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Elementary dance thematic unit plans
Spring Movement Cards for Preschool and Brain Break Transition Activity
Are you struggling to find engaging brain break activities and smooth transition activities that prevent student behavior problems, occupy students with excess energy, and improve student listening skills? These spring movement cards will have your students attentive and engaged, all while learning spring vocabulary and burning some energy, so they can stay focused for the rest of the school day! This movement card set includes:spring vocabulary such as butterfly, caterpillar, seed, bunny, bird
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PreK - 2nd
Music Unit: Carnival of the Animals Saint-Saens Unit
This is a full unit of Saint-Saens' The Carnival of the Animals, for use in K-6 music classrooms OR in a classroom for a teacher that loves music!
INCLUDED:
-17 page Teacher's guide to this unit, full of activities that include movement, singing, writing rhythms and creating melodies, playing instruments, creating art, suggestions for literature connections and core connections, and much more!
-25 slide colorful Powerpoint for use with your students!
This carefully designed unit examines ni
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K - 6th
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Polynesian Music Bundle
Take a trip to the islands! This bundle introduces students to the culture of Polynesia. Journey through New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Hawaii, and Tahiti to learn their customs, music, and dance rituals.
Learn the following folk songs!
"Epo i Tai Tai E" (Maori folk song) with choreography
"Savalivali" (Samoan folk song) with choreography
"Kahuli Aku" (Hawaiian folk song) with ukulele accompaniment
**Edit: The original video links went through SafeShare and had a connection error. All links have
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Grades:
1st - 8th
Summer Movement Cards for Preschool and Brain Break Transition Activity
Are you struggling to find engaging brain break activities and smooth transition activities that prevent student behavior problems, occupy students with excess energy, and improve student listening skills? These summer movement cards will have your students attentive and engaged, all while learning summer vocabulary and burning some energy, so they can stay focused for the rest of the school day! This movement card set includes:Summer vocabulary such as beach ball, wave, crab, surfer, and more!
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Music Dramatic Play Recording Studio
Besides being a Rockstar, help children understand how music is made and how an artist perform behind the scenes. With the images provided you can enhance your dramatic play center with a DJ booth or recording studio area. Your students will love singing, playing instruments and pretending to be a Rock Star!You will need to get some additional material, such as musical instruments and a microphone. If you aren't able to purchase those you can make guitars with shoe boxes, microphones with toil
Grades:
PreK - K
Primary Grades Adapted Dance Unit (Gr. 1, 2 or 3) for Special Education and ESL
Do you need accessible, modified dance units to suit primary grades in Ontario? This unit was created with special education and ESL students in mind. This unit is simple, with a lot of visuals and minimal reading/writing to support comprehension.*Assessment and rubrics included!Enjoy & let me know what you think!Fab @ Special Ed Advantage
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Animals, Animals
Animals, Animals is a musical performance appropriate for preschool through first grade performers that is customizable for a variety of needs and settings. All parts are optional and can be performed by large or small groups. It is accesible for preschool, homeroom. and music teachers. Animals, Animals contains the following elements:3 unison songs6 dances performed to the music Zoo, Animals for Piano by Cyril Scott6 instrumentals with spoken poetryThe dances are all performed to Zoo, Animals
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PreK - 1st
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Ocean Theme Movement Song (Old MacDonald)
The song is a spin off of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" changed to Ocean for some ocean animal fun! Get your young students moving with this awesome interactive song! Give the animal cards to each student to come into the center (when their animal is called) and do the movement. Sooo much fun to get your students moving on a hot summer day!!
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PreK - 3rd
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Inquiry Unit - Arts Ed - Drama, Dance, Writing, Music, Visual Art
In this inquiry unit, students will explore their special place that makes them feel the most relaxed. They will go through a process of imagination, writing, drawing and a final art project to show their creative expression.This unit can be adapted and used with any grade, however I have used it with grades 2 - 6 successfully.This unit follows the Saskatchewan curriculum, however it can be easily adapted to other provincial and state curriculums.The unit includes a rubric, which can be used to
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1st - 8th
Tchaikovsky Lesson Plan on Ballets with Dance Project for Elementary Music
A 19 slide presentation taking students on a journey through the history of Peter Tchaikovsky, his ballets, trying ballet, newer ballet styles, Aaron Copland, famous ballet dancers, ending with a choreography project to "The March" from The Nutcracker. Students will learn about the creation of ballet, about some of the most famous ballets written, as well as some newer styles of ballet including hiplet. Students will learn about 4 famous ballet dancers, 2 composers of ballet, they'll learn about
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Grades:
1st - 5th
3/4 Unit on Symbolism
A performing arts based unit for Year 3 and 4 students with links to PYP and Victorian Curriculum. This unit looks at symbolism in dance, drama and music, and includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander references. It includes 8 x 1 hour lessons, Learning Intentions, Success Criteria, a Powerpoint and other worksheet resources, and an assessment rubric.Please leave a review and let me know what you think :)
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Song Book (Cards) with over 65 Songs for PreK/Preschool/Kindergarten
Included are google drive slides with over 65 Music and Movement songs to print. These cards can be printed as a 3x5 handout, laminated, and put on a ring. (Directions are on the cover page.) There is a picture visual for each song for your students to recognize each song, as well as a description of what type of song it is (stand up/sit down, fingerplay, counting, etc.) You can also add your own songs to this document.
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PreK - K
Also included in: Bundle of all 7 Small Group Activities/Assessments for Pre-k, Preschool
Dancing Through the Decades
History can be so fun when your dancing through the decades!
