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Figurative Language Villain Songwriting
Engage your students in reading fairy-tale classics, creating their own figurative language, AND songwriting with this collaborative, creative, and easy-to-use project!
Included:
*A sample figurative language villain song you can model for your students complete with cool fonts, images, and gifs!
*An explanation of how I used this project with my students, along with book recommendations! (Only about 15-20 minutes of a direct introduction and then you get to facilitate their learning!)
*Diff
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3rd - 6th
ABC Poems and Songs Freebie
These are original poems set to familiar tunes. Also, because we rewrite many poems in my class, I have provided a "rewrite" template. There are different skills taught with each poem.
The entire set has poems from A-Z and the Rewrite Edition has templates for all the poems. Both of these sets can be found at my TPT store.
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PreK - 1st
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Down by the Bay ~ Class Book
This adorable download includes 2 options for a class book: vertical layout or horizontal layout. You will receive a page for children to complete and a cover for your class book. After singing (and singing and singing...) the song with your class, have the children either share their favorite rhyming pair from the song OR brainstorm a list of animals and rhyming words to go with them. The children can then illustrate their rhyme and use the lines underneath to write about it.
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PreK - 1st
Jungle Animal Poem
This fun animal poem can be read, sung, or chanted!
Written in the Present Simple Tense, this poem can be used with young English Language Learners to explore new vocabulary.
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K - 3rd
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The Poetry of Pop: Figurative Language and Themes in Taylor Swift's Lyrics
Valentine's Day ELA activity sourcing Taylor Swift (can be used with student's choice of artist) CC standards: - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6/7/8/9-10/11-12.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6/7/8/9-10/11-12.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it em
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Sentence Writing Song (Free)
Use my song...as seen on TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTL61nQcD/)To make sure all students have each of the four parts that make a sentence!!Enjoy!Go check out my other songs for teaching kids!!
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PreK - 4th
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Soundtrack for Scary Stories
Creative assignment to accompany Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Black Cat' or Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Minister's Black Veil.'Students will develop a soundtrack, liner notes, album art and a poster based on tone, mood, and suspense.
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9th - 12th
George Washington Song & Lyrics - Distance Learning
Lyrics to the interactive song about the battles and bravery of General George Washington. This song is set to popular country-style music that kids can act out and sing along with the handy lyric sheet. Make American History fun and easy to learn with music and movement.Handy Lyric sheet includes poetry, craft & structure, retelling stories and Group Singing!You can also discuss the point of view of the composer and why this style of music was chosen. Students can write their own lyrics
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PreK - 4th
Elements of Narrative - Jazz Chant
A jazz chant is a rhythmic way to engage in learning. In this chant, students can move to the actions or create their own as they review the elements of narrative including plot, setting, characters, point of view, rising/falling action etc.
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2nd - 5th
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Ocean Animals Beyond the Book Activity Pages -By Unicorn Jazz children's author
Ocean Animals</a> by award-winning children's author, Lisa Caprelli, is a fun, colorful exploration of sea life and poetry. Young readers will learn about various underwater creatures through creative haiku and beautiful illustrations. The Common Core State Standards encourage children to learn about poem structure, rhythm and patterns by Grade 4. Ocean Animals is a great resource for teaching these concepts as well as other topics such as oceanography and marine biology. Be sure to listen
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PreK - 6th
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The Big Easy Music Book
Welcome to the Big Easy Music Book;The First 10 PagesThis is the first ten pages of 66 printable pages to be used in order or on their own, depending on the teacher's preference. Students will love how quickly they can feel confident on the piano and ukulele. Then, they can use their newly learned skills to write and play original songs. This is an excellent addition to any music class, private lessons, or self-study.I started teaching music to my children and their friends when they were 7. Dur
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K - 12th
Catcher in the Rye and Green Day's Basketcase
A Text A and Text B comparison between the first two chapters of Catcher in the Rye and Green Day's song "Basketcase." After watching the music video and filling in the lyrics as a cloze exercise, students will then find a short passage from the first two chapters of Catcher in the Rye that best characterize Holden as a "basket case." Then, students will "mash-up" words from Text A (Catcher in the Rye) and Text B ("Basketcase") to create a unique statement and visual about Holden Caulfield. I
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9th - 12th
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Five Senses of Christmas Writing Activity
If you want a great Christmas writing activity that really puts your class into the spirit of Christmas, complete this writing activity. Exploring the five senses is always an excellent way to trigger the writing juices in your students. This activity is a song as well as a book! I always start the Christmas season with this activity! It's a winner!
