Dance resources for SMART Notebook and for Gifted and Talented

This SMART NOTEBOOK Lesson is appropriate for elementary music students of all ages and is part 4 of a 9 part unit. In this lesson, students will follow a listening map as they hear the sugar plum fairy dance her way from one section to the next. Students will be expected to read simple rhythmic notation including quarter notes, quarter rests, and paired eighth notes, repeat signs, as well as visual icons to help navigate their way through the map. Included in this lesson is a YouTube link to

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K - 8th

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The Nutcracker Suite-Waltz Of The Flowers (A Listening Map)SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK

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This Smart Notebook Lesson is appropriate for elementary music students in grades 3 and up and is part 9 of a 9 part unit. In this lesson, students will be expected to identify the 4 musical themes heard in this dance tune as well as the instruments that play each of those themes. Students will also be able to identify the main form of the piece as ABA form. Activities included in this file are a very colorful vibrant listening map, a theme identification activity, a form labeling activity, a

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K - 8th

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Tchaikovsky & The Nutcracker Suite: Intro. To Composer/Ballet-SMARTBOARD/NOTEBK

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This SMART NOTEBOOK Lesson is appropriate for elementary music students of all ages. This is the 1st lesson of a 9 part unit and is also sold as an entire BUNDLE in both PPT or Smart Notebook formats in my TpT store. This particular lesson is just the introduction part of the unit. In this lesson, the students will be introduced to Tchaikovsky, the history of ballet, and the story of the Nutcracker. There are also extension activities and suggested apps and websites that are listed for the teach

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K - 8th

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Gifted and Talented, Informational Text, Middle Ages

MEDIEVAL TIMES UNIT FOR SMART BOARD!!!! Grades 4,5,6

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Miss Creativity

Medieval Times Unit Grades 3-6 *Make your focus topic selections based on how appropriate for the grade you teach Time Frame approx. 2-3 weeks Document includes: • Full unit of smart board lessons and slides to teach Medieval Times in your classroom • Made for a 3rd grade Gifted Class, you can adapt it for topics using books of your choice OR the books I’ve suggested. • Graphic organizers • Format for research paper • Format for poster • Materials needed • Information about

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3rd - 8th

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Research, GATE, Lesson

Be A Brain Break Explorer

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Mrs Prices Kindergators

A group of brain breaks at your fingertips on your smart board! Just press the button and you are on your way. - Um Bop! - Macarena Math -If You're a kid... - Move to the sounds - Dinosaur Stomp - Kung Foo - Gummy Bear - Crocodile Rock -Sid Shuffle - Lion Sleeps tonight This document can be edited

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Dance, Education, Music

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PreK - 5th

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Aaargh You Ready For a Brain Break

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Mrs Prices Kindergators

A group of brain breaks at your fingertips on your smart board! Just press the button and you are on your way. - Um Bop! - Macarena Math -If You're a kid... - Move to the sounds - Dinosaur Stomp - Kung Foo - Gummy Bear - Crocodile Rock -Sid Shuffle - Lion Sleeps tonight This document can be edited

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Dance, Music

Grades:

PreK - 5th

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Gifted and Talented, Literature, Reading

Surviving the Applewhite Complete Unit (Smartboard)

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Curious Creators

Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan complete SMART board unit. This unit includes reading response questions, 28 slides, 2 kahoots, 3 vocabulary reviews, and many smart board activities. Use with my "Surviving the Applewhites" reading response and vocabulary packet or by itself!

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5th - 7th

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Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Do you differentiate your instruction?

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Lindsay Voight

Differentiated instruction has been a big "buzz" word for a long time now. What does that really mean and how can I differentiate in my classroom? This Smartboard presentation will teach you everything you need to know about differentiating the daily instruction, as well as classwork, homework, and tests in your general education, special education, or inclusion (ICT) classroom. Your students will love a classroom where everyone can be successful!

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For All Subjects, Gifted and Talented, Special Education

Grades:

2nd - 8th, Staff

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Interactive Whiteboard

The Nutcracker Suite - Russian Dance (A Listening Map) SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK ED.

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This Smart Notebook Lesson is appropriate for elementary music students of all ages and is part 5 of a 9 part unit. In this lesson, students will follow a listening map as they hear the Russian dancers prance around as if they are flying through the air. Students will be expected to read simple rhythmic notation including quarter notes and quarter rests as well as repeat signs. Included in this lesson is a YouTube link to a short video clip of the Russian Mariinsky Ballet Company performing th

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K - 8th

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Mr Welsh's Dramatic French Store

Don't Need Friends Drama Activity

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This Smart Board activity is designed to go with the reading of the children's book "Don't Need Friends" by Tim Carolyn Crimi. Each page is an activity for the day. You may follow the attached lesson schedule to know what page to read up to, then open the Smart Board activity and focus on that activity for the period. You can do more than one per period or take more time on one activity, the time is manageable and up to you.Will require Smart Notebook 11 or older to open this lesson.

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Dance, Drama, Reading

Grades:

K - 3rd

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Interactive Whiteboard, Activboard Activities

Daily Brainteaser Activities - Week One

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Amanda Lee

A Smart Notebook file with a daily word problem/brainteaser for your students to discuss and/or write about. There is no right or wrong answer so all of your students will feel confident discussing their ideas. Extend your gifted and talented students. I use this as the early morning activity as the students walk into class.

