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1st-4th grade play {Hansel and Gretel, a retelling}
This delightful (1st through 4th grade) play is a retelling of the classic Hansel and Gretel story. There are many hilarious twists in this retelling, and (in this particular tale) the witch is not who she appears to be! :) Q. How do I best use this resource?A. First, I'm glad you asked! :) This resource is a wonderful opportunity for students to develop greater skill in reading and in reading comprehension. Next, this play is a great reading motivator (and collaborative project) for elementary
1st - 4th
Drama, English Language Arts, Reading
History Theater: Brown vs. Board of Education
Immerse students in history with this readers' theater script of the Brown vs. Board of Education landmark case. Readers' theater is proven to increase both reading fluency and comprehension, and students develop a greater understanding of the history involved. This script is great as a classroom exercise, or for older kids putting on a production for younger students. This product includes: Character assignment sheet for teachersReading level differentiationScript with 7 different scenesCharac
2nd - 5th
Black History, Drama, Reading
CCSS
RL.4.2
, RL.4.3
, RL.4.7
+2
Pushing Up The Sky Powerpoint
This Power Point can be used with the play/reader's theater "Pushing Up the Sky." It includes brief background information along with animated backdrops and scenery to project as students perform! This feature really increased student engagement. Enjoy!
1st - 4th
Drama, Native Americans, Reading
CCSS
SL.1.6
, SL.2.2
, SL.2.4
+4
Reader's Theater Little Red Hen in the Court Room
Bring theater into your classroom with this fun, reading activity that involves all students. Students will review dialogue, make inferences, improve comprehension as they use close reading techniques on scripts to fully understand the characters and what they are saying, develop fluency through repeated practice reading scripts, improve expression and inflection while reading aloud, show increased reading motivation and confidence, and learn to collaborate and compromise in order to assign rol
2nd - 3rd
Drama, English Language Arts
CCSS
SL.3.1b
, SL.3.3
, CCRA.R.1
WEEKLY FREEBIE #167: Christmas Plays (Scripts)
Every Christmas I have my students put on a show for their families with plays, songs and dances. These are the scripts for the four plays that they perform; "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," "Santa and the Elves," "The Doorbell Rang," and "Counting Elves." The scripts are designed so that you can add the names of the students and then print out for them to take home and learn! You can have your class act out all 4 plays, or print out just the play you wish to perform. You also have the ability
PreK - 2nd
Drama
CCSS
RL.K.2
, RL.K.10
The 12 Sleighs of Christmas STEM Activity and Reader's Theater
This purchase includes a printable Reader's Theater script for the picture book, The 12 Sleighs of Christmas by Sherri Duskey Rinker. The script is typed with 20 narrators who each get at least three speaking parts in the Reader's Theater. However, the script is editable so you could adapt it to have fewer/more narrators. This Reader's Theater would be most appropriate for 3-5 grade students. In addition to the script, you will find a fun STEM activity. In the story, the elves had a problem: San
2nd - 5th
Drama, Reading
Top Secret | Short Play or Reader's Theatre | Fun and Flexible for Multiple Ages
TOP SECRET! is a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud short play written specifically for youth drama camps, classroom performances, and flexible casts of young actors. Packed with physical comedy, witty banter, fourth-wall breaks, and over-the-top characters, this script is designed to be easy to stage, easy to memorize, and fun for absolutely every level of performer. Perfect for directors who need something that’s quick to teach, simple to produce, and guaranteed to delight an audience. SYNOPSIS: Chao
2nd - 8th
Drama, Music
Mother Goose Play Script for Kindergarten, First and Second Grades
"Mother Goose: A Tale of Lost Sheep and Friendship," is a fun, thirty-minute play written for young performers (grades K-2). Little Bo Peep is very sad; she's lost her sheep and doesn't know where to find them. After much searching and help from all her nursery rhyme friends, the story has a happy ending as her sheep are found and her friends join in the celebration.
Filled with familiar rhymes, chants and songs, this is the perfect play to perform as a culminating activity for a phon
K - 2nd
Drama, Other (ELA), Poetry
Holiday Monologues | 80 Bundled Scripts for Grades 1 to 3 | Quick & Easy
These monologue-based drama packets for early elementary classrooms, grades 1 to 3, are engaging and student-friendly. Perfect for holiday activities and fun days! These monologues help teachers build reading fluency, confidence, and creativity through theatrical expression. Everything is included for easy preparation, performance, and assessment—no extra planning required. Teachers can use this bundle for drama units, literature connections, student showcases, or end-of-year performances. It’s
1st - 3rd
Drama, Reading, Speaking & Listening
CCSS
CCRA.SL.1
The Day the Crayons Quit Reader's Theater and Read Aloud Lesson
This Powerpoint file includes a read-aloud lesson for the popular picture book The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt. In the lesson students will learn about robust vocabulary from the story and what it means to "persuade". At the end of the lesson you will find three different writing extension activity printables that can be completed whole-group or independently.
In addition to the lesson, I have included a Reader's Theater script to use with the story. Students love performing reader's
1st - 4th
Drama, Reading, Writing
Harrysocks and the Three Smiths - A Fractured Fairy Tale Reader's Theater
This is a fractured fairy tale based on Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Harrysocks, who got that nickname because of his white feet, lives at the zoo with his family. He decides to go on an adventure and leaves the zoo. He finds the house of the Smith family where Mr. and Mrs. Smith live with their child, Baby Smith. While the Smiths aren’t home, Harrysocks finds many contemporary items throughout their house. (Computer tablets, video games, and flat screen TVs.) This script can be used by 12
2nd - 5th
Drama, Poetry
Also included in: Fractured Fairy Tale Reader's Theater Bundle # 1
Three Fairy Tale Musicals for Kids - Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty
Three fairy tale musicals with great roles for student actors. All the songs in these shows are based on easy and familiar folk songs with easy chords. You can't go wrong with this for the stage or the classroom. Give your students a treat with these shows.
