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Writing Process for 8th graders
Is important as a writer.
First comes planning, then comes drafting.
Next comes editing, revising, then publishing. Don't forget to check your spelling, and your grammar and punctuation.

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Matter, matter, everywhere
liquid, solid, gas.
Water, ice, and steam
Are on the same team.

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Unicameral, Unicameral
we don't have political parties
that's non-partisanship

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(to the tune of happy birthday)

Rays and Angles form a shape
Rays and angles form a shape
they have points and lines
and they're found on a plane

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Song: A short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung.
Songwriter: a person who writes popular songs or the music for them.

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"The repeated readings [of song lyrics] allowed even the less proficient readers to develop a mastery of the songs that was equal to the more advanced students."

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"The repeated readings [of song lyrics] allowed even the less proficient readers to develop a mastery of the songs that was equal to the more advanced students."

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How can we connect  music and literacy in the classroom?

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How can we connect  music and literacy in the classroom?

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-Sing-Rap Switch
-Writing Extra verses
-Innovation upon a Song
-Start with a Song

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"Integrating music, drama, and dance helps children explore and learn."

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"Integrating music, drama, and dance helps children explore and learn."

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"Once lyrics have been edited and collected, each student constructs a song book to be included in the album. In addition to the song titles, artists, and lyrics, these books must include illustrations for each song that reinforce the literacy concepts involved."

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"Once lyrics have been edited and collected, each student constructs a song book to be included in the album. In addition to the song titles, artists, and lyrics, these books must include illustrations for each song that reinforce the literacy concepts involved."

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AsapScience. (2016 November 24). Mitosis vs. meiosis rap battle [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH4WUUQ5pOI&t=35s

Cooper, J. Integrating music, drama, and dance helps children explore and learn. Teaching Young Children 9(4). Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/tyc/integrating-music-drama-dance

Diefenbacher, L. (1999). The power of music. Montessori LIFE, Fall. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ597778

Fowler, C. (1996). Strong arts, strong schools: The promising potential and shortsighted disregard of the arts in American schooling. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Iwasaki, B., Rasinski, T., Yildirim, K., Zimmerman, B. S. (2013). Let’s bring back the magic of song for teaching reading. The Reading Teacher 67(2). Doi: 10.1002/TRTR.1203

Microsoft Windows. (2017). Windows 10 TV commercial, ‘teacher Toney Jackson brings creativity’ [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.ispot.tv/brands/AZ6/microsoft-windows

Nebraska Department of Education. (2017). Content area standards. Retrieved from https://www.education.ne.gov/academicstandards/index.html

[Nieto_nms]. (2017 January 8). Order of operations juju on that beat remix [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjdbF8arZJ4

OnSong. (2017).  OnSong: Manage, practice, perform, learn, get it. Retrieved from https://onsongapp.com/

Price, J. (2017, February 6). Bai commercial- Justin Timberlake, Christopher Walken

Adverti- Super Bowl Commercials 2017 [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78x67KZgC_0

Song. 2017. In Merriam Webster.com. Retrieved August 31, 2017 from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/song

Songwriter. 2017. In Merriam Webster.com. Retrieved August 31, 2017 from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/songwriter

Songs for Teaching. (2016). Songs for teaching: Using music to promote learning. Retrieved from http://www.songsforteaching.com/index.html

Tanner-Anderson, S. (2010). Creativity through multimodality: Cultivating the adolescent imagination with literature, music, and art. The Virginia English Bulleting, 59(2).

Wassink, D. (2011). What’s in a song?: Teaching language through music (k-12). Practically Primary 16(2). Retrieved from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.leo.lib.unomaha.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=4&sid=ea006113-d1b1-4adc-8f53-c4dd0a2fc1b7%40sessionmgr4007

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-Brain development
-Pleasure
-Retention and motivation
-Problem solving and critical thinking

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"When the arts are viewed as interdisciplinary studies and used as helpful tools in all learning, they assume an additional function that can reinforce learning in general."

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"When the arts are viewed as interdisciplinary studies and used as helpful tools in all learning, they assume an additional function that can reinforce learning in general."

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"I've argued that arts can form the basis of school norms and standards for work in a manner which is incredibly powerful. Student work is strong not just because they have more energy for it, and not because there is a clear transfer of intelligences, but rather because academic work is embodied in projects which are viewed artistically at all points in their creation."

