This unit is for the planner or the "un" planner in you. These are failsafe lessons that are easy to follow and complete for teachers and students. This product is a 16 day unit that teaches students about 9 different professions. This unit covers the names of 9 professions, the workplace for each and a simple sentence using verbs to describe what the profession does. Each day the lessons broaden. Students go from familiarizing themselves with the vocabulary, to reading short stories, to writing and talking about what they want to be when they grow up. This unit is ready to go. Project the pdf onto your smartboard or screen, print out any worksheets needed (in the zip) and you are done. The planning, lessons and worksheets are all done and created for you. There are notes as a guide that are simple to follow. Give yourself 5 minutes to study the notes and time to print the worksheet. Each unit also comes with a scope and sequence and the list of vocabulary and phrases used in the unit. These units are made for teaching Spanish as a second language. Thus, objectives and directions may be written in both languages. This unit not only teaches students the content words in Spanish, but also phrases for conversation. This unit includes everything you need. Included: PDF as your guide to project, objectives, teacher notes, worksheets, activities, movement activities and assessment. If you do not want to reinvent the wheel, these units are made for you. However, you can still add your teaching style to every lesson and deliver the lesson your way. Each days lesson can include: routine, objective, practice, activity with movement and/or group work. If you purchase and enjoy this product please leave me a review. It is greatly appreciated and extremely helpful. Thank you for your interest.
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Whether your students are lethargic or super-charged, adding movement to your lesson plans will help to solve both issues. Not only is it healthy to move throughout the day, but it can also help students focus and become more engaged with the content they are trying to master. Due to the nature of English classes, ELA ... Read More about 10 Ways to Add Movement in the ELA Classroom
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It can happen during the week before Christmas, the days before Spring Break or during each and every sunny day in May. Your students come to music class with an overabundance of energy and a deficit of attention. It is tough for them to concentrate and they need to move! In this post I'll share some of my favorite wiggly activities to get through "those" days: creative movement, watch and wiggle and dance party. Creative Movement I've been using these posters for quite some time. Last year I turned them into something a little prettier and now have several sets in my TpT store. These movement sets each have a theme and come with two different activities: Freeze Dance and Creative Movement. Freeze Dance is probably self explanatory, but the creative movement cards may need a little more explaining. I either project the file or print it out and just hold the posters up while students dance. I actually prefer printing them out so that I can come back to a really fun move over and over. I start the music (Suggestions are included, but almost anything works!) and then hold up a creative movement poster. Students look at the picture and/or the name on the card and then decide how to interpret it. This is SO much fun that kids ask for it every week. Sometimes I mix and match the sets to keep them on their toes. Here are a few samples from different sets: You can click each of these pictures to learn more about the sets. Watch and Wiggle Teacher Confession #1: Sometimes, especially at the end of the school year, I just need to sit down for a few minutes. I need to sit and rest because there is just no tired like end-of-the-year-tired. For me, it is a great time to pull out my watch and wiggle videos. Teacher Confession #2: I have quite a few student favorites saved on Symbaloo and until this day, I have never shared my list with anyone. Why? This visual playlist ups my cool factor by about 50 degrees. Kids love it that much. So, be careful and use it wisely. :-) Click here to check out my Movement and Dance Symbaloo board with links to some of my favorite wiggly songs. Dance Party This is the most exhausting but exhilarating options for "those" days. It is time to wear them out with an all out dance party! WooOoOooT! On dance party days (or days where the last half of class is a dance party), I have students stack their chairs and leave a ton of open space. We talk about acceptable dance behavior, personal space and rule #2 in the music room "Don't touch Mrs. King's stuff!" Then, we dance. I usually dance with them as they need a leader for some of the dances. Here are some of our favorites: Cha Cha Slide Macarena Cupid Shuffle Chicken Dance The Bunny Hop C'mon Ride the Train (Here's a great tutorial.) The Hokey Pokey (Yes, even with the big kids!) Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) Next dance party I'm going to try: The Wobble (Tutorial here.) The Cotton Eyed Joe (Tutorial here.) Warning: This option can be pretty exhausting, but I must admit that I always feel better and sleep really well that night!
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