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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: "Riddles in the Dark" From the Hobbit [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A reader's theater script for J. R. R. Tolkien's book, The Hobbit, is provided on this resource. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Redheaded Robbie's Christmas Story [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Bill Luttrel's children's book, Redheaded Robbie's Christmas Story, is provided on these pages. Ten character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Red Hen Ball [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
A reader's theater script for The Red Hen Ball is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Red Balloon [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
A reader's theater script for Ruby Cremaschi's story adaptation, The Red Balloon, is provided on these pages. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Puppies for Sale [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A reader's theater adaptation of the early childhood book, Puppies for Sale, is provided on this script. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Kimberly Willis Holt's Piper Reed Navy Brat [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
A reader's theater script for Kimberly Willis Holt's book, Piper Reed Navy Brat, is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Penderwicks on Gardam Street [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
A reader's theater script for Jeanne Birdsall's book, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, is provided on these pages. Nine character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A reader's theater script for Janet Schulman's children's picture book, Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City, is provided on these pages. Five character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: One Potato, Two Potato [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Cynthia DeFelice's children's book, One Potato, Two Potato, is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: What, No Santa? A Christmas Play [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for What, No Santa? A Christmas Play is provided on these pages. Thirteen character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: No Bath Tonight [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Jane Yolen's children's book, No Bath Tonight, is provided on these pages. Four character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Night of the Blizzard One Teacher's Story [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A reader's theater script of blizzard story co-written by Mary Evans Andrews, a free-lance writer, and a former early 1900's teacher, "Miss Lydia", is provided on these pages. Ten character roles are needed in this activity. Reading...
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Three Billy Goats Gruff [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, a reader's theater script adaptation of Paul Gandone's The Three Billy-Goats Gruff is provided. Four character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Oh! The Places You'll Go! By Dr. Seuss [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A reader's theater adaptation of Dr. Seuss' children's book, Oh! The Places You'll Go!, is provided on this script. Twenty-one student character roles are needed in this performance.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 4th
A reader's theater script for Dr. Seuss' young adult book, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, is provided on these pages. An entire class is needed in this activity.
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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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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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Uen: Reader's Theater

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
To improve oral reading and listening skills, groups students will alternate performing reader's theater plays.
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Uen: Teaching Fluency Using Reader's Theater

For Teachers 3rd
This lesson engages students in fluency stories related to Dr. Seuss' stories. Students will engage in reading these texts with meaningful phrases, intonation, and expression. The Sneetches, Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude McFuzz, What Was I...
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Animal Trainer [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for The Animal Trainer is provided on these pages. Three character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Bremen Town Musicians [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Lisa Blau's early childhood book, The Bremen Town Musicians, is provided on these pages. Eight character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Doreen Cronin's early childhood book, CLICK, CLACK, MOO: Cows That Type, is provided on these pages. Seven (or more) character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Emily Jenkins's "Toys Go Out" [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A reader's theater script for Emily Jenkins' children's book, Toys Go Out, is provided on these pages. Nine character roles are needed in this activity.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: "The Bad News" [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
A reader's theater script for Alvin Swartz's short story, "The Bad News" from More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, is provided on these pages. Five character roles are needed in this activity.