59 results
5th grade The New Year close reading songs
Hamilton The Musical - Close Reading About the Revolutionary War
Use Hamilton the Musical to enhance your unit on The American Revolution!
Hamilton fever is strong in my house. My sixteen year old daughter caught it first - singing the songs, proudly wearing her “Young Scrappy and Hungry” t-shirt. I thought it was great, but I also thought it was for older kids. It was only when I saw my 10 year old son singing along with his sister that I started thinking that I could harness the brilliance of Hamilton the Musical to get my 4th graders excited about a
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
New Year's Song BUNDLE! 2 Folk Songs with Orff Accompaniment
"Happy New Year" and "Auld Lang Syne" are two wonderful folk songs to use in January to celebrate the New Year! These songs include sheet music, lyrics sheet, 4 rhythmic ostinatos, and 2 melodic ostinatos. Your students will love learning these simple folk songs and even more enjoy adding the instrumental accompaniment!Rhythmic Instruments include:* Hand Drum* Claves* Tambourine* MaracasMelodic Instruments include:* Bass Xylophone* Alto Xylophone* SAVE $$ with this BUNDLE!These 2 items can als
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 5th
Music Lesson and Orff Arrangement & Game Song: "New Year, New Year"
Celebrate “New Year, New Year” in your music classroom in Orff style with this fun music lesson with animated video, music activities to sing, decode rhythms, play instruments, worksheets and fabulous graphics to wow your students and get them engaged in singing, moving and playing! Perfect for K-4 with adaptable lessons. PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE PREVIEWRESOURCE INCLUDES:*Power Point and PDF for printing and Projecting*Video with sing-a-long vocal and accompaniment tracks*Mp3 Tracks vocal and Accompa
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 6th
Also included in: January Winter Music Lesson Bundle of Music Activities K-6
Figurative Language with Encanto's Surface Pressure song
Use the popular song "Surface Pressure" from Disney's Encanto to teach and review figurative language. This song contains so many examples of figurative language: idioms, similes, metaphors, onomatopeias, and hyperboles.Includes a whole group activity with the song and also task cards for student independent practice. Includes answer key for task cards.
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 7th
Auld Lang Syne Song, Scottish Folk Song for New Year's - with Orff Arrangement
Happy New Year!"Auld Lang Syne" is a Scottish folk song perfect for January and celebrating the New Year! Included is the sheet music for the song, lyric sheet, 4 rhythmic ostinatos, and 2 melodic ostinatos. There is also a list of video links are provided to use with your students. Such a fun activity for January and New Year fun!Rhythms include (4/4): Ta, ti-ti, ta rest, tam-ti/Quarter note, beamed 8th notes, quarter rest, dotted quarter note - 8th noteRhythmic Instruments include:* Hand D
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Also included in: New Year's Song BUNDLE! 2 Folk Songs with Orff Accompaniment
Reading Fluency Passages Bundle (Distance Learning)
Reading Fluency Passages for Upper Grades is a collection of poems, songs, quotes, and speeches that teach about America’s history as students focus on reading fluency. Common Core Anchor Reading Standards posters can also be used to remind students of the strategies they are using while working on their fluency. Poems by Robert Frost and songs about westward expansion help students understand about different time periods and introduce them to many different vocabulary words. Students learn to r
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Auld Lang Syne: a song for practicing tam ti and extended pentatonic
This PDF contains slides for the song, "Auld Lang Syne", song sung to ring in the New Year.
Most difficult rhythm concept: tam ti
Other rhythm concepts: ta, titi, ta-a
*There is also a quarter note and eighth note anacrusis that you could isolate, but the tam ti rhythms are very prevalent in this song that it makes it a wonderful practice song.