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"I've argued that arts can form the basis of school norms and standards for work in a manner which is incredibly powerful. Student work is strong not just because they have more energy for it, and not because there is a clear transfer of intelligences, but rather because academic work is embodied in projects which are viewed artistically at all points in their creation."

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"Music and other arts enhance general learning." 

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"Music and other arts enhance general learning." 

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Kindergarten DL- Teaching Spanish Vocabulary

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Kindergarten DL- Teaching Spanish Vocabulary

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¡Vamos a Cantar con Maestra Dobson!
LA 0.1.5 Vocabulary:

Students will build and use conversational, academic, and

content specific grade level vocabulary

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1. Write lyrics
2. Modify current songs
3. Perform songs using actions
4. Listen and react
5. Change the endings
6. Promote/persuade
7. Rap
8. Using favorite songs as writing prompts

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LA 7.2.2.a Write in a variety of genres, considering purpose (e.g., inform, entertain, persuade, instruct)

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Bai - Super Bowl Commercial Feat. Justin Timberlake & Christopher Walken - Nsync

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Bai Super Bowl Commercial Feat. Justin Timberlake & Christopher Walken - Nsync

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-Pete the Cat by James Dean
-What a Wonderful World by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss
-YouTube videos with lyrics
-Class-created texts

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-Youtube
-Teachers Pay Teachers
-Pinterest
-Songs for Teaching (link below)
-OnSong App

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Children's Songs and Educational Music for preschool, elementary, middle and high school. Lyrics, mp3 downloads, DVDs and CDs.

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Using songs to remember acronyms/facts (PEMDAS)

MA 5.1.2 Operations: Students will demonstrate the meaning of operations and compute accurately with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.

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"Order of Operations" (JuJu On That Beat REMIX)

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They don't want us to have order!!! But with the students of Navarro Middle School hear to teach you the ORDER OF OPERATIONS....it's time to break it down and "JuJu" on your math!👍🤓👍 .... ....(God, I hope that doesn't mean something inappropriate 😒)

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MA 4.1 NUMBER: Students will communicate number sense concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.

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Windows 10 TV Commercial, 'Teacher Toney Jackson Brings Creativity'

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For teacher Toney Jackson, the fourth-grade classroom is his stage. Mr. Jackson incorporates rapping and technology into his lesson plans as a way to engage his students.

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1. Form a group of 3-5.
2. Read your assigned melody with grade level standard.
3. Change the lyrics of the song to teach others about your topic.
4. Perform your song!

Example:
Assigned melody: Mary Had a Little Lamb
Grade Level: TED 8610
Song:
Songs are effective methods of teaching, methods of teaching, methods of teaching
Songs are effective methods of teaching, in every content area
Just have your students write songs, write songs, write songs, have your students write songs and they will show their growth

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-Watch video
-Create mitosis meiosis Venn Diagram

12.3.1 Students will investigate

and describe the chemical basis of the growth, development, and maintenance of cells.

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Mitosis vs Meiosis Rap Battle! | SCIENCE SONGS

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LA 0.1.6.d With adult guidance, retell major events and key details from a literary text and/or media.

The Three Little Piggies Rock Out!
-Retell using puppets
-Create flip book
-Sing with actions
-Use with the book

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Assigned Melody: Hot Cross Buns
Grade Level Standard: 4th Grade Government
SS 4.1.1 Students will identify and explain the foundation, structure, and function of Nebraska's

government.

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Assigned Melody: Row Row Row Your Boat
Grade Level Standard: 1st Grade Matter
2.2.1 Students will observe and describe properties of objects and their behavior.

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Assigned Melody: Old McDonald Had a Farm
Grade Level Standard: 12th Grade Earth & Space Science
12.4.1.a

Describe the formation of the

universe

using the Big Bang Theory.

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Assigned Melody: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Grade Level Standard: 8th Grade Writing
LA 8.2.1 Writing Process:

Students will apply the writing process to plan,

draft, revise, edit, and publish writing using correct spelling,

grammar, punctuation, and other conventions of standard English appropriate for grade

level.

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Assigned Melody: Happy Birthday to You
Grade Level Standard: 10th Grade Geometry
MA 11.3.1.a Know and use precise definitions of

ray, line segment, angle, perpendicular lines,

parallel lines, and

congruence

based on the undefined terms of geometry:

point, line and plane.