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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Crazy Critters ActivityDr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Crazy Critters Activity
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Chase Young, PhD
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2nd - 5th
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English Language Arts
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410L
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Crazy Critters

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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 role-playing the story The Crazy Critters while strengthening vocabulary and comprehension.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

reader's theater, reading aloud

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dr. chase young, ph.d.: the crazy critters, expression, fluency, reading skills, vocabulary, fluency and expression in oral reading

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 1 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Practice
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Common Core

RF.3.4.b RF.2.4.b RF.4.4.b RF.5.4.b SL.3.3 W.3.3.c RF.3.4.a RF.5.4.a RF.2.4.a RF.4.4.c RF.2.4.c L.3.6 W.2.10 W.3.10 W.5.10 W.4.10 RF.5.4.c SL.4.2 RF.4.4.a

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