Resources for Readers Theater

Scripts and Lesson Plans

	What Is Readers Theater?
	Teach Reading By Putting on a Play
	Resources for Readers Theater
	Readers Theater Script Based on Wolf by Becky Bloom

• www.aaronshep.com/rt/index.html
• scriptsforschools.com/
• www.storycart.com
• www.lisablau.com/scriptomonth.html
• www.readerstheatre.ecsd.net/
• http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/langrt.htm
• www.readinglady.com
• www.readers.org/
• www.surfcitydelux.com/readerstheater/index.html
• www.literacyconnections.com/ReadersTheater.html

Books

• Break a Leg! The Kids' Guide to Acting and Stagecraft, by Lise Friedman (Workman, 2001).
• 15 Easy-to-Read Mini-Book Plays (K-2), by Sheryl Ann Crawford & Nancy I. Sanders (Scholastic, 2001).
• Folk Tale Plays From Around the World That Kids Will Love!, by Marci Appelbaum and Jeff Catanese (Scholastic, 2001).
• 25 Just-Right Plays for Emergent Readers (K-1), by Carol Pugliano-Martin (Scholastic, 1998).
• Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers (Grades 1-4), by Suzanne I. Barchers (Teacher Ideas Press, 1993).
• Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales for Readers Theatre, by Anthony D. Fredericks (Teacher Ideas Press, 1993).