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Grounded in theory and best-practices research, this practical text provides teachers with 40 strategies for using fiction and non-fiction trade books to teach in five key content areas: language arts and reading, social studies, mathematics, science, and the arts. Each strategy provides everything a teacher needs to get started: a classroom example that models the strategy, a research-based rationale, relevant content standards, suggested books, reader-response questions and prompts, assessment ideas, examples of how to adapt the strategy for different grade levels (K–2, 3–5, and 6–8), and ideas for differentiating instruction for English language learners and struggling students. Throughout the book, student work samples and classroom vignettes bring the content to life.
Dance Improvisation
The 5th-grade class was reading about immigration to the United States and looking at the heritage of their own families, many of whom came to this country speaking a language other than English. The grandparents and parents and some of the students who had immigrated were not yet fluent English speakers. A native-English speaking student wondered aloud what it must be like to come to this country and not be able to communicate. The teacher suggested they form groups and improvise dances that would show the problems, frustrations, and solutions these immigrant families might have experienced, using music and any dances they knew from the different countries of origin.
Rationale
Students can improvise movements and dance to literature, their own writing, or any topic ...
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