1 / 12

Educational Resources Ltd .

Educational Resources Ltd. At U-Otter-Read It We believe. Learning is fun. Learning is collaborative. Reading and writing skills can and should be integrated throughout all areas of the curriculum. What is Readers Theatre?.

moses-zamora
Download Presentation

Educational Resources Ltd .

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Educational Resources Ltd .

  2. At U-Otter-Read It We believe • Learning is fun • Learning is collaborative • Reading and writing skills can and should be integrated throughout all areas of the curriculum.

  3. What is Readers Theatre? Two or more oral readers interpreting a script for an audience. Theatre of the imagination Scripts may be based upon a variety of genres – such as stories, poems, and diaries

  4. Why Use Readers Theatre? Reading skills developed in a supportive, cooperative setting. Frequent revisiting of text encourages and promotes confidence and fluency. Typically, readers preparing for performance will revisit the text more than 15 times before reading before an audience.

  5. Why Use Readers Theatre? Numerous opportunities to explore and experience rhythm and rhyme of language. Emergent readers supported by the collaborative nature of the task, and frequent modeling of expressive oral reading • Lends itself easily to multi-level readers and age groups.

  6. Why Use Readers Theatre? • A wide-range of literacy skills can be taught and reinforced through readers theater experiences: • early reading skills • oral interpretation • fluency • comprehension • dramatic skills

  7. Why Use Readers Theatre? Provides a natural extension into longer works of literature through themes, author studies or curriculum links. Supports and models writing • Easily adapted For Literature Circles It’s fun!

  8. Professional Workshops Workshops are constantly being updated and adapted to meet the needs of host organizations. At the present time, workshops are offered throughout Canada and Eastern USA, and South East Asia through teacher conventions, literacy conferences and School Board hosted Professional Development Events. In addition, U Otter Read It sponsors, hosts and presents full day readers theatre and literacy seminars.

  9. An Otter Invitation to Readers Theatre ProfessionalWorkshops I loved the class participation that was encouraged, the wealth of books and strategies shared and the enthusiasm of the speaker! … Early Literacy participant – Victoria, BC Early Invitation to Readers Theatre Effective presentation covering a wide variety of ideas and objectives for readers theatre. It was so good, it was like taking a bite of a cookie and wanting more. Thanks! …. D. Stefishen, Sherwood Park, Alberta Early Literacy – Strategies, Stories and Scripts Good attention to the variety of ways of working with a script. I think this may be a good activity for English As Additional Language (EAL) … R. L. Pile, London UK

  10. U-Otter-Read-It Educational Resources

  11. Additional Resources • Each book is a collection of 6 – 10 scripts, suitable for independent and advanced readers. Other titles include: • Twisters to Twangle the Tongue • Manners and Mischief • Rhymes and Lullabies • Readers Theatre for Christmas

  12. U-Otter-Read-It Contact Information: Phone 780 962 9854 Fax 780 962 9882 Email: info@uotter.com Web site: www.uotter.com

More Related