Reader's Theater Exercise 20:
Camp Reader’s Theater™ Story With
Lesson on Classroom Behavior

Teaching Summer School or another educational summer program? This month's exercise includes a mini version of a Playbook® story from one of our Camp Reader’s Theater™ Kits, The Coopersville Capers. The story is about a classroom full of mischievous third graders who are determined to pull the best prank.

Eventually, the children come to realize that compromise and cooperation are much better ways of getting along, so the story provides a great opportunity to discuss appropriate behavior in a school or social setting while also building reading fluency. The Reader’s Theater script is also an effective tool for channeling rambunctious or “trouble-maker” students’ energy into a productive activity.

The activity also includes cut-out Mini-Costumes for each character in the story, and worksheets prompting students to first make a list of classroom rules, and then describe better alternatives to given examples of bad behavior. With this activity, students can have fun performing a character part and improve their reading skills, while you nurture a cooperative classroom!

Click here to get the free Reader's Theater exercise for building
fluency and encouraging good behavior in the classroom.