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Elementary close reading script pdfs
READERS THEATER BRAINTEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT BUNDLE
This fun 30% off Middle School high interest trio of readers' theater brain teaser mystery scripts will delight both ELA and Drama students. They will practice reading and comprehension strategies, while testing their critical thinking skills in deductive work. Get 3 scripts for the price of 2!In two of these realistic mysteries your grades 5-8 students will discover the identity of thieves. In one script a laptop is stolen and in another, a necklace. The main characters, Matt and Sophie, are M
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5th - 8th
READERS THEATER FRACTURED FAIRY TALE Cinderella Script Grades 5-8 - Cindy Rella
This funny Readers’ Theater fractured fairy tale script takes the traditional fairy tale genre and turns its conventions of character and plot around to bring Cinderella into the 21st century for your ELA and drama classes! It gives grades 5-8 students high interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing. After completing their reading of the script they will write an additional scene, AND a ‘pitch’ to promote a fractured fairy story of their own. There’s even a quick mystery abou
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5th - 8th
Also included in: READERS' THEATER UNIT: READING & SCRIPT WRITING grades 5 6 7 8
ELA Emergency Sub Plans for Middle School Vol. 6
Emergency ELA Sub Plans for Middle School - Volume 6These language arts sub plans are perfect for filling (or refreshing) your substitute binder with engaging, standards-based activities. This is a true stand-alone resource that was designed to offer a print and go sub plan solution for middle school ELA teachers. No additional books or companion materials are needed!This resource includes:• A high-interest reader’s theater script • Reader Response Questions• Context Clue Word Work• Summary Stra
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in: ELA Emergency Sub Plans Bundle for Middle School
READERS THEATER SCARY MYSTERY SCRIPT - Haunted House Mystery
This Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script will give Middle School students practice in reading, comprehension and writing, while having lots of ELA and Drama fun. The Mystery of the Haunted House makes your students into 'whodunit' detectives, performing inference tasks and drawing conclusions from four spooky clues. This humorous, realistic script is intended for about 9 students, but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded depending on how many groups you wish to hav
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5th - 8th
Also included in: READERS THEATER BRAINTEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT BUNDLE
Frog and Toad Are Friends | Spring Activities
Thanks for purchasing my “Frog and Toad Are Friends: Spring Activity Pack!” Your students are in for a real treat. If you are an Arnold Lobel fan, this packet is a must have for your unit! Included in this activity pack are…1. A readers’ theater script based on Arnold Lobel’s classic book (4 parts – great for small groups!)2. Reading comprehension activities (characterization, sequencing, inferences, compare/contrast, story events)3. Nonfiction article comparing/contrasting frogs and toads4. F
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1st - 3rd
Beach Partner Play, Ocean Theme, Summer Readers Theater, Summer Fluency Builder
Partner plays are great for building fluency and comprehension skills. Sam and Max Go to the Beach is a partner play for grades 1-3 about how Sam and Max spend the day playing in the sand and ocean waves. The play includes before, during, and after reading activities for deeper comprehension and additional fluency practice.HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS PARTNER PLAY IN THE CLASSROOM:The play is five pages in length and includes two voices. I recommend using this resource as a fluency center during yo
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1st - 3rd
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READERS THEATER MIDDLE SCHOOL MYSTERY SCRIPTS: YOUNG HOLMES INVESTIGATES BUNDLE
Save 25% on this Middle School Readers’ Theater Young Holmes brain teaser mystery script activities bundle. These fun whodunnit scripts will entertain both drama and ELA classes. The scripts and activities give grades 5-8 students high interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and even some writing. A FREEBIE is included. Question sheets and answers are included in both scripts. Also provided are quick peer and self assessment forms, and a reading rubric for easy marking.Young Holmes Inv
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5th - 8th
