Curated OER
Flying the Friendly Skies
Pupils investigate aerodynamics by comparing and contrasting the flight of two gliders. They make prediction and observation charts and test a variety of hypotheses using paper gliders.
Curated OER
Vocabulary Review and Map Skills
Middle schoolers, when given the name of a community, identify a food, a craft, a custom, language and music, unique to that community 100% of the time. They find similarities and differences between this community and their own in four...
Curated OER
Musical Medley (French)
Students listen to the songs "Tous les Blues Sont Crits Pour Toi" by Celine Dion and the song " 'Ti Monde" by Beausoleil. Students write their impressions of the song. They look up and write vocabulary definitions in the target language...
Curated OER
Dribble The Basketball
Students recognize the phoneme /d/. Through listening and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /d/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /d/ with its letter representation and identify...
Curated OER
Sneaky Snake
Students examine the letter 's'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They listen to a story and identify words with the /s/ sound by...
Curated OER
We Give Together
Students read the story of the Children of Agape. They read excerpts from Hallie Geier's journal, Fierce Wonderings and consider what "we are together" means to them. In addition, they assemble a puzzle.
Curated OER
Intro to New Technologies in Music Education
Seventh graders, while in the computer lab utilizing a Sibelius software, create an eight-measure piece in the key of a minor using the notes A, B, C, D and E. They incorporate quarter notes, eighth notes and half notes. Each student...
Curated OER
Britian of the Future
Students explore the issues touched on in the programme extracts and generate ideas about what Britian might look like in the future. They develop a picture of this imagined England and explore how the relationship between Scotland,...
Curated OER
Seasonal Customs Worksheet
In this seasonal customs worksheet, students sort the customs that are adhered to when families celebrate special seasons or holidays.
Curated OER
Matching
In this ESL verbs worksheet, learners analyze 7 pictures that depict people in action. Students match these pictures with the verbs that describe them.
Curated OER
Have an Active Day! Exercise and Health Activity
For this health and exercise worksheet, students put a star next to activities on a list that they already do, then put a check next to those activities they would like to try.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Line Dancing the Kindergarten Way!
As an extension to the book Me Too, Woody! A Step-Into-Reading, Step 1 by R.H. Disney via Heidi Kilgras, students will learn how to line dance. Students will listen to "You've Got a Friend in Me" from Toy Story and learn corresponding...
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ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Using Movement and Dance to Explore Symmetry [Pdf]
In this lesson, 3rd graders first examine images and decide whether they are symmetrical or not. Next, they create individual symmetrical shapes with their bodies and identify the line of symmetry present during these shapes. They then...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Social Dances for Upper Elementary
Teach your students some dance steps to help their coordination and cognitive abilities. Step patterns and music suggestions are included in this lesson from ARTSEDGE.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: The Absolute Value of Dance
In this lesson, students use a graph to choreograph a dance figure. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Art: Graph a Dance
In this lesson plan, students will choreograph a figure for a square dance, graph it, and perform it. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
Other
Western Square Dancing: Square Dance Callers Instruction Course
Learn how to call square dances from this free on-line written course. Quite lengthy.
PE Central
Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Add on Line Dancing
After inventing their own dance moves, learners are to teach them to classmates. These lesson plans provide tips for encouraging creativity and getting all students involved in teaching and learning dance moves.
PE Central
Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Staying Alive
Learn and teach a simple line dance created for the Bee Gees' song, "Stayin' Alive." Recommended for elementary students, the dance steps provided here could easily be simplified (or made more difficult) for students of different ages...
PE Central
Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
This website describes a simple line dance for the simple holiday song, "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." Also provides an option for simplifying the dance.
PE Central
Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Follow the Leader Soca Style
Student familiar with simple dance steps will enjoy this line dance activity, which helps students practice moving to music, following a leader's steps, and creating their own moves.
PE Central
Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Space Jam Dilemma: Dance
Learn a new line dance during a gym-class activity. The "Space Jam," line dance is an easy way to have fun and participate in an aerobic activity.
PE Central
Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Larger Than Life Line Dance
Learn and teach a few simple moves that will help learners feel comfortable with line dancing. Students practice listening and moving to music during this simple and fun gym-class activity.
PE Central
Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Aaron's Party
At this website, learn the steps to a simple line dance for elementary-age children. This dance can be part of a gym-class lesson and activity.