In this lesson, students will practice the critical skill of listening comprehension while learning about the origin of Thanksgiving as a national holiday. After a mini-lesson on what to listen for and how to take notes, students will listen to a passage about Sarah Josepha Hale two times. They’ll
This fun 15-minute readers theater script, by award-winning playwright Gyda Arber, is based on the true story of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, which launched the women's suffrage movement! Featuring attendees Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Amelia Bloomer, and Frederick Douglass, with
This storytelling lesson and exercise, suitable for grades 3-8, is great for a drama class, reading group, Language Arts or storytelling unit. Students work cooperatively, using post cards and creating a short story about someone SPECIAL (hint, hint) in their classroom. The product comes with:Rati
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This packet includes, among five other teaching aids, a peer-reviewed handout of 15 essay questions designed to promote empathy, honesty, unity, and kindness among students. This resource, while rigorous and pertinent to the film, goes beyond the scope of questions like "
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I’ve entitled my second book, Mr. Harper Makes Us Speak and Read Good ... er not simply out of whimsy but as a means to point out the declining gifts of articulation amongst our students. A continuation of the first book, this book was developed for two purposes. The first is to prov
This THREE WEEK radio theater unit, 48 pages in length, is suitable for middle and high school drama classes or gifted classes and includes:• A lesson on the history of radio theater• Information about Foley engineers• Three links to video clips of Foleys• Student created sound effect project• Five
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These playlets are based on true stories about kids who have affected the lives of many children and adults alike.
Use a real-life situation playlet to interact with your class on some important topics!
Each playlet can be presen
Great for emergency plans, sub plans, a supplement to song form/analysis units, or as a reward for students!
Facilitate the development of the analysis of musical form! This packet is setup for a teacher, music teacher, or sub to teach the essential PARTS OF A SONG. Chorus, verse, bridge? Learn abo
Anatomy of Song!
Great for emergency plans, sub plans, a supplement to song form/analysis units, or as a reward for students!
Facilitate the development of the analysis of musical form! This packet is setup for a teacher, music teacher, or sub to teach the essential PARTS OF A SONG. Chorus, verse,
Students can chase a gingerbread man around the school with this QR Code Hunt! This is particularly fun to do in conjunction with a gingerbread cookie baking activity. You can pretend the cookies escaped, and that the students have to hunt them down. There are 9 clues in all. The hunt starts in
Anatomy of Song!
Great for emergency plans, sub plans, a supplement to song form/analysis units, or as a reward for students!
Facilitate the development of the analysis of musical form! This packet is setup for a teacher, music teacher, or sub to teach the essential PARTS OF A SONG. Chorus, verse,
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This packet includes, among three other teaching aids, a peer-reviewed handout of 15 essay questions designed to promote self-reflection, social and emotional development, and kindness among students. This resource, while rigorous and pertinent to the film, goes beyond th
Great for emergency plans, sub plans, or as a reward for students!
Facilitate the development of the analysis of musical form! This packet is setup for a teacher, music teacher, or sub to teach the essential PARTS OF A SONG. Chorus, verse, bridge? Learn about how to distinguish these (8 total) pa
These 1st Grade English/Language Arts Integrated Curriculum Maps provide you with a way to begin exploring how to authentically integrate English/Language Arts and the fine arts at the 1st grade level through aligned standards. These alignments are based upon the ELA Common Core State Standards and
This four page .pdf file includes a graphic organizer to use with "The Incident at Tower 37" (link to video included), as well as the transcript of an interview with the film's director and questions over the interview.
You will be amazed at how this short film will mesmerize your students. Using
Anatomy of Song!
Great for emergency plans, sub plans, a supplement to song form/analysis units, or as a reward for students!
Facilitate the development of the analysis of musical form! This packet is setup for a teacher, music teacher, or sub to teach the essential PARTS OF A SONG. Chorus, verse,
Anatomy of Song!
Great for emergency plans, sub plans, a supplement to song form/analysis units, or as a reward for students!
Facilitate the development of the analysis of musical form! This packet is setup for a teacher, music teacher, or sub to teach the essential PARTS OF A SONG. Chorus, verse,
Anatomy of Song!
Great for emergency plans, sub plans, a supplement to song form/analysis units, or as a reward for students!
Facilitate the development of the analysis of musical form! This packet is setup for a teacher, music teacher, or sub to teach the essential PARTS OF A SONG. Chorus, verse,
Anatomy of Song!
Great for emergency plans, sub plans, a supplement to song form/analysis units, or as a reward for students!
Facilitate the development of the analysis of musical form! This packet is setup for a teacher, music teacher, or sub to teach the essential PARTS OF A SONG. Chorus, verse,
This file contains 5 short, original songs with vocal and instrumental downloads. These engaging songs can be used to introduce, teach, or reinforce the common core standards of collaborative conversation in grades K - 2. Using music young children are motivated to learn and understand agreed upon
This 149-page growing bundle of Romeo & Juliet materials includes an introductory PowerPoint, a comprehensive guide to promote active reading, comprehension quizzes, close reading exercises, and a summative test. Answer keys for all resources are included. With these materials, students will:
Welcome to this Project Based Learning, or PBL, teaching unit. This unit is designed for grades K, 1 and 2. Included in this unit is an explanation of project-based learning and a step-by-step guide on how to teach this project with rigor and authentic connections to the real-world.
Through this un
This 50-question multiple-choice reading analysis/comprehension test/quiz on Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief movie has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It also includes one essay open-ended question about the film and characters. Show the movie an
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This packet includes, among five other teaching aids, a peer-reviewed handout of 15 essay questions designed to promote empathy, self reflection, inclusivity, and weed out racial prejudice among students. This resource, while rigorous and pertinent to the film, goes beyon