Reader's Theater Description
Grades 3-5
Session 3: 12:30-3:00pm
Week 1
Do you have the drama bug? Do you want to increase your fluency? This drama class for girls and boys will focus on increasing confidence and fluency while performing a variety of readers' theater plays!
Session 3: 12:30-3:00pm
Week 1
Do you have the drama bug? Do you want to increase your fluency? This drama class for girls and boys will focus on increasing confidence and fluency while performing a variety of readers' theater plays!
Class Introduction Letter:
Weekly Newsletter:
Tongue Twisters for Actors:
- Sally sells seashells on the seashore
- Flash message. Flash message.
- Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat.
- A proper copper coffee pot.
- Mommala Poppala, Mommala Poppala
- The lips, the teeth, the tip of the tongue, the tip of the tongue, the teeth, the lips.
- Unique New York, Unique New York, Unique New York.
- Yoda met a Yeti on the Plains of Serengeti.
- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Invitation to Our Final Performance:
Our Final Performance: Two Pigs, a Wolf, and a Mud Pie
Books that we have used/acted out with Reader's Theater Scripts:
Reader's Theater Tips:
Resources:
- Reader's Theater Titles: http://www.timelessteacherstuff.com
Reader's Theater Titles (lots created from books): http://www.thebestclass.org/rtscripts.html
Reader's Theater and Subjects: http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/readers_theater/
Reader's Theater Scripts: http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/nwt/family_tutoring/readers_theatre.pdf
Understanding the Text: https://www.theatrefolk.com/spotlights/52/download
Aaron Shepard - Reading & Readers' Theater: http://www.aaronshep.com