Maisy's Piggy Bank
Maisy's Piggy Bank
A Readers' Theater About Saving Money by Donna Latham
Will Maisy save enough coins to buy the purple basketball? Find out—and don’t forget to read with expression and energy.
Characters (in order of appearance)
• Voice One
• Bike
• Voice Two
• Maisy
• Voice Three
• Voice Four
• Voice Five
• Bright Idea
• Voice Six
• Shopkeeper
Voice One: One sunny April day, Maisy rode her bike past the toy store window. Her eyes bugged, and she hit the breaks.
Bike: Screeeeech!
Voice Two: She hopped off her bike and peered into the window.
Maisy: Wow! Coolest. Basketball. Ever. It’s purple- my favorite color in the universe.
Voice Three: Maisy twisted her head to read the price tag.
Maisy: Yikes, $9.99. It might as well be a million bucks. Where am I going to dig up $9.99?
Voice Four: She sighed and her shoulders slumped.
Voice Five: Suddenly, a bright idea tapped Maisy on the back.
Bright Idea: Ahem! Bright Idea to Maisy: Think, Maisy, think.
Maisy: Got it! I’ll save coins in my piggy bank.
Bike: Her tires squealed as she dashed back home. Squeal. Squeal. Squeal.
Maisy: Ta-daa! Here’s my bank. Purple, of course.
I’ll stash pennies in my bank.
Voice Six: So, on that bright April day, Maisy clanked pennies into her bank. All Roles: Clank, clank, clank!
Voice One: On a steamy July day, Maisy zoomed to her purple piggy bank with a fistful of nickels.
Maisy: Yay! I earned a nickel for each weed I yanked from Mr. Wong’s garden. Now, I’ll stash nickels in my bank.
Voice Two: She clinked nickels into her bank.
All Roles: Clink, clink, clink!
Voice Three: On a crisp October day, Maisy zipped on her bike to check on the basketball.
Maisy: Phew, my basketball is still in the window.
Voice Four: Dimes jingled and jangled in her pockets as she raced home. Maisy: I earned dimes for raking Mrs. Fiero’s leaves. Now, I’ll stash them in my bank.
Voice Five: She plinked dimes into her bank.
All Roles: Plink,
A Readers' Theater About Saving Money by Donna Latham
Will Maisy save enough coins to buy the purple basketball? Find out—and don’t forget to read with expression and energy.
Characters (in order of appearance)
• Voice One
• Bike
• Voice Two
• Maisy
• Voice Three
• Voice Four
• Voice Five
• Bright Idea
• Voice Six
• Shopkeeper
Voice One: One sunny April day, Maisy rode her bike past the toy store window. Her eyes bugged, and she hit the breaks.
Bike: Screeeeech!
Voice Two: She hopped off her bike and peered into the window.
Maisy: Wow! Coolest. Basketball. Ever. It’s purple- my favorite color in the universe.
Voice Three: Maisy twisted her head to read the price tag.
Maisy: Yikes, $9.99. It might as well be a million bucks. Where am I going to dig up $9.99?
Voice Four: She sighed and her shoulders slumped.
Voice Five: Suddenly, a bright idea tapped Maisy on the back.
Bright Idea: Ahem! Bright Idea to Maisy: Think, Maisy, think.
Maisy: Got it! I’ll save coins in my piggy bank.
Bike: Her tires squealed as she dashed back home. Squeal. Squeal. Squeal.
Maisy: Ta-daa! Here’s my bank. Purple, of course.
I’ll stash pennies in my bank.
Voice Six: So, on that bright April day, Maisy clanked pennies into her bank. All Roles: Clank, clank, clank!
Voice One: On a steamy July day, Maisy zoomed to her purple piggy bank with a fistful of nickels.
Maisy: Yay! I earned a nickel for each weed I yanked from Mr. Wong’s garden. Now, I’ll stash nickels in my bank.
Voice Two: She clinked nickels into her bank.
All Roles: Clink, clink, clink!
Voice Three: On a crisp October day, Maisy zipped on her bike to check on the basketball.
Maisy: Phew, my basketball is still in the window.
Voice Four: Dimes jingled and jangled in her pockets as she raced home. Maisy: I earned dimes for raking Mrs. Fiero’s leaves. Now, I’ll stash them in my bank.
Voice Five: She plinked dimes into her bank.
All Roles: Plink,