poem. Available also, in Windows Media Player 9.2 codec .wma format, is a journey of discovery audio action-story based on the collection of poems, which
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PreK - 3rd
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Free Readers' Theater Poem - Free Poetry: The T-rex from My Cereal
Free readers' theater poetry script: "The T-rex from My Cereal"
Readers' theater (also spelled "reader's theatre") is a terrific teaching tool for developing students' reading fluency, and students will enjoy this fast and funny readers' theater poem.
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If you enjoy this free poetry readers' theater, I encourage you to check out the full, 10-poem set—THE T-REX FROM MY CEREAL: A SILLY POEMS COLLECTION—which also includes vocabulary pages.
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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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Free Pirate-themed Readers' Theater Poem (Perfect for "Talk Like a Pirate Day"!)
Free pirate activity: "Our Teacher Was a Pirate": A short readers' theater poetry script for 3-4 readers. This poem provides a fast and funny addition to a pirate unit or as a pirate-themed activity for "International Talk Like a Pirate Day" (celebrated every September 19th).* * * * *This readers' theater poem is excerpted from the TALK-LIKE-A-PIRATE TOOLKIT. If you enjoy this pirate activity, I encourage you to check out the complete 35-page toolkit, which includes a pirate name generator, "Ye
The Year Santa Got Mixed Up! - Readers Theater for the Entire Class
This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. It can be performed at any time but is usually performed at Christmas. Reader's Theater is a terrifically fun way to improve your fluency.The Year Santa Got Mixed Up by Melanie Whitesides is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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3rd - 8th
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Drama Games and Activities for Primary / Elementary
A FREE collection of drama games and activities suitable for Primary / Elementary Grades 3, 4, 5, 6. Specific drama games chosen for these primary / elementary years, ready to go and free to enjoy!TERMS OF USEPlease note that this product is for personal classroom or home school use by a single purchaser only. You may not distribute, copy or modify this product other than for your own personal, non-commercial classroom use. © Drama Trunk. All rights reserved. *****NO PREP DRAMA UNITS FOR PRIMAR
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3rd - 6th
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Free Davy Crockett Readers' Theater Tall Tale Script ~ Grades 3, 4, 5 & 6
Free Davy Crockett-themed Readers' Theater Tall Tale: "Davy Crockpot: A Tall & Twisted Tale" (grades 3, 4, 5 & 6): This 5-page readers' theater script puts a new twist on the tall tale of Davy Crockett. It is written for 6 readers, though narrator roles can be combined, as needed, to adjust for group size, making the scripts easily adaptable for 3-6 readers. This is a terrific tool for developing students' reading fluency!* * * * * * * * * * * * * *This free twisted tall tale readers' th
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3rd - 6th
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