Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.8, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Alisha Gabriel's Website Author website & Free music education resources for teachers ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://alishagabriel.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://alishagabriel.com/blog/) - [Interview with author Louise Aamodt about her book, A Forest Begins Anew](https://alishagabriel.com/interview-with-author-louise-aamodt-about-her-book-a-forest-begins-anew/) - Today I’m delighted to share an interview with Louise Aamodt about her book A Forest Begins Anew, illustrated by Elly MacKay. Louise’s book came out last month and she graciously answered a few questions, so check out the interview below. Louise, please tell us a little about yourself! Thank you so much for inviting me! - [Interview with Author Tanya Konerman](https://alishagabriel.com/interview-with-author-tanya-konerman/) - Today, I’m excited to share a new book by Tanya Konerman and Melanie Cataldo that came out in May, Mud to the Rescue! How Animals Use Mud to Thrive and Survive. - [Interview with author Rebecca E. Hirsch on Wonder Wings](https://alishagabriel.com/interview-with-author-rebecca-e-hirsch-on-wonder-wings/) - Rebecca E. Hirsch’s book Wonder Wings: Guess Who's Flying came out last week and she graciously answered a few questions. - [Author Interview with Stephanie Gibeault, Dogs vs. Humans: A Showdown of the Senses](https://alishagabriel.com/author-interview-with-stephanie-gibeault-dogs-vs-humans-a-showdown-of-the-senses/) - Hi, Stephanie! Please tell us a little about yourself! Thank you for hosting me on your blog! I’m a former biologist and dog trainer turned children’s author. - [Interview with debut author Teri Roche Drobnick](https://alishagabriel.com/interview-with-debut-author-teri-roche-drobnick/) - Teri Drobnick's debut picture book, Moving Day, comes out March 11. Learn more about Teri, her writing process, and how to pre-order her book. - [Hand-Lettered Inspiration for Writers and Illustrators](https://alishagabriel.com/hand-lettered-inspiration-for-writers-and-illustrators/) - Today I'm inspired by hand-lettered signs and propose a challenge for writers & illustrators to loosen their creative juices with a fun activity for their WIP. - [Cover Reveal for Fungi are...More Than Mushrooms](https://alishagabriel.com/cover-reveal-for-fungi-are-more-than-mushrooms/) - Cover reveal for Fungi are...More Than Mushrooms, Alisha's debut picture book, coming March 2025 from Tielmour Press - [Author Interview with Jessica Fries-Gaither](https://alishagabriel.com/author-interview-with-jessica-fries-gaither/) - Author interview with Jessica Fries-Gaither about her picture book Nature's Rule Breakers, first in a series of author interviews - [Practicing Syncopation in Elementary School](https://alishagabriel.com/practicing-syncopation/) - There are many fun ways for students to practice syncopation, and each one focuses on a different aspect to help them internalize the concept and be able to transfer their knowledge to a variety of repertoire. A few ideas include: Sing the song or target phrase with lyrics.Sing the song or target phrase with rhythm - [Simplify Concentric Circle Games](https://alishagabriel.com/simplify-concentric-circle-games/) - My classroom is rather spacious, but pull out the risers and a few instruments and suddenly the movement space dwindles. Here are a few ideas for implementing exciting lessons in small spaces. Tideo and John Kanaka both have concentric circles as part of the game formation. However, I teach Tideo in second grade because of - [Alcitrón with a modified cup game](https://alishagabriel.com/alcitron-with-a-modified-cup-game/) - It seems like most elementary music teachers right now are teaching at least some virtual lessons. We're also faced with social distancing, which complicates most of the games we'd normally play during class. That's why I recommend using the song Alcitrón for your lessons. Here are a few reasons to use it: It has a - [Sweet Potatoes](https://alishagabriel.com/sweet-potatoes/) - Four fun ways to use the folk song Sweet Potatoes! - [18 more rhythm examples for '18](https://alishagabriel.com/18-more-rhythm-examples-for-18/) - As we close out 2018, here’s a gift of eighteen more folk song rhythm examples. Simply click on the individual titles to see the music and save them, or go to the Rhythm page to see an alphabetical list of all the folk song rhythm examples available and save the ones you need from there. - [Book Review: Born to Swing](https://alishagabriel.com/book-review-born-to-swing/) - Book: Born to Swing: Lil