Drama - Short Plays
Drama - Short Plays
Drama - Short Plays
N E W YO R K TO R O N TO LO N D O N A U C K L A N D S Y D N EY
M E X I C O C I T Y N E W D E L H I H O N G K O N G
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To Dorothy and the students in Dorothy and Carols
First-Grade Class at Little Red School House
for endless inspiration and motivation.
Scholastic Inc. grants teachers permission to photocopy the plays from this book for classroom use. No other part of this
publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any
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ISBN: 0-439-10564-1
Copyright 1999 by Carol Pugliano-Martin
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Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Curriculum Connections .............................................................................................................................................. 5
Fall
Back at School!..................................................................................................................................................................15
Fall Is Coming ..................................................................................................................................................................16
A Day in the Pumpkin Patch ....................................................................................................................................18
Spiders Surprise ................................................................................................................................................................21
The First Thanksgiving ................................................................................................................................................23
Old Friends, New Friends............................................................................................................................................24
Winter
Time to Hibernate ........................................................................................................................................................ 25
Holiday Lights ................................................................................................................................................................ 27
Roll, Roll, Roll the Snow! .......................................................................................................................................... 29
Watch That Groundhog! ............................................................................................................................................ 31
100 Days of School! ...................................................................................................................................................... 33
Valentine Love Bugs ...................................................................................................................................................... 35
If Dreams Were Wishes .............................................................................................................................................. 38
Spring
Signs of Spring ................................................................................................................................................................ 40
Spring Cleaning Time! ................................................................................................................................................ 42
Springtime on the Farm .............................................................................................................................................. 44
Why Cant Every Day Be Earth Day? .................................................................................................................. 46
Frog Watch ........................................................................................................................................................................ 49
The Stars and Stripes Speak Out ............................................................................................................................ 51
Summer
Summertime Is Almost Here!.................................................................................................................................... 54
Hello and Good-bye! .................................................................................................................................................... 56
Light Up the Night ........................................................................................................................................................ 57
The Seashell ...................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Fireworks! .......................................................................................................................................................................... 62
I Swim, You Swim! ........................................................................................................................................................ 63
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Introduction
Carol Pugliano-Martin
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CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
Fall
Back at School! Back at School!
Characters
Challenge your class to create new lines about being back at school. Follow Letter A
Letter B
Letter C
Letter D
Letter E
Letter F
Letter G
Letter H
the pattern of the play by starting each line with a letter of the alphabet (A is Letter A: A is for...an apple for teacher.
for, B is for, and so on). Since the play ends with the letter H, you may Letter B: B is for...because were back.
wish to have students begin with the letter I. Can they make it all the way to Letter D: D is for...did you bring your backpack?
Z? Once the children are finished with their lines, invite them to make torso- Letter E: E is for...everyone is ready.
sized letter cards that they can wear around their necks while they perform Letter G: G is for...great to see you!
the play for themselves or for another class. You may also want to perform Letter H: H is for...happy to be back at school!
The End
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activity will help build a sense of community early in the year. Afterward,
display the alphabet cards for year-round reference.
what changes do we see in nature? What special things do people do in the Trees
Wind
Children
fall? (pick apples, drink cider, look at leaves, and so on) Write the following Narrator 1: Fall is coming.
categories on chart paper: Seeing, Hearing, Touch, Smell, Taste. Ask Trees:
Look at the trees.
children to brainstorm the various ways we use each of our senses to enjoy Narrator 2: Fall is coming.
They will turn red, orange, and gold.
the fall. Write their ideas under each heading. Then divide the class into five Wind:
Feel the wind.
small groups and assign each group a different sense. Invite each group to
write a poem or story about using one of the senses during the fall.
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A Day in the
Pumpkin Patch
A Day in the Pumpkin Patch
Characters
This play touches on an important theme: that living creatures grow in
Pumpkin
Scarecrow
Crow
Sprout 1
Sprout 2
Sprout 3
different ways. To explore this theme with a fun activity, gather a bunch of
Pumpkin: Im a lonely little pumpkin.
small pumpkins or gourds of different sizes, shapes, colors, and textures.
