Readers Theatre = Fluent Readers

At the risk of sounding like a broken record . . . I love 1st grade! One of the many reasons is the amount of progress the children make in readers workshop over a relatively short period of time. Everyone is working on becoming a more fluent reader and the best way we know how is to read, read, and read some more. Readers Theatre allows children to do just that. They begin by reading the text to see which character is most interesting to them, reread to practice for an audition (just in case someone else wants the same character), reread aloud with the group in preparation for a performance, and finally read aloud as a group before an audience. More to come!