Hardin Armstrong's Life in Jazz Author: Mara Rockliff Illustrator: Michele Wood Publisher: Calkins Creek, 2018 ISBN: 978-1-62979-555-3 Whenever I heard the name Armstrong, I always thought of Louis, until I read this book! Lil Hardin was a pianist in The New Orleans Creole Jazz Band playing at the Dreamland in Chicago when Louis Armstrong came - [Fall Folk Song Refresh](https://alishagabriel.com/fall-folk-song-refresh/) - If you're anything like me, you're always on the lookout for a folk song gem to use in the classroom. Rotating a song into your repertoire while giving another one a break every once in a while can be refreshing. One of these songs might be just what you're looking for! Additional songs can be - [Book Review: Soldier Song](https://alishagabriel.com/book-review-soldier-song/) - This well-written, beautifully illustrated picture book shines a light on the role of music during the Civil War, which helps to illuminate the humanity of the soldiers. Snippets of letters home are included in many page spreads, along with color-coded illustrations that help readers keep track of the positions of the troops. Levy includes the - [Book Review - Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band](https://alishagabriel.com/book-review-acoustic-rooster-and-his-barnyard-band/) - Book: Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band Author: Kwame Alexander Illustrator: Tim Bowers Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press, 2011 Imagine my excitement when I came across this picture book gem written by the Newbery medal-winning author Kwame Alexander. In the Q&A on his website, he mentioned it only took him two weeks to write this book! - [The Rewards of a Retreat](https://alishagabriel.com/the-rewards-of-a-retreat/) - I recently spent two weeks at the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains working on a project. About ten people at a time journey to Hambidge, where the staff and natural surroundings provide the peace and solitude needed to focus. Several nights a week, we all met - [My first book!](https://alishagabriel.com/my-first-book/) - If you happened across my blog and wondered why there weren't any new posts for awhile, it's probably because I've been writing for children. I'm still teaching elementary music full-time, but I'm also pursuing my love of writing. There's even a book to show for it! And that's not all. I've written two more books - [Teaching Form to the Very Young](https://alishagabriel.com/teaching-form-to-the-very-young/) - Kindergarten is a year of preparation. It's a year to teach a variety of repertoire and allow students to experience a mixture of songs, games, instruments, folk dances, and other activities. Every concept seems to stem from the idea of same or different: singing vs. speaking, fast vs. slow, loud vs. quiet, higher vs. lower, steady - [Differentiation Part 3 - Recorders](https://alishagabriel.com/differentiation-part-3-recorders/) - In a few weeks my fifth graders will dust off their recorders and begin using them in music class again. Many of them loved playing recorders in fourth grade, but some of them struggled. We spend the bulk of our time on whole class recorder instruction, but I also offer recorder tutoring two mornings a - [Differentiation part 2](https://alishagabriel.com/differentiation-part-2/) - Several years ago I wrote a post titled Differentiation in the Elementary Music Classroom. It was one of my first experiences providing leveled worksheets for my students that would be appropriate for their varying levels. Today's post takes this a step further. Each time my students complete a worksheet in class, a few students finish before the others. - [Effective Stations in Kindergarten](https://alishagabriel.com/effective-stations-in-kindergarten/) - Everyone talks about setting up stations in elementary music classes, but some of the materials I've perused don't seem to further a Kodály curriculum. Since I basically see my students once a week for 50 minutes, I have to be choosy about how we spend our class time. That brings us to the topic of this post - Kindergarten stations. - [Listening for ta-dimi](https://alishagabriel.com/listening/) - My third graders just learned ta-dimi, an eighth note followed by two sixteenths, so we listened to "Fossils" from Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns this week. My students have heard this piece in the past. In second grade they heard it and read the first four beats of rhythm: takadimi ta takadimi ta. It's always - [Post Office Rhythm Game](https://alishagabriel.com/post-office-rhythm-game/) - It's the beginning of another school year and time to