Reader's Theater - The Ripple Effect (SEL) A Parable for Petty Arguments

Is your classroom arguing seeming to grow? Then your students are experiencing The Ripple Effect. This reader's theater is a great social and

emotional lesson (SEL) to teach students how to let go of your small problems so you can focus on more important things.

The story about The Ripple Effect is something we can apply to our lives. We bring our problems from home to school. They can often affect our behavior during the day. When we negatively impact other people, the ripple starts to spread out. After reading, there is a check for understanding work sheet.

What is included:

• Readers Theater - The Ripple Effect (11 parts)
• Rubric for Readers Theater
• Comprehension Worksheet
• Comprehension suggested Answer sheet
• Bonus: Acronym Poster for Affect vs Effect
• Common Core Standards

Common Core Standards

Third Grade

• RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. 
• RF.3.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. 
• SL.3.2 Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. 

Fourth Grade

• RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).
• RF.4.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
• SL.4.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

Fifth Grade

• RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. 
• RF.5.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. 
• SL.5.2 Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.