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Free 2nd grade scripts
Readers' Theater: The Very Cranky Bear
4 animal friends just want to get out of the rain and play in a nice, warm spot. 1 cranky bear just wants to take a nap in his nice, dry cave. Everything ends up working out, but not before the bear ends up looking ridiculous! This play is based on the book by Nick Bland. It is 4 pages long and has 7 parts: Narrator 1, Narrator 2, Moose, Zebra, Lion, Sheep and Bear.
Readers' Theater helps kids improve their reading fluency (pace, smoothness and expression) and self-confidence!
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K - 3rd
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Readers' Theater: The Stinky Cheese Man
If you know and love the classic tale of the Gingerbread Man, then you'll laugh yourself silly reading this fractured fairy tale play, which is based on the book "The Stinky Cheese Man" by Jon Scieszka.
-The script is 5 pages long
-There are 8 characters (Narrator, Stinky Cheese Man, old man, old
woman, girl, boy, cow, fox)
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K - 3rd
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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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Sentence Strips Visuals for Speech Therapy | Sentence Expansion | FREE
Carrier phrases are phrases in which the first few words are constant and only the last word changes. These phrases help to encourage longer utterances, offer repetition and provide multiple opportunities to practice targets without an additional cognitive task of having to generate ideas, which may detract from the articulation or vocabulary drill. For early readers, they also provide sight word practice!⭐️ Products related to this item:Articulation Story Dice Companion for Speech Therapy using
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K - 3rd
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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
Easy Reader's Theatre Fairy Tale Scripts FREEBIE
As a first grade teacher, I struggled to find reader's theatre scripts that were easy enough for my young students to read, so I wrote my own!
This is a FREE sample of Little Red Riding Hood (with six parts) to try out in your own classroom.
All scripts have picture cues to make it easier for your students to find their parts. I've tried to create each script to be at approximately a mid-first grade level.
To see more of my fairy tale reader's theatre scripts, click below!
Easy Reader's Th
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K - 2nd
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Taking a Break Social Skill Story & Task Cards FREE
FREE Sample: Taking a Break Social Skills Story Are you an educator dedicated to fostering behavior management, social skills, and emotional growth in special education and preschool settings? Discover a FREE sample of our comprehensive Taking a Break Social Skills Story with Social Emotional Learning Activities, a resource that empowers both teachers and students!Explore Essential Social Skills: This FREE Sample provides a peek into our comprehensive resource, showcasing how it facilitates conv
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PreK - 2nd
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The Chocolate Touch Reader's Theater
"The Chocolate Touch" by Patrick Skene Catling is a beloved favorite of elementary students. This Reader's Theater script gives students the chance to portray the characters and events in the story. It includes parts for up to eleven students, an explanation of Reader's Theater, and a performance checklist.
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2nd - 4th
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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
Christmas Play Reader's Theater: The Gingerbread Man
This is a 4 page, 7 part reader's theater script of the Gingerbread Man with a Santa theme. Mrs. Claus makes a gingerbread man but he runs away. He is chased by Santa, a reindeer, and an elf. Finally a polar bear eats him up.The script is written with primary students in mind and has parts suitable for Emergent Readers and Transitional readers as follows:o Emergent (roughly levels 4-8) Mrs. Clause, Reindeer, Santao Transitional (roughly levels 10-12): Elf, Gingerbread Man, Polar Bear o High T
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Christmas Plays: Reader's Theater for Grades 1 and 2
Readers Theater Script of The Three Little Pigs - 1st Grade
Enjoy practicing reading with expression with this Reader's Theater script based on the classic tale of the Three Little Pigs. Reader's Theater provides an authentic reason for students to reread text in order to improve fluency.
This script is written for 6 characters, but really is just 5 parts because the mother pig only has one line.
This is fun to do as a puppet show too!
Thank you for looking and happy reading!