review, review, review! All those previous concepts must be reinforced before preparing new ones. I put a new spin on a game Lamar Robertson taught in Kodály training called Post Office. There are three free sets for download: quarter and eighth notes; quarter, eighth, and quarter - [Choosing Elementary Choir Repertoire](https://alishagabriel.com/choosing-elementary-choir-repertoire/) - Each Fall semester, my after-school choir performs six pieces, give or take. The choir is made up of fourth and fifth graders and meets for approximately fifty minutes once a week. Students have the opportunity to perform a variety of pieces and experience musical training beyond the classroom. Program selections usually include unison or two-part - [Book Review - Jazz Baby](https://alishagabriel.com/book-review-jazz-baby/) - Book: Jazz Baby Author: Lisa Wheeler Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie Publisher: Harcourt, Inc., 2007 "Brother's hands tap. Sister's hands snap. Itty-bitty Baby's hands CLAP-CLAP-CLAP!" Jazz Baby uses body percussion, singing, scatting, and dancing. The text mentions drummers and bass players, but we do not see any instruments, only a record player. The rhythm of the text is fairly - [Drumming](https://alishagabriel.com/drumming/) - Yesterday two groups of music education students from the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor visited my elementary music classes to observe drumming lessons and they were great! In my district, we teach twelve 25-minute classes on Fridays and see half the school. I like to use these class times to reinforce concepts, usually with instruments. My third - [Quarter Rest Prep](https://alishagabriel.com/quarter-rest-prep/) - My awesome colleague, Cindy Hayes, shared this idea with me and gave me permission to share it here. This technique could be used with multiple songs, but the chart I made matches the rhythms to Pease Porridge Hot. While you're preparing quarter rest, show the students the page with the flap down with the porridge - [2015 Winter Encounter](https://alishagabriel.com/2015-winter-encounter/) - The 2015 Winter Encounter is ready for viewing! This is the quarterly publication from Kodály Educators of Texas (KET) that features my Tech Time column. The topic in this issue is using Freemake Video Converter. You may also wish to join the Facebook page for lively discussion and resource sharing. Enjoy! - [Syncopa Practice](https://alishagabriel.com/syncopa_practice/) - It's that time of year again. My fourth grade students have learned "syncopa" or "ta-di--di" and we're practicing it every which way. It's a good idea to have students read it from flashcards, posters, or displayed on a projector, and I highly encourage you to use the highlighting feature if you have a SMART board or - [Book Review - This Jazz Man](https://alishagabriel.com/book-review-this-jazz-man/) - Book: This Jazz Man Author: Karen Ehrhardt Illustrator: R.G. Roth Publisher: Harcourt, Inc., 2006 This jazz man, he plays one, He plays rhythm with his thumb, with a snap! snap! snazzy-snap! Give the man a hand, This jazz man scats with the band. This Jazz Man introduces nine well-known jazz greats to the rhythm of the folk song - [Book Review - Martin & Mahalia: his words, her song](https://alishagabriel.com/book-review-martin-mahalia-his-words-her-song/) - Book: Martin & Mahalia: his words, her song Author: Andrea Davis Pinkney Illustrator: Brian Pinkney Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2013 Martin & Mahalia: his words, her song is a nonfiction picture book with beautiful artwork, poetic language, and smooth, easy-to-read-aloud text. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahalia Jackson shared a united vision and reached - [Ribbon Snake Information](https://alishagabriel.com/ribbon-snake-information/) - Here are some pictures of my "ribbon snakes." The best way to store them is to wrap a rubber band around the end of the sticks and tuck the ribbons and all into a zipper baggie. For more information on making your own, see the previous post, Engaging Activities in Small Spaces, Part II. Enjoy! - [Engaging Activities in Small Spaces, Part II](https://alishagabriel.com/engaging-activities-in-small-spaces-part-ii/) - This post will focus on igniting the imaginations of K-2 students, with and without props. Black Snake (Kindergarten and 1st) Concept: Melodic Contour, Colors, Locomotor Movement After the students learn the song, demonstrate moving your "ribbon snake" to the melodic contour of the song. If you're able to, have students stand in a circle and - [Engaging Activities in Small Spaces](https://alishagabriel.com/engaging-activities-in-small-spaces/) - This