Reader’s Theatre
“YELLOW, BLUE, RED”
By D. M. Larson
This play uses the following Pre-K Sight Words so young readers can practice basic English language skills:
a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you
(There are three characters in the play: YELLOW, BLUE and RED. They are playing together)
YELLOW
Where am I?
BLUE
I see you.
YELLOW
You go! I look.
BLUE
Find me!
YELLOW
One, two, three….
RED
Can I play?
BLUE
Run, Red, run!
YELLOW
I find you, Red.
RED
Not me.
YELLOW
I see you.
BLUE
Run away!
RED
Look up. Look down. Look away.
YELLOW
Where?
RED
Not here.
(RED runs away)
YELLOW
Funny. It is funny.
(BLUE jumps by YELLOW)
BLUE
Jump. Jump. Jump.
YELLOW
Blue is funny.
(RED jumps by YELLOW)
RED
My jump is big. Big jump, big jump, big jump.
YELLOW
Red is funny.
BLUE
My jump is little. Little jump, little jump, little jump.
YELLOW
(Sad)
I can not jump.
RED
No?
BLUE
Come on. You can jump.
YELLOW
No.
BLUE
Little jump.
RED
I help. Jump up. See?
YELLOW
Little jump?
BLUE
Yes!
YELLOW
Jump up?
RED
Up and down.
BLUE
Big jump!
YELLOW
Jump! Jump! Jump!
BLUE
Look!
RED
Big jump!
YELLOW
You help!
RED
I help.
BLUE
We help.
RED
Yes.
ALL
Jump! Jump! Jump!
(RED, BLUE and YELLOW all jump)
If you would like to see more sight word reader’s theatre plays based on the words below as a teaching tool, please contact doug@freedrama.net
Kindergarten Sight Words
all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes
1st Grade Sight Words
after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when
2nd Grade Sight Words
always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, don’t, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your
3rd Grade Sight Words
about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm
