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Hello Hi-Lo: Readers Theatre Math offers a proven way for teachers to build reading fluency in their classrooms, even if students do not all read at the same level. The book offers 15 readers theatre plays, each of which includes various levels of readability within one script. The plays thus provide lower-level readers the opportunity to follow along with accelerated reading parts, building confidence by reading aloud at their own levels.
Each play includes speakers for three different grade levels of readability: 4th grade and lower, 5th-6th grade, and 7th-8th grade. Concepts are presented so that they are fluid among these grade levels. Taking a cross-curricular approach, the scripts reinforce key math concepts and standards-based math skills taught in the middle grades, such as order of operations, fractions, inequalities, positive and negative numbers, and graphing on a coordinate plane. Each play includes extended activities that will help the teacher incorporate the math concept into the classroom.
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HELLO HI-LO
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HELLO HI-LO Readers Theatre Math
Jeff Sanders and Nancy I. Sanders
A Teacher Ideas Press Book
Copyright 2010 by Jeff Sanders and Nancy I. Sanders All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review or reproducibles, which may be copied for classroom and educational programs only, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Performances may be videotaped for school or library purposes. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sanders, Jeff. Hello hi-lo : readers theatre math / Jeff Sanders and Nancy I. Sanders. p. cm. — (A teacher ideas press book) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-59884-374-3 (pbk : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-59884-375-0 (ebook) 1. Mathematics—Study and teaching (Elementary) 2. Mathematics—Study and teaching (Secondary) 3. Readers’ theater. 4. Drama in education. 5. Content area reading. 6. Oral reading. I. Sanders, Nancy I. II. Title. QA135.6.S24 2010 372.7—dc22 2010007469 ISBN: 978-1-59884-374-3 EISBN: 978-1-59884-375-0 14 13 12 11 10 1 2 3 4 5 This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook. Visit www.abc-clio.com for details. Libraries Unlimited An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC ABC-CLIO, LLC 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911 This book is printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America
Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Introd