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Halloween | Dance | Dance of Shadows (Lights + Silhouettes) | TEKS
🌑 Dance — Dance of Shadows (Lights + Silhouettes)Students create choreography using shadows and silhouettes, experimenting with shape, size, and storytelling through light. ✅ Includes: TEKS alignment for grades 3–12Learning Intention & Success CriteriaShadow story planner + resource promptsYouTube shadow dance inspirationDifferentiated strategies for elementary through high school✨ Classroom Use: Perfect for combining stagecraft with dance. Students learn to design sto
K - 12th
Dance, For All Subjects
Also included in: Halloween Dance Bundle | 10 Spooky & Creative Movement for K-12 | TEKS
Halloween Dance Bundle | 10 Spooky & Creative Movement for K-12 | TEKS
📚 Product Description Bring Halloween spirit into your dance classroom with this Halloween Dance Lessons Bundle! 🎃👻 This collection of 10 fully TEKS-aligned lessons blends creativity, choreography, and spooky fun to engage students across grades 3–12. Each lesson includes step-by-step instructions, warm-ups, differentiated strategies, graphic organizers, model examples, and assessment rubrics—everything teachers need for classroom-ready activities. Here’s what’s inside the bundle: Dance
K - 12th
Dance, For All Subjects
Popular Guitar/Rock Band Lesson Plans
Bring your classroom to life with these Bulk Guitar and Rock Band Lesson Plans! This comprehensive resource includes everything you need to teach beginner to intermediate guitar and rock band ensembles with ease. Basic guitar lesson plans covering chords, strumming, scales, and rhythmRock band lesson plans with rehearsal strategies and ensemble coachingSong-based lesson plans that connect core skills to real music students loveChecklists for student progress tracking and assessmentDelivered as a
3rd - 6th
Instrumental Music, Music, Other (Performing Arts)
Also included in: Rock Guitar Bundle
United Nations Day | Dance | K-12 TEKS-Aligned Lesson
United Nations Day | Dance | K-12 TEKS-Aligned Lesson Dance for peace and unity! This lesson invites students to choreograph movements symbolizing cooperation, harmony, and global citizenship. What’s Inside the Lesson Complete TEKS-aligned lesson planInformational passage: Peace and Unity in DanceDifferentiated activities for elementary, middle, and high schoolGraphic organizer + teacher planning chartRubric (100 pts)Teacher resources + real-world connections3
K - 12th
Dance, For All Subjects
Also included in: October | Dance | Lesson Bundle | K-12 TEKS-Aligned
National Fossil Day | Dance | K-12 TEKS-Aligned Lesson
National Fossil Day | Dance | K-12 TEKS-Aligned Lesson Step back in time with movement! In this lesson, students embody fossils, dinosaurs, and the passage of time through symbolic dance. What’s Inside the Lesson Complete TEKS-aligned lesson planInformational passage: Fossils as Movement InspirationDifferentiated activities for elementary, middle, and high schoolGraphic organizer + teacher planning chartRubric (100 pts)Teacher resources + real-world connections3
K - 12th
Dance, For All Subjects
Also included in: October | Dance | Lesson Bundle | K-12 TEKS-Aligned
World Food Day | Dance | K-12 TEKS-Aligned Lesson
World Food Day | Dance | K-12 TEKS-Aligned Lesson Celebrate nourishment and culture through dance! This lesson connects movement to food, family, and sustainability, letting students embody planting, harvesting, and sharing. What’s Inside the Lesson Full TEKS-aligned lesson planInformational passage: Food and DanceDifferentiated activities for elementary, middle, and high schoolGraphic organizer + teacher planning chartRubric (100 pts)Teacher resources + real-world
K - 12th
Dance, For All Subjects
Also included in: October | Dance | Lesson Bundle | K-12 TEKS-Aligned
World Teachers’ Day | Dance | K-12 TEKS-Aligned Lesson
World Teachers’ Day | Dance | K-12 TEKS-Aligned Lesson Honor educators through the art of movement! This lesson guides students to choreograph dances symbolizing gratitude, mentorship, and the impact of teachers. What’s Inside the Lesson Complete TEKS-aligned lesson planInformational passage: Honoring Teachers Through DanceDifferentiated activities for elementary, middle, and high schoolGraphic organizer + teacher planning chartRubric (100 pts)Teacher resources + r
K - 12th
Dance, For All Subjects
Also included in: October | Dance | Lesson Bundle | K-12 TEKS-Aligned
Fire Prevention Week | Dance | K-12 TEKS-Aligned Lesson
Fire Prevention Week | Dance | K-12 TEKS-Aligned Lesson Move for safety and awareness! This dance lesson transforms Fire Prevention Week into a creative experience where students choreograph movements that dramatize fire safety actions and community resilience. What’s Inside the Lesson Full TEKS-aligned lesson planInformational passage: Dance as Public AwarenessDifferentiated activities for elementary, middle, and high schoolGraphic organizer + teacher planning chartRubric
