Download or read book Reader s Theater Scripts Texas History written by Timothy Rasinski and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. Engage students through Reader's Theater to make learning fun while building knowledge of Texas history and the significant people, events, and places that make Texas what it is today. Improve vocabulary and comprehension with repeated practice and performance of the scripts along with TEKS-based activities in the lesson plans, which include word study, comprehension questions, and extension activities. Make your classroom a Reader's Theater classroom today!
Download or read book Learning with Readers Theatre written by Neill Dixon and published by Portage & Main Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to provide practical strategies, innovative ideas, and adaptable examples of holistic teaching in the elementary classrooms.
Download or read book Hedgie s Surprise written by Jan Brett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jan Brett's beloved character Hedgie stars in this charming story about a little Tomten who gets tired of porridge for breakfast and starts stealing Henny's eggs. But Henny wants a brood of chicks and she needs her eggs. With the help of clever Hedgie, she substitutes an acorn, a strawberry, a mushroom and finally a potato in her nest. But nothing stops that Tomten until the little hedgehog hides in Henny's nest: when the Tomten reaches in to get his morning treat, all he gets is a handful of prickles. He runs home for porridge and never comes back again! Intricate needlepoint patterns of Scandinavian designs frame the characters reacting from the borders in this beautiful picture book set in Denmark.
Download or read book Readers Theatre for Middle School Boys written by Ann N. Black and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-01-30 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, focusing on active, engaging material, will fill a void in the literature that currently exists for these students, their teachers, and literacy coaches. Readers theatre for boys and particularly middle school boys is a publishing gap that needs to be filled. Selections have been chosen to tempt middle school boys interest (the blood and gore in Masque of the Red Death for example). Literacy remains a major topic of concern in all academic circles, especially the inadequate performance of reading and writing by boys. These scripts will entertain as they build reading fluency. Grades 6-8.
Download or read book Introduction to Readers Theatre written by Gerald Lee Ratliff and published by Meriwether Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform abstract library images into living drama. Includes six chapters to explore possibilities: An introduction to Readers Theatre; Selecting and analysing literature; Adapting Readers Theatre literature; Playing space and staging; Classroom performance exercises; Sample performance scripts.
Download or read book Readers Theatre for Global Explorers written by Doraine Bennett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-12-16 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting compilation of readers theatre scripts for the 4th to 8th grade social studies classroom brings history to life via the adventures of explorers across the globe. Throughout history, powerful kings and queens have sent their emissaries on quests for land and wealth to expand their empires. But what about those emissaries? A man who ventures to sail into uncharted seas, knowing he may never return. A woman who disguises herself and walks into forbidden lands. What gave them the courage and the strength to face many daunting challenges? How did they feel during the worst and best times in their adventures? Readers Theatre for Global Explorers gives social studies teachers and school librarians a tool to introduce students to the determined men and women who ventured into unknown territory. This collection of short scripts for 4th–8th grade students teaches about explorers, their native cultures, and the lands they found. Just as importantly, they make learning fun.
Download or read book Readers Theater written by Evan-Moor Corporation and published by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All your students can shine thanks to the flexible casting options provided in Readers' Theater, Grade 5. To support struggling readers, cast two or more students in each role; the extra support of choral reading can make an important difference for many students. Refer to the Readers' Theater Table of Contents to see how you can connect each of the 15 read-aloud scripts to key content from the Grade 5 curriculum. Some of the scripts included are: - "Demeter and Persephone"--based on the classic Greek myth - "SOS Titanic"--a rescue on the high seas based on true events - "Getting the Scoop on UFOs"--a high school journalist learns a lesson about objective reporting - "The Montgomery Bus Boycott"--Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other historical figures take the stage in this script based on historical events - "All the Rice in India"--this version of a folktale from India involves students in an intriguing mathematical challenge - Many more
Download or read book A Comprehensive Guide to Readers Theatre written by Alison Black and published by International Reading Assn. This book was released on 2007 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a comprehensive guide to readers theatre that shows how to implement Readers Theatre in the classroom as well as meet current literacy standards.
Download or read book Curriculum Based Readers Theatre Scripts written by Rosalind M. Flynn and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes curriculum-based readers theatre (CBRT) scripts for various language arts topics.
Download or read book Shaping the Way We Teach English written by Leslie Opp-Beckman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leveled Readers Theater written by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers and published by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 14 fun and easy scripts are the perfect way to get students to read the same selection over and over without getting bored. As students practice and learn their parts, they begin to read the text with greater fluency, confidence, and dramatic expression Help students reading at C-H reading levels build fluency, automaticity, and comprehension using motivating and repeated reading practice Reproducible minibook scripts, picture dictionaries, practice pages, and chants make it easy.
