Students: Choose your grade to Play In A Book while you are at home!
Here are fun activities students may follow while outside the classroom. In 5,4,3,2,1 let's do our warm-ups and get ready to use the tools of an actor to Play In A Book.
Click on your grade level above and go through each video in your lesson. Check back for more lessons each week.
Quiet on the set! And...ACTION!
Additional Resources for Teachers:
Shared courtesy of the Illinois Reading Council
Professional actors read some great picture books. A favorite is Betty White reading Harry the Dirty Dog
Flyleaf Publishing Online Portal
Free resource to help facilitate online reading instruction and learning organized by phonics and scope.
Gr. 6 - 8 Lesson Plan from LitLife:
Nationally recognized organization specializing in professional development for literacy teachers shares a lesson plan focused on middle schoolers.
Professional Development:
Thank you for visiting Play In A Book Online Learning. You will find our lessons are fully prepared to be delivered to K-5 students, including our scripts which are leveled and designed to build and support oral reading fluency. Should you wish to dig deeper into our material and select vocabulary words, or have a discussion regarding character, sequence of events, problem/solution, cause/effect, or theme, then refer to our workbooks as a guide. These can be found by clicking the button below for the Teacher Resource page.
Teacher Resource
Here are some other fun resources to try from Friends of Play In A Book!
"Five Little Monkeys" read by Ms. Terry Amy from Flights of Fantasy Story Theatre
"Brain Dance" by Chicago Public Schools Dance Instructor M. K. Victorson
"The Wolf's Chicken Stew" read by Play In A Book Classroom Actor Ms. Ginger Leopoldo
Theresa Amy, from Flights of Fantasy Story Theater in Los Angeles, California reads "Five Little Monkeys Sitting In A Tree"
You can hear much more from Ms. Amy at flightsoffantasy.org. Her organization provides theater programming and arts services for children, parents, and teachers throughout southern California. Thank you Flights of Fantasy!
Ms. M.K. Victorson, a dance teacher with Chicago Public Schools, shares "Brain Dance" a short video of the warm up she does with little ones, ages 3-7, based on Anne Greene Gilbert's BrainDance. It moves through the 8 developmental patterns and can be done in a small space. Ms. Victorson is an Arts Instruction Specialist. Thank you, M.K.!
Ms. Ginger Leopoldo shares "The Wolf's Chicken Stew" by Keiko Kasza. See what happens when the wolf gets a terrible craving for chicken stew! Ms. Ginger, a Classroom Actor with Play In A Book, is the Artistic Director at Circa Pintig Theatre, as well as an ESL Adjuct Instructor with the Univ. of the Potomac and with VIP Kids. Thank you for the story, Ms. Ginger!
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