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Remember Who You Are
by Sarah Kartchner Clark
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Act out the story of a girl named Allison who has to write an autobiography for class. Her friends and her recently divorced parents encourage her to remember who she is and to be thoughtful and honest with this assignment. Allison struggles at first, but decides to write about the challenges her family has faced after her parents' divorce and how she has become stronger despite these challenges. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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American Heroes
by Dona Herweck Rice
Part of the Reader's Theater series
A magical history book brings people from US history to life! With the help of Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr, Sally Ride, Cesar Chavez, and the State of Liberty, a young boy learns about their historical significance in this engaging Reader's Theater script. The differentiated script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on everyone's current reading level, allowing all readers to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story.
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Little Piggies
This Little Piggy and Pat-a-Cake
by Sharon Coan
Part of the Reader's Theater series
With this script, beginning readers can act out a charming story about a family of pigs and their daily activities. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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World War I
by Dorothy Alexander Sugarman
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of Dr. John McCrae, a Canadian doctor who enlisted during WWI and wrote the famous poem, "In Flanders Fields," contemplating "the war to end all wars." This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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The Sojourner Truth Story
by Harriet Isecke
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of Sojourner Truth, a slave who faced many hardships at the hands of cruel slave masters, but ultimately helped others by becoming a public speaker. This inspiring story showcases the power of Sojourner's determination and faith. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
by Tamara Hollingsworth
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Act out this Shakespearean comedy where a simple plan to bring a couple together with a love spell goes awry and four humans are mixed up in strange and confusing mess! This charming, leveled script includes six roles that are written at varying reading levels, supporting differentiation and English language learner strategies. Teachers can implement differentiation strategies to assign roles to students based on their individual reading levels. This helpful feature is an easy way for teachers to get all of their students involved and engaged in an activity. All students will gain confidence and feel successful while building fluency, regardless of their current reading ability. This script also features a song and poem relating to the story. Through performing this story together, students will practice valuable skills like interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures. All the features in this dynamic, leveled script make it a great resource for an entire classroom of young readers.
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Immigration
For a Better Life
by Harriet Isecke
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of two families who immigrate to America in hopes of having a better life! This title teaches children about the hardships of the journey that immigrants endured and the payoff of American citizenship. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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The Great Depression
A Migrant Mother's Story
by Dorothy Alexander Sugarman
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of Florence Owens, a migrant worker and widowed mother of seven during the Great Depression. A published photograph of Florence upset her, but she meets with the photographer to discuss her feelings and learns how important her image was in helping migrant workers during that time. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Please Don't Feed the Animals
by Dona Herweck Rice
Part of the Reader's Theater series
This engaging, five-act script allows students to perform roles at differentiated reading levels to accommodate all students. Act out the adventures of some animal friends who are being fed by humans at Lake Tahoe. The animals soon discover that a human diet is not good for them, and learn to meet their own needs. Students will learn life science topics as they perform roles to increase fluency, comprehension, and social studies content literacy. With a glossary, poem, and song, this resource will help students develop their vocabulary, create a stage presence, speak with meaning, and learn how to interact cooperatively with peers.
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Reconstruction After the Civil War
by Kathleen E. Bradley
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of a family who struggles to adjust to their lives after the Civil War ends. Southern states were left in disarray with slaves free, but homeless, poor, and uneducated. In this story, Patsy Berry, a former slave, awaits the return of her husband from war. She is devastated to discover that his military service has been extended, but is determined to have her family succeed. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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The Parade
Humpty Dumpty
by Sharon Coan
Part of the Reader's Theater series
With this script, children can read along to act out the story of Humpty Dumpty, a big egg that falls during a parade! He breaks and needs everyone to help put him back together again! This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Touchdown of the Wrong Kind
by Stephanie Macceca
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Act out the story of two children who lived through a tornado and are too frightened to leave their home. With the help of Mr. Whirltwist and other local weather experts, the boys learn how to prepare for another tornado and overcome their fear! This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Foods for the Future
by Saskia Lacey
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Foods for the Future is an exciting reader's theater script that brings food and science together for some unusual creations. This four-act script includes differentiated roles that provide every student with the opportunity to succeed as it accommodates multiple reading levels. Students will develop good stage presence and learn how to speak with feeling and meaning. Including a glossary, poem, and song, this resource helps students develop vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension, and build environmental science content knowledge while they interact with their peers.
