Learn about the White House while acting out the story of Charlie as he builds a treehouse that will be his own "White House"! Charlie wants to become the president one day and, with the help of his friends, he learns more about the White House and the president's duties. He even practices being president by making important decisions about the treehouse! The roles in this script are written at different reading levels. This feature allows teachers to easily implement differentiation and E...

Make it a "community effort" in your classroom to build fluency and analytical skills through these engaging primary source documents. While learning about local government, community jobs, and government leaders, students develop fluent and meaningful oral reading, as well as vocabulary and word decoding skills. Included with each text is a history connection, a vocabulary connection, and extension ideas to meet the needs of all students. Primary sources are included in print and digital ...

Readers can learn all about the first president of the United States in this inspirational and fascinating biography. This book features many engaging images, supportive text, and appealing sidebars to detail accounts of George Washington's life, including the First and Second Continental Congress, his marriage to Martha Custis, his home at Mount Vernon, and infamous battles like the Battle of Yorktown. The glossary and table of contents allows readers to better understand the vocabulary a...

Act out the story of three friends finding patterns in nature, in the classroom, and at home, encouraging your students to find patterns on their own! This script includes six roles, each of which match a different reading level. Teachers can apply differentiation and English language learner strategies to the script to assign roles in a way that accommodates all students, whether they are struggling or proficient readers. All students can engage in one activity together, gaining confidenc...

When Molly's birthday is the day before a science test, she and her friends find a way to celebrate and study at the same time! Act out this charming story as the children find a way to study and learn about science while doing fun activities like baking a cake and riding carnival rides. This colorful script teaches students that they can apply their studies to fun everyday activities. The six roles in this script are written at different reading levels, supporting differentiation and Engl...

Take a trip to Washington D.C. with Bosley Bear! Learn about four important presidents--Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln--while Bosley Bear finds the monuments dedicated to them that are scattered around Washington D.C. This charming script includes six roles that are written at varying reading levels, supporting differentiation and English language learner strategies. Teachers can implement specific strategies to assign roles to students based on their individual reading leve...

The Wigz family wants to go to the Hog Wild Carnival to enter their pet pigs in a contest, but they need to find money to go! Act out the story of their search for cash and change hidden around the house! This script includes six roles, each of which match a different reading level. Teachers can apply differentiation and English language learner strategies to the script to assign roles in a way that accommodates all students, whether they are struggling or proficient readers. All students ...

The American Revolution changed the lives of many people forever. This fascinating nonfiction book explores some of the most important events leading up to and during the war, including why colonists were upset with Great Britain, the Intolerable Acts, and the Boston Tea Party. Through detailed images, engaging sidebars, and supportive text, readers will learn about people like George Washington, Paul Revere, the Sons of Liberty, and what they did to make the American Revolution so revolut...

The Wigz family wants to go to the Hog Wild Carnival to enter their pet pigs in a contest, but they need to find money to go! Act out the story of their search for cash and change hidden around the house. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confi...

In this nonfiction title, readers will discover the hardships that pioneers faced as they traveled West. Readers will love the exciting and adventurous images and stunning facts about the Oregon Trail, Sutter's Mill, the Donner Party, the gold rush, Homestead Act, and even about buffalo herds! A helpful table of contents and glossary aid in readers' understanding of life on the trails and prairies.

Abraham Lincoln is often considered one of the greatest American presidents. Readers will discover the incredible things Lincoln accomplished during his time as president and the impact he made on slavery, the Civil War, and the country. The easy to read text and enlightening facts highlight such aspects of Lincoln's presidency as the Emanicpation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and how the popular and electoral votes led to his nomination. Detailed images and illustrations show re...

Why did the Civil War begin? Which states were part of the Union and which were part of the Confederacy? Readers will learn the answers to these questions and more as they move through this fascinating nonfiction title. The easy-to-read text, engaging facts, and vivid images and illustrations help highlight some of the aspects that led up to the Civil War including the slavery, the Underground Railroad, abolitionists, the Fugitive Slave Act, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Lincoln-Douglas...