Read aloud to group. Read through play again. Go through play as a dry run-either teacher or advanced student as narrator. Advanced students can script out the story into play form. Students demonstrate understanding of the story by acting it out with their puppets in the appropriate roles.
Students follow director's instructions accurately.
Scripted play reflects accurate voice, grammatical structures, fluency, and cohesiveness. The specific assessment task and tool of this activity may vary widely, depending on student's proficiency. Creative Movement, Song, and Dance Background Students have studied the movements and characters of the local animals. Teacher shows the movements of stand up, squat, walk, run, hide, crawl, go in and out, get under, and climb. The lesson is continued for a couple of weeks as whole group or as smaller group activities during PE time, recess, or indoor activity break.