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Wigz Will Be Wigz
by Christi E. Parker
Part of the Reader's Theater series
The Wigz family wants to go to the Hog Wild Carnival to enter their pet pigs in a contest, but they need to find money to go! Act out the story of their search for cash and change hidden around the house. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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The Gingerbread Man
by Dona Herweck Rice
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the classic tale of a speedy gingerbread man! A woman bakes him for her baby to eat, but the gingerbread man quickly jumps up and runs away! Can she catch him or will he get away? This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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The North Wind and Sun
by Dona Herweck Rice
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out this story of a bet between the north wind and the sun. The two argue over who is the most powerful and make a bet to see who can get a traveler to remove his cloak with their power. The harsh north wind tries its best with powerful force, but fails. The sun gently shines down warm beams of light, getting the traveler to remove his cloak quickly and showing the north wind that there is more power and strength in gentleness than in force. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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The Constitution of United States
Foundation of Our Government
by Kathleen E. Bradley
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will learn all about the foundation of our government, the Constitution of the United States, by acting out this historical script! Readers will discover the points that delegates debated while writing the Constitution. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Atrahasis
by Stephanie Paris
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Act out this ancient Mesopotamian myth about an angry god, an ancient flood, and a giant boat filled with pairs of creatures. A cranky god, Enlil, wishes to flood the Earth and destroy civilization so he can get a good nap! Can King Atrahasis and the friendly god Enki outsmart Enlil and save the world? The roles in this script are written at different reading levels. This feature allows teachers to easily implement differentiation and English language learner strategies into their instruction and assign specific roles to students in a way that accommodates individual reading skills. By using differentiation strategies, teachers can get all students involved and engaged in the same activity, whether they are struggling or proficient readers. Everyone can feel successful and can enjoy improving their fluency through performance! While performing this story with others, students can also practice interacting cooperatively and using expressive voices and gestures. With an accompanying poem and song for additional fluency practice, this script is a dynamic resource for students. This colorful, leveled script is sure to get all students participating and confidently practicing fluency in a unique way.
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American Heroes
by Dona Herweck Rice
Part of the Reader's Theater series
A magical history book brings people from US history to life! With the help of Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr, Sally Ride, Cesar Chavez, and the State of Liberty, a young boy learns about their historical significance in this engaging Reader's Theater script. The differentiated script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on everyone's current reading level, allowing all readers to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story.
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Anglezandria and the Golden Tri-Scarab
by Christi E. Parker
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Pharaoh Rhombuses of Anglezandria loves math and wants his successor to love math too! In this colorful script, the pharaoh sends the citizens of his city on a mathematical scavenger hunt to find the golden tri-scarab. Students will act out this charming story to find out who will be the next ruler of Anglezandria. The six roles in this script are each written at different reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Two Flat Friends Travel the World
by Wendy Conklin
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of two friends who make themselves flat so they can fit inside an envelope and travel across the globe by mail! Readers will learn about the pyramids, the Nile River, the Great Wall of China, and the Terra-Cotta Warriors as they join the main characters on a unique trip to Egypt and China. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Causes of the Civil War
by Wendy Conklin
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of Abolitionist John Brown as he raises a small army of men in the hopes of starting a slave revolt. Brown sends his men to Harper's Ferry to take over the United States arsenal, but the president sends the military to put down the uprising, ultimately capturing Brown and convicting him of treason. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Little Things Matter
by Christi E. Parker
Part of the Reader's Theater series
When Molly's birthday is the day before a science test, she and her friends find a way to celebrate and study at the same time. Students will act out this charming story of a group of friends who study basic chemistry topics and learn about science while doing fun activities like baking a cake and riding carnival rides. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Immigration
Starting a New Life
by Lisa Perlman Greathouse
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Engage students and encourage everyone to participate in acting out this inspiring story about a family's journey to emigrate to America. With different roles written at various reading levels, teachers can implement differentiation and English language learner strategies. Students will build fluency and gain confidence by reading aloud and interacting cooperatively to bring this script to life in the classroom.
