Act out this story of many helpful family, friends, and neighbors! After Mario's family gets in a car accident, his mom breaks her leg! Although she is going to be fine, the family will need a lot of extra help during her time of need. The many helpful characters in this Spanish-translated script give readers a fantastic example of the importance of doing good deeds! This script includes roles written at various reading levels, allowing teachers to implement differentiation strategies. 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.

Act out the story of Sophia, a young girl who is nervous about moving to a new town and having her life change. By hearing her Grandmother's story about immigrating to America, Sophia learns that making a change and moving forward can lead to very good things! The roles in this Spanish-translated script are written at different reading levels. This feature allows teachers to use differentiation strategies to assign specific roles to students in a way that accommodates individual reading skills. By using differentiation, 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 building 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 your first and second graders. This colorful, leveled script is sure to get all students participating and confidently practicing fluency in a way that many other texts cannot.

Many Helping Hands

by Christine Dugan

Published 22 November 2005
Students will act out a story of many helpful family, friends, and neighbors. After Mario's mom breaks her leg, the family needs a lot of extra help during her time of need. With many helpful characters, this script teaches readers the importance of doing good deeds! 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!

Moving Forward

by Christine Dugan

Published 22 November 2005
Students will act out the story of Sophia, a young girl who is nervous about moving to a new town and having her life change. By hearing her grandmother's story about immigrating to America, Sophia learns that making a change and moving forward can lead to very good things! 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!