Star Wars Reader's Theater: AT-AT Attack! Reading Comprehension
Star Wars Reader's Theater: AT-AT Attack! Reading ComprehensionReader's Theater Script for Star Wars: Escape from Darth Vader, by Michael Siglain (Kindergarten to First Grade)Readers Theater is a dramatic presentation of a written work in a script form. Readers read from a "script" and reading parts are divided among the readers. Once you start Reader's Theater in your classroom you and your students will be loving it!!!CONTENTS:* Character Posters* 5 page script ( The script features 25 voices
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: May The Fourth Day Bundle - Star Wars Theme
Reader's Theater Star Wars: Escape from Darth Vader, Reading Comprehension
Reader's Theater Script for Star Wars: Escape from Darth Vader, by Michael Siglain (Kindergarten to First Grade)Readers Theater is a dramatic presentation of a written work in a script form. Readers read from a "script" and reading parts are divided among the readers. Once you start Reader's Theater in your classroom you and your students will be loving it!!!CONTENTS:* Character Posters* 5 page script ( The script features 20 voices)
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: May The Fourth Day Bundle - Star Wars Theme
A Christmas Carol Play Reader's Theater Drama Script - 33 Roles for all Staves
This is a play version of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Use as a school wide play, or a fun activity in the classroom. It has 33 roles covering all 5 staves of this novel. There are enough roles for all of your students. Enthusiastic students can even have multiple roles from different staves. Perfect for the last week before winter break!Are you teaching this novel? I wrote this play several years ago, and it made the perfect test review. You can teach a chapter (stave), and th
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3rd - 9th
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Complete Reader's Theater: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Novel
This is a bundle of ALL 17 chapters from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Every chapter has been turned into a script for Reader's Theater. Each chapter includes its own casting list.
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5th - 8th
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Greek Mythology: "Zeus King of the Gods" Readers' Theater
Print and go!
This fabulous Readers' Theater pack will help you cover standards for Greek Mythology as well as address key reading comprehension and writing standards!
Readers’ Theater is a reading strategy that allows your students to practice fluency while interacting with content in a highly motivating activity. Students are actively engaged while they respond to the literature that they are reading. Using readers’ theater paired with a social studies/history allows you to work across t
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3rd - 5th
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The Hare and the Tortoise Readers' Theater for Big Kids - Aesop's Fables
Do you have budding actors in your classroom? Are your kids tired of the routine reading schedule from an intense year? Then this is for you... Readers' Theater for Big Kids - the Ant and the Grasshopper!Hope you love what you see and that you are interested in the completed Close Reading plan. This freebie is a sample of what my Aesop's Fables for Big Kids Close Reading Plans are like. With this download, you will receive a complete script for "The Hare and the Tortoise," graphic organizer
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3rd - 5th
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Readers' Theater Brain Teaser Mystery Script GRADES 3 & 4 Bundle
3 readers' theater scripts for the price of 2! This fun 30% off grades 3-4 high-interest trio of brain teaser mystery scripts will delight both ELA and Drama students. They will practice reading and comprehension skills while testing their wits in deductive work. In one of the mysteries they will discover the thieves of a laptop at school. The main characters, Matt and Sophie, are upper elementary students who love riddles and are effective detectives. In another mystery, twins Sloane and Sport
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3rd - 4th
Stranger Things Reader's Theater
STRANGER THINGS READER’S THEATER! Based on the Netflix series!
This particular Reader’s Theater is just the first episode of season 1. If y’all like it, I’m going to write more episodes!
11 characters
Kid-friendly script
Super engaging
Great for all ability levels- some roles are harder than others
Great for teaching figurative language, plot, predictions, bold print, and many other comprehension strategies and skills.
