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This math packet includes four different activities which puts linear equations and line of best fit in the context of real world applications. Each activity uses a different linear math modeling equation and asks the learners to complete several questions. And grading will be a breeze, because answers are included.
Learners demonstrate the ability to use basic walking steps in several body directions while demonstrating rhythmic accuracy with their steps. Students discover that dancing makes their heart go faster and is good exercise.
Students are encouraged to enjoy dance, feel comfortable dancing, and perform a few simple moves to the beat of the music
Students recognize folk/square dance music. In this folk/square dance lesson, students participate in a dance to "Oh Susanna." Students perform for the class.
Students learn the meaning of prepositions through movement. For this dance lesson, students choreograph a piece showing that they understand the meaning of various prepositions.
Throughout history, dance has had a spiritual or ritual significance depending on the context it's performed in. Critical thinkers research and create a multi-media presentation describing the use of dance and music in wedding rituals from around the world. This lesson would be perfect to use as a prompt for an expository or comparative essay.
Students participate in a Brown Bag Lunch Program to showcase their new dances. In groups, they practice their dances along with following the proper rhythms. To end the lesson, the whole class puts on a line dance to end the program.
Students practice and perform a line dance to Smith's song Men in Black.
Middle schoolers explore the concept of slope. They describe slope in a variety of ways such as the steepness of a line, using graphs, using triangles, and through ordered pairs. Pupils find slope from graphs, ordered pairs, and triangles.
Get youngsters moving by teaching them some basic dance moves. This dance can be done in a circle, a line, or scattered around the gym. There are four movement combinations that are taught to the song "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley. Steps are written out and of course you can adapt any of this to meet the needs of your class.