Building Fluency through Reader's Theater
6 total works
Ricitos de oro y los tres osos (Goldilocks and the Three Bears)
by Diana Herweck
Published 15 October 2008
Students will act out the story of a curious young girl named Goldilocks! While a family of bears go out on a walk, Goldilocks stumbles upon their house. Although no one answers the door, she wanders inside and tries out their soups and their beds. The bear family is shocked to see what Goldilocks has done, but Goldilocks will be even more shocked when she sees three bears come home! 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!
Act out the story of a curious young girl named Goldilocks! While a family of bears go out on a walk, Goldilocks stumbles upon their house. Although no one answers the door, she wanders inside and tries out their soups and their beds. The bear family is shocked to see what Goldilocks has done, but Goldilocks will be even more shocked when she sees three bears come home! The roles in this script are written at different reading levels. This feature allows teachers to easily implement differentiation and English language learner strategies and assign specific roles to students in a way that accommodates individual reading skills. By using differentiation strategies, teachers can get all of their 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 early readers. This colorful, leveled script is sure to get all students participating and confidently practicing fluency in a unique way.
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!
The Indestructible Pele is a five-act script that allows students to perform roles at differentiated reading levels to accommodate all students. This classroom resource provides an engaging story about the Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes. Although lava can be dangerous, it also creates new worlds. First and second grade students will learn to speak with meaning and feeling, interact cooperatively with their peers, increase their vocabulary and comprehension, and develop stage presence with this engaging reader's theater script that allows students at all reading levels to participate.
Students will participate in a class performance of the story of Estelle, an undercover explorer! With roles written at different reading levels, teachers can implement differentiation and English language learner strategies, so that all students can participate. Students will improve their fluency, while also practicing skills like reading aloud, interacting cooperatively, and using expressive voices and gestures. This leveled script includes an accompanying poem and song for additional fluency practice.
Engage students in this story of Annie and her cat, Bastet, on a journey to ancient Egypt, by assigning each student a role in this script! Written at different reading levels, teachers can implement differentiation and English language learner strategies, so that all students can participate. Students will improve their fluency while learning about Egyptian symbols and historical figures such as Cleopatra and King Tut. By performing this story with their peers, students will also practice skills like reading aloud, interacting cooperatively, and using expressive voices and gestures. This leveled script includes an accompanying poem and song for additional fluency practice.