St. Patrick's Day Grades 3-5 - Readers Theater All Year

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R = Readability grade level (based on Flesch-Kincaide Readability Formula)

= exclusive for Script Buffet Club paying members.

Below are script titles in order of publication, most recent first.

Recent articles

St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Radio Show (Middle School) (R = 6.8) Feb 27, 2013: Flexible. Informative. Non-fiction. "St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Radio Show (Middle School)" allows teachers to use this free Readers Theater script as a full-class choral project or small reading group presentation. Romp through a short radio show on the basics of St. Patrick, the shamrock, and "Why wear green?" The more difficult vocabulary and Irish words are listed on the front page. Complete with curriculum links for easy lesson plans, this is the middle school version of our classic script. (The other versions have a readability of grade 3.6 or 4.4.)

TIME: a wee bit less than 5 min. CAST: 3, or 3 CHORAL groups TONE: light, educational READABILITY: grade 6.8

St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Radio Show (Simplified) (R = 3.6) Feb 27, 2013: Flexible. Informative. Non-fiction. "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. Romp through a short radio show on the basics of St. Patrick, the shamrock, and "Why wear green?" The more difficult vocabulary and Irish words are listed on the front page. Complete with curriculum links for easy lesson plans, this is the easiest version of our classic script. (The other versions have a readability of grade 4.4 or 6.8.)

TIME: a wee bit less than 5 min. CAST: 3, or 3 CHORAL groups TONE: light, educational READABILITY: grade 3.6

"St. Patrick's Day Shamrock" Radio Show R = 4.4 Mar 8, 2011: "Top 'o the mornin' to ya! I'm Shammy O'Leary with Right as Rain Radio..." So, starts our humorous and informative script "St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Radio Show" with trustworthy, annotated curriculum links for esasy lesson plans. The small cast in this free Readers Theater script makes it flexible for 3-part choral reading, puppet plays, family fun, tutoring, small group classroom Readers Theater, and performances. It's perfect not only for St. Patrick's Day, but also for a unit study on Ireland or immigration. Don't miss the fun Kelly Green story!

Warning: The reading level is higher, I think, because of 4 Irish sayings included and a couple of vocabulary words.

TIME: a wee bit less than 5 min. CAST: 3 TONE: light, informative READABILITY: grade 4.5