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היכנס לעולם אינסופי של סיפורים

תקשיב ותקרא

Christi Parker

Miriam Myers

Patterns are found in many places in our world, from the back of a zebra to a rainbow in the sky. This story shows students the intricate patterns of a spiderweb and how patterns are often found everywhere in nature. The mathematical connection is understanding that patterns are a repetition of colors or objects, and that they can be created by putting shapes or colors together. This story is based on The Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloth by Julia Carnes.

Teacher Created Materials

Shell Education Publishing

Building Fluency through Reader's Theater

Webs of Beauty

Christine Dugan

This story shows the true meaning of friendship and helping others. When a family is confronted with difficult times, the neighbors and extended family are there to help in any way they can. The language arts connection is making predictions.

Many Helping Hands

Making changes is often difficult for anyone, no matter how young or old. Moving Forward explores the topic of immigration and the feelings immigrants might have had, through a story told by a grandmother to her granddaughter, who is nervous about moving to a new school. The social studies connection for this story relates to understanding reasons why immigrants often came to America.

Moving Forward

Sarah Kartchner Clark

Set in the Great Depression, this story retells the story of a family that is struggling to make ends meet. As Madison confronts the effects of the Great Depression, she learns the importance of hard work and sacrifice and discovers that she comes from a long line of outstanding ancestors.

Lillian's Family Tree

Dorothy Sugarman

Florence's grandson, Joshua, finds the famous photograph of his grandma taken when she was a migrant worker during the Great Depression. Joshua and his father coax Florence to give her side of the story to Bill Ganzel who is writing a book about the lives of people during the Depression.

The Great Depression: A Migrant Mother's Story

Kathleen C. Petersen

Many students cringe at the thought of writing a poem. However, once they perform this story, they will realize that poetry can be both fun to read and write. The language arts connection is writing poetry.

Poetry? Yuck!

In this story, Mr. Cool Coyote is a sneaky character. He continually steals sweet little animals from Farmer Joe and Farmer Jack. On their own, the farmers’ efforts to catch Mr. Cool are unsuccessful, but when they work together, the coyote’s antics are put to an end! The language arts connection is writing narratives.

Teaming with Mr. Cool!

Cathy Mackey Davis

This story is based on the true story of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. Helen and Annie develop a special friendship as they learn and grow together and teach one another about the world. The language arts connection is related to studying biographies. This story can be used to introduce any biography.

A Teacher and A Friend

Just as the title of the reader’s theater implies, animals are amazing and children, in particular, find them fascinating. This story gives readers the opportunity to learn interesting facts about animals—while a young child, who loves all animals, must choose only one for a pet. The science connection involves learning about the various characteristics of different animals.

Amazing Animals

Lisa Zamosky

What would you do with a million dollars? In this story, Ben and Melissa work for their neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Cash, to earn some extra money. By the time they finish helping their neighbors, Ben and Melissa discover how to someday become millionaires. They have a great time imagining what they would do with a million dollars, but they also learn about money. and the banking process. The mathematical connection is understanding the various denominations of money and what each will buy.