Bundle: Readers' Theater for a Year (Grades 2-4)

Readers theater motivates and engages readers. Used for fluency instruction, it is a proven research-based (best practices) reading strategy that provides a context for authentic reading and re-reading. This bundle of readers' theater scripts will keep students engaged in reading all year with seasonal and holiday scripts, as well as classic tales. Created for readers at grade level 2-4. Readers' theater is great for centers or small groups.

Great for your sub packets! Extend the lesson by asking students to summarize or recount the story aloud. Use this packet to engage your students in reading with readers’ theatre.

This bundle of 15 readers’ theater scripts includes:

▸The Fox and the Grapes (grades 2-3) (6 speaking parts)

▸The Fox and the Crow (grades 2-3) (4 speaking parts)

▸The Ant and the Chrysalis (grades 2-3) (4 speaking parts)

▸The Ant and the Grasshopper (grades 2-3) (6 speaking parts)

▸The Hare and the Tortoise (grades 2-3) (7 speaking parts)

▸The Elves and the Shoemaker (grades 2-5) (7 speaking parts)

▸The North Wind and the Sun (grades 2-3) (4 speaking parts)

▸ The Peacock and the Crane (grades 2-5) (7 speaking parts)

▸The Little Red Hen’s Valentine’s Day Gift (grades 1-5) (19 speaking parts)

▸Cupid, Explained (grades 2-4) (10 speaking parts)

▸Daylight Savings Time (grades 2-5) (6 speaking parts)

▸The Headless Horseman (adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) (grades 3-6) (9 speaking parts)

▸Twas the Night Before Christmas (grades 3-6) (6 speaking parts)

▸The Adventures of Aladdin (grades 2-5) (9 speaking parts)

▸Visit Ancient Greece (grades 2-5) (5 speaking parts)

Readers’ theaters are great for your sub packets!

Meets:

CCSS R.L. 2-4.2. Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. / Summarize the text

More Readers’ Theaters from My Reading Resources:

Grades K-2

▸The Little Red Hen Learns About St. Patrick’s Day (grades K-3)

▸Readers’ Theater for Two (grades K-2)

▸A Groundhog Day Readers’ Theater (grades K-2)

▸The Gingerbread Man (grades 1-3)

▸The Little Red Hen’s Valentine’s Day Gift (grades 1-5)

▸The Rooster, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen (grades 1-3)

▸Bundle:March Readers’ Theaters: Five Scripts for Spring (grades 2-4)

▸Bundle: K-2 Readers' Theater Scripts

Grades 2-4

▸Bundle: 7 Aesop's Fables (grades 2-3)

▸Bundle:March Readers’ Theaters: Five Scripts for Spring (grades 2-4)

▸Bundle: Seven Aesop’s Fables (grades 2-3)

Grades 5 & up

▸The Story of the Constitution (grades 5-12)

▸Cupid and Psyche (grades 4-8)

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