I use this for entire year for my grade 3 dancers. Yep thats right, a whole year planned for you!
Perfect for dance class or an American history unit that needs a little spicing up. Starting in the 1930s with swing and ending in the 1980s with hip hop. Keep your students smiling, learning, and getting their wiggles out.
Includes everything needed for bulletin boards for all units. Formation and tempo aspects are aligned with my ch
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Broadway Through The Ages: THE MOVIE MUSICAL
BROADWAY THROUGH THE AGES is an 11-week course that takes students through the history of Broadway beginning with today's current musicals all the way back to the Golden Age of Broadway. Courses can be used as an entire unit or can easily be used for a single class of teacher's choice. All video links and discussion topics are included in the PDF. Great for a substitute!In this course, students will learn about hit Broadway musicals that were first popular films. These popular titles like HAIRSP
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5th - 12th
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NGSS:
K-ESS3-1
THE NUTCRACKER VIRTUAL CLASSROOM- full unit! | Google Slides
This Nutcracker-themed virtual classroom is a ZERO-PREP way to teach whole group or a virtual lesson about The Nutcracker! These slides feature information and videos about:The storyWhat ballet isMeeting a ballerinaBehind the scenes of The NutcrackerAbout Pytor TchaikovskyListening Maps to the musicMovement ActivitiesFull-length performance videoStudents navigate and click on different objects in the room, leading to read alouds, videos, interviews, movement activities and listening maps!You can
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PreK - 10th
Broadway Through The Ages: HAMILTON
BROADWAY THROUGH THE AGES is an 11-week course that takes students through the history of Broadway beginning with today's current musicals all the way back to the Golden Age of Broadway. Courses can be used as an entire unit or can easily be used for a single class of teacher's choice. All video links and discussion topics are included in the PDF. Great for a substitute!Course 1 takes an in depth look at the hit Broadway musical HAMILTON and is aimed to get students talking about the huge impact
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1st - 12th
NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
FALL/AUTUMN/HALLOWEEN - Life Cycle of a Pumpkin 3D Craftivity
Hello Educators!!! October is such a fun month for school activities! And, the life cycle of pumpkins never fails to get students engaged in learning. Students will enjoy learning about the life cycle of a pumpkin with this three-dimensional craft featuring The Pumpkin Song.Perfect to display in the classroom or as a centerpiece at home, giving learners the opportunity to share their knowledge with family and friends over and over. I like to first introduce the pumpkin song through song and dan
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PreK - 1st
Also included in: **BUNDLE** Fall/Autumn/Halloween - Life Cycle of a Pumpkin
Junior Dance Unit. Inspired By The Mouse. Full Unit. No Prep. Arts.
Walt Disney said "In the end, we must remember, this was all started by a mouse."It is quite difficult to beat a Disney performance. With this in mind, I created a complete Print and Go Dance unit for junior grades inspired by the magic I feel when I experience the parks. It includes:7 Powerpoint Presentations with video links (Includes videos that teach classes)7 Lesson Plans that Include Warm Up ActivitiesProjects and Assessments With RubricsExit TicketsThe themes are:Lesson One: Elements of D
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4th - 6th
Broadway Through The Ages: THE ROCK OPERA
BROADWAY THROUGH THE AGES is an 11-week course that takes students through the history of Broadway beginning with today's current musicals all the way back to the Golden Age of Broadway. Courses can be used as an entire unit or can easily be used for a single class of teacher's choice. All video links and discussion topics are included in the PDF. Great for a substitute!Rock and popular music began showing up on Broadway in the late 60’s with Hair and continues to be a widely popular genre of mu
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5th - 12th
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NGSS:
K-ESS3-1
Nutcracker PowerPoint : Introduction to a Holiday Classic
This PowerPoint is a useful tool for introducing the story and music of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite to your elementary students. Content includes: (1) a slideshow of nutcrackers, (2) introduction to the ballet characters, (3) a summary of the story of the ballet, and (4) information about the instruments of the orchestra. It's a great way to introduce your primary students to this classic holiday favorite, and useful for reviewing this content when your intermediate students study the form an
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Princess Camp
Enjoy these lesson plans for a five half-day camp all about Princesses. There are crafts, games, stories and other Princess fun included for each day. Also included are Online Camp Lesson Plans for those who cannot meet in person. 43 pages long.
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
K-1 Drama Planner 8 lessons, Emotions and People Who Help Us
An 8 week drama unit for K-1 level. Unit is called "Emotions and People Who Help Us". This drama unit helps improve literacy with fairytales used as a catalyst for drama activities.
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Rhythmic Gymnastics Program
In this ten week unit, students learn about:
How they can express themselves through movement and build their confidence to participate in dance activities.
Students also learn to explore and develop awareness of the ways in which their bodies move in and through space and how time and rhythm, dynamics and relationships influence the quality of their movement.
Includes images throughout to aid teaching of content.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
El Turista - An Original Script for Hispanic Heritage Month
***IN HONOR OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH & El DIA DE LA RAZA***EL TURISTA An Original ScriptSYNOPSIS A tourist dad and his son, much in need of a vacation, arrive late for their flight to Kalamazoo. In the midst of the frustration, a Tour Guide offers his help only to also find himself in a similar and frustrated state when the tourist cannot make up his mind as to where to go after learning about so many culturally fulfilling vacation packages. El turista (the Spanish term for “tourist”) is a
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Grades:
PreK - 8th
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