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Kindergarten Back to School social studies scripts
Social Story Making Green & Red Choices (Editable) Book Special Education PCS
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
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in:Â Social Stories Growing Bundle (52 Books) Special Education Autism PCS
Reader's Theater Scripts for Beginning Readers {Back to School}
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
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K - 2nd
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Also included in:Â Reader's Theater {Back to School Bundle}
First Thanksgiving Play - Readers Theater Script - Thanksgiving Activities
A short, interactive play about the Pilgrims will get all your students involved! Students will learn about the Mayflower, Plymouth, & Squanto. This is the perfect way to introduce students to the story of the 1st Thanksgiving. A two page script for you to narrate gives students cues when it's their turn to speak or act something out. There are 24 character cards. 12 are speaking roles and 12 are just acting roles so that even struggling readers can be involved in the play. You can add more
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K - 2nd
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Decades Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
This show is a time traveling musical history lesson!! The speakers’ script includes many facts about inventions and inventors of the 20th century and the musical performances will take the audience on a trip down memory lane.This performance package can be used by an elementary classroom teacher, a music teacher, a summer camp coordinator, or a drama program instructor.This show could be performed by anywhere from 25 to 100+ students depending on stage size.The length of the performance is appr
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K - 8th, Not Grade Specific
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Routines & Procedures Modeling Scripts- Back to School Bundle
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
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K - 5th
Patriotic Musical Program for Primary Grades
There's nothing better than hearing little voices singing patriotic songs! This program is appropriate for all elementary grade levels. Some have even used it for a school wide program! The first graders at my school have been doing this inspiring musical program for over 15 years! Not only will students be singing patriotic songs, but a script has been provided that gives many students the opportunity to speak into the microphone. The program begins with kiddos reciting Presidential quotes
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PreK - 6th
Reader's Theater - Partner Plays for Kinder Kids {Back to School}
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
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K - 2nd
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Also included in:Â Reader's Theater {Back to School Bundle}
Reader's Theater {Back to School Bundle}
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.
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K - 2nd
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Patriotic Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
This patriotic performance is full of US facts and history! This performance package can be used to create a great culminating event for your Social Studies History and Government unit, or for a Patriotic Holiday show! Perfect for a Veterans Day or Presidents Day music program.Performance is so memorable for children! When you can connect a performance to academic content as this one does... they will remember it forever.This script is simple and versatile. It can be used year after year in diff
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K - 5th, Not Grade Specific
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Circus Script, Songs, Costume Ideas, and Coloring Book
I have been performing a circus with my students for many years. My experience with this script has been with kindergarten only, but it can easily be adapted to preschool to second grade. We practice our circus during school hours. Because of that, our circus takes about a month to prepare. The circus performance itself takes 30 - 45 minutes to perform if all roles/acts are included. The script is easily adapted to removing performers and acts if time is a factor for you. It is also a fun back
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PreK - 2nd
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Reader's Theater - Partner Plays for Advanced Readers {Back to School}
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
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K - 2nd
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Also included in:Â Reader's Theater {Back to School Bundle}
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:Â Medieval Scripts for Readers Theater, Short Play or Puppet Show BUNDLE
Constitution Day Readers Theater
Learn about the American holiday Constitution Day, celebrated on September 17, with our script.Constitution Day Reader's Theater activities include:1 graphic organizer and/or activity1 ABC Order Activity1 full script in black and white with Character Cards and 5 speaking parts1 full script in color with Character Cards and 5 speaking partsFor a look at what is included in this set, please download the preview file.This is already included in our Informative Reader’s Theater Holidays from July to
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K - 2nd
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Also included in:Â Holidays July to December Readers Theater Bundle
What I Do In School: A Social Story
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
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PreK - 2nd
Going To a New School Social Story | New School Social Story | Moving Schools
Use this social story to discuss going to a new school! What's included?10 page social story COLOR10 page social story BLACK & WHITE
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Growing Social Story BUNDLE! | Speech Therapy | Social Skills
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
Also included in:Â Art Lessons & Art History | Art Lesson Plans for Elementary | Famous Artists
Greetings! A mini social story and visual choice cards
This product contains a mini 1 page social story about greeting people at school and two sets of visual choice cards for choosing a greeting. The first set is two pages (4 per page) and the second set is on one page and could be cut apart for any number of choices presented at a given time.