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For All Subjects, Gifted and Talented, Oral Communication

Grades:

1st - 4th

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

Big Red Barn Smartboard activitiy

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Circle time on a Dime

Circle time activity for Big Red Barn Unittargets socialization, motor, communication skillsprek skillsspecial education

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Dance, Math, Reading

Grades:

PreK

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Interactive Notebooks

The Nutcracker Suite - The Overture (A Listening Map) SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK ED.

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This Smart Notebook Lesson is appropriate for elementary music students of all ages and is part 2 of a 9 part unit. In this lesson, students will identify 4 musical themes represented by 4 different fictional characters in the famous tale of the Nutcracker. Students will be expected to identify these musical themes by their specific designated assigned instrument(s). Students will also be able to identify the form that these musical themes create. A reinforcement character to instrument match

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K - 8th

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The Nutcracker Suite - Arabian Dance (A Listening Map) SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK ED.

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This Smart Notebook Lesson is appropriate for elementary music students of all ages and is part 6 of a 9 part unit. In this lesson, students will follow a listening map as they hear the Arabian dancers gracefully and mystically glide throughout the piece. Students will listen for entrances of instruments and groups of instruments and observe the order that this occurs in. Students will be expected to recall this order as well as the mood this piece creates. Included in this lesson is a YouTu

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K - 8th

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English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Writing

Creative Writing Prompts & Activities

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Katherine Peeples

This is a HUGE source of fun writing prompts, activities, and games. It's editable as a Notebook file so you can add your own! My kids LOVE these so much that I have had to promise that we'll do at least one a week! Enjoy!

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5th - 8th

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Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented

Creative Writing Journal Topics

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Scott Johnson

These colorful and thought-provoking Creative Writing journal prompts encourage all levels of students to write in ways both playful and serious. Most of the slides feature humorous or inspiring visuals. In my classes I gave the kids ten minutes to write, and afterwards we spent a few minutes sharing our entries. Many ideas for larger writing projects (stories, plays, memoirs, etc.) evolved from some of these prompts. Or course, if students wanted to write on another topic or alter the one that

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Grades:

9th - 12th

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Interactive Whiteboard

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Listening Map and Movement Activity for Ecce Gratum from Carmina Burana

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Lemonade Music by Leah

Let Carl Orff's music captivate your students as they follow this original map, while using/reviewing music terms along the way (beat, rhythm, melody, fermata, legato, staccato, repeat sign, accent). Map and explanation can be projected on the SMARTBoard, or you can print copies of it for each child. This file also includes a patterned movement activity that requires whole-class cooperation to perform correctly! (Recording of Ecce Gratum not included per copyright guidelines.)

Subjects:

Dance, Music, Spring

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard

Hands-on Activity for Recognizing Patterns & Creating Equations

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Abby's Adventures in Education

This Smart Board presentation walks the teacher and students through an excellent hands-on activity, using goldfish crackers and post-it notes, to work on discovering patterns. It also allows the teacher to show there are multiple ways to solve a problem as some kids will draw pictures, some will make charts, and some will find a math problems. AT the end of the lesson the class works together to create an algebraic equation from the pattern they learned. This is a fabulous intro to equations

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Algebra, Gifted and Talented, Math

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Activboard Activities

Daily Physical Activity Notebook Lesson

Created by

Stephanie Girard

This smart board activity includes music and it is interactive. It proved to be fun for Kindergarten up to Grade 4.

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Dance, Drama, Physical Education

Grades:

PreK - 4th

Types:

Activboard Activities, Interactive Notebooks

Bodacious Brain Breaks

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Mrs Prices Kindergators

A group of brain breaks at your fingertips on your smart board! Just press the button and you are on your way. - Um Bop! - Macarena Math -If You're a kid... - Move to the sounds - Dinosaur Stomp - Kung Foo - Gummy Bear - Crocodile Rock -Sid Shuffle - Lion Sleeps tonight This document can be edited.

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Dance, Math, Other (ELA)

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PreK - 5th

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The Nutcracker Suite - Dance Of The Reed Pipes (A Listening Map)SMARTBRD/NOTEBK

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This Smart Notebook Lesson is appropriate for elementary music students of all ages and is part 8 of a 9 part unit. In this listening lesson, students will be able to identify the difference between moods in music, specifically using musical terms "major" and "minor." Students will also be able to identify when one mood/section ends and another begins by hearing the changes in the music. At the end of the lesson, students will check their understanding of the activity by answering some simple

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K - 8th

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The Nutcracker Suite - Chinese Dance (A Listening Map)-SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK ED.

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This Smart Notebook Lesson is appropriate for elementary music students of all ages and is part 7 of a 9 part unit. In this lesson, students will follow a listening map as they hear the Chinese dancers spring about, dancing joyfully to their bouncy happy tune. Students will recognize the variations of high and low sounds and what instruments represent those sounds in the piece. Included in this lesson is a YouTube link to a short video clip of the Russian Mariinsky Ballet Company performing thi

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K - 8th

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