post is in response to a reader who requested ideas for a traveling teacher. Traveling music teachers are constantly adjusting lessons around furniture or available space. The good news is: your lessons can still be powerful and engaging! Today's post will focus on activities for Kindergarten and first grade music classes. All of my - [New examples including Let Us Chase the Squirrel](https://alishagabriel.com/new-examples/) - Although I haven't been writing new blog posts, there are some new visual aid examples posted including Let Us Chase the Squirrel showing only rhythms, or rhythms, solfége, and lyrics together. I also posted the rhythms of a favorite chant, Bate, Bate and a listening example with a clear high do' in a pentatonic melody in - [Solfége Problems? New Strategies to the Rescue!](https://alishagabriel.com/solfege-problems-new-strategies-to-the-rescue/) - At workshops, teachers often ask me, "Can your students really read that solfége?" Or sometimes it isn't an outright question, but it's a statement such as, "I don't like teaching solfége because it's hard." Although I understand where you're coming from, just because something is hard doesn’t mean it should be left out of the - [Who's That Tapping at the Window](https://alishagabriel.com/whos-that-tapping-at-the-window/) - It’s been several months since I wrote a blog post, so I’ll write about a favorite song that I just posted under Resources for Teachers, Solfége and Rhythm examples. Who’s That Tapping at the Window is a folk song with amazing potential. The source listed in my song collection is 150 American Folk Songs, but - [Teaching meter](https://alishagabriel.com/teaching-meter/) - It's so exciting to teach meter to first graders. They're curious about everything, and when I tell them that the "big kids" know something, they want to learn it even more. One of the most helpful songs for teaching meter is "Bounce High, Bounce Low." The students form loose circles with one ball per circle. - [Vocal Exploration in Kindergarten](https://alishagabriel.com/vocal-exploration/) - What do you do when a student can't seem to find their singing voice? That's the question I'll touch on here. Besides roller coasters and imitation, singing songs with solos like Doggie, Doggie, Johnny's It, Let's Hide the Pumpkin, etc., can help students hear that they're not matching. Some students are tough cases, though. Several - [Songs for Fall](https://alishagabriel.com/songs-for-fall/) - If you're in a situation where you're not able to use much holiday-oriented repertoire, this post is for you! In the past, Halloween songs have been frowned upon at my school, so I don't introduce songs about witches, ghosts, or goblins. However, I always fall back on some fall favorites like Skin and Bones, Let's - [Visual Aids and Song Choice](https://alishagabriel.com/visual-aids-and-song-choice/) - There are numerous sources of melodic and rhythmic examples on the internet, especially in music education blogs, but are you utilizing them and making them work for you? This post will begin a discussion about integrating technology in elementary music classes without re-creating the wheel every time. Ideally you'll have a song collection to draw - [Fun ways to practice rhythm](https://alishagabriel.com/fun-ways-to-practice-rhythm/) - Need fun ways for your students to demonstrate what they know? Try Musical Post Office, Meeting on the Street, or using your mascot as a rhythm eater. At the beginning of the year, I try to ease my students through reviewing concepts while assessing new students. Playing Musical Post Office allows me to check their - [Rounds for Singing and Playing](https://alishagabriel.com/rounds-for-singing-and-playing/) - Someone recently asked if I could recommend a round for the beginning of the school year. Don't get me started, because I could go on and on. But, the start of school is a busy time, so I've only had time to prepare visuals for a few: Toembai, One May Begin, and Debka Hora. You'll - [Corralling Kindergarten](https://alishagabriel.com/corralling-kindergarten/) - Kindergarten can be a lot of fun, but it's easy to lose control. The 4 C's below are the concepts that help me keep my cool while corralling Kindergarten. 