Memorial Day Reader's Theater and Close Reading Toolkit for Grades 4-8

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My students loved this lesson. They literally told me how interesting and fun it was. I used it for two class periods, doing the read-aloud and the vocab section for my RSP students.
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Description

Memorial Day! If you are looking to keep your students engaged until the very last day of the school year, this reader's theater and close reading toolkit is the perfect resource to keep your students both engaged and inspired!

The students at Monroe Street School are challenged by the town's mayor. This leads to them realizing that Memorial Day is more than just the end of the school year and a day for the community pool to open.

This reader's theater will have your students considering projects to complete way beyond the last day of school!

This reader's theater toolkit includes:

• 5-page and 10-character reader's theater script

• close reading strategies for students and teacher

• reader response questions

• Memorial Day organizer

• summary organizer

• context clue word work

• journal prompt for post-reading writing

• Memorial Day Parade Float Design page

• answer key

Estimated Lexile Measure is 670L.

Your students will LOVE learning about Memorial Day through this high-interest toolkit!

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• The Day the Colored Pencils Resigned Reader's Theater and Reading Literature Toolkit

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For BUNDLED Reader's Theaters for BIG KIDS:

• All-American Reader's Theater BUNDLE for BIG KIDS Common Core Aligned

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Happy Reading!

Total Pages
21 pages
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Teaching Duration
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

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