Boo-hoo! Boo-hoo! Boo-hoo!
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Old Friends, New Friends Old Friends, New Friends
Characters
Friends 1 to 8
The beginning of school is not only a time for seeing old friends but also a Friend 1:
Friend 2:
Do you like your old friends?
conduct a classroom survey. In advance, prepare survey sheets with a list of Friend 4: Good friends, glad friends,
help you when youre sad friends.
questions such as Like pizza? Have a dog? Play soccer? Provide a long line Friend 5: How about some new friends?
go around the room surveying their classmates. When a child answers yes Friend 8:
Its great to know you friends.
to a question, he or she then writes his or her name or initials on the line were so glad we have friends!
The End
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Winter
hibernation and read it to the class. What Do Animals Do in Winter?: How Chipmunk: I will sleep all winter.
I will wake up in spring.
Animals Survive the Cold by Melvin and Gilda Berger (Chelsea House Squirrel: But you wont get to see the snow!
Publishers, 1998) is a good choice. Children will discover that mammals, such Squirrel: But you wont feel the cold air!
as chipmunks, are not the only animals that hibernate; reptiles, amphibians, Chipmunk: You can tell me about it
in spring, Squirrel.
and even some insects hibernate as well. Invite each student to research a 25 Emergent Reader Plays Around the Year Scholastic Professional Books Time to Hibernate 25
hibernating animal, including the animals habitat, diet, and so on. Have
students then make shoe box dioramas to show what they have learned. For
example, a chipmunks diorama would include dried leaves, grass, and acorns.
A lizards habitat would include rocks. Display the dioramas in your school or
local library to encourage others to read about animals that hibernate.
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Holiday Lights
Characters
Holiday Lights
Christmas candle
Hanukkah candle
Las Posadas candle
Kwanzaa candle
Lights are an important part of winter celebrations. Ask students to name
Divali candle
other important aspects of their holidays, such as family, food, decorations,
All: We are all candles.
Look at our light.
Each of us helps
activities, and so on. Ask children to bring in magazines from home. Invite
to make holidays bright.
lot.) Have students cut out all the images and then work together to make a
classroom mural by gluing the pictures onto a large sheet of craft paper. Then
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challenge children to think of categories for the different images (such as
family, food, and lights). List the categories on chart paper. Have students
count the images that fall under each category and write the results on the
chart paper. Which category had the most images? Which one had the least?
What did they learn about the holiday celebrations?
Explain to students that snow consists of tiny crystals. Here is a fun experiment
Characters
Snowball Roller 1
Snowball Roller 2
Snowball Roller 4
Snowball Roller 5
to make your own crystals and observe how they form. You will need:
Snowball Roller 3
Day. First bring in a few newspapers so that they can look at the format. Groundhog
Squirrel
Bear
Raccoon
Skunk
Discuss the purpose of headlines and have them come up with a headline for Groundhog: I am a Groundhog and Im here to say,
their article. Provide some suggestions such as Groundhog Sees Shadow! or Squirrel:
please watch me on Groundhog Day.
Early Spring Ahead! As a group, brainstorm ideas for their articles. Explain What do you do?
that news articles tell what happened, where and when it happened, and who Bear:
will be through.
was involved. Challenge children to answer these questions in their articles Please let us know.
and to be creative in coming up with details. They can then write and 25 Emergent Reader Plays Around the Year Scholastic Professional Books Watch That Groundhog! 31
Hold a 100th day of school count-a-thon! Divide your class into small groups of Students (or Groups) 1 to 9
about four or five. Ask each group to decide upon an item that they can collect Student 1:
Student 2:
100 days of songs to sing.
