Decodable Reader’s Theater Script Bundle, 1st Grade Fluency Activity

Are you searching for reader’s theater scripts for your students to read? These four scripts are perfect for building confidence in young readers by helping develop fluency and expressive reading, all while encouraging teamwork. With simple lines and decodable text, they are an ideal choice for classroom performances, reading centers, or small group practice.

Including two folktales, a fantasy story, and a realistic fiction story, these scripts were written for first graders in the middle and end of the school year; however, they would also be a good fit for second graders beginning their school year or in an intervention setting.

What’s included in this bundle?
✅The Little Red Hen (Required Skills - Vowel Teams)
✅The Mile Run (Required Skills - Consonant Digraphs NG & NK)
✅The Surprise Dinner (Required Skills - R-Controlled Vowels)
✅Chicken Little (Required Skills - Multisyllabic Words)

What is reader’s theater?
Reader’s theater is a reading activity where students are placed in small groups and perform a script aloud multiple times without any actions, props, or costumes. Each student reads one character’s lines, focusing on expression and fluency.

How does reader’s theater help build fluency?
Reader’s theater helps build fluency by giving students repeated, meaningful practice with a script. Research has shown that reading the same word multiple times helps move it from short term to long term memory.

To see if these scripts will be a good fit for your students, consider checking out the prerequisite skills in the free Foundational Phonics Scope and Sequence.

Engaging, effective, and fun - these reader’s theater scripts are a fantastic way to boost fluency and reading confidence in young learners!

Please note: These scripts were taken from Foundational Phonics Units 5, 7, 8, and 9.

Common Core State Standards:
CCSSRF.1.4b
Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
CCSSRF.2.4b
Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

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Thanks so much,
Paula Plumer
Waltzing Blossom Literacy