20 results
Thanksgiving scripts for Microsoft Word
The Terrific Turkey Thanksgiving Reader's Theater
This is a humorous Thanksgiving Reader's Theater I wrote for an RTI class. It is appropriate for grades 3-5. There are nine speaking parts and takes about 11 minutes to perform. Synopsis: Dad orders a turkey for the family Thanksgiving dinner. The fun begins when they go to pick it up and discover he has mistakenly ordered a live turkey! Sarah befriends the turkey and schemes to save its life.
My students enjoyed reading it multiple times, switching roles. It's an enjoyable way to practice flue
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Ten Things I'm Thankful For - Small Group Reader's Theater
This reader's theater was written for a small group of 4. It was written to be used in November for Thanksgiving. In the script, Susan has to create a list for an assignment in writing. The title is Ten Things I’m Thankful For. They have to be things she can describe and go into detail about as well as say why they are important. Susan put off doing the assignment because she thought it was easy and ran out of time but her friends help her to come up with a list. While they are creating it, they
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Reader's Theater Script: The Night Before Thanksgiving
This download includes a reader's theater script for the story The Night Before Thanksgiving by Natasha Wing.
There are 23 narrators and each narrator gets to speak three times in the script. But, this script could be edited/adjusted to fit the needs of your particular classroom.
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
Tad Saves Jack - The Story of the First Presidentially Pardoned Turkey
This Reader's Theater is my favorite November/Thanksgiving script! It was written for a small group of 4 students. The title explains it all. This true story is about one of my favorite Thanksgiving events! In the script, President Lincoln was given a turkey to be eaten for Christmas dinner. Tad Lincoln adopted it as a pet, named him Jack, and taught it to follow him around the White House grounds. The Hosts of the Little Known Historical Facts Show present the story of how the turkey Jack manag
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Winner, Winner, Turkey Dinner! - Full Version
A delight for all ages to perform and watch! This is a patriotic, semi-historical (but mostly inaccurate) Thanksgiving skit that will have audiences giggling with glee and roaring with laughter! Originally written to be performed in a Reader's Theater Course, this skit can be done with only a few actors playing multiple roles or each role being performed by a different actor. Costumes, props, and set pieces are optional! Forgo the "traditional" Thanksgiving plays with pilgrims and native America
Subjects:
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
Thanksgiving Play for ESL High Beginning or Elementary
This play follows the Pilgrims from Holland in mid-1620 to America to the first Thanksgiving in late 1621. It teaches the history and vocabulary of Thanksgiving in play format and has comprehension and vocabulary exercises at the end. Suitable for ESL students at any age with some grasp of present tenses and simple modals and an introduction to simple past tense. Play is mostly presented in simple present tense with narration in simple past. Recommended use: Introduce vocabulary and read through
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th, Adult Education
Twenty Terrific Turkey Facts for Thanksgiving Day - Small Group Reader's Theater
This small group reader's theater was written for 4 students for Thanksgiving. It is intended for fun but also to teach some facts about turkeys. In the script, Tom is collecting as many turkey facts as he can to share while having Thanksgiving dinner. He begins sharing them with his friends only to find that they have some facts about turkeys as well. By the time they are through, they each will know plenty of facts to share with others and so will you! My 3rd graders who are on grade level did
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Types:
Too Many Turkeys
This reader's theater was written for a small group of 4 students for Thanksgiving. It is about Thanksgiving dinner. In the script, Bob and Molly have planned to have all the family over for Thanksgiving Dinner. It is supposed to be a potluck meal. Molly did not send a list for people to sign up and everyone has brought a turkey to eat. There are no other dishes. Thanksgiving is not ruined because everyone is thankful to be together and have plenty to eat. When my students performed this our qui
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
The Story of the Cornucopia or the Horn of Plenty - Small Group Reader's Theater
This small group reader's theater was written for 4 students and is used mainly during November for Thanksgiving but - because of its Greek basis - could be used at any time. It is the story of the FIRST cornucopia. In the script, Sam is told that they will be drawing Cornucopias in class today. He tells James and Sonia that he has no idea what one is. So James and Olivia tell him the story. It begins with Kronos, the father of Zeus, who has decided to eat all his children when they are born so
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 12th
Types:
Small Group Reader's Theaters for Thanksgiving
This is a Thanksgiving pack of small group reader's theaters. There are 6 of them. Each reader's theater is sold singly but you can get all six in this packet and save some money. The scripts are: Black Friday, The Gobble Gobble Ghost, Let's Talk Turkey, The First Presidential Pardoned Turkey, Ten Things I'm Thankful For, and Too Many Turkeys. The Gobble Gobble Ghost was in my Halloween packet but involves a turkey so I put it in here also. The pack gives you 6 for $8. When you buy them individu
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th, Adult Education
That's Not Punny - Jokes for Thanksgiving and Small Group Reader's Theater
This small group reader's theater was written for 3 students for Thanksgiving. It is intended for fun. This script isn’t so much a story as a comic routine. The characters in it tell each other different jokes that they have heard about Thanksgiving. The jokes come from many different sources. In fact, the same jokes were found in many places. The script is meant to be funny and enjoyable for those listening and for those who read it. There is a small writing response piece at the end. I write r
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Types:
Thanksgiving
A short skit of a family helping others in need during Thanksgiving.
