Readers Theater Budget Kit

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For Grades K-5 - (Includes 12 stories with 6 copies each - 72 books.)

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Great for After School, Summer School, Sharing Among Classrooms, etc.

Employing reader’s theater as part of your reading enrichment program is a great strategy to keep kids engaged, learning, and having fun during and after school.

Kit includes a Step-by-Step
Implementation Packet

The following planning, assessment, and tracking tools and forms are included:

- Quick Start Implementation Guide
- Readability Test
- Reading Behavior Test
- Student Information Sheet
- Student Questionnaire
- Assessment Student Record Form
- Story Rotation Chart
- Reading With Expression Reminders

Budget Kit Prices

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Kit with Games

$579.00

$638.97

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Stories Included

	Water Works! Water is everywhere. We can see it running down the street or watering lawns. We drink it and brush our teeth with it and wash our hands with it. But do we ever think about how important it is for our bodies? Do we really know? Why do we need it? What does it do? This fast moving, funny rhyming story will answer those questions and more. It shows the true value of water and how essential it is for our lives. It offers water as a healthy alternative to soda pop, and explains why it is such a good choice. It instills in children a desire to drink more water, and teaches a lesson that will hopefully last a lifetime.	Available in... Advantage (Multi-Level) Format with... Character Roles Written at Reading Stages 0 - 2 Content for Pre-K - 1
	Sam's Secret While Tom and his mom enjoy a sunny day at the beach with their loyal dog, Sam, some unusual things happen. Is Sam full of trouble, or does he have a bigger secret? An "Early Reader" story ideal for Stage 1 and Stage 2 readers.	Available in... Advantage (Multi-Level) Format with... Character Roles Written at Reading Stages 1 - 3 Content for K - 1
	Bug Off! Matt didn't like bugs! In fact, he wished they would all just bug off. One day, while Matt was trying to eat lunch in his backyard, four bugs came to visit him. They bugged him, of course, and worse than that, they wouldn't leave! Matt had no choice but to listen to what they had to say and was quite surprised with what he learned!	Available in... Advantage (Multi-Level) Format with... Character Roles Written at Reading Stages 1 - 3 Content for Grades K - 2
	Time Will Tell Eva, Don, Jan, and Roy are always too late to catch the Ice Cream Man. If only there was a way to know when he was coming. Ah, but there is! The children learn that if they know how to tell time, they will be able to know just when the Ice Cream Man is on his way. It is always easier to learn about something if you have a rhyme to help you remember, and the children are taught rhymes to help them learn about hours and minutes. Diagrams in the story show a clock face with various times displayed and show the hour hand, minute hand, and second hand. Finally, it is time for the Ice Cream Man to arrive, and this time the children don't miss him!	Available in... Advantage (Multi-Level) Format with... Character Roles Written at Reading Stages 0 - 2 Content for Grades K - 3
	Ucky Duck In this modern twist of The Ugly Duckling, Spencer realizes that he doesn't fit in. His friends try to help him with many make-over attempts, from braces to tattoos, but he simply doesn't look like the rest of his family! What will Spencer do? Based on the classic story.	Available in... Advantage (Multi-Level) Format with... Character Roles Written at Reading Stages 1 - 4 Content for Grades 1-4
	Ick! I'm Sick! Ah choo! This twisted tale about three children who get sick at school will show you what NOT to do when you’re sick. A mischievous cold bug named Spike tricks the children into thinking they can “give” their colds away, when they are actually spreading them. With every uncovered cough and sneeze, Spike and his fellow germs grow stronger and louder. When the whole school becomes infected with germs, the school nurse decides it is time to separate fact from fiction about viruses. Read this wildly entertaining story to teach kids about proper cold etiquette and prevention.	Available in... Advantage (Multi-Level) Format with... Character Roles Written at Reading Stages 1 - 4 Content for Grades 1-5
	The Ice Cream Dream Mr. MacRicee is a man who loves ice cream. He eats it every day and enjoys all different flavors. His favorite store is the Sweet Treat Shop where he goes after dinner for a single scoop cone. Things are about to change, though, because Mr. MacRicee likes ice cream a little too much. You could never imagine the kind of trouble that is just around the corner.	Available in... Advantage (Multi-Level) Format with.. Character Roles Written at Reading Stages 2 - 4 Content for Grades 2-4
