Mr. Salsich's Class
Third Grade Explorations in Learning
Reader’s Theater – Wayside School: “A Package For Mrs. Jewls”
We have been learning about the importance of reading fluently.
This means to read smoothly, at the right pace, paying attention to punctuation, and with the right expression. Reading with fluency is very important for reading comprehension.
A great way to practice reading fluently is with Reader’s Theater scripts. Reader’s Theater scripts are kind of like scripts for a play, but instead of acting the parts out, the readers have to use their voices to bring the reading to life. They are fun for the readers, but also for people who are reading along in their head.
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the Wayside School books by Louis Sachar
Below is our performance of a Reader’s Theater script from the book Wayside School is Falling Down by the hilarious author Louis Sachar.
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If you enjoyed this reader’s theater performance, you might like our previous ones about Wayside School also; Joe Learns to Count and Miss Zarves, or this fractured fairy tale – Don’t Mess With Red Riding Hood.
The Wayside School books are very strange and very humorous. If you like these kind of books, give them a read, you will be laughing for sure!
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February 25th, 2013 at 11:06 pm
Dear Mr. Salsich,
Mrs. Jewls did not use Technology in a aproppriate way because she just pushed the computer out the window with out a care in the world.
Your student,
Brendan
February 26th, 2013 at 7:17 am
Dear Mr. Salsich,
The reader’s theater was so cool! I liked the part when Mrs. Jewls has a spelling bee and says that the right way to spell them is the wrong way to spell them; and the wrong way to spell them is the right way to spell them! Everybody had great fluency so I could actually hear whose voice it was!
Your student,
Sandy
February 26th, 2013 at 5:31 pm
Dear Mr.Salsich,
I love this book series. I used to read it all the time. It really made me laugh and not very many books do that.
My teacher Mr.Avery gave me a blog.
I would really love if you wrote a comment!! http://www.arisafari.edublogs.org
Also is it okay if I add your link to my blog? I need my class blogs on my link section and I think yours is so cool
From,
Ari
February 28th, 2013 at 8:34 pm
Dear Mr. Salsich,
I love your Wayside School “A package for Mrs. Jewls” video.
Sincerely,
Isabel
February 28th, 2013 at 8:44 pm
Dear Mr. Salsich,
It was really funny when Louis brought up the package and when Mrs. Jewl’s placed the computer on the window ledge. And all the students gathered around her, and she pushed it out the window. Then Joe said “Oh, now I get it”. It was a lot of fun doing the readers theater!
From your student,
Piper
March 1st, 2013 at 5:44 pm
Dear Mr. Salsich,
Do you know I love the Wayside school books?
Sincerely, Alexis
March 4th, 2013 at 3:31 am
Dear Mr. Salsich’s Class,
Great reading fluency was exhibited by all the readers involved in the Reader’s Theater for “A Package for Mrs. Jewls.”
The reading was smooth, nicely paced and the expression was very good and made it very enjoyable and entertaining. Great job!
Thanks for sharing,
Nora’s Grandmother
March 11th, 2013 at 11:21 am
Dear Mr. Salsich,
I think that Mrs. Jewls probably used technology in the a good way because the students did not get gravity. So it helped them learn gravity. And another reason is because all though it looked like a good computer with a built in audio video camera the class did not like it that much.
From,
Mrs. Jewls
March 11th, 2013 at 11:23 am
Dear Mr.Salsich’s class,
I think Mrs. Jewls did not use technology in a appropriate way because instead of using the computer she just throw it out the window.
From,
Ryan in Mr. Salsich’s class.