Reader's Theater Club! (Works on Reading Fluency/Voice Acting/Comprehension!)

In this class, students will practice reading like voice acting to develop their reading fluency. I model what good expression sounds like, such as appropriate pauses and thinking like that character you are reading. We visualize what a character looks like, age, gender and geographical location to explore possible voices that character may have. We will also focus on reading comprehension and script analysis. There will also be a few vocabulary words that I will pre-teach before each script. 

Here is the weekly breakdown.

Week of January 5: Jack and the Cornstalk
Week of January 12 The Lion and the Mouse
Week of January 19: The Ant and the Grasshopper 
Week of January 26 The Tortoise and the Hare
Week of February 2: The Dog and His Bone 
Week of February 9: The Fox and the Crow 
Two Week Break 
Week of March 2: The Boy Who Cried Wolf 
Week of May 9: The Rat and the Elephant 
Week of March 16: The City Mouse and the Country Mouse 
Week of March 23: Rumpelstiltskin 
Week of March 30: Snow White
Week of April 6: Little Red Riding Hood (Drama Edition)
Week of April 13: Home, Sweet Home
Week of April 20: In The Middle
Week of April 27: How Elephants Came to Live in the Grasslands
Week of May 4: Hard-Working Harold
Week of May 11: Animal Fashion Show
Week of May 18: Trot! Walk! Stop!
Week of May 25: The Mystery of Lake Lure
Week of June 1: Three Billy Goats Gruff (New Packet!)
Week of June 8: Coral Reefs
Week of June 15: Rabbit and Coyote
Week of June 22: Cinder...Really-The true story of Cinderella