Extended Pentatonic
Tone Set: s,l, drm sl d'
Slides for:
-lyrics only
-practice slides for reading tam ti (dotted quarter followed by an eighth) in st
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 8th
It's A New Year! Vocal canon, K-5 lesson plans, movement, ukulele, boomwhackers
Want a new resource to get your students singing? You've come to the right place! This is a canon that celebrates the new year from the collection, "Canons with a Twist". This canon includes a vocal canon score, full score, boomwhacker block chord map, boomwhacker broken chord map, ukulele F and C7 chords, advanced and basic unpitched percussion rhythms, melodic direction slide, movement suggestions, lesson plans for grades K/1, 2/3 and 4/5, and performance suggestions! A literal buffet of less
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
Song of the Dragon - Chinese New Year Folk Music | Lesson Package | Orff
Introducing "Song of the Dragon," a mesmerizing Chinese New Year's song encapsulated in our all-encompassing sheet music package. Meticulously crafted to cater to musicians and enthusiasts of every level, this package transcends mere notes, offering a transformative experience tailored to resonate with your unique musical essence.What's Included:Traditional Notation: Dive into the classic realm of musical notation, ideal for seasoned musicians and purists seeking a familiar path to interpret the
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
National Poetry Month Middle School Music as Poetry Song Activity Worksheets
Do your middle school students find poetry boring? Engage them with the music of Green Day with this low prep figurative language practice and song lyrics analysis activity. Your students will connect the song lyrics with background information and context to find deeper meaning, practice annotating figurative language, and answer thought-provoking discussion questions. Perfect for an individual class assignment, partner or group work, as an assessment, or on substitute days!✨Includes:Song Back
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
Poetry Through Music
This is a great way to introduce poetry through the use of motivating music that the kids can relate to
Included:
*Figurative Language definitions
*Songs by popular artists and movies. Examples include: "Let it Go" "Hakunah Matata" "Don't Worry, Be Happy" "Shake it Off" "Mean"
*Compare and Contrast Chart/VennDiagram
*Coding the Text Handout
*Digging Deeper into the meaning of the songs (I think..I wonder..) organizers
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
March Madness - Figurative Language with Pop Artists or Music
March Madness - Figurative Language with Popular Artists' music/songs is an engaging and fresh way for students to engage in Literacy Content. This resource includes Google slides, a Google form, and a printable handout. This NO PREP March Madness activity is a great way to practice finding/annotating for figurative language! Split this activity/lesson into multiple days or all at once! Kids are certainly not going to know they are practicing literacy standards!
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
CKLA 5th Grade Unit 3: Poetry (Songs)
Why songs? CKLA 5th grade Unit 2 goes through different types of poems as well as figurative language. I found that my students had a hard time getting excited to read or write poetry because they weren't able to connect with the poems. However, once they understood that music is also poetry, they got much more invested. This resource includes song examples that connect with each poem in the unit. The songs go in order of the lessons (for example: Lesson 1 is apostrophe poems so the first song f
Subjects:
Grades:
5th
Types:
Song Lyrics Analysis FREEBIE {Theme, Figurative Language, and more!}
This is one of my most popular and highly requested activities by students! Simple yet highly engaging activity that focuses on many important ELA skills:-Close read and annotate a text-Vocabulary and context clues-Figurative language-Theme and author's purpose-Making connectionsI have created a variety of these and each analysis activity is tailored to the specific song! I'm giving you this activity for FREE!If you like it, let me know in the feedback AND follow me on TPT to be one of the first
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
Italian 2024 Calendar with 12 Songs from Italy + Songs Activities + QR Codes
Italian 2024 Calendar with 12 Songs from Italy + Songs Activities + QR CodesThis New Year 2024 Calendar is Ideal for Italian Language Students Abroad, be it School Learners (ANY Grade), Homeschooling Classes or ANY Italian Course for Foreign Students Abroad!This PDF Printable Activity/Calendar is given of 12 Italian Songs. Every month is given of a different song. Every Month is also given of two sheets; one for the calendar and the other one for students/learners (Lyrics with missing words for
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Types:
Wonder- Song Lyrics Book
This book is a collection of all the songs lyrics that are mentioned in each of the different parts of the book, Wonder by R.J. Palacio. This will allow students to do a close read of each of the songs to see how they connect to the character that the chapter is about.