Download or read book Readers on Stage written by Aaron Shepard and published by Shepard Publications. This book was released on with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ****A "CENTRAL TEXT" IN NEW YORK STATE'S COMMON CORE CURRICULUM**** Want to try reader's theater but don't know where to start? Or have you tried it but want to find ways to bring it more to life? Or are you just looking for a fun, easy way to lure young people into reading fluency, cooperative effort, effective communication, and love of literature? "Readers on Stage" is a collection of resources for scripting, directing, and teaching reader's theater, primarily to ages 8 and up. Part 1 offers three sample scripts to learn from and enjoy: "The Legend of Lightning Larry," "Peddler Polly and the Story Stealer," and "The Baker's Dozen." Part 2 highlights each major aspect of reader's theater -- scripting, staging, and dramatic reading -- offering tips and tricks you're not likely to find elsewhere. For instance, you'll learn how young readers can easily create their own scripts! Part 3 provides all the plans, notes, handouts, and worksheets from actual reader's theater workshops, ready for copying. Use them to start with reader's theater tomorrow in a classroom or library, or to lead your own workshop for adults. Finally, Part 4 gives listings of additional resources. Whether you're working with young readers, training teachers, or directing a professional company, you'll want this unique, detailed guide. NOTE ON THE EBOOK: The sample materials in this book are meant to be fully reproducible -- but as most ebook apps do not allow printing, reproduction is generally possible only from the print edition. For the ebook, these materials are provided for viewing alone. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Aaron Shepard is the author of many books, stories, and scripts for young people, as well as professional books and resources for writers and educators. He has also worked professionally in both storytelling and reader's theater, as a performer, director, and teacher trainer. Aaron's lively and meticulous retellings of folktales and other traditional literature have found homes with more than a dozen children's book publishers, large and small, and with the world's top children's literary magazines, winning him honors from the American Library Association, the New York Public Library, the Bank Street College of Education, the National Council for the Social Studies, and the American Folklore Society. His extensive Web site, visited by thousands of teachers and librarians each week, is known internationally as a prime resource for folktales, storytelling, and reader's theater, while his stories and scripts have been featured in textbooks from publishers worldwide, including Scholastic, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, SRA, The College Board, Pearson Education, National Geographic, Oxford University Press, Barron's, Hodder Education, and McGraw-Hill. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// "At last! If you've been looking for a complete resource for teaching and using readers theatre, look no further. From scripts, to implementation strategies, to materials for workshops, Readers on Stage has it all. Aaron Shepard draws upon decades of work to provide a practical, well-organized, and reader-friendly book. Don't miss it!" -- Dr. Suzanne Barchers, author, "Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers," and publisher, Storycart Press "For more than a decade, Aaron Shepard has been recognized nationally as an innovative, skilled, highly successful practitioner of readers theatre with emphasis on support of literature and reading, especially for teachers at elementary and middle-school levels. His latest book gives concise, clear, and practical tips for scriptmaking and staging, along with useful scripts and work materials." -- Dr. William Adams, Director, Institute for Readers Theatre
Download or read book America s Voices for Equality Reader s Theater Scripts written by Timothy Rasinski and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-02-02 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As students regularly read and perform reader's theater scripts about civil rights, they improve decoding, interpretation, fluency, and comprehension. Students will want to read, reread, and perform this engaging and enjoyable selection.
Download or read book Reader s Theater Texas The Legend of the Bluebonnet written by Timothy Rasinski and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improve students' reading fluency with purposeful practice and performance of this reader's theater script. Engage students through reader's theater to make learning fun while building knowledge about the Legend of the Bluebonnet.
Download or read book We Are Family Reader s Theater Script and Lesson written by Christine Dugan and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improve reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice for performance. Motivate students with this reader's theater script and build students' knowledge through grade-level content. Included graphic organizer helps visual learners.
Download or read book Reader s Theater Texas Spindletop written by Timothy Rasinski and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through this reader's theater script. Engage students through reader's theater to make learning fun while building knowledge about Spindletop.
Download or read book Readers Theatre for Young Children written by Win Braun and published by Portage & Main Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers Theatre in Rhyme features 22 reproducible tales scripted in rollicking and sometimes whimsical rhythms and rhymes. These include well-known traditional tales from around the world and a modern version of an urban Red Riding Hood adapted from a story written by a young Manitoba author. Using these scripts is an engaging way for older and younger readers alike to work in a collaborative learning environment and to learn the importance of critical listening. Teachers will enjoy the unique approach to instruction. These scripts are invitations to all--the struggling reader, the ESL learner, and the most competent reader in the class.