The greetings include:
-wave
-say "Hello"
-blow a kiss
-shake hands
-hug
-high five
-fist bump
-something else
There are multiple ways to use this resource in your classroom. I've included a few suggest
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PreK - 1st
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School Time Social Story and Visuals: Time for Work vs. Time to Go Home
Do you have students that don't want to come into class during arrival time or want to leave to go home in the middle of the day? The School Time Social Story and Visuals resource helps to teach students the routine and schedule of going to school. We come to school everyday to work, listen and follow class rules. We wait for the teacher to tell us to clean up and get our backpacks. We stay in the classroom until our teacher says that it's time to go home. When school is over, we can we get on t
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PreK - 12th
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Social Story Changes Expected & Unexpected (Editable) Book Special Education
Our Changes social story explains what expected and unexpected changes are and how they may make you feel. We also give examples of some good and bad changes your child may encounter.Life is full of surprises, and sometimes changes happen when we least expect them. For kids, unexpected changes can be confusing, unsettling, and even scary. This social story about changes is here to help you talk about expected and unexpected changes with your children, how the change makes them feel, and ways to
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in:Â Social Stories Growing Bundle (52 Books) Special Education Autism PCS
Reader's Theater Plays 4 Parts Year Long Bundle
Are you looking for reader's theater plays with 4 parts for young and emergent readers? This year-long resource includes 72 plays! Great for literacy stations, reading groups, and more. Perfect for reading fluency and expression practice! These reader's theater scripts are full of short and simple sentences with lots of decodable and high frequency words. This bundle includes the following packs...Back to SchoolFallWinterSpringSummerAND Valentines' Day (which includes six 2-part and six 4-part p
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K - 1st
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Reader's Theater Plays Fall 4 Parts
Are you looking for reader's theater plays for young and emergent readers with a fall theme? This resource includes 12 four-person plays! Perfect for literacy stations, reading groups, and more! These reader's theater scripts are full of short and simple sentences with lots of decodable and high frequency words.Includes 12 plays (4 characters each):Falling LeavesFall FunFall on the FarmGoal GettersThe Field TripOutdoor FunLeaf PartyFall PicnicSchool GardenTrick-or-TreatHalloween is HereThank You
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K - 1st
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Also included in:Â Reader's Theater Plays 4 Parts Year Long Bundle
Pledge of Allegiance Social Story
Social Stories are beneficial for helping children with an autism spectrum disorder learn how to deal with a particular challenge. This packet includes the following:
- A full-size book that can be read to the entire class. This is helpful if you are doing a unit for the whole class to work on how to act when you win or lose.
- A half-sized book that can be laminated and stored either in a desk or in the classroom library.
- A one-page copy of the story to put in a page protector to be store
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PreK - 2nd
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Social Stories | Making friends | Printable book in English & Spanish | FREEBIE
Enjoy this FREE printable Social Story about making friends at recess. Use it during your SEL block to explicitly teach this life skills that students need in order to be successful in school. This resource will help you create a problem solving, kind, empathetic and socially intelligent classroom community.Inside this resource you will find:1 English printable mini-book in B& W1 Spanish printable mini-book in B& WDon't forget to check out these other resources:Social Stories | Making fr
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PreK - 2nd
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Find your Creativity: 40 Art Lessons to Explore, Learn, and Treasure
Find your Creativity: 40 Art Lessons to Explore, Learn, and TreasureForty art lessons that even a novice teacher can teach and students will love. Based on the elements of art, this workbook provides a simple and easy way for you to incorporate art and creativity in the general classroom. Art teachers appreciate the easy format (as time is always an issue) and the lessons are great for leaving with substitutes. When completed as a whole, this makes a wonderful keepsake for your parents, as they
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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