Breathe life into a reading of the children's story Clever Jack Takes the Cake with this Reader's Theater script. Offering speaking roles for nine students plus a sound effects chorus, this is a great activity that engages the whole...

With resource links, a detailed procedure, embedded primary source documents, and a Readers Theater script, you're ready to teach! Re-enact historical events in order to boost historical perspective, discern main ideas, and draw...

Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, José Limón, Alvin Ailey, Bob Fosse, Gene Kelly. Famous dancers and some history of modern dance, what a packet! Although designed to prepare students to see a performance of the Connecticut Ballet, this...

Upper graders identify fractions in the world. They create, write, and perform rhythm patterns using their instruments. Then use an 8-measure pattern based in 4/4 meter while also problem solving equivalent fractions.

Challenge your class with this fun and engaging engineering design project. The goal, to create a brand new cereal complete with a list of ingredients, a name and logo, and a box to hold it in. Starting with a survey to determine the...

Stand up straight, relax, and breathe! The first in a series of four vocal music lessons starts at the very beginning with, a very good place to start, with exercises and drills that help develop proper posture and breathing.

The string section of your school orchestra can get a proper form make-over by incorporating this lesson plan. They reestablish proper playing form, posture, and sound as they compose an essay on how to maintain good playing habits...

Students examine the correct attitudes and poster for a concert. In this "Singing for Animals" lesson, students created charts to diagram information about the homeless animals they were singing for. Students used correct diction and...

Students investigate the components of musical tone and the effects that proper posture, embouchure, breath support, attack, sustain, and release, and hand positions have on this quality of music.

Learners examine the painting Childhood Idyll to investigate flute music. In this music lesson plan, students listen to samples of flute music and discuss the images of the painting. Learners identify the proper posture when play the...