Grades 3–5
Theater Vocabulary Fill-In
Fill in each sentence with a theater word from the word bank, like rehearsal, cue and curtain call.
Drama worksheet · Theater words
Parts of a Theater
Look at the theater from above. Write the name of each numbered part from the word bank.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–5
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Topic
- Theater words
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Theater vocabulary, Jobs in a theater, Parts of a theater building, Using context clues
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- The house is where the audience sits. The aisle is a walkway between the rows of seats.
- The wings are the hidden spaces at the sides of the stage, where actors wait to go on.
- Backstage is the area behind the stage.
- The curtain hangs at the front of the stage. The apron is the part of the stage floor in front of the curtain.
- A theater seen from above
- Write the name of each part.
Words on this sheet
Cluesapronaislecurtainhousestagewings
Teacher tip
Read the clues box aloud first and have kids point to each part on the drawing before they write. The apron and the wings are the two new words for most kids.
How to use it
- Point to real things in the room when you can: the “audience” is the class, the front of the room is the “stage.”
- Keep the word bank visible while kids work.
- Read the box at the top of the sheet together, then try the first item out loud as a class.
Watch for
Mixing up the stage and the house. The stage is for actors, the house is for the audience.
Talk about it
- Which word was new to you?
- How did the audience know how your character felt?
Take it further
Make a class word wall of theater words and add to it all unit.
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