Reader's TheatreOde to a Bad Day
Reader's Theatre
Characters:
Ode #1
Ode #2
Ode #3
Ode #4
Ode #5
Ode #6
Ode #7
Ode #8
Ode #9
Ode #10
Ode #11
Ode #12
Ode #13
Ode #14
CricketImplementation Suggestions: Students could all sit in a semi-circle in chairs to perform the Reader'sTheatre. One student should share the title and the author and illustrator's names.

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Ode #1:
Oh Bad Morning,eyes are crusty, bones are rusty.
Why do all my teeth feel dusty?
All I see is gray ahead.
Can’t I stay inside my bed?
[Everyone on stage, shakes their head]
Oh you Bad Morning.
Ode #2:
Oh Too Much Milk in My Cereal,soggy, squishy! Boggy, mushy!
You turned my crispy into gushy!
My flakes are drenched.
My fists are clenched.
All:Yuck!
Ode #2:
Oh you Too Much Milk.
Ode #3:
Oh Getting Dressed,
itchy tags, stuffy rags,
icky buttons—what a drag.
Pants and shirt and skirt and dress,
you take away my nakedness!
Oh you Clothes.

All:
Yesterday was full of yay!
Could yesterday come back to play?
Ode #4:
Oh Late Again,always rushing, hurry, hustling.
Stop this scrambling, scurry, tussling!
Late to school and swooped around.
Why can’t we just slow things down?
All:
Hurry up!
Ode #5:
Oh Ouchy,slip. Thud! BLOOD! Crud.
Boo-boo lurking in the mud!
Can’t you see my stinging knees?
Someone pass a Band-Aid, please.
All:Ow!
Ode #5:
Oh you Ouchy.
Ode #6:
Oh Line Cutter,that spot was mine, Sylvester Pine!
You elbowed out my place in line!
That wasn’t fair. Now I’m in back.
I’ll never be the next to snack.

All:
I was first!
Ode #6:
Oh you Line Cutter.
Ode #7:
Oh Hiccup,
you interruptAll:hiccupOde #7:my play with NickAll:
hiccupOde #7:
You’re coming quickALL:hiccupOde #7:
I’m getting sickAll:
hiccupOde #7:
I want to flickAll:hiccupOde #7:
you up to the MOO—hiccup—OON.
Oh you Hiccup.
All:
Today’s the worst I’ve ever had!
Perhaps the rest won’t be so bad?
Ode #9:Oh Missing Pudding Cup,
no! It’s true! You were forgotten!
Now my lunch is looking rotten.
Carrots make my taste buds grumble.
I can hear my tummy rumble.
[Everyone on stage sighs and rubs stomach]
Oh, how I miss you, Pudding Cup.
Ode #10:
Oh Oops,whoops!
You whooshed and swooshed—I wished for a swish.
That sploosh made a squish, now look at my fish.
It’s totally spoiled.
I’m hopelessly foiled.
Oh you Oops.
Ode #11:
Oh Boredom,
I thought you’d left. Bye-bye. Shoo-shoo!
You’re back again with more nothing to do.
A chore at the store?
I fall to the floor!
Snorrrrrrrrrre . . .

All:I’m so boooooooorrrrred.
Ode #11:
Oh you Boredom.
All:
Tomorrow will be full of glee!
Tomorrow, won’t you come to me?
Ode #12:
Oh Yucky,
your slimy sauce does not smell yummy.
I won’t put you in my tummy!
Smeared on the place mat,time for a face-plant,splat.
All:
Ew.
ODE #12:
Oh you are so Yucky.
Ode #13:
Oh Brushing My Teeth,
goo is pasting, drool is dripping.
Icky tasting, hand is gripping.
Every night the same routine.
Can’t I let my teeth turn green?
Oh you blah Brushing.

Ode #14:
Oh Cricket in My Room,Cricket:
cheet-cheet-cheet, cheet-cheet, cheet-cheet.
Ode #14:
A bleaty tweet with insect feet!
You’re up, you’re down, you’re all around.
I can’t escape your cheet-y sound!
Oh you Cricket.
All:
Oh Bad Day,
Ode #2:all day long
Ode #3my way went wrong.
Ode #4
I’m so annoyed . . .
but not destroyed.
Ode #7The best part of a baddish day
Ode #8is when it ends, and I’m OK.
Ode #11My eyes are closed, and I suppose
Ode #13a better day is on its way.

Ode #10
A day where fish are oopsy-free!
Ode #6:
A day where lines are led by me!
Ode #1:A day where chores feel like a ride!
Ode #14:
A day where crickets stay outside!
Ode #9:A day where pudding’s all I eat!
Ode #5:
A day where I stay on my feet!
All:
That day could happen tomorrow,Right?
Cricket:Cheet-cheet-cheet.
All:
Oh you.
Good night.
[The End, Bows]