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
Winner, Winner, Turkey Dinner! - Sample Version
Winner, Winner, Turkey Dinner is a patriotic, semi-historical (but mostly inaccurate) Thanksgiving skit. This was originally written to be performed as part of a Reader's Theater course, but could be performed with full costumes and sets if desired. Hilarious and entertaining for all ages, this skit is a delight to watch and participate in!AN INTRODUCTION....."Thanksgiving has been a long-time favorite holiday for many Americans. Not only is it a time to reflect on the blessings and abundance of
Subjects:
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
Black Friday Reader's Theater for Small Groups
This reader's theater was written for a small group of 4 students. It is about Black Friday which is the day after Thanksgiving. In the script, Dan and his friends are looking forward to Thanksgiving break but Dan thinks the reason why the Friday after Thanksgiving is called Black Friday because it is unlucky. Janet and Jacky set him straight and explain to Dan and Trevor why it is called Black Friday. Most of the scripts I write are small group reader's theater scripts because the smaller the g
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th, Adult Education
Types:
The Girl Who Was Crazy for Candy Corn - Small Group Reader's Theater
This reader's theater was written for a small group of 4 students. It is about the food pyramid as well as candy corn. In the script, Nevaeh loves candy corn. She waits all year so that she can eat them at Halloween and Thanksgiving. This year Nevaeh has decided to eat nothing but candy corn. She is doing this when her friends, Nate and Natalie, notice that she looks tired and sick. They try to talk to her about eating something else but Nevaeh won’t listen. Then Mrs. Whitesides gives Nevaeh a c
Thanksgiving Show Script
This script was written for Kindergarten. The Thanksgiving script features a simple story with lots of repetition. The folk tale about the "Giant Turnip" has been added to the story to lengthen it. The script is saved as a Word document and can be changed and personalized to adapt to any classroom situation. Using the "find and replace" commands, teachers can import the names of their students into the script in mere minutes.
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Types:
Let's Talk Turkey - Small Group Reader's Theater
This reader's theater was written for a small group of 3 students. I created to be used in November for Thanksgiving because my students kept making comments about white and dark meat. We used this script to begin a debate. In the script, Michael is having trouble explaining to his customers what the difference between white and dark turkey meat is. He wants to sound like he knows what he is doing so he asks his friends, Alice and Alex, to explain it to him. Unfortunately, Alex is more confusing
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th, Adult Education
Halloween, Thanksgiving, & Christmas Reader's Theaters
Language arts & Social Studies Readers Theaters for - Halloween, Thanksgiving, & Christmas all in one! First three big holidays of the school year!
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Types:
Song: Call Me Pilgrim Sung to Call Me Maybe
This is a self created song that is sung to the sung "Call Me Maybe". It is a really cute song to be sung around Thanksgiving and super simple for the kids to learn. The parents thought it was adorable.
Grades:
1st - 6th
Thanksgiving PSA Project
This project allows your students to create a Public Service Announcement persuading Americans to not eat turkey for Thanksgiving. Your students will have a blast.
Grades:
4th - 9th
Showing 1-20 of 20 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands