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"Balto Tales" includes 4 SHORT scripts for beginning readers based on the same story as our "Balto–Helping Hero" Readers Theater script. These scripts share the amazing true story of this famous true sled dog adventure
"Harriet Tubman, Alias Moses: Joe's Journey" is a true-to-life Readers Theater script from the original biography of Harriet Tubman by Sarah Bradford (1869). Harriet Tubman told Mrs. Bradford the story of her life, including some of her adventures as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Adapted from Aesop's Fables. The original Aesop's Fable is known as "The Honest Woodcutter," "The Honest Woodman," "The Golden Axe," "Mercury and the Woodsmen," and more.
Sled dogs. Saving children. Non-fiction adventure. "The Great Race of Mercy 1925 (Part 1–Simplified)" brings this exciting 3-part story from history alive.
A Script Buffet Club member requested a script on the Iditarod,. "Togo–Sled Dog Hero (Part 1 of 3 parts)" shows Togo's adventure as a puppy BEFORE being a sled dog in the Great Race of Mercy–the 1925 race against a diphtheria epidemic threatening to wipe out Nome.
This script is roughly adapted from a Mexican fable and the children's book "The Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb." It works well for cross-curricular lessons or unit studies on ants, insects, Mexico, fables, and even Hispanic literature.
"St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Radio Show (Simplified)" allows teachers to use this free Readers Theater script as a full-class choral project or small reading group presentation.
Because the children in this script are older elementary or teenagers, this free script is perfect for mixed ages and abilities.
Based on historical documents and suitable for President's Day celebrations or patriotic programs, this free Readers Theater script comes in two versions: one for group/audience participation and one shorter version.
Our "Nonfiction Readers Theater Rubrics" (linked below) offer students an opportunity to develop reading, listening, thinking, and communication skills as they fill out the self-evaluation.
She changed her voice for the part of the beaver and used her normal voice for the part of a narrator. When we came to the end of the script her face lit up like radiant sunshine as she asked, "Can we do another one?"
I won't tell you the rest of the story here, but I wrote a Readers Theater script based on our experience with Waddles, "Waddles, the Grateful Groundhog" in three parts for elementary students. So, here's a list of five February Readers Theater ideas starting with Groundhog's Day and Waddles.