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3rd - 6th
Reader's Theater: Honoring the Heroes of September 11th
Students will actively engage in dialogue that will increase their awareness of the events surrounding September 11th through a kid sensitive script based on a true story focusing on the human spirit. Stitches of Love tells the sweet story of the power of healing provided through a rescued flag from Ground Zero and the journey it made around our country to its final resting place in the 9/11 Memorial. By providing 16 individual parts, more students will have a chance to practice fluency, use th
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3rd - 6th
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Betsy Ross: Fact or Fiction? U.S. History Reader's Theater
The history of the flag of the United States is a compelling story, but historians are divided as to the facts. Did Betsy Ross really create the first flag? This play, which was originally published in my book, Read Aloud Plays: Symbols of America, and later reprinted in the January 2002 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks magazine, encourages readers to become history sleuths. It includes the play script, a short reading supplement, a bubble quiz, a comprehension activity built around William Canb
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4th - 7th
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Readers' Theater: Iktomi and the Storm Native American Story
This Reader's Theater Script features a classic Lakota story featuring the goofy trickster Iktomi! Students will read about Iktomi and his internal conflict on helping others! Perfect introduction to theme! Perfect for first, second, and third grade readers! Each character is tiered to a different DRA/Lexile Level so all learners can read!FEATURES• Six page script featuring six different characters. • Students will be introduced to Common Core concepts such as theme, both internal and external c
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Readers' Theater: Classic Iktomi Stories Bundle
READERS THEATER SCARY MYSTERY SCRIPT - A Stormy Mystery + Questions
This high-interest Readers’ Theater scary mystery script activity will give students practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing, while having ELA and Drama fun. A Stormy Mystery is a whodunnit that will require your grades 5-8 students to perform inference tasks to solve clues. Ideal for drama performances as students make all the sounds of a raging storm! The script has 10 parts but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded.Most of the storm sounds will be made by the
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: READERS' THEATER Mystery Scripts Activities Grades 5 6 7 8 -VOL#2
Camping Themed Partner Play for Primary, Camping Themed Fluency Activity
Partner plays are great for building fluency and comprehension skills. Sam and Max Go Camping is a partner play for grades 1-3 about the adventures Max has on their camping trip. The play includes before, during, and after reading activities for deeper comprehension and additional fluency practice.HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS PARTNER PLAY IN THE CLASSROOM:The play is five pages in length and includes two voices. I recommend using this resource as a fluency center during your guided reading block or
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1st - 3rd
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Cooking Themed Partner Play, Fluency Activity, Fluency Literacy Station
Partner plays are great fun for students, but they also offer a way to build fluency and comprehension too. This cooking themed partner play includes important vocabulary and before, during, and after activities for close reading and fluency practice. Pair it with Cookie: Bite Sized Lessons for Life or The Smart Cookie and other cooking themed books and articles for a fun themed week.HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS COOKING THEMED PARTNER PLAY?This four page script can be used with intervention groups
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2nd - 4th
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Bugs: partner & trio Readers' Theater plays
These 14 different readers' theater scripts about various bugs combine reading and science and are great for improving reading fluency! Each bug has both a partner and trio play (in the case of having an odd number of students). Each play also has a partner/trio discussion page (questions to encourage discussion amongst students) as well as a 5 question comprehension check. The plays are informative and funny....and a little bit gross (flies are gross and it was hard to paint them in a positiv
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1st - 4th
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Snow Day Partner Play, Winter Partner Play, Fluency Activities
Partner plays are great for building fluency and comprehension skills. A Snowy Day for Sam and Max is a partner play for grades 1-3 about Sam's first snow day of the season. This resource includes before, during, and after reading activities for deeper comprehension and additional fluency practice. I suggest pairing it with books such as The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, Snowflakes Fall by Patricia MacLachlan, or Snow by Cynthia Rylant.HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS PARTNER PLAY IN THE CLASSROOM:The
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Winter Book Unit Bundle
READERS THEATER MYSTERY SCRIPT: YOUNG HOLMES INVESTIGATES THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
This grades 5-8 Readers’ Theater Young Holmes brain teaser mystery script will entertain both drama and ELA classes. "The Mystery of the Red-Headed League" readers’ theater script is loosely based on a short story from Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series. Perfect for a mystery unit! While immersing students in the mystery genre, the script provides practice in reading aloud, comprehension and even some writing. In this age appropriate series (no murders!) Holmes is a 14 year old
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5th - 8th
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