Reader's Theaters are known to be super beneficial for students. With a reader's theater, the kiddos can bring the writing to life and be the voice they think the author is intending. They are able to put context to their reading. I love using reader's theaters!! With PA taking the state tests for the past two weeks, we have had some extra time down at the end of the hall. I thought what better way to utilize this time than to bring in some reader's theaters?! Currently, our reading unit is focusing on the presidents and the preamble, so I scooted over to Scholastic and this reader's theater website and found a couple that we could use.
I am a huge advocate for letting students learn as they go, so I gave them the scripts, they practiced and helped each other with picking voices and movements, and they even got creative with props they made! I love seeing their little minds at work!
Do you use reader's theaters in your classroom?
Happy Teaching!
~ Beth
I LOVE reader's theater. Usually I only have a handful of kids that can handle it because I teach kinder, but they love it too. We have them record themselves with their iPad too so they feel like a movie star :) These are great to share with parents too!
ReplyDeleteRecording themselves is a neat idea! I think parents would love to see something like that!
ReplyDeleteAw, so fun! Kids love to act out -and they learn to much in doing it too. Great idea.
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