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Telling Time, Clocks

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice their skills in telling time and reading clock faces by singing simple songs and reading two clever poems.
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Spanish Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

For Teachers K - 5th
Students sing the song Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes using the spanish words for the parts of the body. They practice saying the words before singing the song and try going faster each time the sing the song.
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Rhymes

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are read a book of rhymes. They identify words that can rhyme with ones they heard in the book. They sing songs with rhyming words and repeat it using different rhyming words.
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Nursery Rhyme Mania

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students become familiar with many different nursery rhymes. They use nursery rhymes for a variety of creative activities including writing, singing, poetry and acting.
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Listen, Look, and Move!

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to the movement and singing game "Skip to My Lou". They identify several locomotor activities to perform with the song.
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Who Fed the Chickens?

For Teachers K
Students use the Ella Jenkins' song "Who Fed the Chickens?" to study the pronouns I, you, we, she, he, and they. After singing the song a few times, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice with pronouns, and...
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The Poetry of Woody Guthrie

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students develop oral fluency through reading and singing. They sing "This Land is Your Land" and discuss what the pictures and words mean in the song. They connect the song and poem and previous learning and write a journal.
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Being Me in the Face of Adversity - Americans Who Stood Up for Their Beliefs

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify important Americans from the colonial, revolutionary and slavery periods who are noted for standing up for their beliefs in the face of peer disapproval. They identify the importance of music in motivating and...
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Speak the truth

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the five teaching components of silent sitting, story telling, group singing, and group activities. They brainstorm and practice each one of the components in groups as well as individually. In addition, they come...
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Introductory Lesson For the Beginning of Each New Year

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the five values of truth, love, peace, righteousness, and non-violence. Students read a story and a poem, sing songs, and participate in hands-on activities to investigate and reinforce values. In groups, students act...
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Fearlesness

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore overcoming fear. As a class, students share experiences of being afraid. After students read a story about being fearful, students compare events in their lives to the character in the story. They sing songs about not...
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Friendship

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the importance of being kind and loving to others. As a class, students read and discuss a story about friendship. They share experiences of friendship and sing songs about friends. In groups, students name qualities...
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INTRODUCTORY LESSON for the beginning of each new year

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students study and express the five values of truth, love, peace, right conduct, and non-violence. The lesson focuses on the beginning of the year, introducing the values. Through games, singing, and reading--students become familiar...
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Freedom Fighters

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners are introduced to the concept of segregation and explore its affects on society. They participate in a role-play about segregation, read books about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., create self-portraits, sing songs and participate...
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From McGee's Farm to the Movies

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils participate in several plant-themed activities. They keep a food log, identify any plants they have eaten and then classify these foods by the part of the plant that is edible. Students sing songs about plants, make collages, make...
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Show Me Economics - Families Have Needs

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the four basic needs. Through discussion, 1st graders discover that all people need food, clothing, shelter and love. They create a collage representing the four basic needs. Students sing songs about basic needs.
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Music

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are introduced to the ABA form of music through singing and playing instruments. Using music, they practice reading the notations and improvising melodies. They also sing in duets and trios in various keys to end the...
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Night On Bald Mountain

For Teachers K
Students sing songs, improvise musical responses, maintain steady beats, and move to music in this Halloween Music lesson for the Kindergarten classroom. Emphasis is placed upon meeting State and National Standards in Music.
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A-Tisket, A-Tasket

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students sing sections of Ella Fitzgerald's famous song "A Tisket, A Tasket," arranged by David Elliot, in this high school music lesson plan for women's chorus. Emphasis is placed on proper singing techniques and the use of correct...
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Wetlands Are Wonderlands!

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore the wetlands. They participate in numerous activities to explore food chains, food webs, and energy in the ecosystem. Students read stories, sing songs, visit specified websites, and participate in games to discover...
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Tall as a Mountain, Flat as a Plain

For Teachers K
Students examine pictures of various landforms before placing them on a chart under the appropriate label.They sing songs about landforms to the tune of "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain." Next, they use non-edible baker's dough to...
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What Does a Cowboy Do?

For Teachers K
Students participate in a variety of activities as they study cowboys and the cowboy culture. They read stories and sing songs about the cowboys. They study the area of the United States cowboys are from and review the tools cowboys...
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0 to 5! Counting Poem or Song

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this lower elementary math worksheet, students recite a poem or sing the verses as a counting song. They write the numbers 0-5 in the air, wave their hands, wiggle their fingers, and hold their fingers way up high as while singing or...
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Christmas Carolers Coloring Page

For Students K - 1st
In this holiday activity, students color in the picture of the people singing Christmas songs. They create their own unique design.

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