100 of, such as small stones, bottle caps, pennies, beads, or macaroni. Then have Student 3: 100 days of everything!
students determine how many items each group member will contribute so that Students 1, 2, 3: 100 days of school!
they are divided up equally (or as close as possible). Once children have brought
in the items, ask group members to take turns counting the objects. For
example, the first student counts from 1 to 20, the next student counts from 21
to 40, and so on. After they have counted by ones, have students count by twos, 25 Emergent Reader Plays Around the Year Scholastic Professional Books 100 Days of School! 33
fives, and tens. When they are finished counting, invite groups to make a 100th
Day display by gluing their objects onto a piece of posterboard. Encourage them
to arrange the objects into groups of five or ten. Hang the displays in the
hallway to get the whole school in the 100th day spirit!
Use this play as a springboard to study insects. Ask students if they know what Ant
Bee
Fly
Cricket
Love Bug Group 1
Love Bug Group 2
makes an insect. (Insects bodies have three parts: head, thorax, and abdomen. Ant: Sorry, Im late.
They also have six legs, and many species have wings.) Have students name as Bee: Thats okay.
I just got here, too.
many insects as they can and list their responses on the board. How do they Fly: Lets begin our
Bug Club meeting.
know they are insects? Find some books that have photographs of many Cricket: Wait! Look! Who are you?
class that many small creatures like spiders and ticks are not insects. They
belong to a different class of animals called arachnids.
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If Dreams
Were Wishes
If Dreams Were Wishes
(a play to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
This play is based on first graders actual wishes for a better world. To inspire
Characters
Dreamers 1 to10 your students to think of their own wishes, read aloud Dr. Martin Luther
Dreamer 1: If dreams were wishes,
King Jr.s I Have a Dream speech. (You may also wish to show your
Dreamer 2:
we would dream of a better world.
Spring
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Spring Cleaning Time! Spring Cleaning
Time!
How about Spring Cleaning Time in your classroom? Having kids help
Characters
clean and organize their classroom helps to foster respect for the room and Spring Cleaners
1 to 9
its belongings. Together, brainstorm a list of spring cleaning tasks and write Spring Cleaner 1: Clean all the windows.
them on chart paper. These might include washing shelves, cleaning pet Spring Cleaner 2:
Make sure that they shine.
cages, organizing supplies, cleaning out cubbies, sharpening pencils, and Spring Cleaner 3:
Hang them on a line.
even changing wall displays. Have students collaborate to write new verses Dont they look just fine?
for the play based on the list. Divide the class into groups and invite each
group to choose a cleaning task. Before the cleaning begins, read the new 42 Spring Cleaning Time! 25 Emergent Reader Plays Around the Year Scholastic Professional Books
verses together to build enthusiasm. When all the tasks are finished,
celebrate with a spring cleaning party!
can use the animals in the play or perhaps come up with an animal that is Farmer
Hen
Chicks
Lamb
Cat
Cow
Calf
Duck
Ducklings
not mentioned. Have them read about the animal and write a few Sheep
Farmer:
Kittens Piglets
I am so excited!
interesting facts about it. Then divide the class into small groups. Play Spring is really great.
So much is going to happen.
I can hardly wait!
charades by having each group take turns acting out the animal of their Hen: After sitting on my eggs,
I just hatched some chicks.
choice while others guess. If possible, arrange a trip to a local farm so that Chicks: Now were snug and cozy
in our nest of straw and sticks.
the class can see the farm animals up close. It may be the first time some of
the children have seen these animals. Children can then see for themselves if 44 Springtime on the Farm 25 Emergent Reader Plays Around the Year Scholastic Professional Books
their charade depictions were close to how the animals actually behave.
every day, such as recycling, conserving water and energy, not littering, and so Skunk
Beaver 1
Beaver 2
Baby Beaver
Duck
Frog
on. Invite your class to imagine that they are the kids who are cleaning up the Skunk:
Beaver 1:
Hey, Beavers! Where are you going?
pond in the play. What would they tell the animals when they ask them, Beaver 2: Its too dirty here.
Why cant every day be Earth Day? Collaboratively write another ending to Baby Beaver:
Skunk:
Yuck!
the play to tell how they would answer this question. Encourage children to
use the ideas that they brainstormed. How will the play end? Will the animals
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Frog Watch
Characters
Frog Watch
Tadpole/Frog 1 Tadpole/Frog 3 Tadpole/Frog 5
Tadpole/Frog 2 Tadpole/Frog 4
Tadpole 1: Pssst!
