Improve Reading Fluency and Comprehension with Playbooks® in the classroom
Reader's Theater is a great way to teach a love of reading in the classroom and increase fluency and comprehension in a fun and engaging way.
It’s research-based, and an easy-to-implement reading activity in the form of scripts/plays that do not require memorization, props, or a stage. Students read their parts together to bring the story to life.
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Reader's Theater is research-based. “Repeated Guided Oral Reading” or reading a text at least 4 times has been shown to most effectively improve reading fluency and comprehension. Reader’s Theater truly engages students and is a popular, approved form of “Repeated Guided Oral Reading.” |
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Students love it, and it promotes cooperative interaction with peers and makes reading exciting. Reader's Theater allows students to perform, practice public speaking, and interact with their peers, , building confidence and social skills. |
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Reader's Theater also meets nearly 50 objectives in the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, as well as most State Standards! |
Why Playbooks®?
Playbooks® materials have been making a difference in schools since 2001 and provide the most comprehensive tools for effective Reader's Theater implementation. Besides that, why us?
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Playbooks® are the ONLY Reader's Theater books with a patented format, that are color-coded and multi-leveled, which allows students to feel confident reading with others whatever their levels are. |
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Playbooks® provides a full curriculum with Implementation Tools including online videos for students and teachers, Role Assignment Forms, pre and post reading assessments, and Supplemental Learning Activities |
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High-Quality, engaging stories and activities that teach reading fluency combined with other curriculum topics including Math, Science, Social Studies, Health, Language Arts, and Social Emotional Learning |
Full of Implementation Tools & Extras!
Each Bundle Kit includes a:
Teacher's Guide with Quick-Start and detailed Implementation Instructions & Videos, Pre and Post-Assessment Module, Reader Assignment Forms, Award Certificates, Reading Level Correlation to Fountas & Pinell, Reading Recovery, DRA, and Lexile, Online Implementation Videos & Supplemental Activity Worksheets with 8-12 engaging activities to accompany and reinforce ideas from the story.
3000+ PROGRAMS
Used in 3000+ School, Summer and After School Programs
6 MILLION STUDENTS
Positively impacted over 6 million students
130+ TITLES
Over 130 Titles to choose from across Grade Levels and SEL Topics
For more information call: +1-800-375-2926, email info@readerstheater.com, or fill in the form below