GIGGLE WARNING!  I read this simple script to three adults and all three chuckled several times.  Based on a true story, "The Hose Phone" shares the light side of a common experience:  not hearing exactly what someone else says.  Students of ALL AGES will enjoy practicing this script with different voices.  Perfect for partner plays or small groups, "The Hose Phone" would work well for short performances IF you train your readers to not speak when the audience is laughing.  Since this short Readers Theater script is easy to read it's appropriate for struggling students in grades 1-8 and even adults.  You may use it as a "hook" for a science unit study of sound, the ear, and hearing.  This fun script comes in two font options and includes annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans.

TIME:  less than 2 min. (2–3 pages)           CAST:  2-4 (or choral)          TONE: light, fun        READABILITY:  grade 1.0 (easier without the word "narrator") 

Educational.  Flexible.  Full-class or less.  "How the Digestive System Serves You" promotes good health by exploring the digestive system.  This educational script includes a chorus so any number of students may participate.  Complete with annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans, "How the Digestive System Serves You" includes 24 reader parts rich in vocabulary.  This non-fiction Readers Theater is part of our collection of scripts on the digestive system.  Use it with a unit study on the digestive system and add the other scripts for small groups to practice.  Perfect for upper elementary grades 4, 5, 6 and advanced ELL students, "How the Digestive System Serves You" integrates cross-curricular learning in science or health studies on the human body.  Since this Readers Theater script reads like the script of a documentary—with choral interruptions—encourage your students to use their special newscaster voices for more fun.

TIME:  about 7 minutes         CAST:  2-24+, CHORUS         TONE:  educational        READABILITY:  grade 5.7

What happens when the Digestive System Olympic trials and competition announcers interview and track Laydle McSwaydle?  Through the wonders of technology Laydle's body talks.  "Digestive System Olympics" Readers Theater script includes "Digestive System Commercials (1 & 2)" as part of the script.  (Another version without commercials is available for the commercials to be rehearsed separately.)  "Digestive System Olympics" is only one of our collection of scripts on the digestive system of the human body.  Rich in vocabulary and complete with annotated currciulum links for easy lesson plans,  "Digestive System Olympics" is perfect for unit studies on the digestive system for grades 3, 4, 5.  

TIME:  13+ minutes (including commercials)    CAST:  5-12       TONE: educational, entertaining     READABILITY:  grade 3.9 WITH commercials, grade 4.7 WITHOUT commercials

A talking stomach?  Why not?  These two commercials are from our script "Digestive System Olympics," but may be used separately in a study of nutrition or the digestive system.  Both commercials are short, easy, and entertaining.  Complete with annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans our "Digestive System Commercials (1 & 2)" could inspire your students to create their own commercials for a body system.  Perfect for students in grades 2, 3, 4, and 5, these easy commercials could also be used with ELL or ESL students.  Middle school students could present them as part of a bigger program on health to a younger class.  (Note:  "Digestive System Olympics" has a readability level of grade 4.7 WITHOUT these two commercials.)

TIME:  about 2 minutes each      CAST:  4-5 each       TONE:  light, yet serious      READABILITY:  grade 2.1

Ingest, Ingestion.  Digest, Digestion.  Secrete, Secretion.  Although "Digest It!" fits on one page, the script is rich with vocabulary on the digestive process.  Use "Digest It!" to complement another of our digestive system scripts that focuses more on body parts.  "Digest It!" focuses on the process of digestion in a memorable way.  Complete with annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans, this script comes in two readability levels:  grade 1.9 or 1.4.  (For an easier script check out our simplified version of "Digest It!" with a readability of grade 0.0–think K-2nd.)  Perfect for primary students grades 1, 2, or 3, "Digest It!" is also appropriate for ELL and ESL students.

TIME:  less than 1 minute  CAST:  6,plus an optional chorus or 6 CHORAL groups    TONE:  light and serious   READABILITY:  grade 1.9 OR 1.4 (shortened titles of readers)

Gifted elementary or middle school students?  "Digestive Synopsis" is rich in vocabulary with a poetic flavor.  Short, concise, and serious, "Digestive Synopsis" comes with annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans.  Use it as part of a unit study on the digestive system or a quick, non-fiction filler.  Perfect for advanced ELL students, this Readers Theater script is also useful for grades 5, 6, 7, 8, and high school students.

TIME:  a little over 1 minute        CAST:  6 or 6 CHORAL groups      TONE:  serious       READABILITY:  grade 7.2

Lub-dub.  Lub-dub.  Lub-dub,. Lub-dub.   Here's a fun Readers Theater script for 2-25+ readers on the human heart.  "Oh, My Heart, Heart, Heart" also easily works for Choral Readers Theater with the whole class.  Perfect for integrated curriculums, emergency substitute teacher plans, or health/science unit studies, this heart-healthy script comes with two pages of annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans.  Since it's short, it can be a launching pad for a short study on the heart for Valentine's Day or American Heart Health month (February). 

 We have added a Flexi-Curric™ version in our store with thinking questions, worksheets, and extension activities.

 TIME:  3 1/2 minutes      CAST: 2-25+ (Choral Reading option)   TONE:  light, educational    READABILITY: grade 3.8

Did you ever know a student who likes a good mystery with a dash of humor?  If so, then "The F-I-B:  Case #33" would be perfect for him/her to read aloud.  Like the sister Readers Theater script "The Sugar Spies,"  this script uses a mystery to teach healthy lessons in nutrition that will not easily be forgotten.  The two scripts are perfect for lesson plans on childhood obesity.  Since the script has a cast of 12-13 or more (if a chorus is used), it could be used with "The Sugar Spies" for a whole class production on healthy eating....

TiME:  about 12 minutes  CAST: 12-13 (plus chorus?)  TONE:  fun, but with a serious message   READABILITY: Grade 4.6

The Sugar Spies are at it again saving citizens from disaster in this free Readers Theater script.  Who ARE the Sugar Spies?  Ah...it's best for you to meet them yourself--along with the mayor of the town of Destiny.  This frolicking script packs a punch of health thanks to the expertise of Dr. Colbert and the eagle eyes of the Sugar Spies.  Kids will never forget Fatland OR the Sugar Spies after playing spy in this Readers Theater script. 

TIME = about 11 minutes    CAST = 12+    TONE = serious fun   READABILITY: Grade 3.7