I will be presenting Reader's Theater as my instructional strategy. This strategy allows students to become active readers. I began using Reader's Theater last year after our school developed a library of Reader's Theater scripts. My students really got into this strategy. They enjoyed making the props and the masks and they loved performing for the lunchroom ladies, the office staff, and our class. We even did an Author's Breakfast and they performed for parents as well. It is hard to find scripts that are easy enough for kindergarten students to read and this strategy is utilized more during the second semester of kindergarten when my higher reading groups are reading. I wrote a couple of my own scripts for Reader's Theater as well last year. One particular script that was fun to do was Mrs. Wishy Washy. I plan to do more of these this year.
Michelle Moffitt