Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue--Reader's Theater Script & Fluency Lesson

Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue--Reader's Theater Script & Fluency Lesson
Author: Stephanie Herweck Paris
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 17
Release: 2014-03-01
Genre:
ISBN: 1425883362

This reader's theater script builds fluency through oral reading. The creative script captures students' interest, so they will want to practice and perform. Included is a fluency lesson and approximate reading levels for the script roles.

Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue

Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue
Author: Stephanie Paris
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2009-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781433309915

Act out the story of Pecos Bill, a rough and tough cowboy from the old West who meets his match, Slue-Foot Sue, a larger-than-life cowgirl with a wild bronco! The roles in this engaging Reader's Theater script match different reading levels, allowing teachers to use differentiation and English language learner strategies to involve and encourage all students, regardless of their reading level. Struggling or proficient, all students can participate in this activity, gaining confidence in their reading fluency and feeling successful! Students will practice interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures while performing this thrilling tale! For additional fluency practice, students can recite the poem and sing the song included at the end of the story. By connecting to popular children's literature in a lively way, this script allows students to actively participate and enjoy reading. This colorful, leveled script is the perfect tool to get all students to participate and enjoy practicing fluency.

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett
Author: Steven Kellogg
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 50
Release: 1995-09-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0688140424

On the day she is born this amazing baby proudly announces she can out-talk, out-grin, out-scream, out-swim, and out-run any baby in Kentucky. Within a few years Sally is off to the frontier, where she stuns a hungry grizzly bear, makes a lasso out of six rattlesnakes, and is more than a match for the mighty Mike Fink. And when Sally Ann rescues Davy Crockett from a pair of ferocious eagles, even her hornet's-nest bonnet and skunk perfume don't stop him from proposing marriage. You won't find Sally Ann in any history book, but that hasn't kept her from becoming an authentic American frontier legend and the unforgettable heroine of Steven Kellogg's most delightfully rip-roaring tall tale.

Readers' Theater: Tall Tales

Readers' Theater: Tall Tales
Author:
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2006-03-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1420630660

Readers theater is a powerful tool for developing reading fluency. The scripts are designed for a range of reading levels. Students have opportunities to read individually, in pairs, and as a group. The scripts do not require costumes, props, or scenery.

Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed
Author: Lisa Greathouse
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2009-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781433309908

Act out the story of Johnny Appleseed, a man who journeyed across the Western frontier and planted apple seeds along the way, with this engaging Reader's Theater script! The roles in this script match different reading levels, allowing teachers to use differentiation and English language learner strategies to get all students participating in the activity. Regardless of their reading level, all students can be engaged in the activity, making them feel successful and more confident in their reading fluency! While performing this charming story with their peers, students will practice interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures. At the end of the story, students can recite a poem and sing a song for additional fluency practice. This colorful, leveled script teaches students about popular children's literature while making reading and rereading an engaging activity. This script is the perfect tool to get all students to participate and enjoy practicing fluency.

John Henry

John Henry
Author: Dona Herweck Rice
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2009-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1433392666

The race is on between railroad worker, Mighty John Henry, and a drilling machine, as both drill through a mountain to make way for the railroad. Find out who wins in this fun, colorful script that recants the adventures of this former slave.

Mike Fink

Mike Fink
Author: Steven Kellogg
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780780784093

An entertaining tale about the life of Mike Fink.

The Curriculum Management Audit

The Curriculum Management Audit
Author: Larry E. Frase
Publisher: R&L Education
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2000-09-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0810839318

Overviews the curriculum management audit (CMA) and compares and contrasts it with principles of total quality management (TQM), asking whether a school district can use curriculum audit principles in conjunction with TQM. Part I examines the history, critics, and practical compatibility of the CMA

Readers' Theater

Readers' Theater
Author: Evan-Moor Corporation
Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781557998941

All your students can shine thanks to the flexible casting options provided in Readers' Theater, Grade 5. To support struggling readers, cast two or more students in each role; the extra support of choral reading can make an important difference for many students. Refer to the Readers' Theater Table of Contents to see how you can connect each of the 15 read-aloud scripts to key content from the Grade 5 curriculum. Some of the scripts included are: - "Demeter and Persephone"--based on the classic Greek myth - "SOS Titanic"--a rescue on the high seas based on true events - "Getting the Scoop on UFOs"--a high school journalist learns a lesson about objective reporting - "The Montgomery Bus Boycott"--Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other historical figures take the stage in this script based on historical events - "All the Rice in India"--this version of a folktale from India involves students in an intriguing mathematical challenge - Many more

American Tall Tales

American Tall Tales
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2013-08-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307982599

The perfect addition to every family’s home library and just right for sharing aloud, American Tall Tales introduces readers to America’s first folk heroes in nine wildly exaggerated and downright funny stories. Here are Paul Bunyan, that king-sized lumberjack who could fell “ten white pines with a single swing”; John Henry, with his mighty hammer; Mose, old New York’s biggest, bravest fireman; Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, who could “outgrin, outsnort, outrun, outlift, outsneeze, outsleep, outlie any varmint”; and other uniquely American characters, together in one superb collection. In the tradition of the original nineteenth-century storytellers, Mary Pope Osborne compiles, edits, and adds her own two cents’ worth—and also supplies fascinating historical headnotes. Michael McCurdy’s robust colored wood engravings recall an earlier time, perfectly capturing all the vitality of the men and women who carved a new country out of the North American wilderness.