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    Tunes for Teachers: Teaching....Thematic Units, Thinking Skills, Time-On-Task and Transitions
    Tunes for Teachers: Teaching....Thematic Units, Thinking Skills, Time-On-Task and Transitions
    Tunes for Teachers: Teaching....Thematic Units, Thinking Skills, Time-On-Task and Transitions
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    Tunes for Teachers: Teaching....Thematic Units, Thinking Skills, Time-On-Task and Transitions

    By Susan Paul

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    Play, music and movement are important for a childs cognitive development; Tunes for Teachers will guide you in the use of songs for teaching new concepts and thematic units, the introduction of new vocabulary words, and ways to grab the attention of your students!
    Based on brain research, Tunes for Teachers is an effective and user-friendly book. Anyone can integrate the songs since they are all based on traditional tunes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateDec 27, 2011
    ISBN9781467040099
    Tunes for Teachers: Teaching....Thematic Units, Thinking Skills, Time-On-Task and Transitions
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    Susan Paul

    Tunes for Teachers Teaching… Thematic Units Thinking Skills Time-on-Task And Transitions Susan has been in Early Childhood Education for over 30 years. Presently she is an Academic Trainer for Professional Development in Houston ISD. Susan lives in Houston, Texas with her fairy-tale husband and 3 dogs. She has 2 grown children and is waiting for grandchildren to sing to!

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      Tunes for Teachers - Susan Paul

      Contents

      Dedication

      Introduction

      Circle

      Activities

      Hi, There, Partner!

      Calendar

      Twelve Months of the Year

      Seven Days

      Days of the Week and Daily Weather

      Learn Months, Day, Year

      Today Is

      Today Is… #2

      Twelve Months, Seven Days

      Transitions:

      Grab

      Their

      Attention!

      Pointing Chant #1

      Pointing Chant #2

      Pointing Chant #3

      Pointing Chant #4

      Listen Up!

      We Can!

      Chant

      With My Hands

      Hi Ho

      Eyes on Me

      Look at Me I

      Look at Me II

      Hands Up!

      Count to Ten

      Hickory, Dickory, Dock

      Follow the Leader

      Are You Hungry?

      Variations

      Do You Know?

      Line Up!

      Washing Hands

      Rest Time

      Good Night, Children

      I’ve Just Come In

      To Centers

      Center Transition

      Centers Please!

      Going to Centers

      Go to Centers Now

      Home!

      Clean-up

      Center Clean Up

      Center Clean Up II

      Clean Up Now!

      Clean-Up Children

      It’s Time!

      All About Me

      Special Me

      I’m Unique

      Body Rap

      Science

      Rocks

      Sedimentary Rocks

      Box of Rocks

      Metamorphic Rocks

      Rocks, Pebbles, Sand

      Igneous Rocks

      Trees

      and

      Plants

      The Tree

      A Seed Is Planted

      Earth Resources

      Building a House

      Save the Earth

      We Care

      Recycle Song

      Colors

      Colors

      Children of the Rainbow

      Five Senses

      Five Senses

      Sight

      Eyes to See

      Taste

      Touch

      Smell

      Hearing

      Butterflies

      Fly, Fly Butterfly

      Pretty Butterfly

      See the Little Butterfly

      Five Little Caterpillars

      Five Little Butterflies

      Wake Up, Mr. Caterpillar!

      Hungry Caterpillar

      More Science

      Ice Melt

      Seasons

      Springtime

      August Heat

      Math

      Columns

      Rows

      Vertical

      Horizontal

      Mighty Zero

      Shape Song

      Meet the Shapes!

      Cindy Circle

      Donny Diamond

      Sally Square

      Teddy Triangle

      Randy Rectangle

      Humpty Dumpty

      Language Arts

      Found a Letter

      Close Those Books!

      Time to Close Your Books

      Authors and Illustrators

      Inside

      Outside

      Once There Was a Little Red Hen

      Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, and Fables

      Read a Book!

      Story Time

      High-Frequency Words

      Any Two-Letter High-Frequency Word

      At

      To, Too, Two?

      Any Three-Letter High-Frequency Word

      Ten

      Any Four-Letter High-Frequency Word

      Girl

      They

      The Five-Letter-Word Song

      The Six-Letter Word Song

      Rodeo Time

      I’m a Little Cowboy/Cowgirl

      Buffalo Gals

      Horsie

      I Love the Mountains

      Transportation

      If I Were A…

      Drivin’

      Traffic Signals

      This Little Train

      Sounds, Sounds, Sounds

      Sailing Over the Ocean

      You can dance

      anywhere, even if

      only in your heart.

      About the Author

      Dedication

      To my fairy-tale husband, Michael, and my two children,

      Robyn and Randy, for putting up with my singing and

      talking in rhymes all these years.

      To the Houston ISD teachers who have encouraged me

      to put my songs in writing.

      Introduction

      Must We Sing and Dance?

      Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn’t music.

      ~William Stafford

      In today’s academic world, riddled as it is by standardized testing and accountability, administrators and teachers believe that there is no time to sing or use movement during the school day because such activities tend to look like we are just playing when we should be learning. Especially when we are teaching our youngest learners, this misconception could not be farther from the truth. Having fun is beneficial academically, emotionally, and physically.

      In the last twenty years, brain

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