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Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors - Small Group Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater was written for a small group of 4 students. It is to help explain what comets, meteors, and asteroids are. In the script, Brian is supposed to have written a report about Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids but he hasn’t been working on it. He thinks that all of them are space rocks. His friends help him out and explain the differences between them. There is a short writing/discussion prompt at the end for your students to respond to.I write small group reader's theaters so th
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Astronomy, Drama, Short Stories
CCSS
RL.4.10
, RL.5.10
, RL.6.10
+7
Ultimate IEP Goal Bank for SLPs | Editable & Aligned with ASHA & Common Core
This all-in-one IEP Goal Bank was designed to be a practical, easy-to-navigate resource for Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), Clinical Fellows (CFs), and special education professionals. With over 300+ goals spanning Articulation, Language, AAC, Pragmatics, Fluency, Voice, and Oral Motor, this tool simplifies IEP writing and saves valuable time! What’s Inside:✅ Step-by-step guide for customizing goals✅ Goals aligned to ASHA’s Big Nine Domains & Common Core Standards✅ Categories include:Ar
PreK - 12th
For All Subjects
The Lion and the Mouse - Small Group Readers' Theater by Aesop
This is a small group reader's theater is for 3 students. It is based on Aesop's tale. Aesop's tales are a great way to teach students how to look for lessons or morals! Aesop's tales are a great way to teach students how to look for lessons or morals! The moral of the fable is 'Little friends might turn out to be great friends.' In the script, The Mouse was hurrying home one day and came across the Lion. He woke up and caught her and was about to eat her but the Mouse begged him for her life.
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Short Stories, Writing
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+13
Peter Pants & Captain Looks - Totally TWISTED - Small Group Reader's Theater
This is a small group Reader's Theater for 4 people. In the script, Peter doesn't like to wear pants and so he's called Peter Pants. Captain Looks is self-centered and only cares about, you guessed it, his or her looks. My ESL students found this reader's theater very funny and enjoyed it. There is a group, small writing/discussion prompt at the end for your students to respond to.This is one of my literacy centers and how I teach fluency. It could work for as low as 3rd grade but would need so
3rd - 9th, Adult Education
Character Education, Drama, Short Stories
CCSS
RL.6.10
, RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
+18
Small Group Readers' Theaters for Character Education
My name is Melanie Whitesides and one of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reader's Theater does this. The scripts in this package are written for small groups and address issues like: 1 - how even the teacher is nervous at the beginning of the year 2 -
4th - 10th, Adult Education
Character Education, Drama, Short Stories
CCSS
RL.6.10
, RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
+10
La Gallina de los huevos de oro - ¡Teatro de lectura para grupos pequeños!
This is a small group reader's theater is for 3 students. This is the Spanish version and its Spanish name is 'La Gallina de los huevos de oro.' We wrote this one for Easter but it could be used at any time. It is based on an old fable. Fables are a great way to teach students how to look for lessons or morals! The moral of the fable is ‘One who desires more, loses all. One should remain satisfied with what one gets.’ In the script, a poor man is very hungry and hears a chicken outside of his h
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Reading, Sight Words
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+12
Cinderella Around The World - Small Group Readers' Theater Pack
This package contains 9 Cinderella stories! The stories come from England, China, West Africa, Greece/Egypt, America (Native American), and Ireland. My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reade
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Reading, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+13
The Fraction Freaks Introduce Fractions - Small Group Reader's Theater for Math
This is a small group reader's theater for 3 people. It is used to introduce the topic of fractions and to teach the vocabulary words numerator and denominator. It is a great way to help students struggling to understand which numbers go in the numerator and which ones go in the denominator. It is the first of several reader's theaters introducing the fraction freaks as they talk about fractions. There is a small writing/discussion prompt at the end for your students to respond to.If you are lo
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Fractions, Math, Vocabulary
CCSS
3.NF.A.1
, 3.NF.A.3c
, RL.6.10
+19
Yeh Shen - A Chinese Cinderella Story - Small Group Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 students. It is the Chinese version of Cinderella. In the script, Yeh Shen’s mother died and then her father. Now she has a stepmother who does not like her. They are very poor and so the stepmother makes Yeh Shen a servant in their home. Yeh Shen is lonely until she makes a friend. It is a large goldfish from the lake and it has been sent by her mother to make her feel better. When her stepmother learns about it she plots to catch and kill the fish. Once she has
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Reading, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
, RF.4.4b
+9
How The Leopard Got His Spots - Just So - Small Group Readers' Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 students. It is a Just-So story. in the script, In the old, old days Leopard and the Ethiopian live on the High Veldt. Both of them blend into the color of the land around them and have a great time hunting together but then the animals leave and go to the forest. Baboon tells the Ethiopian that it must change and then tells the Leopard to go into spots. So they set off looking for the animals and find the forest. There they discover the animals have learned to ble
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Literature, Reading
CCSS
RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
, RF.4.4b
+9
Also included in: Just So Stories - Bundle of Small Group Readers' Theaters
Hades Goes to Court for Kidnapping - Small Group Greek Reader's Theater
This is a small group reader's theater for 4 students. It is a short version of the story of how Hades kidnapped Persephone and tricked her into becoming his wife. In the script, Hades is in court accused of kidnapping Persephone and forcing her to live with him in the underworld. Demeter, Zeus, and Persephone are also there. Zeus is serving as the judge even though he is Persephone’s dad. They discuss what Hades did – including the way he tricked Persephone into eating something that ties her f
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Ancient History, Drama, Reading
CCSS
RL.4.10
, RL.5.10
, RL.6.10
+11
The Tomato Tornado - Small Group Reader's Theater for Safety