K - 12th
Dance, For All Subjects
Also included in: October | Dance | Lesson Bundle | K-12 TEKS-Aligned
Fall Equinox Balance Dance | Exploring Symmetry and Opposites | K–12, TEKS
Description: Celebrate the Fall Equinox (September 22) with choreography based on balance, symmetry, and opposites. Students learn how artistic movement symbolizes natural cycles of equal day and night. Elementary: Mirror dances using tall/small, fast/slow, sun/moon imagery.Middle School: Group choreography using symmetry in formations (circles, lines).High School: Abstract pieces contrasting asymmetry vs. symmetry with reflective essays.What’s included:K–12 TEKS a
K - 12th
Dance, For All Subjects
Peace Day Dance | Collaborative Group Choreography for Harmony | K–12, TEKS
Description: Honor the International Day of Peace (September 21) with a collaborative dance project focused on unity, harmony, and friendship. Students create performances symbolizing peace through group choreography. Elementary: Circle dances with gestures like holding hands, waving arms like doves.Middle School: Group sequences with wave motions, equality-focused formations.High School: Abstract works inspired by peace symbols, performed with intent statements.What’s
K - 12th
Dance, For All Subjects
Labor Day Dance | Movement Tribute Inspired by Workers | K–12, TEKS-Aligned
Description: Celebrate Labor Day through dance by transforming everyday worker motions—lifting, sweeping, typing, hammering—into choreography. Students honor the contributions of workers while exploring rhythm, sequence, and performance. Elementary: Improvise 3–4 worker motions into short dances.Middle School: Create group choreography with sequences of 4–6 labor-inspired moves.High School: Research cultural dances tied to labor and develop abstract, symbolic interpreta
K - 12th
Dance, For All Subjects
Patriot Day Reflective Dance | Expressing Unity and Remembrance | K–12, TEKS
Description: This reflective dance lesson honors Patriot Day (September 11) with movement that symbolizes remembrance, unity, and resilience. Students express civic values through choreography that communicates care, hope, and healing. Elementary: Simple gestures (hand over heart, reaching arms, holding hands) performed in circles.Middle School: Group sequences using silence, circles, and bows to show unity.High School: Solo or group works symbolizing remembrance with r
K - 12th
Dance, For All Subjects
October | Dance | Lesson Bundle | K-12 TEKS-Aligned
October | Dance | Lesson Bundle | K-12 TEKS-Aligned Save big and inspire movement all October long! This October Dance Bundle brings together 5 complete TEKS-aligned lessons: Fire Prevention Week, National Fossil Day, United Nations Day, World Food Day, and World Teachers’ Day. Each lesson transforms civic and cultural themes into powerful movement-based learning experiences. What’s Inside the Bundle 5 complete lessons with full TEKS alignmentInformational reading passages + mentor d
K - 12th
Dance, For All Subjects
International Literacy Day Dance | Storytelling Through Movement | K–12, TEKS
Description: Blend literature and dance on International Literacy Day (September 8) as students retell stories and poems through movement. This cross-curricular lesson makes reading come alive in performance. Elementary: Act out picture books (e.g., “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”) with crawl → eat → grow → fly gestures.Middle School: Choreograph short group dances with clear beginning, middle, and end based on novels or poems.High School: Interpret abstract poems (Langst
K - 12th
Dance, For All Subjects
The Year Santa Got Mixed Up! - Readers Theater for the Entire Class
This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. It can be performed at any time but is usually performed at Christmas. Reader's Theater is a terrifically fun way to improve your fluency. There is a short writing/discussion prompt at the end for your students to respond to.I would enjoy hearing back from you about what you think. The Year Santa Got Mixed Up! - Reader's Theater for the Entire Class by Melanie Whitesides and Amy Kensley is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unport
3rd - 8th, Adult Education
Drama, Reading Strategies, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+16
Franken Cranky - A Cautionary Tale - Small Group Readers' Theater
We are moving our site, Wonbyone, to Wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This script was written for three students and for Halloween. In the script: A sweet little boy is allowed to stay up on Halloween and eat nothing but candy. It isn’t long before he is being rude and mean. He ends up staying up too late and gets a stomach ache. He has become, Franken-Cranky! The next day, his rude and terrible behavior continues. Mom and dad get him to bed early and are thankful when their sweet little boy re
