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Picture is Big Jay McNeely at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles in 1951, by Bob Willoughby. It was originally black and white then colorized (c) 2015 by O. Young Kwon. This blog is an adaptation
Your students will enjoy looking for all of the fun theater vocabulary words hidden in this puzzle worksheet. Puzzles make fun no prep activities for early finishers, bell ringers, morning work, handouts, homework, unit or lesson plan supplements, sponge activities, introductions to new topics, classroom themes, and sub files. The 29 hidden vocabulary words are: Aisle, Apron, Backstage, Box Office, Cast, Costume, Dialogue, Dressing Room, Exit, Gallery, Green Room, Improv, Intermission, Lobby, Makeup, Monologue, Music, Orchestra, Ovation, Pantomime, Prompt, Props, Rehearsal, Role, Scenery, Script, Set, Stage, Wings The words are hidden in all directions and there may be some overlaps making this a challenging word search. Two versions of the puzzle are included. One has the colored illustration that you see here and the other has a black outlined illustration (which saves on printing costs and gives puzzlers a little something to color in). Save yourself a ton of time and always have something to engage your students at the ready with these related FINE ARTS THEMED RESOURCES: • Architecture Word Search • Art Movements Word Search • Art Vocabulary Word Search • Ballet Word Search • Baroque Music Word Search • Basic Music Theory Word Search • Classical Music Word Search • Drama Terms Word Search • Elementary Music Puzzle BUNDLE • Elementary Music Crossword Puzzle • Elementary Music Word Search • Famous Artists Word Search • Fine Arts Puzzle BUNDLE • FREE Impressionism Word Search • FREE Music Genres Word Search • FREE Musical Instruments Word Search • Greek Theater Word Search • Hollywood Word Search • Instruments of the Orchestra Word Search • Jazz Music Word Search • Journalism Word Search • Let's Dance Word Search • Museum Word Search • Music Appreciation BUNDLE • Musical Instruments Word Scramble • Opera Word Search • Peter & the Wolf Word Search • Photography Word Search • Theater Vocabulary Word Search We love FEEDBACK! And you earn CREDITS! • Log in to your Teachers Pay Teachers account. • Click on the drop down menu “My TpT”. • Select “My Purchases”. • Choose ratings and leave feedback. • Know that we love you for it! ♥ ♥ ♥ Puzzles to Print guarantees you the highest quality crosswords, word finds, cryptograms, Sudoku and number puzzles available.
Word Chants with a twist....or an Aaarrrgh! #elemchat #spedchat #wordchants #freebies What a fab idea this is! Word chants are becoming so popular and I Love 2 Teach has created these awesome cards to...
Happy Thursday Friends, Today I found a great linky about teaching phonics from Melissa over at First Grade Smiles . Teaching phoni...
Spelling words with ch or tch. This generalization states that when you hear the /ch/ sound at the end of a syllable and it is immediately preceded by
'4B' was the code our school secretary used to easily identify our class back when I taught 4th grade. 4 = 4th grade. B = Bongers. I later went on to teach Language Arts at a middle school, so this blog documents the learning we did in reading and writing each day, in addition to many posts from when I taught fourth grade. I figured keeping it all in one place was better than having two separate blogs. One more thing: please feel free to PIN anything you see!
Today my recorder lessons did not go as planned. Sadly, I could not place the blame on anyone but myself. Last week I spent a few hours maki...
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Oh my goodness, I so hate packing up my stuff at the end of the year. And I thought I was organized! Oh well. While I was cleaning, I took a few snapshots of some posters/anchor charts I've created for my room. If I can create them, you can create them. I've elaborated under the pictures in case you'd like to try it yourself! Category One: Anchor Charts/Posters for Listening Activities, Composers, and Musicians Here's a poster I based off of a Pin about "while authors write". It was pretty easy to draw everything and has been a great reference all year long. This is Maestro, our conducting elephant. Students of all ages love to use him when we try out a listening piece (it is a great motivator/reward for appropriate listening behavior). One student holds one end of the poster and another student holds the other. One student, the "conductor" stands behind Maestro and "conducts" through the whole. The conductor gets to use a long gray sock, just like the elephant's trunk. Here's another great reference poster for students to use when listening to a piece. Sometimes I ask for a specific question to be focused on, but usually I have the students prepare mental answers for at least one purple question and one black. I've used this poster as a reference for student-created posters (5th grade) during our Jazz unit. Students are supplied with the materials, a picture of the artist, a short bio, and 10 interesting facts. They need to create a neat, organize poster that includes at least 5 facts and present it to the class (working in groups of four or less). Category 2: Rhythm and Melodic Posters/Anchor Charts Here's a chant I created for K and 1 to help with our steady beat/rhythm lessons. There is a steady beat side (and we practice pointing to the hearts - I also have heart beat maps for this that they use individually) and stomping to the beat while saying the lyrics. I add some students to hand drums. And here is the rhythm side. Students practice chanting the rhythm on "ta" and "titi" while clapping, then using rhythm sticks. Here is a reference pocket chart the older students can use (it is up all year round): I love this music staff poster. The students can refer to it as they learn the lines and spaces on the music staff. Even my little ones know the poem: This is a poster I created for 2nd - 5th grades as we worked on sight-reading songs. It mirrors the format of most of my powerpoints. We often discuss things in the "cherry on top" as we go: Here's a simple poster for use in pentatonic Orff music (especially with Mallet Madness): This is a poster I use when discussing, well harmony, chords, and accompaniment (it does all three). You can use these in rock songs (or with your own or the students' own piano accompaniments) to discuss the harmonic progression of the