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							1001 Lesson Plans for the General Music Classroom Pg 3




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Plans for Grades 2-3




Composition:




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Students form Notes on a giant Staff on the floor in this idea


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In "Munchy Music and Musical Money", students compose with M&Ms and
pennies


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In this lesson, students compose a sound map with classroom instruments




Dance & Movement:


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A Music lesson on rhythm through creative movement


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A lesson on rhythm called "Moving Like Waves"


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This lesson idea is called "Fly Butterfly, Fly" and involves Dramatic Student
Movement to music by Chopin


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Here's a Filler idea for Music called "Freeze Dance"


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Dance your way into learning about Earth Day with the book "Earth Dance"


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This is a beginning ballet lesson idea


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This marching in time lesson also teaches left-right, left-right...




Instruments:


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Here is one on Classical Instruments


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This Musical game idea is called "Find The Sound"


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This game idea is played like 20 Questions, but for Musical Instruments


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This lesson looks at making Alternative Musical Instruments


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Here's an idea for learning Musical Instruments using the kids' paper "Fortune
Tellers"


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This is an idea for a Music version of "Tag" to help learn Instruments and their
Types


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Here is an instrument activity with an apple theme


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"Peter and the Wolf" introduces orchestra instruments in this lesson




Music Components - Dynamics & Patterns:


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Music lesson on Dynamics


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A Music lesson on dynamics and accents


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The Dynamics in the William Tell Overture are the focus of this lesson plan


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In this lesson idea on Dynamics, students will create a rainstorm




Music Components - Mood, Expression, & Emotion:




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This lesson on Playing How You Feel is called "Little Mozarts"


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This lesson plan involves Emotions in Music and Art


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This is a 4 Part Unit on Music and Emotions


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Compare the emotions and instruments of 'Under the Sea' and 'Canon in D' in this lesson


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This is an excellent "draw what you hear" lesson




Music Components - Rhythm & Melody:


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A Music Lesson I wrote on Rhythm and Tempo


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A Music lesson on rhythm




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A Music lesson on Poetry and Rhythm taught using Music


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A music lesson plan on Rhythm and Dynamics


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This lesson is for Visualization of Rhythm


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This lesson is on Musical Rhythm and Patterns


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This Music lesson plan is on Easter Rhythms


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This lesson called "Harmony Is" builds Music / Harmony Vocabulary and
Concepts


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This is a neat idea where students help make a real "Rhythm Pizza"


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This lesson is on "Math Through Rhythm"


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An idea on Rhythm and Beat Patterns using "Who Stole The Cookie From the Cookie
Jar?"



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Rhythm Canons are the topic of this brief Halloween (or other Holiday) lesson idea


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Here's an idea for keeping your students occupied while waiting in line - "Rhythm
Telephone"


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A fun circle music game


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This lesson connects melody, pitch, and rhyming words "Down by the Bay"


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Teaching rhythms is a "cakewalk" with this activity


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After this activity, students will be able to recite the names of their classmates in rhythm


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Students have a "Musical Easter" by playing notes marked on eggs


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In this multidisciplinary lesson, students form a beautiful bulletin board using rhythm and
math


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"Nutty Notes," sequel to "Musical Munchies," is another notable and



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eatable lesson


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This lesson appropriately uses Lego blocks to illustrate note rhythms


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In this "delightfully fun" but challenging lesson, students
"Step-Clap-Kick" quarter note/rest rhythms


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Here is an awesome and quiet rhythm relay game


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In this musical chairs idea, students sit when they hear the "magical" pattern
rhythm


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This sound story for "Danny and the Dinosaur" combines language arts with
music


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In this rhythm lesson, students make their feet do what the drum does


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This is a game called Rhythm Baseball


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This is a Rhythm Face-Off Game




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Music Components - Speed & Tempo:


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Here's a Music lesson on the speeds of Notes called "Musical Speed Math"


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Here's a fun activity idea on "Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saen-Saints


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Engine, Engine, Number 9, this "Tempo Train" lesson helps you keep time


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This is a "Jin - Gle - Bells" musical hot potato game




Music Components - Symbols & Scale:


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A brief Music idea to help in learning the Staff


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A great lesson idea on teaching the Staff, using Twister


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A Music Lesson Plan using Games




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A Music lesson that involves using phone calls to learn musical notes


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This multidisciplinary plan is called Music Basketball and deals with Note Values


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"Musical Math" deals with the Values of Musical Notes


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This Bean Bag game idea deals with the Names of Musical Notes


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A Music Relay Race to teach Note Values and how they fit into Measures


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Here's an idea on Notes that uses a Boomwacker Relay Race


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This Musical Notes game is called Note Pyramids


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This is an idea for teaching Notes and Chords with Boomwhackers


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This lesson is on Ascending and Descending Scale and is great for use around Halloween


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Notes on the Staff merge with Spelling in this neat lesson plan


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Here's a 7-Up type game for teaching Note Values


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"Go Fish" is used to help teach Musical Notes in this brief lesson


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Here are 2 brief ideas for teaching Note Values / Lengths


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In this 2-session lesson, young children play percussion instruments softly and loudly while
learning that pictures can represent sounds


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This is a note/rest 5-up flashcard game idea


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This tasteful idea uses Kit-Kats to teach 8th notes


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This football flashcard scoring game can be used to teach notes


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Using a jump rope rhyme is an idea to teach note values


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A giant keyboard is "key" to this "note" worthy idea


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This outdoor idea combines sidewalk chalk with music symbols


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Here are a few good ideas using a floor staff to teach pitch/letter names


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This idea uses several twister games to teach notes or rhythm patterns


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Quick Draw is an old-west note value math game


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Here is another note value math game




Music Components - Other:


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A lesson on Texture in Music and Math


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Another Music lesson on texture


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A great lesson / game for learning Musical Elements


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This idea on Learning Music Concepts is called "Getting Warmer"


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Here's an idea for teaching about Theme and Variation in Music


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A great music lesson on staccato




Music History / Literature / Musicians:


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Here's a Christmas lesson plan that "S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-S" the song "Silent
Night"


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This activity idea is for learning Composers


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This lesson on Composers & History is called Look, Listen, & Learn and can be
taught without saying a word!


