Lesson plans for storytelling with cross-curricular connections.

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• Storytelling in the classroom
• Lesson plans and Activities
• Story Library
  • Stories in Nutshell - A collection of concise folktale plots
  • Aesop's ABC...Twenty Six Fables

Readers' Theatre explained.

• Assignment
• Scripting for Readers' Theatre
• Readers' Theatre Evaluation

Aaron Shepard's page explains readers' theatre.

• RT Tips
• RT Scripts
  • Tips of Scripting
  • Tips on Staging
  • Tips on Reading

An adapted script for readers' theatre. 

 Storytelling in the classroom, lesson plans.

Printable scripts for use in the classroom.

An assortment of scripts available for download in pdf and MS Word format.

This extensive guide (441pdf pages) is broken down into 13 chapters. Each chapter ends with appendices that support teaching and learning strategies for the primary classroom.

1. Improving Student Achievement in Reading
2. Effective Reading Instruction
3. Oral Language and Reading
4. Read-Alouds
5. Shared Reading
6. Guided Reading
7. Independent Reading
8. Reading Comprehension
9. Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Word Study
10. The Role of Writing in Reading Instruction
11. The Role of Technology in Reading Instruction
12. Assessment
13. Planning and Classroom Organization

A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction, Grades 4 to 6:
Volume One, Junior Learner part 1
Volume One, Junior Learner part 2
Volume Two, Assessment
Volume Three, Planning and Classroom Management
Volume Four, Oral Language
Volume Five, Reading
Volume Six, Writing
Volume Seven, Media Literacy