Teaching character education in the classroom is a challenge in today's diverse society. In Character Counts! Promoting Character Education: Readers Theatre scripts have been developed to encourage the students to make positive decisions. Each script comes with a set of questions that can be presented before and again after the script has been read. These questions guide the students thinking as they prepare to read or hear the script.

Some of the scripts are from actual events in the lives of young people who have made wise decisions when put in situations where they had to make a choice between right or wrong. Other scripts are based on circumstances that children may face over time.


Features:

An introduction about using Readers Theatre

21 reproducible scripts

Suggestions for presentation, props, and delivery

Written for students in grades 2 through 5, each script comes with a readability level.

Selected scripts and themes :

A Reward for Honesty

A Welcome Back Surprise - coping with death

Antwan’s Family of Friends - moral support in a life-threatening illness

Celebration of Sportsmanship Day

Gabby and the Fox - heroism

How Mimi and Judd Became Lifelong Friends - bullying

Making A Choice - responsibility

The Incredible Soul Club - leadership

The Val and Al Show - superheroes

Soaring Mountain - building trust