song. Because there isn't "too much" here, 4th or 5th grade students can benefit from a mini-lesson on harmony, even if, like me, you don't delve into chords too much. Of course students can accompany a favorite song by following you as you point to each chord and playing their respective boomwhackers. I'm working with more of a specific lesson plan to use these chords with, hopefully including some favorite songs of the kiddos - will post soon! Category 3: Misc I did this lesson with my 4th and 5th graders two years ago, my first year at this school (they were going to see some live performances and needed to learn about the instruments - fast). First, I let them decorate their folder while listening to some instrumental works. While the works were playing, students could read about them on the screen at their leisure. In subsequent lessons, the students filled in the middle with facts, notes, pictures, and musings about the instrument families. I had a worksheet divide into four (one for each family) and the students were asked to write 3 facts, list all instruments in the family, and choose a favorite. I used sfskids.org as the main source of info, augmented with live examples and videos on youtube. On the back, the wrote about their favorite instrument out of all the families and reflected on the performances they saw. Best of all, they can take this with them and have a reference for their middle school band selections. This is "Brenda" (named after my own mom who always looks awesome when singing) and I used her as a reference during choir rehearsals. I attached her to my stand and all I had to do was point at a specific part of the poster to give the kiddos a reminder when something needed to be fixed. I told the kiddos, "This is why I don't teach art" but they seemed to love Brenda and I plan to give her a permanent spot in the room next year. I can't wait to create more over the summer!
I’ve been thinking about it, and I feel the need to publicly state my opinion, probably so I can look back at the end of the semester and laugh at myself for being so sure of something I know…
Teaching schwa vowels doesn't have to be tricky or confusing! These teaching tips for schwa sounds will really work for your students!
As I've stated before, my district requires us to use Kagan structures. You can visit the website at the previous link for more inform...
choral reading is an effective and engaging way to improve students' reading fluency. Even older students love choral reading!
One of my absolute favorite lessons each year goes along with the children's book, The Mitten, by Jan Brett. I got this idea from my mentor teacher years ago and have adapted it and tweaked it over the years. I use it as a way to culminate the major units that my first graders have been studying throughout the year - rhythm patterns and basic mallet skills. It is also a great way to ease them into preparing for their Spring Musical. First, I read the story to the students and we discuss the various characters in the book. For each character, we learn a rhythm pattern and I have the students practice playing the rhythms on various percussion instruments. Then, I teach the students a song that goes with the book. We add a simple bordun and an octave glockenspiel part at the end of each phrase. Finally, we add some actors! I choose students to represent each character and they follow the narration of the book. I created some masks that I printed from Jan Brett's website, laminated them, and added some elastic bands. I used a cheap white sheet and cut it into the shape of a mitten for the actors to sit on top of during their performance. After the students have practiced all of the parts, we put together a performance that we show to their classroom teacher. As the story is read, one student plays the rhythm pattern on the percussion instrument while that character "gets into" the mitten. When the bear sneezes in the story, the actors toss the mitten up into the air and pretend to fall into the snow while the percussionists play all together. We begin and end the performance with our mitten song accompanied by the mallet instruments. If you have larger classes, you can add actors for Nicki and his grandmother, Baba. You can also double instrument parts and even add sound effects on the sneeze part (think: crank, vibraslap, slapstick, etc.) This activity makes a great "informance" piece at PTO meetings or other school events. The students LOVE it and it is definitely a crowd-pleaser for teachers, too. Fun and learning - that's how we roll at HSES! :)
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Cellist and language therapist Dr Elizabeth Morrow describes developmental dysmusia - an inability to read a musical score - and offers guidance for teachers in overcoming the difficulty
Comma Rules! The comma separates the structural elements of a sentence into manageable segments. In this lesson, you will learn 8 important rules for using comma in English.
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Retelling is a crucial skill for young readers as they begin to comprehend what they are reading. With my first graders, we have been focusing on our retellings. We are working on the key elements of a fiction retelling versus a nonfiction retelling. Well...let me introduce you to the retelling glove! For our fiction retellings, we make sure to include the setting, characters, problem, events, and solution. For the nonfiction retellings, we focus on the main idea and supporting details. With the very bottom of the glove, we are always working on making connections! We are still in the beginning stages of retelling. I have done a lot of modeling using the retelling glove during our guided reading time, and then students have begun using the glove as we work to retell stories together through guided practice. The kids love putting that thing on. It is just a gardening glove from Walmart that I wrote on with permanent marker! In addition to our retelling glove, we also have an anchor chart that we reference. The pictures are great visual reminders as we continue to master our retellings. Since retelling fiction and nonfiction are so different, I feel like it is very important to be explicit about what is required of each type of retelling. I think the visual reminders and the concrete retelling glove are really having a positive impact. If you would like a copy of the anchor chart, click here! How do you help your students with their retellings?