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
"Auld Lang Syne" for Orff, Boomwhackers, & Percussion Ostinatos | New Year Song
From singing for New Year's in January to playing Orff or Boomwhackers in music class, these are sure to meet your needs! In these editable Google Slides, students will practice DOTTED RHYTHMS (Dotted quarter & eighth note, dotted half note and quarter note), keep a steady beat, sing, & play instruments!These slides include:LyricsLyrics with steady beatSheet musicPercussion ostinato: DrumPercussion ostinato: WoodblockBarred Percussion - OrffColor-coded Boomwhacker sheet musicLyrics wit
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 6th
Types:
Lyric Analysis: any song
This lyric analysis sheet was created by Literary Sherri specifically for use with our songs. Huge hug of appreciation, Ms Sherri!
Music teachers: use this lyric analysis sheet to cover required standards in music class.
General ed teachers: use this lyric analysis sheet to promote critical thinking, for rainy days, brain breaks, sub plans, gifted learners, early finishers, poetry study, encouraging kindness and loyal attitudes, and to support any anti bullying program.
copyright 2016 by Lit
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Types:
Choosing Effective Textual Evidence (with music lyrics)
Have students practice choosing effective textual evidence to support a claim. This all based around 2020-2021 Pop / TikTok songs. READY TO USE!!Includes a Do NowIncludes Learning TargetIncludes directionsIncludes an Exit TicketEasily set up as an I do, We do, You do activity
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 12th
Types:
Song for Recorder, Choir, Guitar "Ring the Bells" G-A-B-C-D
Holiday Recorder song for your January Music lessons to welcome in the New Year. This resource is so versatile! It comes with 4 options! Sing the song, play on Recorder, xylophone or use the guitar chords. An original song and music lesson to help your students practice and play GABCD as they transition back to school in the New Year.RESOURCE INCLUDES:PDF and Power Point for easy printing and projecting.Sheet Music:Score, Pt. 1 and Pt. 2Easy Version G-A-B-C-D Color Notes Part 1Guitar ChordsReco
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Types:
Reading Comprehension - Christmas Up on the Housetop
Squeeze in some reading practice during the busy holiday season with this fun passage! Students will read the lyrics from the famous Christmas carol Up on the Housetop. Then, students will answer five text dependent comprehension questions. An answer key is included. ★ This resource is ready to be added to your Google Classroom via self-grading Google Forms. Just click the link in the document! ***************************************************************************Need more? Check out these
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
Auld Lang Syne
This is a perfect lesson for the first week back in the New Year. It is adaptable for Grades 3-8 general music, Junior High Choir or High School Choir. This resource contains information on the history of this song, lyrics, free downloadable piano music, free 4 part vocal score, and videos of performances in many styles. Videos are provided in both YouTube and commercial free video.link. For those unable to sing in 2021, there is a Venn diagram for students to compare and contrast the variou
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Encanto Movie Lesson: Citing with Video Evidence using RACES
Is the Disney playlist from "Encanto" stuck in you or your students' heads? This is the perfect resource to have mandatory singing in class! This resource includes an "I do, We do, You do" guided lesson with links for how to answer with RACES (restate, answer, cite, explain, summarize). Additionally, a movie comprehension guide, escape room, and TDA are available to keep the learning going just as much as the songs keep going in our heads!
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
Theme Review: Using Text and Song Lyrics
This slideshow can be used as an introduction to or review of theme and how to find the moral/life lesson of a story. It is split into 2 days of instruction, but you can also pick and choose parts to use to teach the review in one day. "Let Them Play" by Margot Theis Raven is a suggested read aloud to use. There are also slides with song lyrics and links to the videos of these song lyrics. Work with the students to teach, model, and practice how to find the theme of a story using both the book
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Showing 1-24 of 59 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands