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Earth sciences scripts under $5
The Rock Cycle Reader's Theater
A fun way to act out the rock cycle! This reader's theater contains 20 speaking parts that explain the process that a rock goes through in the rock cycle. Students will not only be able to define sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks but they will also learn science vocabulary such as weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation, sediment, intrusive, extrusive, mantle, magma, and lava. Each word is defined in the script. Students will also review examples of each type of rock i
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3rd - 6th
Earth's Rotation and Revolution Reader's Theater
This script allows students to perform and act out the rotation and revolution of Earth. The reader's theater explains the day and night cycle, the difference between rotate and revolve, and the causes of the seasons.
Some ideas are to have your students form small groups to perform for other students. Have them create props, a background, add silly voices... anything to help them comprehend! Kids love acting!
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3rd - 6th
The Water Cycle Reader's Theater
This reader's theater allows students to act out and perform the water cycle! Includes 14 speaking parts with vocabulary words such as evaporation, condensation, precipitation, transpiration, groundwater, and runoff.
Some ideas are to have your students form small groups to perform for other students. Have them create props, a background, add silly voices... anything to help them comprehend! Kids love acting!
Check out my Science Reader's Theater Bundle and other Science Reader's Theaters:
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3rd - 6th
Scripts: Space science reader's theaters (3 scripts, 13 writing prompts)
Space science package 1 includes 3 scripts and 13 writing prompts. This is part of the Earth and space science bundle.
Reader’s theater is an excellent way to teach science content while improving fluency, comprehension and giving students an opportunity to shine. While providing authentic reasons to read and reread, students can analyze characters, plots and other story elements in an interdisciplinary study of these topics.
President of the Solar System club -If the sun resigned, who woul
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4th - 8th
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Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources Reader's Theater and Debate
This product includes several activities to help your students gain understanding about the different between renewable and nonrenewable resources.
The reader's theater is a fun way to bring science, reading, and drama together. Students will learn the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources and how they power our homes and schools. Students will also hear the benefits and downsides to both resources, learn about alternative energy, and discover ways to conserve energy.
This p
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4th - 6th
Weather Map Project- STEM Meteorology
PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING!This is *NOT* a "no prep" activity. It requires a green screen, if used in the way photos appear, and the downloading of an app from an Iphone. In addition, there are other item like a tripod I suggest you purchase to complete this. It also requires at least two hours of time on the teacher's part to prepare your students for this activity. However, it is completely worth the time and money. This took my students about three days (one hour each day) to complete, aft
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3rd - 8th
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MS-ESS2-4
, MS-ESS2-5
, 4-ESS2-2
Science Readers' Theater about Rock Cycle and Rock Types
From my personal experience teaching elementary grades, there is never enough time for reading or science. This lesson integrates science content into a way for students to practice fluency and reading skills. It not only has science vocabulary about the rock cycle and the 3 main types of rocks (sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic) but also uses challenging everyday words for students to learn. This script is formatted as a TV infomercial for rocks with the purpose of persuading the audience t
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3rd - 6th
Science Readers' Theater about Volcanoes and Earthquakes
From my personal experience teaching elementary grades, there is never enough time for reading or science. This lesson integrates science content about two forces that shape the earth, earthquakes and volcanoes, into a way for students to practice fluency and reading skills through a newscast format. It not only has science vocabulary but also new everyday words for students to learn. This script can be used for a variety of purposes. There are also question sheets for discussion or pair work an
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3rd - 5th
The Great Kapok Tree Readers Theater - Cause and Effect
I have included the lesson plan with the readers' theater, so all you have to do it print and enjoy!
I used this Readers’ Theater with my fourth graders. It was a springboard into our BIG IDEA topic of Environments, and it also led to great conversation about cause and effect.
We know that cause and effect is a HUGE concept for students to master, especially in the sciences. The Next Generation Science Standards (“NGSS”) call this a cross cutting concept. This means it, in terms of NGSS, th
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4th - 7th
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The Life Cycle of a Sunflower Seed to Plant, Reader's Theater Script; Level 1
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
Reader's Theater: The Rock Cycle (4th-6th grade)
Reinforce the steps of the rock cycle in this funny, fictional reader’s theater! Students in grades 3-5 will be engaged as they observe Little Iggy going through the entire rock cycle from start to finish! The quick wit of the script will have students laughing but at the same time reviewing key facts about igneous rock, sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock, glaciers, weathering, erosion, lava eruptions, cementation, and so much more! Containing 15 parts, EVERYONE will become involved with practi
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4th - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-1
, 4-ESS2-1
Reduce Reuse Recycle Readers Theatre Script
This brief (1.5 pages long) script on REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE involves students in reading and reviewing information about reducing waste and conserving the environment. The script incorporates humor and contemporary language and references. It appears in my book DRAMATIZING THE CONTENT WITH CURRICULUM-BASED READERS THEATRE, originally published by The International Reading Association. When the book went out of print, all rights were reverted to me, so I decided to offer this script on Teachers Pa
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2nd - 4th
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The Rock Cycle Partner Play, Fluency Activity, Paired Reading
Partner plays are a great way to work on fluency, reading comprehension, and key content areas all at the same time. This partner play focuses on The Rock Cycle, a fifth grade science standard in Virginia and other states. The three rock types are included in a real life story about scientists exploring rocks in a geological dig. HOW CAN TEACHERS USE THIS ROCK CYCLE RESOURCE?This partner play was developed to support students who needed reading intervention AND support with science concepts. It
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2nd - 4th
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The Life Cycle of a Sunflower Seed to Plant, Reader's Theater Script; Level 2
The Life Cycle of a Seed Reader's Theater scriptLevel 2Bring 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 about the different stages a sunflower seed goes through starting with the seed and ending with the mature sunflower plant that gets pollinate
Emergency Sub Plans for Earth Science with Choice Board
Looking for a quick and easy sub plan template? These sub plans provide 5 choices the substitute can choose from, can easily be implemented by a sub, and includes a choice board for students with 9 open ended choices. They are designed with the middle school student in mind and strictly comes as a Google Doc ™ so it can be edited to include your own personal details and information.What's Included?Teacher NotesSubstitute InformationEmergency Lesson Plan ChoicesClassroom Notes PageWebsite Evalua
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Emergency Sub Plans with Choice Boards Bundle for Middle School
Readers Theater Rocks & Minerals Game Show–3 Scripts–Fluency-Science
Rocks and Minerals Game Showscience Readers Theater script with graphic organizersBy Carol MontgomeryWHO are the mystery guests and WHO are they related to–Ignee Us, Seddy Mentary, or Dr. Meta Morphic?Rocks and Minerals Game Show will add a little spunk to your study of rocks and minerals. Your students will love the hand signals for whole-class voting on each mystery guest. And, they'll learn about specific rocks and minerals in the process. Part 1 features Granite, Talc, and Quartz. Part 2
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4th - 8th
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Natural Disasters Readers Theatre Scripts
This product contains 4 brief (each is only one to one-and-a-quarter page[s] long) Science scripts. These Natural Disasters scripts provide an overview of information about Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes using a “Wild World of Weather” broadcast theme.
The text of the scripts appears in a 2-column format. (A look at the Preview copy will give you a strong idea of the total script and the information it contains.) Each script may be rehearsed and presented as its own piece or
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4th - 6th
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Weathering Man & Erosion Boy - Reader's Theater for Small Groups
This is a Reader's Theater for 3 students. It follows the curriculum for science in 5th grade but it is also a good topic opener for any other grade that is going to be studying weathering or erosion. In this script Weathering and Erosion are compared to superheroes. This Reader's Theater is designed to tie in Language Arts and Science. My goal was to tie in some science with language arts. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something tha
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4th - 8th, Adult Education
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Water Cycle Reader's Theatre
Reinforce the concepts of the water cycle through a fun reader's theatre! Join the four water droplets, Quench, HtwoO, Thirst and Aqua on their adventure through the cycle.
Also check out the Water Cycle Reader's Theatre Podcast!
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3rd - 6th
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Ecosystems Readers Theatre Script
This 2-page script on EC0SYSTEMS involves students in reading and exploring information about our community of living and nonliving things and their interaction with the environment. The script incorporates humor and contemporary language and references. It’s part of a collection in my book CURRICULUM-BASED READERS THEATRE SCRIPTS: SCIENCE.
This script is written for solo speakers with many parts for ALL so that teachers can use it with a whole class. Reading and rehearsing the script reinforc
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6th - 8th
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Jacques Cousteau: A Reader's Theater Script
Studying the ocean? Looking for a resource for Earth Day or World Ocean Day? Introduce your students to Jacques Cousteau with this informative Reader's Theater Script. Oceanographer, photographer, scientist, inventor, writer and filmmaker, Cousteau spent his life studying the oceans and the marine life that lived in the oceans. His books and films on his studies sparked much interest in our oceans and created an awareness about the need for marine conservation. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Sh
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Trailblazers in Science(SIX STEM Biographical Plays)BUNDLE of RESOURCES
Force and Motion Readers Theater, 2nd & 3rd Grade Science Force & Motion Review
Are you looking for 2nd and 3rd grade Force and Motion learning and review activities? Or maybe a fun and engaging science readers theater to help with fluency? Mix these science and reading skills for a fun Force and Motion activity! There are 3 reader’s theater scripts within this unit. They range between two and three characters. Each readers theater script comes with a cover page, headband or necklace pieces, color copies, or black and white copies for each script.Each script:has a cover pag
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2nd - 3rd
Also included in: Science Reading Comprehension Readers Theater Scripts Bundle
What Color Were the Dinosaurs? - Science Reader's Theater
This is a small group reader's theater is for 4 students. This ties science into reading and is a great way to do two things at the same time. This script was intended to introduce or reinforce a lesson about fossils, dinosaurs, and theories. In the script, Juan and George are arguing about what color dinosaurs were. Sage and Rita try to help by telling them about fossils. Juan and George didn’t know what they were until they were told. They learn that there are many different types of fossils a
Space Reading Comprehension Science Readers Theater Scripts, Space Dramatic Play
Are you looking for Space reading comprehension activities? Or maybe a fun and engaging science readers theater to help with fluency? Mix these science and reading skills for a fun Space learning activity! There are 4 reader’s theater scripts within this unit. They range between two and three characters. Each readers theater script comes with a cover page, headband or necklace pieces, color copies, or black and white copies for each script.Each script:has a cover pagecomes with headband or neckl
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Also included in: Science Reading Comprehension Readers Theater Scripts Bundle
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