2nd grade Back to School science scripts

Animal Classification ELA and Science Unit, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade

Created by

Animal Classification (An ELA and Science Unit)These wonderful activities go along great with any animal unit. They are especially great to support and enhance your science lessons on animal groups. The reader theater scripts are two part scripts that focus on information about each animal group. There are 6 animal groups highlighted: mammals, reptiles, insects, fish, amphibians and birds. The students can take turns being the different animals, learn new vocabulary and work on their reading f

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, Spring

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Printables, Scripts, Posters

CCSS:

RI.1.1

, RI.1.4

, RI.2.10

, RF.1.3

, RF.1.4

...

Seasonal Art & Craft Activities Megabundle Easy Step by Step Crafts + Writing

Created by

Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Are you in need of easy seasonal arts & crafts ideas for your primary classroom? This huge collection features 70+ simple craft projects (8 seasonal art activities for each month), including Spring and Earth Day, as well as printable worksheets!As a busy teacher myself, I know how difficult it can be to plan for art lessons. My goal in creating these units is to do all the work for you so that art will be easy to include in your weekly and monthly plans!Each project has been classroom tested

Subjects:

Back to School, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Halloween

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Printables, Scripts, Lesson

Social Story Making Green & Red Choices (Editable) Book Special Education PCS

Created by

Creative Learning 4 Kidz

Our Making Green and Red Choices social story is designed to help children learn about making positive choices in a simple, engaging, and visual way that makes the information easier to understand.With this social story, children will learn how to identify positive and negative choices through the use of the colors green and red. Green choices are positive and helpful, while red choices are negative and potentially harmful. This distinction is easy for children to understand and remember, making

Subjects:

Back to School, Early Intervention, Special Education

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Scripts, For Parents, Literature Circles

Also included in: Social Stories Growing Bundle (52 Books) Special Education Autism PCS

Reader's Theater Scripts for Beginning Readers {Back to School}

Created by

A Teeny Tiny Teacher

Reader's Theater Scripts - These plays can be used for centers, Language Arts activities, fluency practice, partner reading, etc.These plays are designed and created with beginning readers in mind. Each play has large font, picture clues, and predictable word patterns. Ten plays are included. Each play is an original work created and written by A Teeny Tiny Teacher. All plays are two pages in length.Each play has two characters to encourage partnership and teamwork.If you are doing this as a

Subjects:

Back to School, Reading

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Scripts, Centers

Also included in: Reader's Theater {Back to School Bundle}

Plants: Science Reader's Theater and Experiments

Created by

Ms Joanne

Combine some Science with your Language Arts. This is a readers’ theater script plus 7 experiments explaining what a seed needs to grow and what each part of the plant does. The script is 4 pages with 8 parts and is particularly useful for early readers as it has parts suitable for Emergent and Transitional Readers as follows:High Emergent (roughly levels 6-8): RainTransitional (roughly levels 10-12): Seed, Sun, Roots, LeavesHigh Transitional (roughly levels 14-16): Soil, Stem, NarratorThere ar

Subjects:

Biology, Reading

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Worksheets, Scripts

CCSS:

RF.1.1a

, RF.1.3

, RF.1.4

, RF.1.4a

, RF.1.4b

...

Also included in: Plants and Flowers: Information Text, Workbook, Experiments and Reader's Theater

Routines & Procedures Modeling Scripts- Back to School Bundle

Created by

For The Love of Teachers Shop

Classroom management is everything! At the beginning of the school year, it's important to get your classroom management game on. I always feel like a “How To" tour guide. It is during the first weeks of school that I teach, model, and guide my students through every single routine and procedure from arrival to dismissal and all the important stuff in between, like how to use, distribute and locate classroom materials and supplies, how to line up, how to dismiss, and how to actively listen to on

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Management

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Scripts, Lesson

Solar System & Planets Reader's Theater

Created by

Poppy's Place

This product includes a reader's theater script called "The Planets' First Day of School." It includes a script for 9 roles (the sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune). I have also included necklaces to identify the roles. There is a brief worksheet for students to write down what they learned about the planets and the sun. I have used this in my class, and my students loved it! I mounted the cover sheet and scripts to file folders for each reader. I laminat

Subjects:

Drama, English Language Arts, Science

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Scripts

CCSS:

RL.2.10

, RL.3.10

Reader's Theater - Partner Plays for Kinder Kids {Back to School}

Created by

A Teeny Tiny Teacher

Reader's Theater - These plays can be used for centers, Language Arts activities, fluency practice, partner reading, etc. These plays are designed and created for beginning Kinder Kids. Five of the plays focus on letter identification (capital and lowercase) and the other five plays focus specifically on B, C, G, M, and S (beginning sounds). Ten plays are included. Each play is an original work created and written by A Teeny Tiny Teacher. All plays are two pages in length. Each play has two c

Subjects:

Back to School, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Scripts, Centers

Also included in: Reader's Theater {Back to School Bundle}

Science Lessons PowerPoint Slides and Note Taking Graphic Organizers Bundle

Created by

Jessica Tobin - Elementary Nest

Are you looking for science lessons that are visual and informational? These PowerPoint presentation slides cover 12 different primary science topics. They will include a PowerPoint, a teacher script, and student note-taking pages.A quick introduction:You’ll display your slide, read the teacher's script for that given slide, and allow students to take notes. Please check out the preview for a closer look at how to use this!What's included in each zip file product:Read-Me First IntroductionPowerP

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, General Science, Physical Science

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Scripts, Lesson

Plants Reader's Theater Script

Created by

Brooke Beverly

This is a 4 1/2 page reader's theater script that is all about plants. Tie fluency and science together with this script that is ready to use in your classroom. The script focuses on the parts of a plant, the life cycle of a plant, and what photosynthesis is. The script is set-up for a small group / center with 4 students. It can be easily adapted to include more students. The document is in word, so you can edit and add in your own lines about particular things your class is studying abou

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Scripts, Centers

Reader's Theater {Back to School Bundle}

Created by

A Teeny Tiny Teacher

This Reader's Theater Bundle is a 3 pack of Partner Plays {Back to School Editions} so that you can easily differentiate for your learners. It includes ten plays for Kinder Kids, ten plays for Beginning Readers, and ten plays for Advanced Readers.

Subjects:

Back to School, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Scripts, Centers

Vietnamese to English ESL Sentences: ESL Newcomer Activities - Rapid Speaking

Created by

Dr Wiggins

"Vietnamese to English ESL Sentences: ESL Newcomer Activities - Rapid Speaking" allows teachers and limited English speaking students to communicate immediately with little or no knowledge of each other's first language. Simply print a copy for yourself and your ESL Vietnamese to English newcomers. Point to the translation of what you are saying on this convenient bilingual resource. ESL newcomers also point to what they want to say in Vietnamese while you read the English translation next to th

Subjects:

Back to School, EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts

Grades:

2nd - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Scripts

Also included in: Vietnamese to English ESL Newcomer Activities: ESL Back to School (Bundle)

STEM Seasonal BUNDLE - 30 Projects with Partner Plays STEM + Writing Spring

Created by

Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Kids love STEM, and these seasonal STEM activities integrate literacy through simple partner plays! Each challenge features a fun project, making it easy to explore STEM throughout the year in your integrated literacy program for kindergarten and first grade. This full year BUNDLE features 30 partner plays and 5 seasonal themes, including Easter, Spring and more! What is STEM?STEM involves:★ presenting students with an authentic problem★ challenging students to collaborate for possible solutions

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Engineering

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Scripts, Lesson

Reader's Theater - Partner Plays for Advanced Readers {Back to School}

Created by

A Teeny Tiny Teacher

Reader's Theater - These plays can be used for centers, Language Arts activities, fluency practice, partner reading, etc. These plays are designed and created with advanced readers in mind. The font is smaller, there are no picture clues, and varied sentence structure is used without. Ten plays are included. Each play is an original work created and written by A Teeny Tiny Teacher. All plays are two pages in length. This pack features two lovable characters, Murphie (the dog) and Milo (the

Subjects:

Back to School, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Scripts, Centers

Also included in: Reader's Theater {Back to School Bundle}

Reader's Theater: Behavior & Back to School! (differentiated reading levels)

Created by

JB Creations

Begin the year by engaging your new students with this set of leveled reader’s theaters to reinforce the necessary character traits needed to become productive members of your new classroom! Included are three fun plays focusing on respect & following rules, being honest & doing the right thing, and making good choices through communication. In order to provide differentiation, each play is written on 3 different reading levels to ensure whole class participation and success! A great

Subjects:

Back to School, Character Education, Literature

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Scripts

CCSS:

RF.4.4

Also included in: Back to School Bundle for Intermediate Grades

Character Education

Created by

Jane Loretz

It is important to teach your students character traits that are important for success in school, at home and for life. This pack will make teaching these skills and traits easy and fun. This pack highlights 7 character traits. TruthfulnessGratefulnessPatienceSelf-controlResponsibilityObedienceAttentivenessEach trait has a poster that describes ways they can show how they can achieve this character trait. Each character trait has a two part script that highlights what is important about this ch

Subjects:

Back to School, Character Education, Reading

Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Printables, Scripts, Lesson

Solar Eclipse Reader's Theater Scripts 4 Plays Teaching Solar Eclipse

Created by

Make Writing Magical

Celebrate and Learn About the Solar Eclipse with Reader's Theater Scripts That Let Kids Teach Kids About the Event.Bring your classroom to life with Reader's Theater - kids practice reading and speaking. It is simply FUN learning.Included 4 Scripts (4-5 pages each, 5-7 parts in each play):Welcome to “The Solar Eclipse Adventure,” where kids will be experiencing a solar eclipse—a rare event where the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, casting a shadow on our planet.Welcome to "Exploring S

Subjects:

Drama, English Language Arts, Science

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Scripts

Also included in: Ultimate Reader's Theater Scripts Bundle SEL, Holidays & More "Kids Teach Kids"

What I Do In School: A Social Story

Created by

Care Create Teach

This product contains three similar social stories about what students will do in school. The packet includes a Preschool, Kindergarten, and generic School version of the same story. Pages include: -listen to my teachers -eat with my friends -play at recess -read books in the book center -play in the dramatic play center -play with blocks -do arts and crafts -put puzzles together -sit with my friends in groups -make new friends -read, write, and do math -sit and do my work -smile and have fu

Subjects:

Back to School, Short Stories, Special Education

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Scripts, Lesson

Miss Nelson is Missing-Reader's Theater

Created by

Diagon Alley

This is fun and engaging story, Miss Nelson is Missing, has been adapted into a Reader's Theater script. There are 9 parts- Narrator 1, Narrator 2, Miss Nelson, Miss Swamp, Kid 1, Kid 2, Kid 3, Kid 4, and Detective McSmogg. *You can always adjust the number of students by combining parts: example one student can be both Miss Nelson and Miss Swamp, Detective McSmogg has just a few lines, so a Narrator could also be McSmogg. *Action and voice cues are included in parentheses throughout the sc

Subjects:

Back to School, Drama, Reading

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Scripts, Centers

Readers' Theater: The Life Cycle of the Frog

Created by

The First Grade Bloom

This non-fiction Readers' Theater play will help your students improve their fluency (pace, smoothness, expression) AND learn some science at the same time! More details: -2.5 pages -characters: narrator, kid, egg, tadpole, froglet, frog -Comprehension Check quiz -Draw & Label the life cycle worksheet -Write about the life cycle pages

Subjects:

Reading, Science

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Scripts

CCSS:

RI.1.1

, RI.1.10

, RF.1.4b

The Life Cycle of a Sunflower Seed to Plant, Reader's Theater Script; Level 1

Created by

Little Lyrical Learners

The Life Cycle of a Seed Reader's Theater script Level 1Bring your science standards to life with this engaging Reader's Theater play designed to help your students learn about the life cycle of a sunflower seed. This fun script reinforces reading skills, science standards, science vocabulary, fluency, and speaking and listening skills. Students will learn how a sunflower seed needs water, sunlight, and soil to grow and what each stage of the plant life cycle looks like, starting and ending with

Subjects:

Drama, Earth Sciences, Reading

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Scripts, Centers

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.4

, RL.1.6

...

NGSS:

1-LS1-1

, K-ESS3-1

, 1-LS1-2

, 3-LS4-3

, 2-LS4-1

...

Also included in: Flower Life Cycles and Pollination: Spring Resource BUNDLE

Science Discussion Starters

Created by

Teaching and so Fourth

Science Scaffolds for Discussion This product includes 11 science discussion starter posters. Black&White + Color Included When scientists share their ideas, they may say ... I noticed ____. My data shows ____. I think ___ because ___. I wonder ___. I observed ____. When scientists respond to others, they may say ... Can you explain to me? What do you think? What evidence do you have? Are you saying _____? I agree with ___ because ____. I respectfully disagree because ____.

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Critical Thinking, Science

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

Printables, Scripts, Posters

33 Animal Riddles–Readers Theater Partner Plays–Fluency–Listening Skills

Created by

Readers Theater All Year

33 Animal Riddles Readers Theater Partner Plays with Flexi-Curric™ *33 Original Readers Theatre Scripts by Carol Montgomery (updated January 2017)TIME: Each script takes about 30 seconds to read.  CAST: 2+, or 2 CHORAL groups  TONE: light, game-like  READABILITY: grades K to 1+ * Our Flexi-Curric™ shortcut allows flexible, cross-curricular options for your local standards because YOU know what’s right for YOUR students. What could you do with 33 different animal riddles Reade

Subjects:

Biology, EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Games, Scripts

How Full is Your Bucket? -- A Reader's Theater (Color-Coded and B&W)

Created by

Sharon Fendrick

How Full is Your Bucket by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer is listed as being a daily guide to help children achieve happiness. Whether used in the classroom or in their personal lives, the principle in this story encourages children to be kind to one another. This would be great to use at any time in the school year to promote a caring, positive learning environment.I incorporated the word "ALL" in this script so that readers stay on task and not just wait for "their" turn. This also helps stude

Subjects:

Back to School, Literature, Reading

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

Scripts, Literature Circles, Centers

CCSS:

RF.2.3

, RF.2.4

, RF.3.3

, RF.3.4