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3rd grade drama resources for GATE
Fairy Tale Lesson Plan Bundle
This lesson plan bundle—one of my all-time favorite ELA units to teach—contains activities designed to generate enthusiasm and skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and performing. Read on for notes regarding grade level usage. And see the Preview for Table of Contents, Standards correlations, and sample materials.
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I hope you enjoy my favorite unit!
Cynthia
The unit bundle includes the following, totaling over 100 pages
The Box Elementary Play Script on Rumors Drama Club Readers Theater
The Box Elementary Play Script on Rumors Drama Club Readers' TheaterWhat's in the box? Is it the sports equipment? Craft supplies? A Bengal tiger wearing SCUBA gear?? No one knows, but that doesn't stop the children from leaping to wild conclusions, and learning a lesson about spreading rumors.This one-act play was written for my 3rd-5th grade Drama Club to accommodate 23 performers, with differentiating roles ranging from a few lines for struggling readers to powerhouse roles for the attentio
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Twelve Cranky Children Play Elementary Script Drama Club Readers Theater
Twelve Cranky Children Play Elementary Script Drama Club Readers Theater
Is Jack a hero who saved the town, or an irresponsible boy who killed the giant after climbing the beanstalk and stealing the goose? Twelve Cranky Children must decide his fate in this comedic courtroom drama.
With 21 roles, and a running time of approximately 45 minutes, the play is easily adapted to drama club or classroom use, with very small roles for the shy or reluctant readers to starring roles. Fairy tale cha
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Script:The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
16 single-sided page script
Recommended for grades 4 through 8 (or younger, GT students)
Play is approximately 45 minutes long
A perfect culminating activity after enjoying the magic and symbolism of C.S. Lewis' "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Enjoy!
(Long live Aslan; Long live Christmas!)
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Unity Day Original Bullying Play Elementary Script Readers Theater Drama Club
Unity Day is a comedy that addresses bullying issues, with 24 roles ranging from a few lines for the meek or struggling readers, with roles to differentiate all the way up through gifted readers and/or those who enjoy the spotlight. It is a historical view from a far distant future of a time when Earthling children first attend an intergalactic school and run into some trouble with their new classmates. They struggle to learn to get along despite their differences, but as usual, some are more
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Cooties Boys vs Girls Epic Showdown 3rd 4th 5th Grade Drama Play Readers Theater
The third through fifth grade students in my drama club are at that stage where some of the boys think the girls have “cooties” and vice versa. In this play, the teacher allows the children to settle the question of male vs. female superiority in a classroom debate, where the children must provide facts, not opinions, to offer supporting details to justify their positions.
Who wins? I’m pretty sure you already know, but the children certainly enjoy practicing their reading skills as they a
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Liar Liar Pants on Fire Play Elementary Script Drama Club Readers Theater
Elementary Script Drama Club Readers Theater Play: Liar Liar Pants on Fire
With 27 roles, and a running time of approximately 45 minutes, the play is easily adapted to drama club or classroom use, with very small roles for the shy or reluctant readers to starring roles. Roles can be combined for smaller groups.
Travis is prone to fanciful tales, and learns that sometimes lies have a way of getting us in the...um, end. Figurative language becomes anthropomorphized to help the children learn
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
A Sticky Situation Elementary Script Drama Club Readers Theater Play
A Sticky Situation Elementary Script Drama Club Readers Theater Play
With 22+ roles, and a running time of approximately 45 minutes, the comedic play is easily adapted to drama club or classroom use, with very small roles for the shy or reluctant readers to challenging starring roles. Roles can be combined for smaller groups.
The teacher is given a Very Important Note, but it is accidentally knocked into the trash bin. Once the people leave, the school supplies on the teacher's desk come to
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
HALLOWEEN Special Effects Makeup | Fake Scars & Edible Blood | Zombie Skin Drama
Have FUN during the Halloween season with these Edible Blood and Fake Scars Creepy Cool MakerSpace Creation Station Activity! Included are PDF direction sheets with video links in 3 formats-station cards, landscape, and portrait. Simply gather the inexpensive supplies, and let your students create! Ways to Use•Have a Halloween Celebration Day...or week...or month!•Place in your Early Finisher Station.•Set up a Halloween MakerSpace Station.•Do activity as a whole class.•Use as part of your PBIS,
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
End of Year Drama Lesson Tableau Review Cooperative Learning Creativity
Needing end of the school year activities? Here's a different one for you--this drama lesson focuses on tableau. It is unique, quick, engaging and PERFECT for reminscing about the great school year you've had. End the school year on a positive note! Easy prep for the teacher. Note: This lesson was created using the Theatre Art Georgia Standards of Excellence for Fourth GradeGeorgia Standards: TA4. CR1 A and B Organize, design, and refine theatrical work. A. Create characters with specific
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Ignoramuses Elementary Script Environmental Science Play Readers Theater
When I formed the drama club for 3rd-5th graders at my school, I had no idea scripts cost hundreds to thousands of dollars! I found some online readers' theater scripts, but none that were for more than a small handful of children or took more than a few minutes to perform. Necessity being the mother of invention, I started writing my own. The Ignoramuses is a comedic look at a serious issue. Instead of leaving mainstream society to form a better way of life, they form an island community w
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Little Monsters Elementary Script Drama Club Readers Theater Play
Little Monsters Elementary Halloween Script Drama Club Readers Theater Play
With 22+ roles, and a running time of approximately 45 minutes, the play is easily adapted to drama club or classroom use, with very small roles for the shy or reluctant readers to challenging starring roles. Roles can be combined for smaller groups.
Ms. Pleasant really means it when she says her class is a bunch of little monsters. When the monster supply factory relocates to her town, she discovers her students ar
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
SCAMPER a Fairy Tale & Put on a Play
Allow your students to SCAMPER a fairy tale and then present a play on their new fairy tale. Record the play and turn it into a movie for your students to keep.
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3rd - 6th
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Halloween Themed Costume Design Lesson for Grades 3 to 5!
Oh boy! Halloween is near. This costume design lesson, twenty pages in length, is focused on Halloween characters and gives the students an opportunity to learn about costume design and ultimately to be costume designers. This lesson was created specifically for grades 3-5 and reflects that. Included in this lesson: Letter to TeacherThe History of Costume Design (for the teacher)The Rationale for Teaching Costume DesignCostumes Notes for StudentsTeacher's Script--what I say and how I say it!Pr
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Theater Arts Lessons Grades 5 to 7 Drama Curriculum
Impromptu Dramas: Nursery Rhymes
This fun activity encourages your students to use fluency, flexibility, elaboration and originality coupled with critical thinking to create Nursery Rhyme dramas in five to ten minutes. Activities can be used with groups of two to four students and the possibilities are endless. Enough cards for a very large group.
I’ve included a colored version of this activity as well as a blackline version to save ink. Blackline copies can be colored or run off on three different colors of cardstock to s
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3rd - 7th
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Hansel and Gretel Game (for Music)
Have your students learn or review the key details (aligned with common core standards) from this classic opera, Hansel and Gretel with this fun folder game (a version for Smartboard also included). Students travel around the "game board" and answer questions regarding details (who, what, where, when, why, how) that are printed on the "Take n' Bake" task cards.Note: this IS for the opera version - NOT the classic story version (such as Brothers Grimm).
Game instructions, task cards (40 plus 2 b
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Grades:
K - 3rd
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Also included in: Hansel and Gretel Music Bundle
Impromptu Dramas: Fairy Tales
This fun activity encourages your students to use fluency, flexibility, elaboration and originality coupled with critical thinking to create Fairy Tale dramas in five to ten minutes. Activities can be used with groups of two to four students and the possibilities are endless. Enough cards for a very large group.
I’ve included a colored version of this activity as well as a blackline version to save ink. Blackline copies can be colored or run off on three different colors of cardstock to sepa
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3rd - 7th
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OREGON OR BUST- A Play About The Oregon Trail
A family heads west across the Oregon Trail. A short play in 4 scenes about the trip and all the troubles they encounter along the way to Oregon.
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2nd - 9th
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Greek Gods and Goddesses PowerPoint Introduction and Quiz
Simple PowerPoint to introduce the Greek gods and goddesses. The first set of slides have the name and what they are known for. The second set has names removed so you can use it as a quiz, formative assessment...etc.
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Shakespeare - Individualized Unit
Passion Pursuits are individualized units based upon students' interests. When studying personal interests in greater depth, students also are able to develop research skills and those skills involved in the creation of various products.
Many GT experts (Renzulli, Betts, Feldhusen, Van Taseel-Baska) include investigating personal interests as part of their GT curriculum models.
Passion Pursuits allow teachers to differentiate for students - whether they are gifted, high potential, and/or und
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3rd - 8th
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FREE Teachers' Workday Script Drama Club Readers' Theater
I think the subject matter may have been a bit too sarcastic for some people's tastes, so I just converted this to a freebie in the hopes that you might enjoy my writing style and consider other readers' theater scripts for your elementary drama club or intermediate classroom. Of course, please do feel free to use this script if you wish. It may have been a personal vent, but it turned out to be a real hit with the children!This script is a comedic jab at all of the so-called educational exper
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Impromptu Dramas: Christmas
This fun activity encourages your students to use fluency, flexibility, elaboration and originality coupled with critical thinking to create Christmas dramas in five to ten minutes. Activities can be used with groups of two to four students and the possibilities are endless. Enough cards for a very large group.
I’ve included a colored version of this activity as well as a blackline version to save ink. Blackline copies can be colored or run off on three different colors of cardstock to separ
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Can vs Don't
This play/program was written for a Red Ribbon Week Assembly and worked beautifully in encouraging students to stay off of drugs. It points out all the things that you can do instead of all the things people tell you not to do. There are four main speakers and a multitude of one liner parts. There is very little acting requried by the main 4 speakers, but the one liners have quite a few actions. There is a section where either students can do the actions and not speak or you could have teach
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3rd - 11th
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Impromptu Drama: Halloween
This fun activity encourages your students to use fluency, flexibility, elaboration and originality coupled with critical thinking to create Halloween dramas in five to ten minutes. Activities can be used with groups of two to four students and the possibilities are endless. Enough cards for a very large group.
I’ve included a colored version of this activity as well as a blackline version to save ink. Blackline copies can be colored or run off on three different colors of cardstock to separ
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
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