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"The Ebeneezer Scrooge Music Experience" is a delightfully clever idea for
presenting Christmas music past, present, and future




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In this lesson, students create a brochure about a composer




Musical Styles / Types:


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Here's a lesson idea on the Musical Styles


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This lesson idea is on the various types of Folk Music


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Here are several Multidisciplinary ideas for teaching about Old Rock 'N Roll


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Click here to celebrate Chinese New Year with oriental music and lanterns


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"Where in the World is Mr. Maraca?" is a quarter-long exploration of world music




Singing:


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A Music lesson to help teach memorization



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This Music Game Idea uses the Piano and Singing


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This idea makes use of a Columbus Day Song.


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A Christmas time Music idea that involves Caroling to the other classes


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Although not a lesson plan, this collection of Halloween Songs are great for teaching
Halloween Safety


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A good idea for improving Listening with a song (also on Rhyme)


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This is simply a song to use in your class for Flag Day, 4th of July, or other Patriotic times


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Here are some songs appropriate for Back To School time


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These songs are good to use at the End of the School Year


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This introduction to vocal control is a hummmmm-dinger




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Other / Multiple Topics:


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A collection of about 10 brief Music lesson plans (various grade levels)


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A lesson on Rhyme in Poetry using Music


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This Music lesson is on proper Posture


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This lesson is on distinguishing between Same or Different Sounds


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This is an idea for a game called Match The Sound


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This game idea is called Music Concentration and can be used for about any Musical Topic


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Here's a simple idea for a filler between Music lessons


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This Coping with Terrorism idea involves making song "puzzles" out of the words
from Patriotic Songs



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"Who Wants to be a Music Master?" is the title of this lesson idea - Music Trivia


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This "Rhythm Pattern Game" uses M&Ms to help teach Notes and Rests


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A Class Management technique for getting students to Line Up appropriately and also teach
the Staff


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"Rhythm Board Race" is a game for teaching Notes and Rests


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This is a fun idea for introducing school staff to students


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Singing this song turns lining-up into a joyful activity


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Put your students in the driver's seat with this 'Bus Driver' flashcard idea


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This getting to know you scavenger hunt can help you form cooperative groups based on
learning styles


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This musical idea uses popsicle sticks to create a piece and keep the peace



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This learning to whistle idea teaches the value of fortitude


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Here is a little musical introduction song game idea


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Click here to play Wheel of Fortune Hangman with song lyrics: TW_NK_E TW_NK_E
__TT_E ST_R


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This brief idea suggests teaching Beethoven's Ode to Joy during the Olympics


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Here are some sound awareness activity ideas


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"Bang-Splat-Ring" are sounds or are they music? Click here to find out


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"Oy! Hanukkah!" is a great collection of Chanukah resources and ideas


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Student art illustrates a patriotic song in this holiday slide show idea


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In this "Teacher May I" game, students take steps relating to note value, beat,
rhythm, etc.



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Art Connections:


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This is a good Art Filler activity - Musical Chairs with Art at each chair


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In this lesson, jazz inspires students to create a Romare Bearden style collage


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Here is an idea to use songsheets to display student artwork as well as singing skills




Language Arts Connections:


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A lesson on Adjectives taught with Music


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This lesson called "Musical Terms" actually teaches Language Arts Terms


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This lesson deals with Musical Vocabulary Links - Vocabulary from Songs!


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Here is a great, musical game that also teaches about nouns, adjectives and verbs



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Music students love to create these rhythmic syllable sentences


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This is a fabulous 8-day multidisciplinary unit on deafness and American Sign Language


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"On the first day of Christmas, my parents gave to me __" involves spelling,
ordinal numbers, and memory practice


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This is a low stress spelling game for music or other words




Math Connections:


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A Math lesson plan that uses Music to help teach the Multiplication facts


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"The Twelve Days of Math" Christmas song is the basis for this lesson idea


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This Addition / Absolute Value lesson plan uses a song to help teach the concepts


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This is just a brief song to help with teaching Circles, Diameter, and Radius



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A fun way to learn math using the song, "Who Stole the Cookies"




Physical Education / Health Connections:


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Not a lesson, but this Song is helpful in teaching the value of Fruits and Vegetables




Science Connections:


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Listed below are the lessons for a big multidisciplinary unit on Rocks:


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This   section is meant to be a general Exploration of Rocks in general




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This one is on Rocks from an Ant's Eye View


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Here you can teach Art Concepts using Rocks


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This lesson introduces Moh's Hardness Scale to test the Hardness of a Rock


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This part is on Native Americans and their Rock Art


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Similar to the one above, this one is on Native American Rock Designs


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This part deals with "Pet Rocks"


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Here's an interesting idea for keeping Pet Rock Journals


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Rock Sculptures are the subject of this lesson


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This portion is on Rock Streaking


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Careful here, this one is on Rock Throwing


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To integrate Music, this section is on making "Rocky Music"


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This part is on Weight and Balance with Rocks



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Here are 3 lesson ideas on Sound and Musical Instruments


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This is a Song that can be used to help teach about Simple Machines


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Students learn the names of the stages of the U.S. Space Program in this musical lesson




Social Studies Connections:


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This lesson uses Music to help teach Latitude vs Longitude


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This is a song about the Rain Forest


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Here is a Veteran's Day thank you song plus other activities




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