Mehitabel Chiott
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1st - 2nd
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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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Readers' Theater: The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Three brothers go looking for delicious grass but come across a big ugly troll with huge eyes and a long nose. They manage to get past him, the last one knocking him off his own bridge. This classic tale is fun to perform!This play is 2.5 pages long and has 5 characters: Narrator, Big Billy Goat, Medium Billy Goat, Little Billy Goat, Troll.
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K - 2nd
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Social File | FREE Social Narrative, Lesson & Activity | Conversation Skills
Teach how to make on topic social comments during conversation using mind based SOCIAL FILES! This is a 20 page, no prep, google slides lesson with large text, visuals, and printable options made for special education students with disabilities (autism, intellectual disabilities, down syndrome, etc.). This can be used for in person, virtual, remote or distance learning class. Useful for speech therapy, life skills or anyone teaching social skills, commenting skills, how to comment, how to make s
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2nd - 12th, Adult Education
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Social Story - Hitting
A social story about practicing ways to calm down when angry instead of hitting or kicking.
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PreK - 6th
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{Are You a Text Talker?} Using the Language of Textual Evidence: ELA CCSS 1
This freebie is a quick cheat-sheet for students to remind themselves of the text-based language called for by students in the Common Core for ELA, in particular, during and while participating in teacher-directed close readings of text. These sentence starters give students a head start on how to begin their thinking and use text-based language when orally citing evidence from the text.
This product is one sheet with the option of several different backgrounds. Print full sheets or select "m
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K - 12th, Higher Education
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Puppets and Reader's Theater
This product includes a reader's theater script based on the folk tale Why Mosquitoes buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aarmdema.There are also 7 print out puppets based on the illustrations of Leo and Diane Dillon. The puppets are a mosquito, a iguana, a python, a rabbit, a crow, a monkey, and an owl. The puppets come in full color and black and white.
These puppets are wonderful for literacy centers, fluency and summarizing activities. They are a great addition to a unit on folk tales.
Recom
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K - 2nd
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Gingerbread Man: Reader's Theater for Grades 1 and 2
A 3 page, 7 part reader's theater script for the folk tale The Gingerbread Man. The script is written with primary students in mind and contains parts for Emergent to Transitional readers as follows:o High Emergent (roughly DRA 4-10): old woman, cow, dog, foxo Transitional (roughly DRA 12-18): horse, gingerbread man, narratorThe parts of the old woman, cow, dog and horse are small, just 1-2 lines.Mixed ability scripts allow children to work with classmates who may not be in their reading group
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Fairy Tale Reader's Theater Scripts for Grades 1 and 2
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
Readers Theater: Greatest Hits FREEBIES
17 scripts (14 fiction & 3 non-fiction) with anywhere from 2 to 7 characters to help your students improve their reading fluency (pace, smoothness, expression) and have fun!
Included with the scripts are some informational pieces about close reading and Readers' Theater.
Over 100 pages for FREE, enjoy!
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1st - 4th
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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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Readers Theater Script: The Peacock and the Crane Aesop's Fable
This is reader’s theater script with 7 speaking parts is a retelling of Aesop’s classic fable from ancient Greece . **The script does not have the moral stated, so students can discuss and figure out the message for themselves.** (CCSS 2.2 and CCSS 3.2) The moral could be stated as: It is better to be useful than to be beautiful. Aesop’s fables are well loved even though they had their beginnings more than two thousand years ago! This story about a proud peacock is a popular one, and it has been
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Bundle: K-2 Readers' Theater Scripts
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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The Fox and the Crow Readers' Theater
Your early readers will love this FREE Readers' Theater script. Aesop's fable of The Fox and the Crow is retold as a Readers' Theater, specifically for early readers. The simplified text and use of sight words make it easy to read in 1st or 2nd grade. This Readers' Theater works great for shared reading or for a strategy/guided reading group focused on fluency.This Readers' Theater script includes 4 parts: Narrator 1Narrator 2FoxCrowEach part is color-coded on the script, making it easier for e
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K - 2nd
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