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Shake and Learn CE1-CM2

Shake and Learn motivates learners with music and movement for basic academic skills:
  • Literacy
  • Language Arts
  • Mathematics
  • Science
Aligned to American National Standards, Shake and Learn reaches the kinesthetic, musical and visual learner with unforgettable learning experiences using music and movement.  Each kit includes a Teacher Guide CD-ROM with Lesson plans, learner practice, song lyrics, a Teacher Guide binder and a music CD. 



For Shake and Learn Daily Grammar, Grades CE2-CM2
  • Action Verbs
  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Capitalization
  • Commas
  • Comparatives and Superlatives
  • Contractions
  • Nouns (Singular and Plural)
  • Past Tense Verbs
  • Possessives
  • Prepositions
  • Pronouns (Us, Them, They)
  • Proper Nouns
  • Subject and Predicate
  • Subject-Verb Agreement (Was and Were)

This new program aligned to the new ELA TEKS and will fit in perfectly with the readers and writer’s workshop. This set consists of a Teacher Guide with 15 printed daily lesson plans, an audio CD of upbeat songs coordinated with each lesson objective, choreographed movements on a poster CD, and the Teacher Guide on CD. All words to lyrics and movements are included in the Teacher Guide.



For Shake and Learn Daily Grammar, Grades 3-5
  • Action Verbs
  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Capitalization and Punctuation Part I
  • Capitalization and Punctuation Part II
  • Conjunctions
  • Contractions
  • Irregular Verbs
  • Linking/Helping Verbs
  • Nouns
  • Possessives
  • Prepositional Phrases
  • Pronouns and Antecedents
  • Subject and Predicate
  • Subject-Verb Agreement (Was and Were)
  • Types of Sentences





Consists of an 8 ½ “X 11” colorful binder and includes a professionally produced musical CD with upbeat songs and chants that teach fundamental academic standards. Each selection includes directions for kinesthetic cues to fully engage all learners. Also included is a written comprehensive teacher’s guide.

Song List
  • Action Verb: Defines an action verb, gives examples of action verbs, and allows listeners to pantomime various action verbs.
  • Adjectives: Defines an adjective, adjective categories, and how to use adjectives.
  • Adverbs: Defines an adverb, adverb types, and how to use adverbs.
  • Ain't Is Not A Word (Present Tense of "Be"): Conjugates the correct form of "be" in the present tense.
  • Contractions: Describes what a contraction is and how to correctly form one.
  • Nouns: Defines a noun, classifies the different categories of nouns, and gives examples of nouns.
  • Parts of a Sentence: Lists the four main parts of a sentence: a capital letter, subject, predicate, and end punctuation.
  • Past Tense of "Be": Defines, explores, and uses the correct form of "be" in the past tense.
  • Past Tense Verbs: Explores the rules and gives examples of regular past tense verbs.
  • Plural Nouns: Explains the rules for when to add an "s" or when to add an "es" to make a noun plural.
  • Possessive Nouns: Describes the correct use of regular singular possessive nouns and gives examples.
  • Predicate: Defines and describes the function of a predicate.
  • Present Tense of "Be": Explores the correct form of "be" in the present tense.
  • Pronouns: Gives the definition of a pronoun and provides exposure to singular and plural pronouns.
  • Proper Nouns: Explains that certain nouns (names of people, pets, places, days of the week, months of the year, and holidays) should have a capital letter at the beginning of the word.
  • Subject: Defines and describes the function of a subject.
  • Subject-Verb Agreement: States the rule for subject/verb agreement.
  • I Can Do Everything: Applies a sentence using "I" and "Me" correctly.




Consists of an 8 ½ “X 11” colorful binder and includes a professionally produced musical CD with upbeat songs and chants that teach fundamental academic standards. Each selection includes directions for kinesthetic cues to fully engage all learners. Also included is a written comprehensive teacher’s guide.



Song List
  • Main Idea: Explains specific steps on HOW to find the main idea of a paragraph or article.
  • Context Clues: Describes how to use authors' clues to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words.
  • Predicting Future Outcomes: Outlines how to make a good guess about what will happen next in a story based on the author's clues, knowledge of the character, and common sense.
  • Cause and Effect Relationships: Gives specific examples of the relationship between two or more events.
  • Direction Words: Guides children into an understanding of sequencing events in the context of a story.
  • Parts of a Book: Describes the location and function of the important parts of every book.
  • Character Development: Describes how to analyze and understand a character.
  • Setting: Helps children learn that setting is the time and place in which a story takes place.
  • The Writing Process: Outlines the five major steps of the writing process and what each step involves.
  • Narrative Writing: Describes the structure of a narrative piece of writing.
  • Classificatory Writing (compare/contrast): Outlines how to compare and contrast two objects or events.
  • Informative Narrative Writing (How-To): Shows how to write directions for completing a task.
  • Persuasive Writing: Guides children into writing a persuasive argument.



Shake and Learn Pre-K and Early Literacy is a collection of songs designed exclusively for the pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms to help students for early reading success. We want children to be engaged in playing with language in a non-threatening and positive environment.


Shake and Learn Pre-K and Early Literacy assists teachers in developing two areas of powerful predictors of early prereading success alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness.


Consists of two CDs: CD #1 – 11 professionally produced songs with upbeat music that assist students in learning early literacy concepts and skills. Each selection includes directions for kinesthetic cues to fully engage all learners. And CD #2 – A complete Teaching Guide for the instructor on CD Rom.



Song List
  • Beginning Sounds: Describes how to identify and isolate the initial sound of a spoken word and allows for application.
  • Directionality: Teaches the concepts that print moves left-to-right across the page and top-to-bottom.
  • The Five Vowels: List the five vowels and explains that “Y” can make a vowel sound.
  • High Frequency Words: Lists and spells high-frequency words and basic sight vocabulary.
  • Listening Skills: Lists the critical elements of effective listening.
  • Phonemic Segmentation: Explains the use of phonological knowledge to map sounds to letters.
  • Rhyming: Defines a rhyme and gives examples.
  • Short Vowel Sounds: Defines a vowel and identifies letter-sound correspondence to each vowel.
  • Space Man: Explains that written words are separated by spaces.
  • Top, Middle,Bottom: Helps students gain awareness of penmanship: size difference of capital letters vs. lowercase letters, pencil grip, posture, and top-bottom concept.
  • What Letters Do: Explains what the purpose is, arrangement, and uses of the alphabet. Names each letter of the alphabet.