At the end of our Charlie and the Chocolate factory unit, we focused on demonstrating our understanding of fluency through a reader’s theater project. We asked questions like, “What do good oral readers do? What makes an oral reader interesting and understandable? What do good readers have to pay attention to?”
The kids worked through the questions together, and decided on some important descriptors of good readers. We then clarified and grouped these characteristics as accuracy, expression, pacing, and phrasing. The next step was to choose one scene from the play we had read and performed as a class and in small groups. They practiced the scene, paying close attention to the areas we determined. They then staged the scene, choosing their characters and set. The final projects were creative and a blast to watch.
We hope you enjoy watching them as much as we enjoyed creating them!
Sincerely,
Ms. Rachel Gabbert
A Little Learning 