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Drama Common Core SL.K.2 resources
Hansel and Gretel DRAMA UNIT (5 x 60 min lessons) NO PREP!
Primary School students explore the story of Hansel and Gretel through guided drama activities. NO PREP REQUIRED! This curriculum aligned primary drama unit has 5 x 60 minute detailed lesson plans with extension and differentiation activities. A perfect and engaging way to explore a well loved story. INCLUDES:- 5 x 60 Minute Detailed Lesson Plans based on Hansel and Gretel- Scene Starter Cards- Additional and Extension ActivitiesKEY VOCABULARY: Movement. Freeze. Voice. Characters. Putting yourse
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1st - 4th
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Yearlong Kindergarten Drama Curriculum
This curriculum is a first step to introducing the youngest students to drama and creative expression through movement, verbalization, and role-playing. This program lets teachers implement and experiment with the creative process and the basic skills of drama, while stimulating learning and integrating drama with other curricular areas. Teachers can access further support and training by contacting the author or our support team at danielle@onestopdramashop.com PROGRAM GOALSThe Goals of this
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PreK - 2nd
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Seven Blind Mice Lesson Plans and Activities
This lessons plans and activities are based around the book, Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young.
It includes:
*Lesson Plans and Ideas
*How to Assemble a Mini Book
*3 Blind Mice Song
*Story Retelling Worksheet for Seven Blind Mice
*Similes Worksheet for Seven Blind Mice
*5 Senses Worksheet
*Parts of the Whole Activity
*Parts of the Whole Worksheet
*Sight Word Cards for Games and Practice
*Writing Practice with Sight Words
*Student-Create
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K
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Fairy Tale Story Retelling Little Red Hen Headbands and Stick Puppets
The ability to retell a familiar story is an essential early language skill and promotes listening, speaking, reading and writing development! Physically acting out the story is a fantastic way to retell a story. These headbands and story sticks will help your students to get straight into character and bring the story to life while retelling! This resource can be used by your students after they read, watch or listen to your chosen version of this favorite tale. Or you might want to use my ver
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PreK - 2nd
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Classroom Master Guide: Portals of Possibilities Campaign: Episode 1 - D&D | Dnd
Dive into the enchanting world of tabletop role-playing with "The Classroom Master Guide: Portals of Possibilities Campaign - Episode 1". This comprehensive 75-page guide is designed to introduce educators and students alike to the thrilling educational possibilities of TTRPGs using the Classrooms & Chimeras (C&C) system. Whether you're a seasoned game master or new to the world of TTRPGs, this guide has everything you need to embark on an unforgettable educational adventure.What’s Inclu
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Fairy Tale Story Retelling Three Billy Goats Gruff Headbands and Stick Puppets
The ability to retell a familiar story like The Three Billy Goats Gruff is an essential early language skill and promotes listening, speaking, reading and writing development! Physically acting out the story is a fantastic way to retell a story. These Three Billy Goats Gruff headbands and story sticks will help your students to get straight into character and bring the story to life while retelling! This resource can be used by your students after they read, watch or listen to your chosen versi
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PreK - 2nd
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Fairy Tale Story Retelling Three Little Pigs Headbands and Stick Puppets
The ability to retell a familiar story like The Three Little Pigs is an essential early language skill and promotes listening, speaking, reading and writing development! Physically acting out the story is a fantastic way to retell a story. These Three Little Pigs headbands and story sticks will help your students to get straight into character and bring the story to life while retelling! This resource can be used by your students after they read, watch or listen to your chosen version of this f
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PreK - 2nd
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Valentine's Day ABC's: Personalized Class Script & 4 Sets of Cards/Signs
Looking for a simple Valentine's Day performance and/or game that includes everyone and makes them feel special?This resource is loosely based on the children's picture book, L is for Love: A Heartfelt Alphabet by Greg Paprocki. I used some of the words he assigned to the letters of the alphabet, but I changed others and wrote a sentence to go with each letter/word. I wanted to create a short script that you could personalize so that every student (or even teacher) is highlighted when it is read
Peanut Butter & Jelly: Transformation and Imitation
Working with vocabulary words, students learn to express multiple meanings and images of words through the use of physical transformation and imitation (part of the first grade objectives). In addition, students have to demonstrate cooperation with you and their peers, follow directions, and manage their personal space. You can also refer to the Peanut Butter & Jelly activity write-up (in addition to this lesson) for further details if needed. This lesson is part of our recommended seque
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: First Grade Drama Curriculum: Semester One
The Ice Wizard: Concentration
Students love the freeze activity where they can demonstrate the skill of concentration; they often beg to repeat it over and over. This lesson ends with the story of a mean wizard who can only be outwitted by children who can concentrate. Students must apply the freeze in the enactment of the story. An abbreviated Ice Wizard story is included with the lesson but we recommend you download the full version which gives you more details for the enactment. This lesson is part of our recommended
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: First Grade Drama Curriculum: Semester One
The Carrot Seed
Continuing and reinforcing the previous Prop Box Lesson, growing plants provide the real life inspiration for this lesson. This lesson is based on the book “The Carrot Seed” by Ruth Krauss: find a copy at the bookstore or at the library to complete the materials. Your students will enjoy discussions about what is needed for plant growth and acting out gardening (part of the kindergarten objectives). Discussion will also include thoughts about personal abilities and positive thinking. This
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Yearlong Kindergarten Drama Curriculum
Caps for Sale
Building on the previous lessons, the students will enjoy acting out the included story of Caps for Sale. They will interactively learn how to solve problems by wit and not by anger (part of the kindergarten objectives). Begin the lesson with a Freeze Activityas a warm-up exercise (and set a management signal): download one of ours or use your own. This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Kindergarten Curriculum.
