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Creating Musical Notation

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
In this creative music activity from Scientific American, students learn about musical notation and then design their own notations. Great web resource links are alsp provided
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Chinese Dragons

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify where China is in relation to the US. They investigate the history of dragons in Chinese culture. Students explore the nine different parts of a dragon and incorporate them into their own dragon. Student identify the...
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Literacy Activities for Any Time

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
As the title suggests, this packet is loaded with activities that can be used at any time. The common element in all the exercises is that they are connected to books by Dr. Seuss.
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Dancing Levels in Space

For Teachers K - 5th
Students practice mirroring human moves by performing a dance in class.  In this physical education lesson, students utilize different spaces around them to perform a dance expressing their full motion.  Students cooperate in pairs or...
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I Think I Forgot Something!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners examine human health by reading a children's book in class. For this breakfast lesson, students identify the importance of starting the day with a good, nutritious meal. Learners read the book I Think I Forgot Something and...
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Self and General Space in Dance

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore the different themes and strategies of dancing by performing in class.  In this physical education lesson, students practice moving specific joints and muscles as they train to perform a dance.  Students perform a dance...
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The Purple Cow

For Teachers K - 2nd
  Students read and discuss the poem, The Purple Cow.  In this poetry lesson plan, students discuss the rhyming words in the poem and why this piece of literature is silly or unusual.     
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Dr. Seuss Comes to the Gym

For Teachers K - 2nd
Demonstrate different motor activities to honor Dr. Seuss's birthday. A literacy-based physical education lesson prompts young readers to perform group activities such as tumbling, jumping rope, throwing frisbees, and hopping. Each...
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete a variety of activities related to the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear." They role-play the animals from the story, read about the book's author Bill Martin, Jr. on his website, discuss the rhythm of the story, and create...
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Sounding Out CVCE Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore vowels and consonants by participating in a flash card activity. In this phonetics lesson, 1st graders discuss the difference between short and long vowels and identify them within a story told to them by their...
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Shapes in Art, Shapes in Body

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore body movement.  In this shapes and dance activity, students demonstrate body movements and positions that resemble simple shapes.  Students read I Spy Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwait and choose shapes from the book to...
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Sounding out accuracy, Draw Two

For Teachers K - 1st
Students participate in a card game to read words with a particular sound correctly.  In this sound card game lesson, students students keep a word card if they correctly pronounce the word on it. Additional cards let you pick two cards...
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Sounding out accuracy, Mix, Mix, Match

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore English by identifying segments of words in class. In this phonetics instructional activity, students utilize flash cards which contain letters and mix them in order to create a "match" word. Students sound out the words...
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Five Part Phonics: Blends

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a variety of activities that feature the consonant blend 'st'. They read "Stan the Squid" and "Stella Started for the Station", answer comprehension questions for the stories, manipulate beginning sounds and...
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Introduce Vocabulary: a Day at the Apple Orchard

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language arts by reading a story book in class. In this tier two vocabulary instructional activity, students read the book A Day at the Apple Orchard and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Students define the...
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Cracking Up

For Students 1st
In this words into smaller words worksheet, 1st graders divide words into smaller words by putting them inside a picture of a pecan and splitting them up. Students split up 4 pecans.
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Dancing Hands, Abstract Drawings

For Teachers K - 8th
Students discover African musical rhythms by performing Ancestral Spirit Dances.  In this musical lesson, students research Willis "Bing" Davis and the abstract work he created.  Students listen to Yoruba drum music and experiment...
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Ii is for Igloo

For Students K - 2nd
For this printing worksheet, students form the upper and lowercase letter Ii. Students also color in pictures that begin with the letter Ii.
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Ii is for Igloo

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy instructional activity, learners look at the formation of the letter I and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.
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Look At Those Leaves!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore botany by researching plants in class. In this tree identification lesson, students examine a group of leaves and list the different characteristics before guessing what types of trees they came from. Students read about...
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1st Grade - Act. 07: Seven Fat Cats

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to story Seven Fat Cats and match the sounds (rhyming, beginning, ending, and vowel).
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Score a Homerun for Reading!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners form the ability to be able to read text smoothly, expressively, and faster. By being able to do this, students are able to concentrate more on the comprehension of the text instead of on the decoding of each individual word....
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Uu is for Umbrella

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing worksheet, learners form the upper and lowercase letter U. Students also color in two pictures that begin with the letter U.
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Uu is for Umbrella

For Students K - 1st
For this printing practice learning exercise, students learn to form both upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter u. Students trace several examples before generating their letters in the boxes.

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