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K - 2nd
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Holiday Playlist Early Finisher
It is before break and you do not want to begin teaching new concepts. What do you do? Have them create their holiday playlist!
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Writing - My Summer Spotify Playlist
This activity is perfect to start the schoolyear. Students will create their "summer playlist" listing songs that represent their summer. Students will then have to write a short story about those 3 songs. Enjoy! XX
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Fun song lyrics worksheet: listen, speak, interpret, vocab, all you need!!
Looking to expand your English vocabulary and improve your listening skills with a classic, yet haunting song? Look no further than The Police’s “Every Breath You Take”. With this worksheet, you'll be able to deepen your understanding of the lyrics while challenging your vocabulary and comprehension abilities.Sounds intriguing? Well, other than the mystery behind the song this is a pretty straight-forward lesson plan / worksheet with gapped-text lyrics of a very well-known Police song combining
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Personal Space Jingle
Necessity is the mother of invention. I created this original song lining up my Kindergarteners at the beginning of the school year. I find singing expectations to the students is an effective and fun way to reinforce classroom expectations.
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PreK - 2nd
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Accidents Happen Social Skills Music Unit
This is a ten page unit that includes the lyrics to an original song titled "Accidents Happen", a ten-page lesson plan and activities for multiple grade levels. It is designed to assist children in taking responsibility for what to say and do when "Accidents Happen", how to manage their emotion, and how to practice acting out different scenarios that provide them with opportunities to practice their social skills with the assistance of scripts, and write their own scripts to write and perform t
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K - 5th
Adjective Song
This lesson allows students to write and perform a song that teaches the class about the use of adjectives.
Students may use popular songs on the radio or classics like "Mary had a Little Lamb" as a beat.
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5th - 8th
Nationalism
This is a nice way to introduce the motivation behind the global spread of democratic ideas and nationalist movements. For example, to explain or convey the reason why people involved in such movements as the French Revolution, the effects of the Napoleonic Wars on the development and spread of nationalism in Europe, the influence of nationalism on Haitian, Mexican, and South American revolutions, Zulu Wars, Sepoy Rebellion, Opium Wars, the Boxer Rebellion. The concept of nationalism will also
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6th - 12th
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[All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a poem/song that discusses the pitfalls and dangers of hard drug use. It would be quite relevant for Red Ribbon activities, discussions regarding drug abuse, etc. ["Aids Orphans Remembered"]
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7th - 11th
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Elabora una playlist para tu clase
¿A tu alumnos/as qué música les gusta? ¿Las letras de las canciones son adecuadas? Muchas veces ni siquiera escuchan lo que dicen esas canciones, por eso con esta actividad serán conscientes de que está oyendo, podrán analizar las letras. La propuesta es la siguiente:Distribuye a los alumnos/as en grupos de 5. Usa la técnica del folio giratorio con la plantilla del archivo para que escriban todas aquellas expresiones, palabras que no deben aparecer en una canción (palabras malsonantes, expresion
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3rd - 8th
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18 Questions to Ask When Listening to Music
It is so important when listening to music in the learning environment to understand how the music sounds, what mood it creates, what the main elements are and how they influence a song.
Below are some great questions to integrate into your music lesson plans to ask the children in the class.
Asking the children about the elements of music gets them thinking more in-depth which is great for developing thinking skills. So... get singing and don’t forget to ask, ask and ask!
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PreK - 3rd
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