In-school residencies
Drama-based instruction builds students' critical reading skills.
Play In A Book
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About Play In A Book
In Chicago, Play In A Book is an arts-based literacy education program for students and teachers. Its school-day residencies use drama and immersive stories to develop critical reading skills, with materials and assessment included. In-school programs introduce acting through direct instruction, while small-group interventions serve students in grades 1 to 5 and tailor lessons to reading needs. After-school residencies guide students through reading and discussing a classic story, then bringing its characters to life in a culminating performance. The program also offers teacher workshops on using books and workbooks to build reading skills through drama, as well as introductory Shakespeare and stage combat instruction. Its books for students in kindergarten through grade 8 pair illustrated texts with five-act plays; books for younger readers include leveled scripts and phonics skills.
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At a glance
- Credentials
- CPS preferred vendor for In-school Arts Services
- Team
- Classroom actors combine professional arts experience with training as teaching artists.
- Uses drama and story immersion to build critical literacy skills
- Act It Read It books combine illustrated text with a corresponding five-act play
- Books for younger readers include leveled scripts with embedded phonics skills
- Small group intervention lessons are tailored to student needs
From www.playinabook.com, checked 22 Oct 2026. Only what the business states on its own website.
Services
- In School Residency 30-session arts-based literacy program
- After School Residency 20 sessions; includes an introduction to theater
- Small Group Intervention For students in grades 1–5 during the school day
- Professional Development Three to four hour workshop for teachers
- “Shakespeare Fights!” Introductory course in Shakespeare and rudimentary stage combat
- Play In A Math Book Math residency using story, movement, and manipulatives
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Services & specialities
Highlights
After-school program
Students explore a story and perform its characters.
Teacher workshops
Hands-on training uses drama to teach reading skills.
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