Building Fluency with Readers Theatre

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Building Fluency with Readers Theatre Motivational Strategies, Successful Lessons and Dynamic Scripts to Develop Fluency, Comprehension, Writing and Vocabulary

Anthony D. Fredericks

ISBN: 1-59158-733-6

ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-733-0

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236 pages

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Publication: 9/30/2008

List Price: $35.00 (UK Sterling Price: £24.95)

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Media Type: Paperback

Trim Size: 8 1/2 x 11

Subjects:

Education » Language Arts and Reading

Series Title: Readers Theatre

Description: This new title from well-known readers theatre author Tony Fredericks is designed to offer librarians and teachers specific information and detailed guidelines on how to begin (and continue) with readers theatre - specifically how it can be used to promote fluency. Practical information about how to advocate for the use of readers theatre as part of your weekly schedule is featured, as is what to tell your principal about using readers theatre.

Chapters include the theory and practice behind the use of reader's theatre to promote reading fluency and other language arts skills as well as practical advice in integrating readers theatre with the daily language arts instruction schedule, including model schedules to include guided reading, literature circles and other current instructional methodologies. Grades K-8.

This new title from well-known readers theatre author Tony Fredericks is designed to offer librarians and teachers specific information and detailed guidelines on how to begin (and continue) with readers theatre - specifically how it can be used to promote fluency and the five other Reading First principles. Practical information about how to advocate for the use of readers theatre as part of your weekly schedule is featured as is what to tell your principal about using readers theatre.

Chapters include the theory and practice behind the use of readers theatre to promote reading fluency and other language arts skills as well as practical advice in integrating readers theatre with the daily language arts instruction schedule, including model schedules to include guided reading, literature circles and other current instructional methodologies. Featuring lesson plans, model scripts, and information about how to adapt and write scripts for student use, this will be an invaluable tool for teachers beginning or trying to sustain the use of readers theatre in their classroom. Grades K-8.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Part I: Fluency and Readers Theatre
Chapter 1: Let's Take a Look at Reading Fluency
Chapter 2: Instructional Methods to Develop Fluency
Chapter 3: Assessing Reading Fluency
Chapter 4: What is Readers Theatre?
Chapter 5: Readers Theatre Develops Fluency
Part II: Readers Theatre: A Closer Look
Chapter 6: Getting Started with Readers Theatre
Chapter 7: Finding and Creating Scripts
Chapter 8: Performing Readers Theatre for an Audience
Chapter 9: Using Readers Theatre to Develop Fluency Across the Curriculum
Chapter 10: Questions and Answers
Part III: Readers Theatre Scripts
Chapter 11: Fables, Fantasies, and Fantastic Adventures
References
More Teacher Resources
Index

About the Author: Anthony D. Fredericks has written many books for Teacher Ideas Press. He is Professor of Education, York College, York, Pennsylvania, and the author of more than 50 teacher resource books, as well as 20 award-winning children's books.

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