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Yearlong Kindergarten Drama Curriculum
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Continuing the work from the previous Emotions Lesson in the Kindergarten series, the Three Billy Goats Gruff uses a familiar fairy tale to give the students further practice in expression of the basic emotions happy, sad, mad, and scared (part of the kindergarten objectives). In this case, the students exercise their empathy in the conflict between the troll and the goats. This will prepare them for the next lesson in the series: Charlie Lesson. This lesson is part of our recommended sequenc
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Yearlong Kindergarten Drama Curriculum
Pictures in the Air/Imaginary Land/Jack and Jill
Following the Snowman lesson, use this collection of simple activities and familiar nursery rhyme to continue building skills in the Kindergarten Curriculum. The group will also model positive non-distracting behaviors as an audience (part of the kindergarten objectives). For further work or if the children want to repeat the lesson, you can adapt this lesson to the Harold and the Purple Crayon series.
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Yearlong Kindergarten Drama Curriculum
The Snowman
This lesson dovetails in nicely with typical winter theme and related classroom activities. Students will hear the Snowman story (included) and act out the snowman’s quest using the drama tools (part of the kindergarten objectives). They will work both alone and with partners to practice using positive audience behaviors. This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Kindergarten Curriculum.
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Yearlong Kindergarten Drama Curriculum
Humpty Dumpty
Many children know the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. We employ it here for students to practice skills with the body, mind and voice – also known as the actor’s tools (part of the kindergarten objectives). Students use their body to imitate a variety of actions both as a warm-up and as you read the story aloud to them. This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Kindergarten Curriculum.
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Yearlong Kindergarten Drama Curriculum
Mirror Warm-Up
Students have fun following the movements of a partner in this very traditional exercise called "The Mirror" [basic instruction included as part of the lesson]. This lesson can be repeated many times and you will see the concentration deepen (part of the kindergarten objectives). Want to spice it up? There are a variety of different mirror exercises in our list of activities that will provide days of enjoyment and learning. This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Kindergarten Curr
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Yearlong Kindergarten Drama Curriculum
Dragon Hunt
What child doesn’t dream of searching for dragons? Building on the previous Magic Carpet lesson, you will guide the children in their hunt as they use their imagination and the five senses in their search (part of the kindergarten objectives). In addition, students should demonstrate cooperation with you and their peers, follow directions, and manage their personal space. This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Kindergarten Curriculum.
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Yearlong Kindergarten Drama Curriculum
Magic Carpet
Young children revel in using their senses to explore the world around them. This lesson gives them the opportunity to use their imagination and the five senses to create a drama. You will guide them as they journey to different places and imagine the sensations of the environment (part of the kindergarten objectives). This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Kindergarten Curriculum.
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Yearlong Kindergarten Drama Curriculum
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Building on the previous lessons in the Kindergarten series, students begin working with listening and imitation skills (part of the kindergarten objectives). We adapted this lesson from the Grimm’s fairytale and you can use your own version or we included one for quick reference with teaching tips. This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Kindergarten Curriculum.
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Yearlong Kindergarten Drama Curriculum
Seeds Grow/The Greedy Little Fish
Sometimes actors face problems in deciding how they will act out a certain part of a story. Getting the students to think like artists and problem solve before playing a story is the goal of this lesson. Students work with problem solving skills along with self-management behaviors (part of the kindergarten objectives). This lesson incorporates The Greedy Little Fish story: download it from our story library to complete the materials. This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Ki
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Yearlong Kindergarten Drama Curriculum
Improvisation for Collaboration - A Classroom Management Strategy
Want to add more engaging, fun material to get students to work together? With my experience of over 10 years teaching improvisation at The Second City to students 3-13 years old, I have compiled a list of 7 improv games designed to get students actively working together in a fun way. You can use these games not as a drama exercise but as a classroom management strategy. Your students will love coming to your class and you can use these strategies as a reward or to refresh how to work together.
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K - 8th
A Project Based Learning Unit For Primary Grades: The Three Little Pigs
Welcome to this Project Based Learning, or PBL, teaching unit. This unit is designed for grades K, 1 and 2. Included in this unit is an explanation of project-based learning and a step-by-step guide on how to teach this project with rigor and authentic connections to the real-world.
Through this unit, your students will publicize, practice, and perform their own Three Little Pig plays complete with puppets or masks, props and scenery. Additional ideas are included to make this experience closer
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K - 3rd
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Fairy Tale Story Retelling Little Red Riding Hood Headbands and Stick Puppets
The ability to retell a familiar story like Little Red Riding Hood is an essential early language skill and promotes listening, speaking, reading and writing development! Physically acting out the story is a fantastic way to retell a story. These Little red Riding Hood headbands and story sticks will help your students to get straight into character and bring the story to life while retelling! This resource can be used by your students after they read, watch or listen to your chosen version of
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PreK - 2nd
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