Get ready for The Manatee Reader's Theater!
Reader's Theater introduces the element of drama into literacy learning and magically transforms the classroom into a stage. …….the reader is at center stage.
The reader is a star!
The reader is a star!
Readers read from a “script” and reading parts are divided among the readers.
Scripts are held by readers. Lines are not memorized.
Costumes are not necessary, but simple props may be used.
The focus is on reading the text with
The focus is on reading the text with
expressive voices and gestures, making comprehension of the text
meaningful and fun for the students.
meaningful and fun for the students.
Our Reader's Theater presentation will take place on
Friday, January 29th, at 10:00 a.m. in the classroom.
The scripts students will be reading from include:
Big Foot Cinderella
Skippyjon Jones
The 3 Little Pigs
Green Eggs and Ham
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type
For the next few weeks your child will be practicing reading their
lines fluently, with both vocal and facial expression.
lines fluently, with both vocal and facial expression.
Hope you can come to our reading presentation!
Reminder:
Clay in Art Class
Students will be working with clay in art class on Mondays and Tuesdays for the next few weeks. They will need smocks to protect their clothes. Please send in over-sized shirts for them to wear, along with a plastic grocery bag to house them in when they are not being used. Thanks!
Field Trip to Cinderella
If you have already sent in your permission slip and payment
for the fun Cinderella field trip on Thursday,
Feb. 11th at 10:00, we thank you!
for the fun Cinderella field trip on Thursday,
Feb. 11th at 10:00, we thank you!
If not, please add it to your list of to-do's.
Thank you kindly.
