The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts 166 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106
Friday, November 1, 2019, 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon
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Study Guide for the Performance is available on The Bushnell's website: www.bushnell.org
The school is responsible for ordering and paying for bus transportation. When placing your ticket order, please indicate if any of the students have special needs (hearing impairment, wheelchair, etc.). Please read any or all of the following books prior to the performance: Interrupting Chicken, Dragons Love Tacos, Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: School Days, Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride, and The Dot.
I can watch "Dragons Love Tacos & Other Stories" and begin to discover the many adventures found in books. I can retell the stories when I see them presented on the stage.
A musical revue of beloved contemporary children's books! Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin; Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein; The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds; Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride by Kate DiCamillo; Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: School Days by Erica Silverman
There will be 250 tickets available for each performance. Teachers must provide an exact count when ordering the number of tickets needed for all students, teachers and chaperones.
Grade PK
Grade PK: Speaking and Listening Standards: Comprehension and Collaboration #2: Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
Grade PK: Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #3: With prompting and support, identify characters, settings and major events in a story.
Grade PK: Theatre: Performing: Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. A. With prompting and support, understand that imagination is fundamental to dramatic play and guided drama experiences (e.g. process drama, story drama, creative drama).
Grade PK: Theatre: Connecting: Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. A. With prompting and support, identify similarities between a story and personal experience in dramatic play or a guided drama experiences (e.g. process drama, story drama, creative drama).
Grade K
Grade K: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #3: With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
Grade K: Reading Standards for Literature: Craft and Structure #6: With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
Grade K: Responding: Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. B. With prompting and support, name and describe settings in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g. process drama, story drama, creative drama).
Grade 1
Grade 1: Reading Standards for Literature: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas #9: Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
Grade 1: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #2: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
Grade 1: Theatre: Responding: Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. C. Explain or use text and pictures to describe how personal emotions and choices compare to the emotions and choices of characters in a guided drama experience (e.g. process drama, story drama, creative drama).
Grade 2
Grade 2: Reading Standards for Literature: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas #7: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of it characters, setting, or plot.
Grade 2: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
Grade 2: Theatre: Responding: Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. B. Identify causes and consequences of character actions in a guided drama experience (e.g. process drama, story drama, creative drama).
Grade 3
Grade 3: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #3: Describe characters in a story (e.g. their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Grade 3: Theatre: Responding: Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. C. Examine how connections are made between oneself and a character's emotions in drama/theatre work.