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Indentured in America
by Corinne Brown
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of a young boy named Charles who is an indentured servant. In this script, students will learn about indentured servitude and slavery as Charles befriends a young slave and the two of them join a group of pirates in hopes of finally becoming free. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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The Liberty Bell
Saving the Sound of Freedom
by Debra J. Housel
Part of the Reader's Theater series
By acting out this story, students will bring the history of the American Revolution to life! Readers will learn how brave citizens of Philadelphia saved the iconic Liberty Bell during the British invasion. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Lucky the Firehouse Dog
by Cathy Mackey Davis
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of Lucky, a firehouse dog, and his friend, Pumpkin the cat. Lucky takes Pumpkin on a tour of a firehouse where Pumpkin learns about firefighters and the important work they do in the community. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on everyone's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl
by Kathleen E. Bradley
Part of the Reader's Theater series
In this story, Iztaccíhuatl, the daughter of an Aztec emperor, falls in love with a commoner named Popocatépetl. The emperor agrees that she may only marry him if he becomes an Eagle Knight in battle, but a cunning warrior wants Iztaccíhuatl for himself. Act out this story of the ancient Aztecs to find out who will prevail! This script includes roles written at various reading levels, allowing teachers to implement differentiation and English language learner strategies into their instruction. This feature allows teachers to assign each role based on their students' individual reading levels, encouraging everyone to get involved in the same activity. Whether students are struggling or proficient readers; they can all gain confidence in their reading fluency and feel successful. By performing together, students will also practice interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures while storytelling. With an accompanying poem and song to give readers additional fluency practice, this script is a dynamic resource sure to engage a classroom of varied readers.
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Webs of Beauty
by Miriam Myers
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of three friends finding patterns in nature, in the classroom, and at home. Readers will learn to recognize different patterns and will be encouraged to find patterns on their own! This Reader's Theater script features six roles, each of which match a different reading level. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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The Declaration of Independence
Fourteen Hundred Words of Freedom
by Debra J. Housel
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the roles of the figures in US history who wrote the Declaration of Independence, experiencing the thoughts and feelings they had while creating this revolutionary document. This script includes roles written at various reading levels, allowing teachers to implement differentiation and English language learner strategies. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Building Up the White House
by Christi E. Parker
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will learn about the White House while acting out the story of Charlie as he builds a treehouse that will be his own "White House!" Charlie wants to become the president one day and, with the help of his friends, he learns more about the White House and the president's duties. He even practices being president by making important decisions about the treehouse! This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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The Stars
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"" and ""Star Light, Star Bright
by Sharon Coan
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will learn the classic nursery rhymes "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and "Star Light, Star Bright" while acting out this clever story based on the rhymes. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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The Fiddlers
Old King Cole"" and ""Hey Diddle, Diddle
by Sharon Coan
Part of the Reader's Theater series
This script allows beginning readers to act out a charming story that combines two classic nursery rhymes: "Old King Cole" and "Hey Diddle Diddle." This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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What Time Is It?
Hickory Dickory Dock"" and ""Wee Willie Winkie
by Sharon Coan
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Allow early readers to act out this charming story that combines the classic nursery rhymes "Hickory Dickory Dock" and "Wee Willie Winkie." This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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The Trojan Horse
by Lisa Greathouse
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Act out the story of the epic Trojan War in this exciting script! Follow the Greeks as they craft a clever plan to rescue Queen Helen from Troy. This script makes this classic story simple and engaging for young readers. The six roles in this script are written at different reading levels, supporting differentiation and English language learner strategies. Teachers can easily implement these strategies by assigning specific roles to their students in a way that best accommodates readers of all levels. All students can participate in this activity, helping them gain confidence and feel successful while building fluency! An accompanying song and excerpt from Virgil's Aeneid gives readers exciting additional opportunities to engage in the story and build fluency. Students will also practice other important skills like reading aloud, interacting cooperatively, and using expressive voices and gestures while performing this story together. All the features in this colorful script make it the perfect tool for a diverse classroom of learners to practice repeated reading and fluency!