3rd - 7th
Drama, Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.4.3a
, RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
+11
The Principles New Clothes - Large Group Readers' Theater
We are in the process of moving our site, wonbyone, to wonbyone2. Please pardon out dust!This reader's theater is for the entire class! You will need at least 11 students but more is always better. This ties into my other twisted fairy tales except that it was written to do as a class. I split my class into two groups and both groups practice. When we perform we discuss what things we liked about each group. I use this to introduce the small group reader's theaters I have them do the rest of the
3rd - 10th, Adult Education
Character Education, Drama, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+14
A Modern Day Rapunzel Story - Small Group Readers' Theater
We are moving our site, wonbyone, to wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This small group reader's theater was written for 3 students. Two parts are for girls and one part is for a boy. The story is about Rapunzel who is a normal girl with an unusual name. Prince, a normal boy with a dog's name, thinks he is living a fairy tale and comes to rescue Rapunzel. Rapunzel thinks he's crazy. This reader's theater is also in my twisted tales pack. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practi
3rd - 6th
Drama, Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+14
The Class Pet - Small Group Reader's Theater for First Grade Level Readers
This reader's theater was written for 4 students. It was written for students who are on a 1st grade reading level. In the script, the class is getting a pet. Nan, Pat, Bill, and Jon are trying to guess what the pet will be. They discuss problems that different animals may cause and decide that the class pet should be a fish. I used this script to help my phonics group practice and then, once they performed it, we wrote a persuasive paper asking the principal to let us have a pet. There is a sm
1st - 5th, Adult Education
Drama, Reading Strategies, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.1.4
, RF.1.4a
, RF.1.4b
+23
Command cards: Set 1
Command cards are a simple and super fun way to build reading comprehension, fluency, vocabulary and expression. Children love, love, love reading these silly, imaginative phrases and joyfully dramatizing them with their friends. Each card has a short command to read and act out. Incorporating drama into the classroom is highly engaging and can quickly and effectively boost reading levels. This is a delightfully creative learning activity perfect for your reading and your drama centers...and
K - 3rd
Drama, Reading, Reading Strategies
Command Cards: Set 2
This is a continuation of set 1. If your students enjoyed set 1, they will now be thrilled to get their hands on set 2. Command cards are a simple and super fun way to build reading comprehension, fluency, vocabulary and expression. Children love, love, love reading these silly, imaginative phrases and joyfully dramatizing them with their friends. Each card has a short command to read and act out. Incorporating drama into the classroom is highly engaging and can quickly and effectively boost
1st - 4th
Drama, Reading, Reading Strategies
After the Ball - Small Group Readers' Theater
We are moving our site, wonbyone, to wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This small group reader's theater is for 4 characters. Ever wonder what happened after the ball and before Prince Charming found Cinderella? This is a twisted fairy tale that answers that question. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. Most of my scripts are in black and white so they photo copy easily. This one does have a colored picture on the
3rd - 6th
Drama, Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+14
Play Without Ceasing - Small Group Readers' Theater
We are moving our site, wonbyone, to wonbyone2. Please pardon our dust!This is a religious reader's theater intended for a small group of 4 students. The object of the script is to examine what is meant by pray without ceasing and how to apply it in our lives. #2 is trying to be a better Christian and heard the pastor last week talking about a scripture that said to play without ceasing. He/she got it a little wrong and did not read too carefully when they looked it up so now they are mixed up.
3rd - 10th, Adult Education
Drama, Reading, Religion
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+14
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