Use this play to introduce a study of animal life cycles. Using the frogs as an
Hey, tadpoles!
Tadpole 2: Yes?
example, discuss the concept of life cycles. As a class, brainstorm a list of
Tadpole 3: What is it?
animals that includes reptiles, birds, and mammals. Divide the class into small
Tadpole 1: We are being watched.
Tadpole 4: Look at all the kids! groups and have each group choose an animal from the list and research its life
Tadpole 5: Why are they watching us?
cycle. Provide students with books and magazines about animals.
Tadpole 1: They want to see us turn into frogs.
Tadpole 2: How long have they been watching? Invite students to make life cycle wheels to show what they learned.
Tadpole 1:
Tadpole 3:
Since we were eggs, I guess.
Child: Who, me? then read the play. After reading, use an almanac or encyclopedia to examine
Flag: Yes, you.
flags from other nations. If there are children in your class from other
Child: Who is talking to me?
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Summer
Summertime Is Almost Here! Summertime Is
Almost Here!
(Sing to the tune of Old MacDonald Had a Farm.)
The games in the play are only a few activities that can be enjoyed during
Characters
the summer. After reading the play, ask children what else they like to do Groups of Friends 1, 2, and 3
Chorus
when they are out of school. Show students how they can use these ideas to Group 1: Summertime is almost here!
We can hardly wait!
make up their own verses. As each child contributes an idea, add that verse We will roller-blade all day.
It will be so great!
to the song. Then sing all the verses together! Chorus: With a roll, roll here,
and a roll, roll there.
Here a roll, there a roll.
Everywhere well roll, roll.
Summertime is almost here!
We can hardly wait!
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Ask the hello team to make up their own verses of things they are looking Student 1: Hello to the warm days of summer.
what they will miss about school. Teams can work together, in small groups, Student 4: Good-bye to a favorite teacher,
and friends we would see every day.
or individually. When they are finished, have the teams sit together and take Student 5: Hello to days that are longer,
which will give us more time to play.
turns sharing their verses. Later, they can illustrate their verses and compile Student 7:
and sharing things that were fun.
Student 9:
Good-bye to classroom jobs well done.
The End
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groups of students to take turns performing a Dance of the Fireflies! Ask Narrator 1
Narrator 2
Bee
Ant
Ladybug
Grasshopper
Firefly
children if they have ever observed fireflies twinkling at night. Do all of the Narrator 1: One day the insects were talking.
the light stay on for long or is it a quick flash? Give each child in the group BUZZZZZZ!
a flashlight. Make your room as dark as possible, and put on music that I can carry heavy leaves.
evokes fireflies, such as classical or New Age. Encourage children to move I eat bugs that can hurt their crops.
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play off of each other. Do they take turns flashing the light? Do some
children flash repeatedly and others infrequently? Rotate groups until
everyone has had a turn. Enjoy your ready-made summer night!
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The Seashell The Seashell
Characters
Beachcombers 1 to 9
Seagull
Whether your students have ever been to a beach or not, they will surely be
Beachcomber 1: I found a tiny seashell
sitting in the sand. fascinated by a collection of shells kept in the classroom. Try displaying
Beachcomber 2: I picked it up and brushed it off.
I held it in my hand. them at the beginning of the year, to ease children from summer to back-to-
Beachcomber 3: What creature lived inside of you?
What creature called you home? school time. Keep your shell collection in your science area near magnifying
Beachcomber 4: What creature carried you around
when it was time to roam? lenses, so that children can wander over and view the different shells up
close. For a more formal activity, invite children to view the shells under a
magnifying lens, draw what they see, and write what it looks like to them.
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can children sort and classify the shells? Draw several Venn diagrams on
large sheets of construction paper. Write categories on the diagram about the
shells size, shape, color, and texture. Then ask children to place shells in the
appropriate places on the diagram.
Fireworks! Fireworks!
