Building Fluency through Reader's Theater
Develop students' fluency in reading using engaging scripts, poems, and songs!
This reading series is designed to teach reading, listening, and speaking skills through the performance of lively scripts and focused instruction. Students will improve fluency and comprehension by reading and rereading the engaging scripts which are based on quality literature and a performance-based learning format. The differentiated scripts ensure that students of all reading levels can fully participate.
Overview
Provide teachers and students with a change of pace from the regular school day through performance activities that allow all students to participate in the same activity with this series by Teacher Created Materials.
- Differentiated roles allow teachers to accommodate students' individual reading levels by assigning appropriately leveled roles
- All students can participate, engage, and succeed in the same activity, regardless of their current reading ability
- Students will practice interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures
- Facilitate whole-class instruction using songs and poems
- Implement accompanying lessons and strategies included in the Teacher's Guide and Teacher Resource CD
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Digital Resources
- Professionally recorded scripts, poems, and songs to promote choral reading and allow students to hear rhythm and expression for increased fluency.
- Copies of poems and songs in digital and transparency formats.
Teacher's Guide
Provides differentiation strategies and second language support activities to provide effective reading, writing, listening and speaking instructions to English language learners.
- Easy-to-use, standards-based lesson plans incorporate strategies recommended by fluency expert Dr. Timothy Rasinski and focus on improving accuracy, automaticity, and oral expression.
- Easy-to-implement lesson plans and teaching strategies for each script to maximize instructional time and minimize prep time.
- Includes additional focus on comprehension strategies, word work, and embedded literacy links to content-area topics.
Scripts
- Each script features content-area and common literature-based texts with roles written at different reading levels to help all students participate in a proven reader's theater model.
- 8 Scripts, 6 copies each, ranging from 16-32 pages per book at different reading levels in print and digital formats Builds student fluency and oral language skills through authentic repeated readings of scripts.
- Incorporates an original song and poem that students perform within the reader's theater performances.
Student Engagement
- Students interact cooperatively to read aloud their scripts to apply literacy skills, cooperation, and creativity into performance.
- Requires active participation to encourage reluctant and proficient readers to use expressive voices and gestures.
- Encourages all students to participate and engage in the same activity, regardless of their current reading ability, enabling all readers to gain confidence and feel successful.
- Students recognize the value of practice and hard work as they analyze their performances.
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Building Fluency through Reader's Theater Sample Pages
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This sample includes the following:
- Teacher's Guide Cover (1 page)
- Table of Contents (1 page)
- What's Included in Each Lesson (7 pages)
- Lesson Plan (6 pages)
- Script (14 pages)
Authentically Building Fluency
Moving beyond the understanding of fluency as a speed-reading concept, a clear definition of fluency includes accuracy, automaticity, and prosody.
In this professional development, learners will:
- Identify the research that demonstrates that fluency is critical to reading comprehension.
- Develop understanding of effective assessment and instructional methods to develop fluency.
- Practice strategies and discover tools to support fluency development.
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Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Nursery Rhymes Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:12577
ISBN:9781433315770
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Rimas infantiles (Nursery Rhymes) Kit (Spanish Version)
Item:14368
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Rimas infantiles (Nursery Rhymes) Kit (Spanish Version)
This Spanish kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to assign roles to best accommodate students' individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:14368
ISBN:9781433333682
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Folk and Fairy Tales Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11162
ISBN:9781433301629
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Cuentos folclóricos y de hadas (Folk and Fairy Tales) Kit (Spa…
Item:11345
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Cuentos folclóricos y de hadas (Folk and Fairy Tales) Kit (Spanish Version)
This Spanish kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to assign roles to best accommodate students' individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11345
ISBN:9781433303456
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Grades 1-2 Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts, with differentiation strategies detailed in the Teacher's Guide, that allow teachers to assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:10020
ISBN:9780743900201
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Niveles 1-2 (Grades 1-2) Kit (Spanish Version)
Item:11008
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Niveles 1-2 (Grades 1-2) Kit (Spanish Version)
This kit includes a Teacher's Guide and eight leveled, Spanish-translated scripts that allow teachers to assign differentiated roles to students based on their current reading level, allowing all students to perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11008
ISBN:9781433300080
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: My Country Kit
This kit includes 8 leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:10534
ISBN:9780743905343
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Fables Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11289
ISBN:9781433302893
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Fábulas (Fables) Kit (Spanish Version)
Item:11346
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Fábulas (Fables) Kit (Spanish Version)
This Spanish kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to assign roles to best accommodate students' individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11346
ISBN:9781433303463
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Mi País (My Country) Kit (Spanish Version)
Item:13273
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Mi País (My Country) Kit (Spanish Version)
This Spanish kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to assign roles to best accommodate students' individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:13273
ISBN:9781433322730
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: American Tall Tales and Legends Kit
This kit includes a Teacher's Guide and eight leveled scripts that allow teachers to assign differentiated roles to students based on their current reading level, allowing all students to perform and feel successful as they build fluency!
