Teedie: The Boy Who Would Be President
- Age Range: 4-10
- Grade: 1-2
- Lexile: 240L-400L
- Guided Reading Level: E-R
- Interest Level: K-4
- Reading Level: 1.5
- ISBN: 9781493815135
- Language: English
- Dewey: 973.911092
- Pages: 24
Description
As a young boy, Theodore Roosevelt, known as Teedie, was very sick. He had very bad asthma and the doctors didn't know how to treat it. Everyone expected Teedie to die young, but with hard work and determination, he overcame his sickness and became the President of the United States.
Increase student fluency, comprehension, and content literacy in social studies as students are inspired by Teedie's strength and determination to overcome his illness in this exciting five-act Reader's Theater script that features:
- differentiated roles with various reading levels to ensure that all students have the opportunity to succeed
- a list of Tips for Performing Reader's Theater helps students develop good stage presence, interact cooperatively with peers, and talk with feeling and meaning
- a glossary to deepen vocabulary
- an accompanying poem and song
