Reading First New Jersey - Professional Development
Video-based Reading Strategies and Techniques: Fluency
Resources - Readers Theater
| Fall Fluency for Teachers | This article briefly discusses echo reading, choral reading, reader's theater, and partner reading. |
| The Importance of Using Multiple Methods of Reading Instruction | This article examines three reading strategies: guided reading, choral reading, and reader's theater. Suggestions and tips for each strategy are also provided. |
| Improving Fluency Through Group Literary Performance | In this lesson Bill Martin Jr.'s picture books provide opportunities for students to hear fluent reading modeled then to join in the readings through literary performance. Students participate in shared and choral reading, as well as readers theater. Grades K-2. |
| Internet Resources for Conducting Readers Theatre | Scripts, procedures for implementation, assessments, and resources related to this topic. |
| In this lesson, students develop scripts, perform in groups, and practice using their voice to depict characters from texts. Grades 3-5. | |
| Reader's Theatre Editions | Reader’s Theater Editions are free scripts for reader’s theater (or readers theatre) adapted from stories written by Aaron Shepard and others—mostly humor, fantasy, and world tales from a variety of cultures. A full range of reading levels is included, with scripts aimed mostly at ages 8–15. |
| Reader's Theater: A Reason to Read Aloud | Tips and resources provided. |
| Reader's Theater: Presenting Asian Folktales | In this lesson, students transform Asian folktales into reader's theater scripts. Rubrics and evaluations are provided. Grades K-3. |
Read*Write*Think contains a wealth of reading and writing lessons. It is a collaborative effort between the International Reading Association, NCTE, and Marco Polo.
Bank Street's Guide to Literacy for Volunteers and Tutors, Bank Street College of Education provides reading tutors with a variety of information ranging from background information on literacy and early reading, sample lesson plans, activities, and information on other literacy and reading resources.
Instructional Resources Database: Instructional Activities from SEDL is a search tool for locating instructional activities.