This is small group reader's theater is for three students. for small groups. The object is to improve fluency while teaching tornado safety! Mabel thinks that she and the others are supposed to be talking to the class about tomatoes, but they are supposed to be doing TORNADOES. Matt and Nancy correct her and help lead the discussion. It teaches tornado safety as well as spreading some humor about the situation. There is a small writing/discussion prompt at the end for your students to respond
3rd - 10th, Adult Education
Drama, Science, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+16
How Crow Brought the Daylight – Small Group Readers' Theater
This reader's theater was written for a group of 5 students but can be expanded to 7. It is based on the Inuit's legend of the Crow and how it brought daylight to them. In the script, when the Earth was young there was no daylight in the north and the Inuit people lived always in darkness. One day Old Crow begins to tell them of the daylight he has seen in his long travels and the people beg him to go and bring them some. At first, he refuses because he is old now and doesn’t think he can make
4th - 10th, Adult Education
Drama, Native Americans, Short Stories
CCSS
RL.6.10
, RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
+10
Coyote Tales - Native American Readers' Theaters - Pack 1
This package was intended for November which is Native American Month but can be done at any time. My name is Melanie Whitesides. My store names are Wonbyone, Wonbyone2, and LosDosMaestros. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reader's Theater does t
4th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama, Native Americans, Short Stories
CCSS
RL.6.7
, RL.6.10
, RF.4.4
+14
COYOTE TALES - How Coyote Got His Name - A Small Group Reader's Theater
This is a Native American tale about how Coyote got his name. This is for 5 to 9 students. He features prominently in a lot of stories of the Navajo and in many other tribes. I first saw this one online but have heard it from our Navajo teacher since. In the script, the animals all want to have a name of their very own. They ask Old Man to give them one and he tells them to arrive at dawn. Coyote is determined to be first by staying up all night. Just before dawn he falls asleep and awakens aro
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Native Americans, Short Stories
CCSS
RL.6.10
, RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
+17
Pinocchio – Small Group Readers' Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 - 5 students. It is a simplified version of Pinocchio. In the script, Geppetto is a kind toymaker who wishes he had a son. A fairy hears him and makes his puppet come alive. Geppetto names it Pinocchio. The puppet is lazy and doesn’t tell the truth. Geppetto does his best to teach him and sends him to school to help. But Pinocchio keeps wandering off and bad things happen to him. Finally, he disappears for many days and Geppetto goes to look for him. When they find
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Reading, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
, RF.4.4b
+9
Goldilocks Behind Bars - TOTALLY Twisted Fairy Tales - Small Group R.T.
This small group reader's theater is for 3 students. In the script Goldilocks is a delinquent who broke into the three bears home. The police have arrested her with mama bear's jewelry in her pocket and are trying to get her to confess. There is a small writing/discussion prompt at the end for your students to respond to.I write small group reader's theaters so students will work better in centers and to avoid having long wait times between student's lines. Wait time is not reading time and oft
3rd - 9th, Adult Education
Drama, Reading, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+16
Meet the Olympians - An Introduction to the Greek Gods - Greek Reader's Theater
This is a small group reader's theater for 4 students. It is intended to be an overview of the Greek gods. In the script, Hermes is introducing the audience to the Greek gods when Athena, Hades, and Zeus come to help. Together, they tell everyone about the Olympians. Each of the gods has their own favorites and not-so favorites. As they talk about the other Greek gods the audience will be able to tell who likes who. When the script is finished students will have heard the names of the Greek god
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Ancient History, Drama, Reading
CCSS
RL.4.10
, RL.5.10
, RL.6.10
+11
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - Small Group Readers' Theater by Aesop
This is a small group reader's theater is for 3 students. It is based on Aesop's tale. Aesop's tales are a great way to teach students how to look for lessons or morals! There are two morals for this fable. They are '' Appearances are deceptive" & "The evil doer often comes to harm through his own deceit." In the script, a determined wolf wants sheep for dinner but watchful dogs keep chasing him away. The wolf grows thinner but won’t stop trying. One day he finds a sheepskin that a shepherd has
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Short Stories, Writing
CCSS
RL.6.10
, RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
+11
¿Debemos recuperar el planeta Plutón? - Teatro de lectura para grupos pequeños.
This Reader's Theater was written for a small group of 4 students. In Spanish the title would be '¿Deberíamos Devolver a Plutón la Categoría de Planeta?' It is to help students understand how planets are classified. It is great way to tie in Science with Language Arts and Spanish! In the script, a girl named Olivia believes that Pluto should be reclassified a planet again. Sam thinks it should be kept as a dwarf planet. The evidence is discussed and students are left with the decision. When this
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Astronomy, Drama, Spanish
CCSS
RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
, RF.4.4b
+9
Greek Mythology - Small Group Readers' Theaters Pack #1
In this pack on Greek Mythology, there are 6 reader's theaters. Each script is written for 3 - 5 students. The scripts always look MUCH better on paper than it does in the advert on this webpage. Scripts are: The Flight of Icarus, Hades Goes to Court, Introducing Pan Who Was NOT Called Peter, Meet the Olympians, Pandora's Box, and The Story of Narcissus. There is a glitch in the preview picture but not on the document. There is also a short writing prompt AFTER each script!The booklet gives you
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Ancient History, Drama, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
, RF.4.4b
+9
Aesop's Fables for Small Group Readers' Theater Bundle One
Aesop's Fables for Small Group Readers' Theater Bundle One © 2017 by Melanie Marie Whitesides is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0The scripts in this pack were written for 3 - 5 students. Each script is an adaptation of one of Aesop's fables. Aesop's tales are a great way to teach students how to look for lessons or morals! There is a short writing/discussion prompt for the students at the end of the script.I use Reader's Theaters to help students improve their fluency. My students, especially t
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Short Stories, Writing
CCSS
RL.6.10
, RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
+11
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