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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
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
Astronauts, Beauticians, & Nurses – What I want to be when I grow up! - S.G.R.T.
This Reader's Theater is for a small group of 3. The subject is what students want to be when they grow up. My students really struggle to see a future beyond tomorrow. The idea of planning for one is very difficult. In the script, the teacher has assigned students to write a paper about what they want to be when they grow up. Andy has not decided yet and Virginia has written about being an astronaut. The group discusses why girls do NOT usually become astronauts and whether this dream is possi
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Reading Strategies, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
, RF.4.4b
+12
The Peacock and the Crane - 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! The moral of the fable is ‘It is way better to be useful than it is to be beautiful.’ In the script, Peacock is in love with itself. It knows that it is a beautiful bird and thinks Crane is jealous. Crane just wants to be left alone but the Peacock won’t stop bragging. When Crane tells it what it thinks, Peacock puts it down an
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Character Education, Drama, Short Stories
CCSS
RL.6.10
, RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
+11
The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey - 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! The moral of the fable is "Please ALL - please NONE!" In the script, a father and son are taking their donkey to market but, as they go along, people keep making comments about how terrible they are for the way they use the donkey. The father and son keep trying to make them happy by changing their ride but people keep making m
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Short Stories, Writing
CCSS
RL.6.10
, RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
+10
The Old Man and the Woodman - Small Group Readers' Theater by Aesop
This is a small group reader's theater is for 4 students. It is based on Aesop's tale of Mercury and the Woodman. Aesop's tales are a great way to teach students how to look for lessons or morals! The moral of the story is Honesty is the Best Policy. In the script, the Woodman was working in the forest beside a pool and, as it grew dark and he was tired, lost his axe. It fell into the deepest part of the pool where he could not get it. An Old Man appears and dives into the pool. He brings up a
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Character Education, Drama, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
, RF.4.4b
+9
¡Te presento a mi perro! (Would You Like to See My Dog) - S.G. Teatro del lector
¡La traducción al español se encuentra a continuación!This script and a few others are my first attempts to write/translate in Spanish without my partner who has moved back to Mexico. I am keeping the price low because of this in the $1 - 1.50 range. This is a Spanish small group reader's theater is for 3 students. In the script, Kid #1 asks two friends if they would like to see their dog. The friends offer to help look for the dog but want to know if it is big or small and what color it is. Kid
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Short Stories, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS
CCRA.R.10
, CCRA.W.10
, CCRA.SL.6
+1
El pez realmente grande (The Really Big Fish) - Teatro de lectura de S.G.
¡La traducción al español se encuentra a continuación!This script and a few others are my first attempts to write/translate in Spanish without my partner who has moved back to Mexico. I am keeping the price low because of this in the $1 - 1.50 range. This is a Spanish small group reader's theater is for 3 students. In the script, Kid #1 has caught a fish and shows it to their friends. Kid #1 plans to eat the fish but tells their friends that the fish is big enough to share. They begin to plan to
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Short Stories, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS
CCRA.R.10
, CCRA.W.10
, CCRA.SL.6
+1
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
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 Story of the First Marathon - Small Group Readers' Theater
This reader's theater was written for four students. In the script: The students are wondering why all marathons are 26.2 miles long and where marathons came from in the first place. One of them happens to know and tells them about the Greek and Persian war and how a messenger gave his life to warn others. This answers the question of where the marathon came from but not why they are 26.2 miles long. It turns out that the Greeks didn’t choose that length, the royal family of England did when th
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Ancient History, Drama, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.5.4
, RF.5.4a
, RF.5.4b
+8
The Elephant's Child - Just So - Small Group Readers' Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 - 6 students. It is a Just-So story. In the script, the Elephant’s Child is always asking questions and everyone gets tired of hearing them. So they spank the child every chance they get. One day, the Elephant’s Child asks what the Crocodile eats for dinner. The other animals get nervous and spank it just for asking. The Elephant’s Child goes in search of the Crocodile to ask it. After walking for a long, long time the Elephant’s Child finds the river. It asks the
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Reading, Writing
CCSS
RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
, RF.4.4b
+9
Also included in: Just So Stories - Bundle of Small Group Readers' Theaters
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
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
Rhodopis – A Greek/Egyptian Cinderella Story - Small Group Readers' Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 students. It is the Greek/Egyptian version of Cinderella. In the script,Rhodopis is a slave in Egypt. Because she is from Greece the other servants are very mean to her. One day her master sees her dancing and gives her a pair of rose-red slippers to dance in. Rhodopis loves them but the other servants get more jealous and plot to make her pay. When the Pharaoh invites the kingdom to a party they get their chance. The servants give poor Rhodopis so many chores she
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Reading, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+13
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