Characters
Fireworks 1 to 10 Audience
Fireworks 4:
Yea!
Whoosh! Pop! Crackle, crackle, crackle! experiment with making different sounds, or they can look for items at
Audience: Wow!
Fireworks 4, 5, 6: Whoosh! Pop! Pop! Pop! home to recreate the sounds in the play. For example, students can pop
Fireworks 7, 8, 9: Whoosh! Pop! Pop! Pop!
Fireworks 10: Boom! Boom! Boom! balloons, squeeze empty plastic milk jugs, crumple brown paper bags, shake
All Fireworks: Whoosh! Pop! Pop! Crackle! BOOM!
Audience:
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
HOORAY!!!!
sheets of oaktag, and so on. After they have performed the fireworks play
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using their sound objects, encourage students to come up with other ideas
for a sound play. Some examples might include a storm (dry rice in a shoe
box makes a good rain sound), the seashore, an amusement park, and so on.
Many of the objects used in the fireworks play may be adapted for the new
play; other sounds may require new objects.
Swimmer 2:
I swim.
You swim.
Ask them what they think they might see. What kinds of creatures might
Swimmer 3: We all swim. they find? What might the plants look like? Provide students with books
Swimmer 4: We love to swim!
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Back at School!
Characters
Letter A Letter D Letter G
Letter B Letter E Letter H
Letter C Letter F
The End
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Fall Is Coming
Characters
Narrator 1 Birds
Narrator 2 Sun
Trees Children
Wind
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Narrator 1: Fall is coming.
Look up in the sky.
The End
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A Day in the
Pumpkin Patch
Characters
Pumpkin Sprout 1
Scarecrow Sprout 2
Crow Sprout 3
The End
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Narrator 1: A bee flew into Spiders web.
Narrator 2: But Spider let the bee go free and said ...
The End
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The First Thanksgiving
(Sing to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb.)
Characters
Wampanoag (WAHM-puh-NOH-ahg) Indians
Pilgrims
The End
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Old Friends, New Friends
Characters
Friends 1 to 8
The End
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Time to Hibernate
Characters
Chipmunk
Squirrel
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Squirrel: But you wont slide around on the ice!
Squirrel: Chipmunk?
The End
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Holiday Lights
Characters
Christmas candle
Hanukkah candle
Las Posadas candle
Kwanzaa candle
Divali candle
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Las Posadas candle: I celebrate Las Posadas.
Children carry me at night.
The End
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Roll, Roll, Roll
the Snow!
(Sing to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat.)
Characters
Snowball Roller 1 Snowball Roller 4
Snowball Roller 2 Snowball Roller 5
Snowball Roller 3
The End
The End
The End
The End
Characters
Dreamers 1 to10
The End
Robin: I am a robin.
I am the first sign of spring.
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Robin: Lets ask the Sun.
The Sun will know which one of us
is the first sign of spring.
Robin: I am!
The End
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Spring Cleaning
Time!
Characters
Spring Cleaners
1 to 9
The End
Farmer: I am so excited!
Spring is really great.
So much is going to happen.
I can hardly wait!
The End
The End
Tadpole 1: Pssst!
Hey, tadpoles!
Tadpole 2: Yes?
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Tadpole 4: Boys and girls! Step right up to Frog Watch!
The End
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The Stars and
Stripes Speak Out
Characters
Flag Child Stars Stripes
Flag: Yes?
The End
Characters
Groups of Friends 1, 2, and 3
Chorus
The End
The End
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Light Up
the Night
Characters
Narrator 1 Bee Ladybug Firefly
Narrator 2 Ant Grasshopper
The End
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Beachcomber 5: A seagull looks inside you when
it wants something to eat.
The End
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Fireworks!
Characters
Fireworks 1 to 10 Audience
Audience: Oooooo!
Audience: Ahhhhh!
Audience: Yea!
Audience: Wow!
Audience: HOORAY!!!!
The End
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I Swim, You Swim!
Characters
Swimmers 1 to 15
Swimmer 1: I swim.
The End