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Hair, Identity and Bias

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Middle schoolers weigh in on dress codes, specifically those that apply to hair and make-up, with a activity that uses a 2017 case from a charter school in Massachusetts. Class members read about two girls suspended for violating the...
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Songs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study four American songs that they will sing during the month of February. They discuss the origins and meanings of the songs.
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The Classic Songs of Paul Simon

For Students 7th - 8th
In this Paul Simon songs worksheet, students read the word parts of the classic songs by Paul Simon. Students complete the song titles for the fifteen classic songs.
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Songs of the Times: American Concerns in 19th Century Campaigns

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Pupils examine campaign songs from the 1840, 1848, and 1860 elections to explore the campaign strategies of 19th century political parties.
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Song Lessons: The Past Progressive

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine the past progressive verb form using song lyrics. In this past progressive verbs lesson, students listen to "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon, paying close attention to the simple past and past progressive verbs in the song....
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The Star Spangled Banner

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders perform research about the star spangled banner and then perform the song. The background to the song helps to build literacy skills with the writing of a paper. The author is also investigated for historical context.
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Five Fat Turkeys

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students sing a Thanksgiving song called "Five Fat Turkeys." For this holiday lesson, students create a Turkey acrostic poem then memorize and sing a turkey song. Students will focus on singing on key, pitch , and seeping a steady...
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Song Lessons Fundamentals of English Grammar 3rd Edition

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Song instructional activity, students listen to the song once and describe the singer's attitude. The students listen to the song one more time and list one yes/no question and all the future and imperative forms that they hear....
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I See and I Think (It's A Wonderful World)

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Young scholars analyze song lyrics (by listening to the song) to pick-out descriptive vocabulary. They use this descriptive vocabulary to create a drawing of the images they "see" in the song. They compare their drawings to find...
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Rhythmic Pattern and Expressive Movement

For Teachers K
Students use the song Row Row Row Your Boat to help them learn patterns and expressive movement. They recreate the movement over and over until it is a pattern and they feel comfortable doing it.
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The Name Game

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are introduced to a song in which they practice echoing. During the song, they sing a song in which they give their name and their classmates say their name back to the original person. They practice singing to each other in...
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Song Lesson Octopus's Garden

For Students 3rd
In this conditional phrases worksheet, 3rd graders list to the song, Octopus's Garden, and list the conditional phrases with would or its contracted form 'd in two columns. This is a full lesson plan.
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Singing as a Way of Giving

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners perform songs from previous philanthropy lessons. In this music lesson, students create a video of songs and give it to a local shelter. Learners are encouraged to be creative and sing songs such as "What Can I Do for You" and...
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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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James Taylor "You've Got a Friend"

For Students 5th - 6th
In this verbs worksheet, students first listen to the James Taylor song "You've Got a Friend." Students fill in the missing verbs in the song lyrics by choosing the correct word from the word box.
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James Taylor "You've Got A Friend"

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this song lyrics worksheet, students use words from the word bank to fill in 15 words in a text of the lyrics of James Taylor's song "You've Got a Friend."
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Music: The Experience of a Lifetime

For Teachers 1st
Students use rhymes, songs and games to help them study music. They discover how music can be used with movement, speech and singing.
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Mexico: One Land, Many Cultures

For Teachers 1st
Students research and study the country of Mexico and complete a project about it. In this Mexico lesson plan, students research Mexico's geography, traditions, art, songs, stories, and legends that are native to Mexico.
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Rabbits Rhymes and Finger Plays

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students sing songs about bunnies and pick out the rhyming words. In this rhyming lesson, students develop an understanding of rhyming words at the end of each verse of a song or poem.
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Counting in Pairs: Animal Homes

For Teachers K - 1st
In this counting by 2 worksheet, students draw a line from each pair of animals to their home. Students count the total number of animals of each type.
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Skip Counting by 2's

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this skip counting worksheet, students skip count by the number 2 in each problem starting with a different number. Students complete 5 problems.
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Blowin' In The Wind

For Students 4th - 6th
In this song lessons worksheet, students listen to the song by Bob Dylan, "Blowin' in the Wind." They search for key phrases that use the words, "How many," and list each one with the noun that follows the phrase. Students listen to the...
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Moonshadow

For Students 3rd - 6th
Students listen to the Cat Stevens song, "Moonshadow." They empty an envelope of slips and place the slips in the correct order. Kids in small groups, discuss the mood of the song, how it makes them feel, and the unpleasant possibilities...
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Regional Songs in the Southern American Experience

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students write a song about transportation in 100 years after comparing and discussing "Proud Mary" and "The Midnight Special".

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