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50 States Song
Posted by: April624 #160422

Just copy and past the following address into your internet browser, then scroll down and find the song "Fifty Nifty United States - School House Rock wav", RIGHT CLICK on it and save it to your hard drive, placing it and naming it right where you will know where to find it later. (See below for Lyrics)

Enjoy - its a lot of fun to sing... Yours Truly, April

http://www.ilovewavs.com/Holidays/July4/july4.htm

Lyrics:

Fifty Nifty United States

Fifty nifty United States from thirteen original colonies;
Fifty nifty stars in the flag that billows so beautifully in the breeze.
Each individual state contributes a quality that is great.
Each individual state deserves a bow;
let’s salute them now.

Fifty nifty United States from t...
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50 Nifty United States
Posted by: Emily #29744

The previous post reminded me of a song that my class performed when I was in 5th grade. I have never forgotten the lyrics and people are always amazed that I know all 50 states in alphabetical order, but it was all because of this song! I can give you the lyrics, but unfortunately you won't know the tune, so you will just have to make it up. Perhaps you could work with the music teacher at your school (if there is one).
Fifty Nifty United States

Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original colonies
Fifty Nifty stars on the flag that billows so beautifully in the breeze
Each individual state contributes a quality that is great
Each individual state deserves a bow, let's salute them now!
Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original colonies
Fif...
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Fifty Nifty works!
Posted by: CAM #87904

I taught high school and when we started working on states, they burst into song! One started it, then more joined in. I was amazed. I asked where they learned it and they said fifth grade social studies. They had remembered the song for 7 years!
I now use music a lot - music ABOUT the time or place and music FROM the time period or place. To build a library of music cheaply, scrounge around in the bargain bins of music stores, even WalMart. I have a CD of national anthems, and CDs of the music of many nations. Kids need to hear different kinds of music, with and without words. You can have a contest, sort of Music Jeopardy or whatever. After studying several styles - play a little bit and let them tell what country it is from, or what decade.
Oh, yeah. Amazon.com has music...
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Lyrics
Posted by: jabnphillips #119983

Are these the lyrics you were looking for?

Fifty Nifty United States
By Ray Charles

Fifty nifty United States from thirteen original colonies;
Fifty nifty stars in the flag that billows so beautifully in the breeze.
Each individual state contributes a quality that is great.
Each individual state deserves a bow,
let’s salute them now.

Fifty nifty United States from thirteen original colonies,
Shout 'em, tout 'em. Tell all about 'em,
One by one till we've given a day to every state in the USA ,
in the USA., in the USA .

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Connecticut;
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii,
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana;
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maine, Ma...
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Postcard Exchange
Posted by: MsPropel #124330

Last year was the first year I did a postcard exchange. It was great and my kids loved it! For most exchanges, you will send out 49 postcards. One to a classroom in each state. I sent mine out all at the same time last year. It was easier for me that way. After receiving a few postcards, we began to make a list of some of things we'd like to put on our postcards. Once we narrowed it down, we put it in letter form together. I typed up the letter we made and printed it onto labels. I also typed the addresses onto lables.

We got some postcards that the kids had written themselves, some were more informative than others.

Ours had A LOT (probably too much) of information. I had to make the font super small. Most people tell a little about their state or the town they ...
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Posted by: JRichard #114398

I am a middle school teacher and have found this site to be VERY helpful for differentiation for my humanities class. I was able to find articles on many different topics at different reading levels. It made my life easier.

Another neat thing about EdHelper is the customizing you can do. You can choose to add many of your own things to their pages. Also, they pop up these packets as PDFs which you could then save for future use.

One last cool thing about EdHelper: they occasionally have topics they would like help with, such as their Fifty States unit, and most recently, their draw-writes and lower level reading comprehensions. They compensate you in various ways for the help you provide. For the Fifty States unit, I got a two-year full subscription for free. For the draw-wri...
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Thank you, Steph R!!
Posted by: Risa #151993

Your PM made my day... my week!!! I was so thrilled to read that you got the same type of response I have gotten each time I do this activity. As I said in the original thread, reading their comments reminds us that we aren't working with a robot who has to be trained to fill in the right circle or with a recording device that merely recites the names of the fifty states. We are working with children who truly are the light and the sunshine in the lives of their parents.

I keep their papers and refer to them occasionally throughout the school year. They are good reminders about why I truly am there when I get frustrated with all the demanding pressures that are a part of the teaching day.

A little side note for those who may try this for the first time: If yo...
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music/social studies
Posted by: cH #93065

There are many connections that can be made between social studies and music. Here's a rough outline of one very obvious possibility, probably at 5th grade level:

AMERICA IN MUSIC
1. Teach "Fifty Nifty United States" by Ray Charles (should be available in one of the series on the shelves in the the curriculum lab of your school) When students can sing the main part of this song, they can name all 50 states in alphabetical order.

2. Review "The Star-Spangled Banner" as needed, including singing, memorization, and brief history

3. Teach/Review "America" and "America the Beautiful" as needed. Both these songs have melodies which invite work on developing vocal skills.

4. Add at least one listening lesson, such as Morton Gould's "American Salute" or Charles Ives' "Variations on Amer...
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postcare exchange
Posted by: ABC123 #52428

The postcard exchange is a fun way to learn(you could check the Post Office Board here). I put up a large US map at the S.S. center. I also had reference books, small maps, books about the states, flash cards of the states, and the postcards we received. As a postcard arrived, I added it to the center. The participants usually included fun facts about their state. The kids loved it. I had a question/answer sheet they had to work while visiting the center. Also, I would have individual maps of each state and they would locate the capitol. They made a booklet out of these. We would also track the postcards on our large map. Hope this helps.

The Fifty Nifty United States is a good song to learn the states in ABC Order.

ideas
Posted by: Rebecca #12317

I posted earlier and I am already committed to this project with another group but here are some ideas. My students make a booklet. They have research questions (age appropriate ofcourse) to answer. I have a book that I make copies for the students for each state. As a postcard arrives, we focus on that state. I have a huge fabric map of the US and as a postcard arrives we tag it on the map and place the postcard to the side. As far as the research they have to find the state flag, bird, population, weather, capital, close to ocean,just to name a few. I have several websites for this project as well. Then at the end of the year, they have a booklet about all fifty states. You could have students practice on writing skills by taking turns writing postcards to send to the other parti...
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