Songs, songs, and more songs

I taught my kids a song last week for transformations!
I got the idea from a fellow teacher of mine and elaborated on it... It's to the Cupid shuffle!
Tell your students to grab a partner.... (Some of mine chose a partner that was as close to congruent as possible.... I was one proud teacher!)
You can choose to tell them to grab a congruent partner if you'd like.
Here is the song!

Translate to the right, to the right, to the right (motion: slide to the right)
Translate to the left, to the left, to the left (motion: slide to the left)
Now reflect your partner, now reflect your partner (motion: put your arms out like a T and face your partner)
Now rotate by yourself, now rotate by yourself (motion: turn in place.... ((Explain to kids Like the earth rotating on its axis **science tek!**))
Down, down translate down
Down, down translate down (motion: twist down to floor/get low)
Do your transformations, do your transformations! (Motion: Let them be silly and free dance)
--second verse--
Translate to the right, to the right, to the right (motion: slide to the right)
Translate to the left, to the left, to the left (motion: slide to the left)
Now reflect your partner, now reflect your partner (motion: put your arms out like a T and face your partner)
Now rotate by yourself, now rotate by yourself (motion: turn in place)
Up, up translate up
Up, up translate up
(motion: jump and raise hands to the sky)
Do your transformations, do your transformations! (Motion: Let them be silly and free dance)


Next week I plan on teaching another song with my median, mode, range lesson! Here it is short and sweet!

Home on the RANGE where the deer and the antelope play
Where subtraction is neat
From greatest to least
And the skies are not cloudy all day!

This not only teaches them that range is greatest number - smallest number but hopefully is normal subtraction too that the bigger number is first!

Hope you and your students enjoy!