Reading About Animals: 6 Partner Play Scripts with Comprehension Worksheets

These five animal partner plays are intended to be used as fluency-building activities that 2nd and 3rd-grade students can read with a partner. This set of scripts focuses on animal facts and terms. Many animals are featured, including the elephant, giraffe, horse, goat, hippo, anaconda, and flamingo. In many cases, students are introduced to the various terms related to each animal. For example, students who read the "Mandy's Foal" script are introduced to the following terms: foal, yearling, colt, filly, mare, and stallion.

It also includes a BONUS comprehension worksheet. After reading each script, students answer two comprehension questions that accompany that particular script.

These scripts require minimal teacher support, thereby allowing teachers to work with other small groups. For teachers who implement reading centers, these plays are perfect. These scripts are also ideal for parents who are looking for fun at-home reading activities that parents and children can read together. If you have a child who is reluctant to read at home, I encourage you to give these scripts a try!

This resource is available in multiple formats. Each teacher gets to choose the format that best meets his/her students' needs. You will choose between the printable partner plays and the paperless version that uses Google Slides. These plays contain real photographs of each animal.

This set includes these five independent scripts containing scientific facts and animal terms:

• Mandy's Foal
• Field Trip to the Zoo
• Fantastic Flamingos
• The Awesome Anaconda
• The Goat that Got Grandma's Goat

Here's what teachers like you had to say about using these partner plays with their students:

⭐️ The Muller Market said, "SO MUCH FUN!! I left these for a sub to do with the kids towards the end of the school year. The kids LOVED them!"

⭐️ Teach Read Repeat said, "My 3rd graders (and I) LOVE LOVE LOVE these partner plays!! I have seen a great improvement in fluency, especially expression! Thank you!"

⭐️ Jennifer K. said, "These passages were so great. Students enjoyed them, and they worked great for fluency practice. I also loved that it came with comprehension questions to assess students' understanding of the text as well."

⭐️ Angela B. said, "Partner Plays really help engage my struggling readers."

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