Edificar la Casa Blanca (Building Up the White House)

Learn about the White House while acting out the story of Charlie as he builds a treehouse that will be his own "White House"! Charlie wants to become the president one day and, with the help of his friends, he learns about the White House and the president's duties. He even practices being president by making important decisions about the treehouse! The roles in this script have been translated into Spanish and are written at different reading levels. This feature allows teachers to easily implement differentiation and English language learner strategies into instruction and assign specific roles to students in a way that accommodates individual reading skills. By using differentiation strategies, teachers can get all of their students involved and engaged in the same activity, whether they are struggling or proficient readers. Everyone can feel successful and can enjoy improving their fluency through performance! While performing this story with others, students can also practice interacting cooperatively and using expressive voices and gestures. With an accompanying poem and song for additional fluency practice, this script is a dynamic resource for your students. This colorful, leveled script is sure to get all students participating and confidently practicing fluency in a unique way.