Reader’s+Theatre


 * Reader’s Theatre**

Reader’s theatre is a technique that allows students to dramatize narration selected from novels, short stories, picture books, and poems. Reader's theatre may be used to highlight aspects of text, such as difference in narrator and character, and to enhance literal and interpretative understanding. This strategy promotes a sense of audience and purpose and requires a high level of group collaboration. Individuals and groups use voices, facial expressions, and gestures to bring meaning to the text. Although this technique does not require memorization, it does require rehearsal.
 * Description**

The teacher:
 * Method**
 * coaches students in the techniques and form of reader’s theatre;
 * selects suitable pieces to perform;
 * facilitates interpretation and group discussion;
 * may determine group composition to build success.

Reader's theatre:
 * Considerations**
 * meets the needs of students with varied learning styles by using visual arrangement and sound to support meaning and effect;
 * provides opportunities to vary the size of the group;
 * requires time for rehearsal;
 * requires a “script” of quality and emotion, often with dialogue and suspense;
 * may incorporate tableau.


 * Illustrations From The Mathematics Classroom**

How Bear Got A Short Tail/Lost His Tail
 * Elementary**
 * [[file:How Bear Lost His Tail Play.pdf]]
 * [[file:How Bear Got a Short Tail Addition and Subtraction Problems.pdf]]
 * [[file:How Bear Got a Short Tail Multiplication and Division Problems.pdf]]

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 * Secondary**