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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Gas We Pass

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Tacky the Penguin

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Stellaluna

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Our Snowman

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Marvelous Mattie

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Worry Warts

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: White Wolf

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Rhymes Ruined

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Primary
Aaron Shepherd

Reader's Theater: "The War Prayer" by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
Based on Mark Twain's short story, this is a simplified version of the longer tale for 8 or more readers.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Retelling the African Folktale Abiyoyo

For Teachers K
This lesson students will listen to an African folktale, Abiyoyo. Students will engage in role-playing to retell Abiyoyo through the use of reader's theater.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Cinderella: A Character With Culture

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will engage in a Reader's Theater adaptation of Cinderella after reading several different versions that come from various cultures. Students will complete a graphic organizer with story elements that apply to the story Cinderella.
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PBS

Pbs: Multiple Methods of Reading Instruction

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This article surveys three strategies to incorporate into classroom repertoire. They include guided reading, choral reading, and readers' theater.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Get the Reel Scoop: Comparing Books to Movies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Young scholars compare a book to its film adaptation, and then perform readers theater of a scene from the book that they feel was not well represented in the movie version.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Improving Fluency Through Group Literary Performance

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students participate in shared reading, choral reading, and readers theater, using books by Bill Martin, Jr. Repeated readings and literary performances help students with their reading accuracy, expression, and rate.
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Other

Madeleine L'engle: A Wrinkle in Time: Resources for Teachers

For Students 4th - 8th
Featuring Madeleine L'Engle, this module provides numerous learning resources for teachers. Study guides, curriculum guides, reader's theater story adaptations, instructional videos, and spaces for student exemplars are provided.
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Primary
Aaron Shepherd

The Crystal Heart, a Vietnamese Legend (R's Theater)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A reader's theater version of a folktale from Vietnam for 13 players, ages 10 and up. Adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his picture book "The Crystal Heart," the themes explored are kindness and false imagining....
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Primary
Aaron Shepherd

Monkey Lives! A Superhero Tale of China (R's Theater)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A reader's theater version of a folktale from China for six or more players ages ten and up. Adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his short novel "Monkey: A Superhero Tale of China," the performance length is five...
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Primary
Aaron Shepherd

How Frog Went to Heaven, a Tale of Angola (Rt)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This reader's theater version of a folktale from Angola has been adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his short story "How Frog Went to Heaven." For 16 players, ages 7-9, the story explores themes of inventiveness and...
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Aaron Shepherd

The Gifts of Wali Dad, a Tale of India and Pakistan

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A reader's theater version of a folktale from India and Pakistan adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his picture book "The Gifts of Wali Dad." For 15 players, ages 8-13, it contemplates questions of generosity....
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Primary
Aaron Shepherd

The Battle of Song, a Hero Tale of Finland (Rt)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A reader's theater version of a Finnish folktale adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his picture book "The Maiden of Northland." For eight players, ages 11 and up. Performance length is six minutes. You will find links...
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Primary
Aaron Shepherd

The Magic of Mushkil Gusha, a Tale of Iran (Rt)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A reader's theater version of a folktale from Iran for ten players, ages 9-13. Adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his short story "The Magic of Mushkil Gusha," the story explores themes of thankfulness and sharing....

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