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Irish Jig Tag
Students study Irish Dancing. They watch a video or have experienced watching dancers, such as a dance company, perform. They practice the Irish Jig as a class before the actual game. If a student is tagged by the individual with the...
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Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with Dance
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by teaching your class how to do an Irish jig. This type of dance is very fast. Break it all down and teach each section of the dance thoroughly. There are plenty of hops, kicks, toe touches, and stomps in...
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Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with Dance
Erin go bragh! Enliven your St. Patrick's Day celebration by teaching your class members some of the combinations found in traditional Irish step dancing.
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Music: Dancing a Jig
Students Watch a video to observe Celtic dancers prior to playing a game called, "Irish Jig Tag." When students are tagged with a Shamrock wand, they mimic an Irish jig. The game can be adapted to celebrate other nationalities or...
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Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with Dance
Pupils perform Irish dances. In this Irish dance lesson, students learn a variety of dance steps and use these dances for physical activity, fun, and exercise.
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St. Patrick's Day Wordfind
In this St. Patrick's Day activity, students find and circle/highlight six key terms (shamrock, gold, leprechaun, jig, Irish and rainbow) in a word search puzzle.
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St. Patrick’s Day Word Search
In this St. Patrick's Day activity worksheet, students use the 25 words and phrases in the word bank to locate and identify them in the word search puzzle.
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Leprechaun Surprise!
Students do a Leprechaun dance where they shake up pistacho pudding and milk to make a nice green treat. In this Leprechaun treat lesson plan, students shake these up in small containers with lids.
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Humor and Iconicity in Classical Music
Scherzo, cappricio, divertimento, and rando are all addressed in this look into humor through this classical music presentation. The slide show is very basic, but has some good background on Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, and Bach. The...
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Green, Green, Green
First graders trave around the world celebrating St. Patty's Day and all things green! First, we start of in Ireland and travel our way down to Mexico for some green guacamole. They study dances from the two places.
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Larry the Leprechaun
In this holiday worksheet, students complete a story about a leprechaun and traditions associated with St. Patrick's Day. Students are given a word bank to complete the story.
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Origami
Students investigate Japanese culture by creating origami. In this Asian heritage lesson, students utilize the Internet to view origami tutorials which they use to create birds and other animals. Students discuss what "heritage" means...