Melanie Whitesides

We are moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!In this book, there are 6 reader's theaters. They were written for Halloween. The scripts always look MUCH better on paper than it does in the advert on this webpage. Each reader's theater is sold singly but you can get all six in this packet. Scripts are: Franken Cranky, The Gobble Gobble Ghost, The Halloween Heroes Present Halloween Safety Tips, Shhhh, The Corn Has Ears, The Witch's New Broom, and Which Witch is Which. The

We are moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This group of scripts was written to support science standards and learning. They are for groups of 3 to 4 students. Science subjects covered are the rock cycle, magnetism, electricity, volcanoes, inherited traits, planets, comets/asteroids/and meteors, and rotation versus revolution. There are eight scripts. They usually sell for $2 but, in this packet, I am charging $10 instead of $16. Each reader's theater is sold singly b

We are moving our site, wonbyone, to wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. It can be performed at any time but is usually performed at Christmas. Reader's Theater is a terrifically fun way to improve your fluency. The Year Santa Got Mixed Up by Melanie Whitesides is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

We are moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This small group reader's theater has 4 parts. I wrote this one especially for the time near Halloween as students start thinking about spooky stories. If you like this script try the Halloween pack! I use the rubric that I've placed in my store. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. My scripts are in black and white except for the occasional pict

We are moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This is a small group reader's theater intended for 4 students. It was written to help students understand about the rotation and revolution of the Earth and how they differ. The plot states: Joshua wasn’t paying attention when Mrs. Whitesides was talking about the Earth revolving in space and figured that revolution meant a war with aliens. Christina and Lidia try to set him straight and explain the difference between rotati

We are moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This reader's theater is for a small group of 4. In it, 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 reader’s theater is over, students write a response stating their opinion and using evidence. I wrote this one because my students enjoyed debating it became a good way to get intere

We are moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This script was written for three students and for Halloween. In the script: A sweet little boy is allowed to stay up on Halloween and eat nothing but candy. It isn’t long before he is being rude and mean. He ends up staying up too late and gets a stomach ache. He has become, Franken-Cranky! The next day, his rude and terrible behavior continues. Mom and dad get him to bed early and are thankful when their sweet little boy re

We are moving our site, wonbyone, to wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This is a religious reader's theater intended for a small group of 4 students.This script was written for Easter but could be done at any time. In the script, Three trees are standing on a hill and dreaming of what they will be. Each has plans to be important to the world in some way. Years pass and the trees grown and then, one day, they are taken and made into things. The trees become ordinary objects that aren’t anything l

We are moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This small group reader's theater was written for 4 people. It presents some Halloween safety tips as well as discusses how context clues work. As you know, students work all year to understand how to use clues from the story to understand things and infer others. This script is a fun way to introduce or reinforce a lesson on using context clues. I work to include many different standards in LA, math, and science. I use reade

We are in the process of moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This script is for 3 students. It was written to remind students how to stay safe at Halloween as well as to give them practice in reading fluently. My scripts are in black and white except the occasional picture on the front page to help you save money on printing. My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone and I hope that your students enjoy the script as much as mine did. Reader's theater

We are moving our site, wonbyone, to wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This is a religious reader's theater intended for a small group of 4 students. The object of the script is to examine what is meant by pray without ceasing and how to apply it in our lives. #2 is trying to be a better Christian and heard the pastor last week talking about a scripture that said to play without ceasing. He/she got it a little wrong and did not read too carefully when they looked it up so now they are mixed up.

We are moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This is a small group reader's theater is for 4 students. This ties science into reading and is a great way to do two things at the same time. This script was intended to either introduce or reinforce a lesson on the rock cycle. In the script - The class is supposed to go on a field trip today. Their teacher told them it was going to be to a rock show. Daniel thought rock show meant rock concert as in guitars and rock stars.

We are moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This is a small group reader's theater that was written for 3 students. It is a science reader's theater. If needed, you can change the names to make it for all boys or girls. This reader's theater was written to help remind students about the difference between inherited traits and learned traits. It ties our science curriculum in to reading. Anytime I can combine two subjects I do. I use reader's theaters to encourage my st

We are moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This Reader's Theater has been written for a group of 3 for Halloween. It is a play on words and has the same kind of Turn-of-the-Century styled Burlesque routines that were famous during that time. If you are familiar with the 'Who's on First' routine it is like that. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. My scripts are in black and white except

We are moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This small group reader's theater is for three students. In the scrip there is a former turkey, turned ghost, who can't seem to scare anyone. A boy and girl come along to help out so everyone can have a happy Halloween. My scripts are written in black and white except the occasional picture on front to make it easier and cheaper to print and make copies. My students enjoyed using this script to increase their fluency. I hope

We are in the process of moving our site, wonbyone, to wonbyone2. Please pardon out dust!This reader's theater is for the entire class! You will need at least 11 students but more is always better. This ties into my other twisted fairy tales except that it was written to do as a class. I split my class into two groups and both groups practice. When we perform we discuss what things we liked about each group. I use this to introduce the small group reader's theaters I have them do the rest of the

We are moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This is a small group reader's theater is for 4 students. This ties science into reading and is a great way to do two things at the same time. This script was intended to introduce or reinforce a lesson about fossils, dinosaurs, and theories. In the script, Juan and George are arguing about what color dinosaurs were. Sage and Rita try to help by telling them about fossils. Juan and George didn’t know what they were until they

We are moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This is a Small Group Reader's Theater. It is for 4 students, boys or girls. I use them to help with fluency but I also use them to introduce other topics at times. This Reader's Theater is meant to introduce volcanoes. It centers on the four types of volcanoes and what makes them interesting to study. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. Most of

We are moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!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. I write small group reader's theaters so they will work bet

We are moving our site, wonbyone, to wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This small group reader's theater was written for 3 students. Two parts are for girls and one part is for a boy. The story is about Rapunzel who is a normal girl with an unusual name. Prince, a normal boy with a dog's name, thinks he is living a fairy tale and comes to rescue Rapunzel. Rapunzel thinks he's crazy. This reader's theater is also in my twisted tales pack. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practi