Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Bad Baxter Barton" Poetry Theater
In "Bad Baxter Barton," students will participate in a dramatization of a poem. Adapted from the poem "Bad Baxter Barton" originally published in Tall Tales of the Wild West (And a Few Short Ones) by Eric Ode, students will assume roles...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "My Violin" Poetry Theater
In "My Violin," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child who causes problems at home whenever he plays his violin.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Stop Sniffling!" Poetry Theater
In "Stop Sniffling!," young scholars will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child who learns the importance of blowing his nose.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Out of Control" Poetry Theater
In "Out of Control," students will participate in a poem in eleven voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a remote that mysteriously flips through...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "The Kindergarden Concert" Poetry Theater
In "The Kindergarden Concert," students will participate in a poem in eight voices. Adapted from the poem by Robert Pottle in I'm Allergic to School, students will dramatize a poem about a concert that a kindergarten class performs.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "I Went to the Doctor" Poetry Theater
In "I Went to the Doctor," young scholars will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Kenn Nesbitt in The Aliens Have Landed, students will dramatize a poem about a sick child who goes to the doctor and gets a shot.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "I Call First!" Poetry Theater
In "I Call First!," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Ted Scheu in If Kids Ruled the School, students will dramatize a poem about a student who wants to be the first in everything but learns...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "My Doggy Ate My Homework" Poetry Theater
In "My Doggy Ate My Homework," learners will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Dave Crawley in If Kids Ruled the School, students will dramatize a poem about a student who tells his teacher that his dog cooked...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "My Dog Has Got No Manners" Poetry Theater
In "My Dog Has Got No Manners," learners will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in Rolling in the Aisles, students will dramatize a poem about a child who complains about his dog's bad behavior to...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Bad Hair Day" Poetry Theater
In "Bad-Hair Day," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Linda Knaus in If Kids Ruled the School, students will dramatize a poem about how one child's messy hair interrupts the class.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "My Noisy Brother" Poetry Theater
In "My Noisy Brother," young scholars will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework! students will dramatize a poem about a child who imitates the annoying sounds that his...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "The Teachers' Show" Poetry Theater
In "The Teachers' Show," students will participate in a poem in eight voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a zany talent show for teachers.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Reader's Theatre With Jan Brett
In this lesson, students will interact with the book Hedgie's Surprise by Jan Brett and create a Readers Theatre performance. Students will engage in interacting with story elements during before, during, and post-reading activities.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: History Comes Alive: Developing Fluency and Comprehension
Let the power of imagination and inference serve as a "time machine" to bring Benjamin Franklin into the classroom! History and science come to life in a dialogue with Franklin the inventor, developed through lesson activities that...
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Guided Reading Lesson
The benefits of guided reading are plentiful! Learners will have increased fluency, an expanded vocabulary, stronger phonemic awareness, and a greater motivation to read. Use the following PDF as a template for your guided reading lesson.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Slavery: A Crisis in the Making [Pdf]
This lesson looks at the issue of slavery and the role it played in the American Revolution and the founding of the new Republic. Includes background information for the teacher. Students participate in performing a reader's theater...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Religious Dissent [Pdf]
This lesson supplements one on the "Settlement of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies of New England." It looks at religious dissent and intolerance among the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Students look at Roger...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Causes of the American Revolution: Trouble in Boston [Pdf]
For this lesson, 5th graders look at ideas and British policies that contributed to the outbreak of the American Revolution. Includes background information for the teacher. Students explore ideas that were circulating in America before...
Huntington Library
Early English Exploration and Settlement of the Colony of Virginia
For this lesson, 5th graders learn about the individuals and groups who first founded the different colonies in America and what their motivations were. Students participate in a reader's theater activity, create a poster that would...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Rules for the Bus" Poetry Theater: A Poem in Two Voices
This lesson includes a poem in two voices and is adapted from the poem by Eric Ode in Rolling in the Aisles, published by Meadowbrook Press. Students will share the responsibility of reading lines of this poem about a boy who learns a...
Broward Education Foundation
Broward Education Foundation: Bullies Be Gone [Pdf]
Students write narratives, poetry and dialogue about their experiences with bullying. Through observation and reflection, their work becomes a readers' theater production to share with their peers on how to make their school a safe...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Measure for Measure: A Problem Play?
What is Measure for Measure's problem? The play confronts us with questions about sex, morality, and power, which challenge us as readers and audiences. In these activities, students will debate why the play is so problematic, through...
Utah Education Network
Uen: The Cinderella Projects
Learners will compare and contrast various versions of Cinderella in the mini-unit. Students will engage in shared readings, an art project, and dramatic play during the unit.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Popcorn Bucket or Box?
In this exploration, students will apply their knowledge of finding volume and surface area of cylinders and rectangular prisms. Students will make recommendations to the local movie theater after determining which package is cost...
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