Readers' Theater Passages 5TH GRADE

This 149-page pack has 10 readers' theater plays for your shared reading block. Each play comes in a full-page format so students can easily follow along with their assigned parts. Each play also includes a dictionary page to be filled in by the students, comprehension question pages, and writing prompts to help deepen their understanding of what they read.

These plays are perfect for literacy centers or partner work. They work well for shared reading or fluency groups. Each play takes 10-20 minutes.

Each passage has been professionally leveled by Lexile so you know you can trust the level, structure, and complexity of each play. After reading, students can answer different reading comprehension pages, or complete the summarizing pages, to help solidify their understanding of the play. Please note that the Lexile measures are lower than what you would typically see for 5th grade. However, the sentence complexity and themes presented in these plays make up for lower Lexile levels.

Number of Parts Per Play

• A Screaming Adventure: 7 parts
• Zoos: Good or Bad?: 10 parts
• Painting Punishment: 8 parts
• Coyote Catastrophe: 6 parts
• The Summer Job: 10 parts
• Abraham Lincoln: From Humble Beginnings to President: 6 parts
• The Roses: 5 parts
• The Rainforest: 8 parts
• Navid’s New School: 7 parts
• Beware: 6 parts

Number of Pages Per Play

• A Screaming Adventure: 7 pages
• Zoos: Good or Bad?: 6 pages
• Painting Punishment: 7 pages
• Coyote Catastrophe: 8 pages
• The Summer Job: 7 pages
• Abraham Lincoln: From Humble Beginnings to President: 6 pages
• The Roses: 6 pages
• The Rainforest: 6 pages
• Navid’s New School: 7 pages
• Beware: 6 pages

You can have multiple students choral read each part!

Each play has been professionally leveled by Lexile!

Find the exact level your students should be reading on by matching their Lexile level to each play!

10 Plays on a Variety of Literature and Informational Topics

Find a variety of fiction and nonfiction plays for your students. Each topic has been carefully selected to ensure it is high-interest, engaging, and motivating.

Generic Graphic Organizers to Use With ANY Play

Use the graphic organizers to target specific skills such as summarizing, character, setting, plot, visualizing, problem and solution, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and vocabulary.

Ideas for Use

These pages work well in:

● Literacy centers

● Small groups

● Partner reading

● Shared reading

● Fluency groups

Print-and-Go Materials

All Create-abilities resources are designed with ease-of-use in mind. Don’t have a color printer? No problem. Pages that do not render well in black-and-white have black-and-white copies included. Be classroom-ready with a quick print.

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