	My Wide World of Sports Michael wasn't interested in sports. The only things he really liked to do were play video games and eat snacks. Then one day, his TV stopped working. Instead of video games, he could only see his pudgy reflection in the dark glass. When one of his friends invited him to watch his soccer practice, he reluctantly went along out of lack of something better to do. Out on the soccer field, Michael met up with his friends who each practiced a favorite sport, popular in his or her own culture. It was fun to learn about sports from around the world, but unfortunately, Michael wasn't good at any of them. When the kids decided to cool off in the pool, however, things were about to change! Amazingly, once Michael hit the water, his awkwardness turned into agility, and he was a stronger and faster swimmer than any of the other kids. Was it possible that one day Michael Phillips would not only be good at a sport, but would excel?	Available in... Advantage (Multi-Level) Format with... Character Roles Written at Reading Stages 3-5 Content for Grades 3-6
	Stone Soup In this positive retelling of a classic tale, a cheerful young traveler comes upon a town facing a difficult depression. The townspeople are grumpy and worried about feeding their families, but the traveler has a secret he hopes can help them out in more ways than one! Nobody believes him when he says he can make a delicious soup using a stone as the main ingredient, but they are intrigued. As the traveler comments that adding extra ingredients such as carrots or onions would really make the best stone soup, the townspeople's generosity begins to shine though! Can the townspeople set aside their fears and learn how to help one another as members of the community through the hard times?	Available in... Advantage (Multi-Level) Format with... Character Roles Written at Reading Stages 3 - 5 Content for Grades 3-5
	The Elves and the Shoemaker A long time ago, there lived a shoemaker and his wife. The shoemaker was a gifted artist, but he was clumsy, and he had trouble sewing the fine stitches of his designs with his awkward, pudgy fingers. Consequently, the shoemaker wasn't very successful, and the couple was very poor. One night, three little elves came to visit, and seeing the plight of the shoemaker, decided to break their elvish code and help him out. They had delicate, nimble fingers, and although they weren't creative artists, they were very good at sewing. This story is based on the original Grimm tale, but is presented from a different perspective, and gives the reader a new view of the old classic.	Available in... Advantage (Multi-Level) Format with... Character Roles Written at Reading Stages 3-5 Content for Grades 3-6
	Send Me a Sign When Faith approaches a new student on the first day of school and gets no response, she thinks she is being ignored. As she soon finds out, Shanti is actually deaf, and is in the same class as Faith! Daily lessons in sign language and Miss Sybil’s inspiring art projects launch a powerful friendship, as well as class-wide awareness on student diversity and how to make friends with the deaf. Readers will learn several words in sign language with instructional pictures throughout the story, and will also learn a poem at the end of the story teaching complete phrases in sign language they would wish to say to a deaf person they meet.	Available in... Advantage (Multi-Level) Format with... Character Roles Written at Reading Stages 2-5 Content for Grades 3-6
	Who Gives a Hoot? It’s time for Outdoor Education camp and Sarah is anxious about being away from home for an entire week. So, her mother gives her a diary to write down her thoughts each day and she locks it with a tiny key each night. To make matters worse, a couple of icky boys from school end up in her hiking group. Luckily, Emily, a girl who’d much rather be in the mall, is also in the group and she and Sarah become friends over the mutual disgust for the troublesome boys. During one of the nature hikes, the students inadvertently discover some owl pellets, and Mr. Acorn, their guide, gives them a complete lesson on what they are and how they can determine what an owl ate by studying the skeletal remains inside the pellet. When the key to Sarah’s diary goes missing, the students solve the mystery by determining that a mouse ate it, and then an owl ate the mouse. As they learn about the food chain, they become friends and Sarah discovers that going away to camp can be fun and isn’t so scary after all.	Available in... Advantage (Multi-Level) Format with... Character Roles Written at Reading Stages 3-5 Content for Grades 4-8