Item Number:11989
ISBN:9781433309892
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: World Myths Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:12146
ISBN:9781433311468
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Grades 3-4 Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:10021
ISBN:9780743900218
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Niveles 3-4 (Grades 3-4) Kit (Spanish Version)
Item:11009
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Niveles 3-4 (Grades 3-4) Kit (Spanish Version)
This Spanish kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to assign roles to best accommodate students' individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11009
ISBN:9781433300097
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Early America Kit
This kit includes 8 leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:10533
ISBN:9780743905336
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: William Shakespeare Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts adapted from Shakespearean plays. Differentiation strategies included in the Teacher's Guide allow teachers to accommodate individual reading levels and get all students to perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11347
ISBN:9781433303470
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Expanding & Preserving the Union Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11533
ISBN:9781433305337
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: The 20th Century Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11534
ISBN:9781433305344
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Grades 5-6 Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies that allow teachers to accommodate individual reading levels by specifically assigning leveled roles. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:10022
ISBN:9780743900225
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Nursery Rhymes Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:12577
ISBN:9781433315770
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Folk and Fairy Tales Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11162
ISBN:9781433301629
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Grades 1-2 Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts, with differentiation strategies detailed in the Teacher's Guide, that allow teachers to assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:10020
ISBN:9780743900201
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: My Country Kit
This kit includes 8 leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:10534
ISBN:9780743905343
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Fables Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11289
ISBN:9781433302893
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: American Tall Tales and Legends Kit
This kit includes a Teacher's Guide and eight leveled scripts that allow teachers to assign differentiated roles to students based on their current reading level, allowing all students to perform and feel successful as they build fluency!
Item Number:11989
ISBN:9781433309892
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: World Myths Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:12146
ISBN:9781433311468
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Grades 3-4 Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:10021
ISBN:9780743900218
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Early America Kit
This kit includes 8 leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:10533
ISBN:9780743905336
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: William Shakespeare Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts adapted from Shakespearean plays. Differentiation strategies included in the Teacher's Guide allow teachers to accommodate individual reading levels and get all students to perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11347
ISBN:9781433303470
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Expanding & Preserving the Union Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11533
ISBN:9781433305337
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: The 20th Century Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to specifically assign roles to students to accommodate individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11534
ISBN:9781433305344
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Grades 5-6 Kit
This kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies that allow teachers to accommodate individual reading levels by specifically assigning leveled roles. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:10022
ISBN:9780743900225
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Rimas infantiles (Nursery Rhymes) Kit (Spanish Version)
Item:14368
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Rimas infantiles (Nursery Rhymes) Kit (Spanish Version)
This Spanish kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to assign roles to best accommodate students' individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:14368
ISBN:9781433333682
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Cuentos folclóricos y de hadas (Folk and Fairy Tales) Kit (Spa…
Item:11345
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Cuentos folclóricos y de hadas (Folk and Fairy Tales) Kit (Spanish Version)
This Spanish kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to assign roles to best accommodate students' individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11345
ISBN:9781433303456
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Niveles 1-2 (Grades 1-2) Kit (Spanish Version)
Item:11008
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Niveles 1-2 (Grades 1-2) Kit (Spanish Version)
This kit includes a Teacher's Guide and eight leveled, Spanish-translated scripts that allow teachers to assign differentiated roles to students based on their current reading level, allowing all students to perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11008
ISBN:9781433300080
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Fábulas (Fables) Kit (Spanish Version)
Item:11346
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Fábulas (Fables) Kit (Spanish Version)
This Spanish kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to assign roles to best accommodate students' individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11346
ISBN:9781433303463
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Mi País (My Country) Kit (Spanish Version)
Item:13273
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Mi País (My Country) Kit (Spanish Version)
This Spanish kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to assign roles to best accommodate students' individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:13273
ISBN:9781433322730
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Niveles 3-4 (Grades 3-4) Kit (Spanish Version)
Item:11009
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Niveles 3-4 (Grades 3-4) Kit (Spanish Version)
This Spanish kit includes eight leveled scripts and a Teacher's Guide with differentiation strategies, allowing teachers to assign roles to best accommodate students' individual reading levels. All students can perform and successfully build fluency!
Item Number:11009
ISBN:9781433300097
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