1. Containment through circle games and controlled space It’s all about containment. Unruly students are like a virus that spreads. That sounds a little harsh, but - [Winner of the contest!](https://alishagabriel.com/winner/) - Congratulations to Holly K. of Austin, TX! She won the bulletin board headers. Thank you for playing! - [The Encounter Newsletter](https://alishagabriel.com/the-encounter-newsletter/) - The Encounter is a free quarterly newsletter published by Kodály Educators of Texas (KET). If you've never read the Encounter, wonderful information is included, from book reviews, special topics, tech time, upcoming workshop announcements, training program reports, and more. It's free, and if you share it with a friend, you're eligible for an extra entry - [Bulletin Board Giveaway!](https://alishagabriel.com/bulletin-board-giveaway/) - The new school year is upon us and I've been crafting new bulletin board headers to spice up the area outside my door. You can enter to win a set of your own scrap-booked bulletin board headers. It's in 2 pieces, 6" x 12" each. I'll include a few pieces of coordinating papers for the lucky winner - [More Listening Lessons - Schubert](https://alishagabriel.com/more-listening-lessons/) - The spring semester was very busy and I completed Orff-Schulwerk Level III right after school finished (Orff Certified!), so it's taken me longer to follow up on listening lessons than I had planned. I'll try to address the specific questions I received by email with one of my favorite listening examples, Rosamunde Overture by Schubert. Students should - [Listening Lessons](https://alishagabriel.com/listening-lessons/) - All of my listening lessons tie into my regular lessons in some way. Sometimes they relate to a rhythmic element, a related pitch or scale, or even form, such as rondo. The very best listening examples have a clear melody the students can sing. Need examples? Certainly. 1. Mozart’s “Allegro” from Symphony no. 1 in - [Tongo - Polynesian Canoe Song](https://alishagabriel.com/tongo/) - This awesome folk song has multiple uses. Its pentatonic range of low la up to la (la, do re mi so la) allows teachers to use it with multiple grade levels. The syncopated rhythms and dotted quarter note and eighth note rhythms make it engaging for upper elementary as well. The call and response format - [Sub Plans for Music Class](https://alishagabriel.com/sub-plans-for-music-class/) - I'm heading to TMEA later this week and my substitute teachers are not music teachers. In fact, there are only a handful of "music substitutes" in the area and I think they were booked for TMEA before the first week of school! What to do? Show videos to every class? I say, no. Videos have - [What's in the cards?](https://alishagabriel.com/whats-in-the-cards/) - Choosing individual students can be challenging because some students are eager to participate, some are shy, others reluctant, but all need opportunities to participate in class and we have to assess them. Many years ago a colleague shared an idea of using a set of cards for class games, and a few years before that - [Differentiation in the Elementary Music Classroom](https://alishagabriel.com/differentiation/) - Differentiation. It's a word we hear in staff development all the time and most music teachers probably think, "I differentiate instruction to meet the needs of the students in every class!" Although it's true that we do this through our activities, I've never done it with worksheets. However, considering all the new students who weren't - [Hogs in the Cornfield - the first song request!](https://alishagabriel.com/hogs-in-the-cornfield-the-first-song-request/) - Here's a big "Thank you" to Lori for suggesting a song to post. It was a good choice, too! Not only is Hogs in the Cornfield a useful song, but it's a fun game for the students to play. Here are a few ways that I use Hogs in the Cornfield: 1. Phrase 1 for - [Song Requests?](https://alishagabriel.com/song-requests/) - As a holiday gift to music teachers everywhere, I would like to open the floor for song suggestions. Is there a song you'd love to see posted as a .jpg for your visual aids? Just leave a comment with the song title and the most useful format for your song. For example, Bow Wow Wow - [Choir Notes](https://alishagabriel.com/choir-notes/) - My 4th and 5th grade Advanced Choir performed on Thursday night and Friday afternoon and did a wonderful job! They started a new tradition last year of signing the board after a performance, sometimes leaving little notes for me. How could I be upset to find such heartfelt messages from my dedicated choir? My heart - [Bow, Wow, Wow do presentation](https://alishagabriel.com/bow-wow-wow-do-presentation/) - Feel free to use this picture for your personal classroom use. It will be available for download on my Resources for Teachers page. My second grade students know the solfége pitches la, so, and mi and have learned do aurally. It's time for the visual presentation and I'll be using the third phrase of Bow, Wow, Wow. I've presented it many different