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Move to the Numbers

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice number recognition. In this math and music lesson, students work in teams to identify numbers through music and movement.
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Raise the Roof

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils appreciate the fun and enjoyment from dancing with a variety of dances such as "Raise the Roof,""Bankhead Bounce," "Grapevine," and Hydrolics."
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Rhythmic Ribbons

For Teachers K
Students practice various locomotor skills and to provide students with the opportunity to experiment with movement to music.
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Note Bowling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice recognition of different music notes and their values and work on throwing cues, scoring, and addition.
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Crazy Frog Dance

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students 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.
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Larger than Life Line Dance

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students are encouraged to enjoy dance, feel comfortable dancing, and perform a few simple moves to the beat of the music
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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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Rhythmic Pattern and Movement

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners practice repeating rhythmic patterns in unison. Next, students work in groups to practice an alternate rhythmic pattern to Row, Row, Row Your Boat. They create their own rhythmic patterns for the song.
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Patterns on Parade

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover that patterns exist in sounds, movement, and objects. In this patterns lesson, 1st graders select two items from a group  and produce an alternating pattern.
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Rhythm

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders sing in 3/4 meter with an upbeat. They write a poem using descriptive words. Students move at different speeds to show quarter, half and eigth notes. They play a math game involving the number of beats a quarter, half and...
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Global Music: Steve Reich – Ghana, Bali, America and Germany

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students explore the music of Steve Reich. In this global music lesson plan, students compare the music compositions of Steve Reich to African and Balinese music. Students discuss their personal comparisons.
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The 50 States

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use maps and music to learn the 50 states. In this US Geography lesson, 5th graders map out a region of the United States and practice singing the song, The 50 States that Rhyme.
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Past Simple and Past Continuous

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this past simple and past continuous worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences by choosing the correct word or filling in the correct tense. Students complete 6 exercises.
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Rhythm in Language - Feel the SWAMP BEAT!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore the rhythm of words. In this reading skills lesson, students read Bedtime at the Swamp and use rhythm instruments to find the cadence in the words of the story. Students listen for rhythm in other written text as they...
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Stone Passing Game with Calabash Song

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss games and their use around the world in many different cultures and how music and games are related. They discuss the rules of West African game then play a game from West Africa and review and learn the "Calabash" song...
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Balance, Rhythmns and Stomp Rockets

For Teachers All
Students practice stepping and jumping, using specified foot action, in rhythm. In groups, they practice jumping onto stomp rocket launchers and demonstrate how to increase the distance by raising the angle of the launcher. After each...
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Scarf Toss Tag

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners review how to properly toss a scarf. In groups, they play the game like an ordinary tag game in which the locomotor skill is changed for each game. If they are tagged, they choose a basket and pick one scarf to juggle.
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Phenomenological Probability

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the concept of theoretical and experimental probability. In this theoretical and experimental probability lesson, students roll dice, draw marbles out of a bag, and draw a card from a deck of cards. Young scholars...
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To The Beat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students to get a feel for different rhythms through throwing and catching. They are asked to throw to their partner keeping time with the beat of the music. The partner catch the ball and throw it back to their partner in rhythm.
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Line and Social Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Learners dance in order to learn social and recreational dances.
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Dance Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students choreograph a simple dance and have experience performing. students choose their own groups-usually of about 3-4, or assign the groups. Each group receives one dance card. They are to decide the order in which to do the steps.
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Invertebrate Dribbling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice proper dribbling skills and work on identifying invertebrates as one of four major types.
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5, 6, 7, 8 Line Dance

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars practice counting to eight while listening to music, move to the beat of the music, and learn simple dance steps.
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Line Dance is a Pattern!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders apply the pattern of a line dance to different music tempos.

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