Dance resources for SMART Notebook and for International Baccalaureate

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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Be A Brain Break Explorer

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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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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

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PreK - 5th

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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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IB Theory of Knowledge - What Knowledge is important?

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International Baccalaureate, Other (Specialty), Specialty

This exercise ask ToK students to work in groups to design their own IB curriculum. What subjects should be mandatory? What subjects should be optional? Why? All of these prompts are used to help guide students to produce a "new" IBDP curriculum. Groups share their conclusions with the class. The teacher can then discuss with the class the various choices. Why did you choose to make that subject compulsory? Which knowledge is important? What if we disagree about which knowledge is important? The

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11th - 12th

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Activities, Printables

Don't Need Friends Drama Activity

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Mr Welsh's Dramatic French Store

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

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K - 3rd

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Interactive Whiteboard, Activboard Activities

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

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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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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.)

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Dance, Music, Spring

Grades:

3rd - 5th

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Interactive Whiteboard

IB Theory of Knowledge - Prohibit, Tolerate, Respect Game

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International Baccalaureate, Other (Specialty), Specialty

A fun way to start teaching Ethics in ToK. Students are given index cards that have the names of various ethically controversial behaviour on them, for example arranged marriages, cloning, homosexuality etc. Students work in groups to place the cards in one of 3 categories - behaviour that is so offensive, it should be prohibited, behaviour that they feel is perhaps is unethical but should be tolerated, and behaviour that is acceptable and should be respected. When the groups are done with their

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11th - 12th

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Dance, Drama, Physical Education

Daily Physical Activity Notebook Lesson

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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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PreK - 4th

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Activboard Activities, Interactive Notebooks

Bodacious Brain Breaks

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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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From Pre-K to Middle School

Brain Break Dance Movement Songs

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This is a Smartboard file that contains 18 pictures that directly link to youtube videos for your students to dance to. Some examples include.... -Shake Your Sillies Out -Peel the Banana -Tooty Ta -Pancake Manor Songs

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Dance, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy

Grades:

PreK - 1st

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Songs, Activboard Activities

The Nutcracker Suite - The March (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 3 of a 9 part unit. In this lesson, students will identify and label the 2 main sections of this march as AB form. Students will also be able to use imagery with the music to describe what is happening in the story as they hear the music being played. This lesson is also available in a BUNDLE KIT in my TpT store that includes all 9 lessons at a discounted price when purchased as a BUNDLE. Be sure

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K - 8th

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IB Theory of Knowledge - Justifying Knowledge Claims

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International Baccalaureate, Other (Specialty), Specialty

A series of SmartBoard Notebook slides that are discussion prompts that could be done as small group discussions or as a whole class. The slides take students through the process of justifying knowledge claims. What makes a claim believable? Why do we believe some claims and not others? How do we discover if a claim is false? Easily convertible to PDF format if you choose to use this as a handout.

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11th - 12th

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Activities, Printables

Zooming Into Brain Breaks

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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

Grades:

PreK - 5th

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Dance, Music, Other (Math)

April Calendar

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KinderChemist

Interactive calendar for the month of April. Pages include a calendar to fill out daily, graphing the daily weather, and practicing patterns and more. Complete with links to songs to get kids moving.

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PreK - 2nd

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Activities, Activboard Activities

IB Theory of Knowledge - The Strengths and Weaknesses of Induction

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