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Our Neighborhood
by Dona Herweck Rice
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Join a family as they spend the day visiting various places in town. They'll visit a library, fire station, city hall, and an ice cream parlor as they learn about the importance of community. This differentiated script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on everyone's current reading level, allowing all readers to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story.
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John Henry
by Dona Herweck Rice
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of John Henry, a powerful and legendary railroad builder. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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What's the Matter with Mr. Fuego?
by Torrey Maloof
Part of the Reader's Theater series
What's the Matter with Mr. Fuego? is an engaging story about a science teacher who is struggling with failed science demonstrations. This interactive eight-act script teaches physical science concepts while increasing students' literacy skills. The differentiated roles provide every student with the opportunity to succeed, and accommodate multiple reading levels. This classroom resource includes a script, poem, and song to help students develop good stage presence and vocabulary, and interact cooperatively with peers. Students will enjoy acting out the story while learning about chemical reactions and states of matter.
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Ouch!
Jack and Jill
by Sharon Coan
Part of the Reader's Theater series
With this script, early readers can act out the story of Jack and Jill, two children who go up a hill to fetch a pail of water, but get injured along the way! This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Davy Crockett
by Diana Herweck
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of Davy Crockett, the legendary frontiersman. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Sal Fink
by Stephanie Paris
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of Sal Fink, the rough and tough daughter of the legendary keelboat king, Mike Fink! This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Molly Pitcher
by Kathleen E. Bradley
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of Molly Pitcher, a tough, smart, and brave soldier's wife who fights in his place during the Revolutionary War! This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Camping Constitution
by Christi E. Parker
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of a group of children who set rules for their camping trip using the United States Constitution as an example. They discover the reasons the Constitution was written, what it means for democracy in our country, and how it gives citizens rights, laws, and freedoms. Find out how the children make a camping constitution of their own! This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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The Town Mouse and Country Mouse
by Debra J. Housel
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of two cousins, the town mouse and the country mouse. When the country mouse visits the town mouse, the two get into all sorts of trouble. Follow along on a series of adventures and see what obstacles they encounter. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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The Tragedy of King Lear
by Tamara Hollingsworth
Part of the Reader's Theater series
In this Shakespearean tragedy, King Lear decides to divide up his kingdom amongst his daughters, commanding them to proclaim their love for him. He is fooled by Goneril and Regan's proclamations and so infuriated by Cordelia's inability to put her love into words that he banishes her. When he discovers that Goneril and Regan are treacherous and ungrateful and Cordelia is truly loyal, he is driven mad! Disloyalty brings a terrible fate upon this royal family. This script includes six roles, each of which match a different reading level. Teachers can apply differentiation and English language learner strategies to the script to assign roles in a way that accommodates all students, whether they are struggling or proficient readers. All students can engage in one activity together, gaining confidence in their reading fluency and feeling successful, regardless of their current reading ability! An accompanying song and poem provide additional resources to help students build fluency! Along with reading fluency improvement, students will also practice reading aloud, interacting cooperatively, and using expressive voices and gestures by performing this story together. This dynamic, colorful script is sure to benefit a classroom of varied readers!
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The Emperor's New Clothes
by Dona Herweck Rice
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the tale of a vain emperor who is tricked by two tailors who take advantage of his vanity and make him clothes that are supposedly only visible to people who are fit for their jobs. Unwilling to look incapable by admitting that he sees nothing, he walks in a parade in just his underwear! Luckily, a bold child tells the truth about the emperor's new clothes. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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The Reveres
A Family Forced Apart
by Suzanne Lieurance
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Students will act out the story of Paul Revere Jr., whose father is in exile after warning Hancock and Adams of the approaching British. The young Paul Jr. and his friend, Thomas, must be brave and resourceful while their families are away. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!
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Let's Eat
Little Miss Muffet and Little Jack Horner
by Sharon Coan
Part of the Reader's Theater series
Allow beginning readers to bring classic nursery rhymes to life by acting out this charming script about Little Miss Muffet and Little Jack Horner. Jack and Miss Muffet get scared by a spider while trying to eat their tasty treats! This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!