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Swing Your Partner!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
This was written for ESOL learners, but could work for any elementary class. Learners read about the American dance style known as Square Dancing. They explore its use in literature, write a friendly letter about it, and then use their...
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Let's Dance

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
One of the best ways to explore other cultures is through experiencing their dances. That's exactly what happens in this sweet lesson on cultural dance. In it, learners dance to The Mexican Hat Dance, Skip to My Lou, and other classic...
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Novelinks

Wildwood Dancing: Vocabulary Squares

For Teachers 9th - 12th
As part of a study of Juliet Marillier's Wildwood Dancing, class members create vocabulary squares for words drawn from the story.
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Lesson Plan
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Swing Your Partner

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students work together to paint a square set on a piece of asphalt. In pairs, they use the square set to participate in a variety of square dances. To end the activity, they decorate the squares to help them remember the correct steps to...
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Gotta Dance

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners share dance moves that reflect their personalities or depict how they are feeling, explore popularity of recreational and competitive social dancing by reading and discussing the article "Follow the Flying Feet," present...
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John F. Kennedy Center

Jazz music, Dance and Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Learners view video and become familiar with the type of movement in jazz dance.  In this jazz dance instructional activity, students write a cinquain about jazz dance.  Learners recognize the elements of jazz dance and the type of music...
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Hip To Be Square

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore performing arts by reading a children's book in class. In this body movement lesson, students read the book Dance and create their own artistic impressions based on dancing images from the book. Students share their...
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Writing
Curriculum Corner

"Would You Rather?" Writing Prompts

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Would you rather eat a cricket or a worm? Have your young writers decide and write about why. Choose from 35 different writing prompts to spark interest and creativity. Even your most reluctant writers are sure to enjoy. Each prompt also...
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Lesson Plan
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Eight-Square Scrabble Spell-Off

For Teachers K - 12th
Students build words using Scrabble tile pieces. They keep score during the game. They practice their spelling as they create words.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Celebrating Traditions: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 2)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders needing extra support will benefit from the materials contained in this 42-page packet designed to be used with the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt textbook thematic unit celebrating traditions.
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Worksheet
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SpongeBob Genetics Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
In this biology instructional activity, students use the information given to complete each of the questions. They indicate whether each genotype is heterozygous or homozygous. Students also complete the Punnett square to illustrate the...
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Worksheet
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Igor Stravinsky Fill in the Blank Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this elementary music and following directions worksheet, students copy the Igor Stravinsky's last name on lines for each letter. They follow directions to draw a circle around a picture of a circus elephant, a square around the...
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Worksheet
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Texas Alphabet Activity

For Students 5th - 6th
In this alphabet activity worksheet, students read the words related to the state of Texas. Students then alphabetize the 10 words.
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Lesson Plan
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Families and neighborhoods

For Teachers K
Students create their house to add to a class "neighborhood". In this activity on family and community, students read the book Family by Todd Parr and discuss how all families and houses are different. Then, students create their own...
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Worksheet
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Total English Intermediate: Puzzleword

For Students 5th - 9th
In this key vocabulary crossword puzzle worksheet, students practice key vocabulary as they read the 11 clues to correctly fill in the word puzzle. Students also unscramble 6 anagrams and write 6 sentences using the unscrambled words.
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Lesson Plan
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Ethnic Folklore in Your Classroom: Traditions, Tales, and Treasures from Tijuana to Timbuktu

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
Students create their own festival. In this folk life lesson plan, students research their folklore history by interviewing their parents and grandparents, organizing the data found, and presenting that material to the class. Students...
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Interactive
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Gerunds and Infinitives

For Students 6th - 10th
In this online interactive ESL grammar activity, students read a passage and fill in the blanks with the appropriate gerunds and infinitives from the answer bank. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Worksheet
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New Year's Eve

For Students 5th - 10th
In this New Year's Eve worksheet, students complete activities such as read the passage, match the phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice fill in, correct the spelling, put text in correct order, unscramble...
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Interactive
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Exploring English Grammar Review Chapter 3

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this imperative worksheet, students write commands that go with the pictures, fill in object pronouns to sentences, fill in prepositions, and more. Students complete 6 activities.
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Worksheet
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Hikaru Utada

For Students 4th - 8th
In this  famous person activity, students read a passage about Hikaru Utada and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...
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Lesson Plan
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Fill in the Blank Winter Songs

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this winter songs worksheet, pupils read (or sing) the words to 7 popular winter or Christmas songs. Then students fill in the blanks in the same songs, trying to remember the missing words.

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