Short.  Easy.  Fun.  "Ring!  Ring!  Ring!  Alexander Graham Bell" uses the idea of a phone call in CHORAL Readers Theater style for primary level readers.  Use this cross-curricular script as a springboard for discussions on how the telephone has changed the world or as part of a unit study on sound or hearing.  Comes complete with four pages of annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans.

TIME:  1 min.    CAST: 3 or 3 CHORAL groups    TONE:  educational, light    READABILITY:  grade 0.0 (Think grades K-1.)

Easy.  Historic.  Biographical.  "Alexander Graham Bell and Mr. Watson" takes two of Bell's historic phone conversations with his helper, Mr. Watson, and invites your students to participate via Readers Theater.  This cross-currcular script is based on Bell's actual words as much as possible.  (Bell invented the first telephone.)

Perfect for grades 1-2, ESL, ELL, and remedial students, "Alexander Graham Bell and Mr. Watson" comes complete with over four pages of annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans (e.g., sound, ear, hearing, telephone, inventors...).

TIME: 2 min.     CAST:  3-4 OR 2-4 CHORAL groups    TONE:  educational with historic conversations     READABILITY:  grade 1.1  (Think grades 1-2 and check the vocabulary list on the cover page.)

Young Alexander Graham Bell (inventor of the telephone) asked a lot of questions.  Some led to experiments and inventions.  "Alexander Graham Bell and the Talking Dog" includes two related true stories from his teenage years that will make your students want to learn more about the man with "crazy" ideas. 

Complete with 5 pages of annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans, "Alexander Graham Bell and the Talking Dog" is perfect for grades 2-3, remedial students in middle or high school, and ESL or ELL classes.  Note:  There is a longer and more difficult series of two scripts on Bell's life (grades 4-6), plus a simplified version of them (grade 3.2).

TIME:  3 1/2 min.   CAST:  3-6    TONE: educational, light        READABILITY:  grade 2.1

The early life of Bell is filled with fun stories of inventions and experiments.  Can you imagine a "talking dog"?  "Alexander Graham Bell--Part 1:  Childhood Inventor (Full Class Version)" includes three stories from Aleck's life growing up.  (His mom was deaf.)  This Readers Theater biography about the famous inventor of the telephone is based on history and includes some of his actual quotes.  (Note:  Full class version means the narrators and Aleck's parts are divided among more readers. Part 1 comes in a 4 versions:  full class, original  with a cast of 3-7 and the simplified versions of those.  The original version is readability grade 5.0--grade 4.4 without substituting "N" for "Narrator.")

Complete with 5 pages of annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans (e.g., Bell, the telephone, hearing, the ear, and talking dogs), this science Readers Theater will have your students begging for Part 2.   

TIME: a little over 6 1/2 minutes     CAST: 3-7     TONE:  educational     READABILITY:  3.2

The early life of Bell is filled with fun stories of inventions and experiments.  Can you imagine a "talking dog"?  "Alexander Graham Bell–Part 1:  Childhood Inventor (Simplified Full Class Version)" includes three stories from Aleck's life growing up.  (His mom was deaf.) This Readers Theater biography about the famous inventor of the telephone is based on history and includes some of his actual quotes.  (Note:  Full class version means the narrators and Aleck's parts are divided among more readers. Part 1 comes in a 4 versions:  full class, original  with a cast of 3-7 and the simplified versions of those.  The original version is grade 4.4-5.0 depending on whether or not you use the word "Narrator.")

Complete with 5 pages of annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans (e.g., Bell, the telephone, hearing, the ear, and talking dogs), this science Readers Theater will have your students begging for Part 2.     

TIME: a little over 6 1/2 minutes     CAST: 6-23+     TONE:  educational     READABILITY:  grade 3.2

Part III of our biographical series for beginning readers on the life of Clara Barton, "Clara Barton, Nurse and Red Cross Founder"  is the super simple version of our original Readers Theater script written for upper elementary or gifted students.  Complete with annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans, "Clara Barton, Nurse and Red Cross Founder" fits well with a study of community helpers.

TIME:  about 2 1/2 minutes   CAST: 6-7+ (optional chorus)   TONE:  serious and educational   READABILITY:  grade 3.3 (Grade 3.0 removing Clara's lines with these words:  president, bandages, medicine.)  I think second graders could handle it easily, but give Clara's part to a better reader.

"Clara Barton Grows Up To Be A Teacher" is the second in a series of historical scripts on Clara Barton.  (Clara Barton became famous as a battlefield nurse during the Civil War and as founder of the Red Cross.) Chronologically, this one starts with her as a teeenager.  "Clara Barton Grows Up To Be A Teacher" is the easiest of the three different reading levels on Clara Barton the teacher.  Based on books--including her own book published in 1907--this character-building script continues the role model of  Clara helping.  Complete with annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans, "Clara Barton Grows Up To Be A Teacher" works well for primary, special ed, and ESL students or family fun.

TIME:  about 3 minutes      CAST: 7+ ( boys chorus)         TONE:  mixed        READABILITY:  grade 2.0

In 1907 Clara Barton published a book about her own childhood.  This biographical Readers Theater for elementary students, "Helping Others:  Young Clara Barton (Simplified)," takes some of her own words and includes them in this character-building script.  Your students will meet a shy, young girl who did not come from a perfect family, but looked for ways to help.  They'll also get a surprise lesson in historic medicine!

This is the simplifed version of the original (grade 4.3) Readers Theater script on Clara Barton's childhood.  We have another easier version (grade 1.7) that's for primary students or ESL.  All include annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans or unit studies.   You could have each group in your class take a separate time of her life OR do a different script each day as part of a unit study on this famous American woman who who was a battlefield nurse during the Civil War and founded the American Red Cross.

TIME:  about 5 1/2  minutes   CAST:  4+ (chorus)     TONE:  mixed       READABILITY:  grade 2.7

Biography in Readers Theater?  Why not?  Here's the first of a series of historical scripts on Clara Barton.  Chronologically, this one starts with her childhood.  "Clara Barton, Happy Little Helper" is the easiest of the three different reading levels on the young Clara Barton.  Based on books--including her own book published in 1907--this character-building script includes nature study with the role model of helping.  Complete with annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans, "Clara Barton, Happy Little Helper" works well for primary, special ed, and ESL students or family fun.

TIME:  about 3 1/2 minutes      CAST: 4+ (chorus)         TONE:  mixed        READABILITY:  grade 1.7