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3rd grade arts & music Common Core RL.6.2 resources
Teach Theme/Moral/Lesson with Songs & Lyrics {Digital Interactive Google Slides}
Hi teacher friends! Are you looking for a fun way to introduce and practice the skill of finding theme? This is the only resource you will need for teaching theme/ moral/ lesson with songs! I found myself struggling with how to introduce theme to my students, but then I came up with the idea of using songs and their lyrics. I created this product for use in my own classroom, and when I used it, my students were hooked! They were engaged and motivated - singing along in the classroom, listening c
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3rd - 8th
New Year 2024 Activities Pack - Coloring Pages, Word Search & More
This NO PREP New Year printable activity has everything you need to start the new year right! Included: New Year word search, coloring pages, goal-setting, and more! This set works for younger and older students. You can use some or all of the activities!This product will be updated yearly! - UPDATED for 2024!ZIP FILE CONTAINS .PDF DOCUMENTS What's included:Word Search - New Year2024 coloring page - graffiti art2024 coloring page - block art2024 coloring page - bubbles and waves2024 Goal Setting
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2nd - 12th
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Winter Reader's Theatre Scripts Bundle- Google Docs for Easy Editing Seasonal
Elevate your winter lesson plans with our exclusive "Winter Wonderland Readers Theatre Bundle," a magical collection of carefully curated folktales designed to captivate and inspire elementary students. This versatile bundle, available on Teachers Pay Teachers, combines the warmth of winter stories with the educational benefits of Readers Theatre, creating an engaging literary experience for your classroom.Google Docs for Easy Editing. Can Easily add more Narrators or other characters to fit ind
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2nd - 6th
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Her Handful of Earth (original 10-minute play about a girl's love of nature)
This is an original 10-minute play that I wrote around a theme of if we care for our world, and it will return the favor. It is for 4 actors: one male, two females, one gender non-specific role. The intended age of performers is upper elementary through adults.Summary:Kaia is a 10-year-old girl who has grown up in the country her whole life. Her best friends are Arbor (a tree in her backyard), Rio (a river in her backyard), Zephyr (the gentle breeze). Today, Kaia has come to her backyard to say
Literacy Through Lyrics- Volume 1
♪An awesome, bundled collection of complete units of study centered around popular, culturally relevant song lyrics that will motivate and inspire you and your students year round!♪You will adore this approach to coaching critical literacy skills in your students- It will be the refresh button you need to make learning together meaningful and truly engaging!♪Because teaching is supposed to be fun and who doesn't love a good soundtrack to sing (and study☺) together in the process?Have fun!Liz☺♥♪P
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3rd - 8th
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Multicultural Cinderella Project: Diorama and Twitter Feed
Looking for a way to synthesize what students have learned about Traditional Literature or multicultural stories? In this project, students use their creative abilities and knowledge of current technology to demonstrate what they've learned. In part one, students create a diorama of one scene from a Cinderella story that conveys the culture of the story they read. Students must consider how the setting of the story impacts Cinderella and her journey, including cultural clues in their visual crea
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3rd - 8th
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Theme: The Heart of the Poem
Great February Arts Integrated Activity!This standards based lesson guides students to find the theme of a poem while integrating the arts. Resource includes:Digital Resource: Interactive Google SlidesStudent Page: Theme of a PoemArts Integrated ActivityBulletin board idea and lettersHeart template for art activity
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3rd - 6th
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Shakespeare's "The Tempest," abridged adaptation
Abridged adaptation of Shakespeare's, "The Tempest".This kid friendly version of "The Tempest" will enchant all students. It simplifies the story, while retaining the magic, romance, humor, and drama of the original. This shortened version of the story is perfect for ELL students and all students. A great play for an end-of-the-year performance.
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: William Shakespeare Bundle of 5 plays, abridged adaptations
Three Cinderella Fractured Fairy Tale Reader's Theaters
Kids LOVE fractured fairy tales! Reader's Theaters are a GREAT way to motivate your kids to read aloud to practice their fluency and expression WHILE reading something they enjoy! These three versions of the classic Cinderella story are written in kid friendly language with some higher level vocabulary words thrown in for good measure. Students will enjoy reading the stories and comparing familiar characters with their slightly fractured versions. Venn diagrams are also provided so that stud
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3rd - 6th
Fractured Fairy Tale Readers Theater Script Comprehension and Writing
This LOW-PREP resource is for every struggling reader or reluctant reader in your class! The Real Story of the Big B.A.D. Wolf is a fractured fairy tale reader's theater script that will engage all your students. The story: Benedict Andrew Demetrius Wolf - or the big B.A.D., as his friends call him - needs a new house built. He goes to the Pig Brothers, Building Contractors, for help. The hapless younger Pig Brothers first build him a house of straw and then of sticks. But poor Mr. Wolf has
Three Goldilocks Fractured Fairy Tales Reader's Theaters
Reader's Theaters are an EXCELLENT way to improve the fluency and expression of your students' oral reading skills! Comparing and contrasting the characters, plots, and settings of a familiar fairy tale written in three completely different ways is an important skill that you, as a teacher, want all of your students to have. Your students will have a GREAT time hearing one another perform the plays, as well as identifying similarities and differences in the stories. These fractured tales
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3rd - 6th
Story Worksheets Bundle; Check your student's knowledge with these worksheets!
Worksheets for all chapters to go with their stories!Great for checking on your child or student's comprehension of the stories.
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K - 10th
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Aesop's Tales for Small Group Reader's Theater - Book 3
The scripts in this pack were written for 3 - 4 students. Each script is an adaptation of one of Aesop's fables. Aesop's tales are a great way to teach students how to look for lessons or morals! I use all of my Reader's Theaters to help students improve their fluency. My students, especially the ones struggling to read, still require motivation to improve and that is where Reader's Theater comes in. After each script is a writing prompt for the students to respond to. You can buy 8 of these scr
Mixed-Up Fairy Tales: Exploring Story Elements through Dramatic Arts
Mixed-Up Fairy Tales: Exploring Story Elements through Dramatic Arts is the second lesson in my Once Upon a Time Unit, designed to teach Common Core Reading and English-Language Arts* standards with an artistic bent. The lesson begins with a retelling of a favorite fairy tale Rapunzel along with an anchor chart for Fairy Tale Elements. I used Paul Zelinsky’s Rapunzel because it’s a personal favorite, but a favorite tale from the storyteller is best. Students read traditional fairy tales, complet
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3rd - 6th
Rock by Rock The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand Google Slides™ Compatible
This product includes 52 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts as well as 8 extension activities for studying the biography Rock by Rock: The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand written by Jennifer Bradbury and illustrated by Sam Boughton. This book is beautifully illustrated and does an excellent job of introducing readers to an inspirational artist. Students of all ages will enjoy reading and discussing this biography. A 2022-2023 T
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2nd - 5th
Music Listening Assignment - Charlie Puth's "Change"
In a cross between music and social-emotional learning, this assignment examines Charlie Puth's "Change", first performed at the March For Our Lives rally, and tasks the students with social emotional questions based on the song and lyrics and dives into student personal responses regarding relationships and how we can be better friends and have better relationships with each other. Perfect for warm-up topics for teaching emotions in music or great use of literary elements in music. Also great f
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3rd - 12th
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Hello I'm Johnny Cash by G Neri Lesson Plan and Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction mentor text book Hello, I'm Johnny Cash by G. Neri and A.G. Ford. This is an excellent lyrical biography of Johnny Cash for focusing on American music, music pioneers and perseverance with connections to the Man in Black's music appropriate for elementary students. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on:Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, tim
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3rd - 6th
Unbound The Life and Art of Judith Scott Google Slides™ Compatible
This product includes 70 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts as well as 5 extension activities for studying the biography Unbound: The Life + Art of Judith Scott written by Joyce Scott with Brie Spangler and Melissa Sweet and illustrated by Melissa Sweet. This book is beautifully illustrated and does an excellent job of introducing readers to an inspirational artist. Students of all ages will enjoy reading and discussing this bi
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2nd - 5th
Rumpelstiltskin: Exploring Story Elements through Dramatic Arts
Rumpelstiltskin: Exploring Story Elements through Dramatic Arts is the first lesson in my Once Upon a Time Unit, designed to teach Common Core Reading and English-Language Arts* standards with an artistic bent. The lesson includes both Grimms’ story version of the tale and an original student created script based on the story. As students compare the two methods of telling a story, they learn the difference between narratives and scripts. Rumpelstiltskin is a well-known fairy tale character, and
Theme Music Project
Students will work on finding the theme of a song! Students will be reflecting and discussing possible themes, figurative language, and vocabulary of their song. Students will do pre-thinking activities and after-listening thinking. Students will display their thinking on a poster and will perform the song in front of their class. This is a great for enrichment, group project, or individual assignment. Students will love exploring theme with music!
PANDORA'S BOX: A Play for Grades 3rd-8th
This adaptation of the Greek Myth, Pandora's Box, is a delightful way to introduce your students to the fun of using their own words and actions to respond to the narration and stage directions in the play. In this way, teachers can create an authentic performance where students do not need to memorize lines, but can improvise with their words and actions throughout the play. This lesson includes a warm-up exercise that will help students to improvise in a scene, using their own words. The na
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3rd - 8th
Bringing Literature to Life with 3rd-8th Graders
This product is designed to help educators lead their students in the dramatization of stories or scenes from stories. The lesson includes exercises in the art of improvisation for the stage; exercises that will prepare students to improvise more easily when dramatizing a story. In addition, this product includes a scripted version of the Greek myth "Pandora's Box" for students to dramatize. This approach to dramatizing stories involves narration, improvised responses to the narrator on the p
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3rd - 8th
Diversity: It's Not Just About You, It's About Us (Together We're Better)
This is a play/script/drama inspired by recent and current events and the need to understand that we all play an integral role in a larger puzzle. Learn about an individual who felt like he didn’t have anything to offer realize that his offering has the ability to transform people. Also, students can see how they can learn and be influenced by others positively. We all have something to offer and we can all learn from others. #diversity #theYinYou What an excellent way to introduce students to
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Tortoise and the Hare - Small Group Reader's Theater by Aesop
This is a small group reader's theater is for 4 students. I wrote it for Easter but it could be performed at any time. It is based on a tale by Aesop. Aesop's tales are a great way to teach students how to look for lessons or morals! In the script,Hare loves to brag about how fast and cool he is so the other animals do not like being around him. The animals DO like tortoise though because he always has something nice to say. Hare sees the animals being nice to Tortoise and is mean to him because
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