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Reader’s Theater

Adapted from

Froggy Goes to School

by Jonathan London

1 © 2014 Nina Mengali

Reader’s Theater


If you are searching for a way to get your students to enjoy reading, become more expressive, read aloud with confidence, become more fluent…then let the magic begin!!

I have found using Reader’s Theater with large and small groups really helps my students strengthen their reading and language arts skills! My class CHEERS every Nme I tell them we are going to do Reader’s Theater!! This technique makes reading come alive for your students and can really develop a classroom full of confident readers! It is especially important that the stories are fun and engaging!

Reader’s Theater is a great way to reach the individual needs of a variety of students at one Nme! Accelerated readers can conNnue to develop expressive reading, and develop or expand their vocabulary. Struggling readers are given a legiNmate reason to read aloud and to re-‐read. CollaboraNng with peers is one of the most appealing features of Readers Theater; students did not feel alone as they read, they did not have to read the whole text, and they experience breaks between their reading.

Reader’s Theater Adapted from

Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London

Characters:


Narrator Froggy Max

Mr. Mugwart Mom Dad

Teacher

Froggy Goes to School Page 1

Narrator: It was the first day of school. Froggy woke up and looked out the window. The sun was high in the sky.

Froggy: Oh, no! The bus! The bus! I’ll miss the bus!

Narrator: He hopped out of bed and flopped outside.


Froggy: Flop, flop, flop. Wait! Wait!

Max: Ha, ha, ha! FRRROOOGGGYYY!

Narrator: The bus stopped and the door folded open.

Froggy: I made it! Flop, flop, flop.


Froggy: Wha-‐a-‐a-‐a-‐a-‐a-‐a-‐t?

Narrator: He was in his underwear! He dashed to the back of the bus and hid behind Max’s umbrella all the way to school.


Dad: FRRROOOGGGYYY!

Dad: Rise and shine, Froggy. It’s the first day of school!

Narrator: It was Froggy’s dad. Froggy was sNll in bed. It was all a bad dream!

Froggy: Wha-‐a-‐a-‐a-‐a-‐a-‐a-‐t?

Max: Did you forget something?

Froggy: Oops!


Narrator: This Nme Froggy got ALL dressed!

Narrator: Then he flopped into the kitchen.


Mom: You’re just nervous about school, Froggy. Everybody is nervous on the first day.

Narrator: He tried to pour milk on his bowl of flies, but the carton flew out of his hands.

Froggy: Flop, flop, flop.

Froggy: Zip! Zoop! Zup! Zut! Zut! Zut! Zat!

Froggy: Not me!

Narrator: And together they leapfrogged all the way to the bus.


Narrator: At school, Froggy found his name tag on his table. He liked his name. It was the first word he knew how to read. It was the only word he knew how to read.


Teacher: FRRROOOGGGYYY!

Froggy: FRRROOOGGGYYY! FRRROOOGGGYYY! FRRROOOGGGYYY!

Froggy: Wha-‐a-‐a-‐a-‐a-‐a-‐a-‐a-‐a-‐t?

Teacher: Hush, dear. It’s Nme to pay aaenNon.

Froggy: Flop, flop, flop.

Narrator: But it was hard to pay aaenNon. He squirmed. He looked out the window at the falling leaves. He felt like a leaf falling… falling….PLOP! He fell right out of his chair.


Teacher: Kindly stay in your seat, dear. We’ll sit on the floor at circle Nme.


Froggy and Max: Me me me me me me me ME!!!

Teacher: One at a Nme children. Froggy, what did you do last summer?

Froggy: OOPS!

Narrator: It was finally circle Nme.

Teacher: Now children, today I’d like you to tell us what you did last summer. Who wants to go first?

Froggy: Last summer I learned how to swim! Bubble, bubble, toot, toot, chicken, airplane, soldier. Bubble, bubble, toot, toot, chicken, airplane, soldier. Bubble, bubble, toot, toot, chicken, airplane, soldier.


Froggy: OOOPPPS!


Narrator: Froggy’s Mom and Dad met him at the bus stop ager school.

Mom and Dad: How was your first day of school, Froggy?

Narrator: In walked Mr. Mugwart, the principal.

Narrator: Froggy was embarrassed, looking more red in the face than green.

Mr. Mugwart: Bubble, bubble, toot, toot, chicken, airplane, soldier. Someone learned to swim!

Froggy: Great! I taught the principal how to swim!

Mom: Hmmmmmmmmmm, that’s nice, but where is your lunch box?


Froggy: OOOPPPS! I leg them at school.


Narrator: And together they leapfrogged all the way home.

All: Flop, flop, flop!

Dad: And where is your baseball cap?

Mom: Oh, Froggy. Will you ever learn?

Froggy: That’s why I am going to school mom!

Narrator: The end.

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