2nd - 6th
Drama, Music, Reading
Reader's Theater: Santa and the Three Bears
This purchase includes a full Reader's Theater script for the Christmas picture book, Santa and the Three Bears by Maria Modugno. This story is based on the traditional "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" tale.
There are 23 narrators in the script and each of those narrators gets to speak three times in the story. However, this script could easily be adapted to larger or smaller class sizes.
If you have never tried Reader's Theater in your classroom, you should! It's an enjoyable way to build flu
1st - 4th
Drama, Reading
Fairytale Assembly/Play Script
Class assembly/play script including song lyrics and links to songs/dance on youtube.
The script has a literacy link of fairytales, IPC theme of castles and introduces the idea of inner beauty for PSHE.
It is a comedy version of Sleeping Beauty, appropriate for year 2 to year 6.
My friend borrowed this for her y6 leavers assembly and they loved it!
1st - 6th
Drama, English Language Arts, Music
A Night at the North Pole
This is a whole school Christmas play that brings together the fictional Santa Claus and the true meaning of Christmas. Elves set the stage and carry the play as the grades filter on and off stage sing songs that go with the play. An out of sort’s elf (Giggles) is disillusioned with Christmas. All the other elves try to cheer him up by telling jokes and playing Christmas music, but nothing seems to be working until Santa sits all the elves down to teach them about the real meaning of Christmas.
PreK - 9th
Drama, Music
Mercy Watson short play script: A Night of Mystery "Musical!"
A 15 page short play/"musical"! This play has at least 12 parts for 12 actors, and 5 original songs! This play also has a large (but optional) ensemble to help bring the play to life.
2nd - 8th
Art, Drama, Reading
The Gingerbread Man Reader's Theatre Script
This is a Reader's Theatre Script of "The Gingerbread Man." Every year, I have my students improvise and recreate the story of The Gingerbread Man using new, modern characters with fun and fresh dialogue. This script is one of my favorite creations! Have your students read and act this one out and then they can create their own. A unique twist on a Christmas classic tale!
1st - 4th
Drama, Reading
Class Assembly: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Class Assembly: Fantastic Mr. FoxA great assembly for elementary school children.This class assembly introduces the main characters and tells the story of Mr. Fox stealing food from Farmer Boggis, Farmer Bunce and Farmer Bean. It describes ‘The Shooting’ and the farmer’s attempt to dig the foxes out using shovels and tractors! The assembly ends with the foxes escaping and finding their way to the farmer’s sheds full of food and cider. The foxes will never go hungry again … Hooray! Approx. leng
2nd - 5th
Classroom Community, Drama, Other (Arts)
Also included in: FANTASTIC MR FOX!
Fractured Fairy Tale Reader's Theater Bundle
This purchase includes printable scripts for 10 fractured fairy tale stories. For each script, there are at least 22 narrators and in most scripts, the narrators get to speak two times throughout the story. However, the scripts can easily be edited to accommodate more/less narrators depending on class/group size.
The Printable Fractured Fairy Tale Scripts Included Are:
1. Cinderelephant by Emma Dodd
2. Goldi Rocks and the Three Bears by Corey Rosen Schwartz
3. The Three Ninja Pigs by Corey Ros
1st - 4th
Drama, Reading
Reader's Theater Script: Smelly Socks by Robert Munsch
This word document contains the reader's theater script for the picture book Smelly Socks by Robert Munsch. This is a very funny story and students will love reading the lines and acting out the parts! The best part is, they will be building and strengthening their reading fluency without even realizing it!
The way the script is currently set up, there are 20 narrators, along with numerous other character parts. This script could easily be adapted to fit larger or smaller class sizes.
2nd - 4th
Drama, Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.2.4
, RF.2.4b
, RF.3.3b
The Three Little Pigs Rap
This choral reading was designed for first grade classroom students to chant as a teacher leads the reading. It is said in an up and down quick steady beat like a rap goes. The teacher assistant held up flash cards for the students' part at a presentation for parents. It was used at a cumulative study of fairy tales.
K - 3rd
Drama, English Language Arts, Literature
Little Red Riding Hood Class Play
A simple play created for Year 1 (age 5-6 year olds). Based on the familiar tale, but adapted to make roles for a whole class and children who were determined to be fairies! Shared in Word format so easy to adapt to your needs. Updated March 2025 with improved play script format.
K - 2nd
Dance, Drama
Performance Advertisement Flyer/Poster Editable Templates - Google Slides/PPT
These Performance Advertisements Flyers/Posters will advertise your next performance, concert, or event! Useful for any subject, these editable flyer templates just need the event name, time, date & place! Add images like your program logo! Links QR Codes to buy tickets! Choose between bright colors to attract student attention or use black & white to save ink. Promote your big event so that you can build your program & make money! I hope you enjoy these! Put them to good use yea
K - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Dance, Drama, Music
TWAS THE KNIGHT
A silly Christmas play based on the classic poem, Twas The Night Before Christmas. This is a great play for a holiday program as it has very short lines and many parts. It is also silly enough for the children and lots of fun for the adults as well.
2nd - 8th
Drama
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