ways over the ## Pages - [About Me](https://alishagabriel.com/) - https://alishagabriel.com/ Alisha Gabriel's Website - [Contact Me!](https://alishagabriel.com/contact-me/) - If the form is acting finicky today, send me an email by removing the spaces: agabrielmusic @ gmail . com Sign up for my newsletter for occasional book news, giveaways, and author interviews! - [School Visits](https://alishagabriel.com/school-visits/) - Now booking for the 2025-26 school year! Using games, props, songs, and quality, engaging content, I will inspire students and teachers while promoting literacy. K-2 sessions often focus on my books Fungi are...More Than Mushrooms or Elliot Mack, Quarterback and grades 3-8 are centered on Funky Fungi. Each session will be tailored to the school - [About Alisha's Books](https://alishagabriel.com/my-books/) - Happy birthday, Fungi are...More Than Mushrooms! This lyrical, nonfiction picture book is finally out in the world! Booklist says, "...Perfect for classrooms or bedtime reading, this title is a heartwarming introduction to the surprising connections fungi have to our lives." And to support educators, I've written a detailed Teacher's Guide to extend the learning. Download - [MEDIA KIT](https://alishagabriel.com/media-kit/) - Alisha Gabriel is an award-winning children’s book author and experienced teacher. Invite her to speak at your school or library! - [Solfege Examples](https://alishagabriel.com/resources-for-teachers/solfege-examples/) - Alcitrón in F NEW! Alcitrón in G NEW! Big Fat Biscuit in F Big Fat Biscuit in G Birch Tree solfege in e minor NEW! Birch Tree solfege in e minor, missing phrase 1 NEW! Come Thru Now Hurry in F Come Thru Now Hurry in G Come Thru Now Hurry in G with first and - [Solfege and Rhythm Examples](https://alishagabriel.com/resources-for-teachers/solfege-and-rhythm/) - Just to clarify, major keys are marked with capital letters (C, F, or G), and minor keys are marked with lowercase letters and marked "minor." Some examples use the "do clef" to help young singers identify tonic. Alcitrón in F major NEW! Alcitrón in G major NEW! BAG 3-note examples with a quarter rest on beat 4 - [Rhythms](https://alishagabriel.com/resources-for-teachers/rhythms/) - 2, 4, 6, 8 rhythms NEW! 2, 4, 6, 8 rhythms, prepared without bar lines NEW! Alcitrón rhythms NEW! Are You Sleeping? rhythms Bate, Bate Chocolate, prepared without bar lines Big Fat Biscuit rhythms Birch Tree rhythms Black Snake rhythms Bounce High, Bounce Low rhythms with words without bar lines (corrected) Bounce High, Bounce Low rhythms and words with bar - [Folk Songs with Lyrics](https://alishagabriel.com/resources-for-teachers/folk-songs-with-lyrics/) - 2, 4, 6, 8 chant NEW! Alcitrón in G major NEW! Autumn Canon in e minor Big Fat Biscuit in F Birch Tree in e minor NEW! Blue in G Bounce High, Bounce Low in C Bounce High, Bounce Low in F Bounce High, Bounce low in G Bow, Wow, Wow in F NEW! Buy a Penny Ginger in - [Listening Examples](https://alishagabriel.com/resources-for-teachers/listening-examples/) - Click the link to view the visual aids for each listening example. Then download the files you need! Bartók, Béla, "An Evening in the Village" from Hungarian Sketches (solfége only, beginning) Bizet, Georges, "Marche du Toréador" rhythms from Carmen Dvorak, Antonin, "Largo" from Symphony no. 9 "New World" Opening theme with solfége only in F Opening theme with - [Orff Visual Aids](https://alishagabriel.com/resources-for-teachers/orff-visual-aids/) - The following resources may be downloaded for personal classroom use. They may not be sold or distributed without permission from Alisha Gabriel. Drum Work Let's Go to the Farmer's Market from Gunild Keetman's Rhythmische Übung, p. 7, no. 18 for tone and bass tone practice Chord Borduns "Won't you be my friend?" Chord Bordun in C "Won't - [Worksheets](https://alishagabriel.com/resources-for-teachers/worksheets/) - Bow, Wow, Wow rhythms - write in the missing barlines & identify the song NEW! Chickalileeo fill-in-the-missing-rhythms (ta-dimi) Do song match in G Do Practice Page in F Down to the Baker's Shop fill-in-the-blank worksheet in F (do re mi fa so) Finnish Fantasy Worksheet (fill in ta-dimi) Four-Beat Blank Worksheet for rhythm (Three per page) NEW! High do' Worksheet writing practice - [Resources for Teachers](https://alishagabriel.com/resources-for-teachers/) - The following resources may be downloaded for personal classroom use. They may not be sold or distributed without permission from Alisha Gabriel. Click on the type of visual aid you're looking for. The examples are in .jpg, .gif, or PDF formats. 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