Do you need an engaging way to study folktales, legends or Native Americans? Need a way to integrate literacy and social studies? Looking for more interesting texts for guided reading? These readers’ theaters will help you with all the above.

I have used these readers’ theater scripts for the many years in my classroom as part of our Native American unit and guided reading groups. I have performed these scripts in the classroom for other classes and as plays at parent events.

 

Why you will love this product?

→ They are perfect to pair with comprehension strategies and studying elements of folktales and legends.

→ Great addition to your Native American unit or folktale unit

→ Adds engagement and fun to reading time whether at guided reading groups or reading with partner time to help with fluency

→ Provides opportunities for role playing and students performing

→ Helps with speaking and listening skills

 

In this product you will find:

→ 11 scripts based on Native American folktales and legends. Each one is from a different tribe.

→ Each script has 4-9 roles to help accommodate various sized groups. The roles require different amounts of reading so you can easily meet needs of your students’ different reading abilities.

Native American Tribes Included:

Iroquois
Chippewa
Micmac
Cherokee
Blackfeet
Potawatomi
Ojibwa
Anishinaabe (Ottawa)
Chinook
Sioux
Navajo