Third graders learn the two big roles in theater — the actor, who performs, and the audience, who watches — and what each one does to make a show great.
Students will be able to…
In theater, there are actors who perform and an audience who watches — and both have important jobs! What does each one do?
Project this and sort each action into what an actor does or what an audience does.
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
Theater has actors who perform and an audience who watches — what do they do?
Children explore.
Children rehearse.
Children perform.
Children respond.
Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Theatre).
Understand actor and audience roles.
Perform for and be an audience.
Respond to a performance.
Connect to theater roles.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have children act out a scene, then be a good audience for a family member’s scene. A printable actor-audience sheet is in the Arts library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.