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Middle school short stories songs for Gifted and Talented
PENTATONIX: A Capella Singing Sensation! - PowerPoint Presentation w/ Quiz
Get to know Pentatonix, the five member a cappella group that's taking the world by storm! This PowerPoint presentation is packed with information on the group, from their beginnings to their current successes. Plus, there's a 10 question quiz at the end to test your students' knowledge. Whether you're a fan of Pentatonix or not, this presentation is sure to entertain! Topics Covered:HistoryKey TermsQuotesTimelineQuizWhat's included in the package:* Pentatonix PPTX* Pentatonix Show PPSX* Pentato
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4th - 12th
Language Arts Activity: Using YOUTUBE Music Videos to Teach the Elements of Plot
The students are shown five popular music videos on YOUTUBE. While watching the videos they make notes. After watching, they work together to answer questions concerning the elements of plot in each video. Then individually, each student charts the elements of plot in one of the five videos.
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6th - 9th
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Recorder Trios - SAT Ensembles
Recorder Trios - SAT EnsemblesBy Denise GagneArrangements by Craig CasselsRecorder Trios is a new collection of 20 trios for soprano, alto and tenor recorders. We’ve included both alto and transposed alto parts. The trios range from easy to medium difficulty. You can use these with your second year recorder classes, with recorder clubs, or for enrichment for your gifted students.Songs Include:Funga AlafiHappy is the MillerLiza JaneDaisy BellScarborough FairTom DooleyClementineDona Nobis PacemEn
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4th - 6th
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Siyahamba - South African Folk Song Boomwhacker & Orff Unit
Head to Souh Africa to sing & play 'Siyahamba!" Sung in Zulu, the lyrics translate to "We are marching in the light of God" or "We are standing in the light of peace" for a secular setting. I have used this with my experienced upper elementary students and middle schoolers, though this would work for a choir as well as a general music class.In this download you will find:A map to identify South Africa within the African continentInformation about South Africa & this songLyrics & tr
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: 4th Grade Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum | 30% off
Mochi's Mariachi Packet
Are you looking for streamlined resource to introduce mariachi into your elementary school classroom? Let Mochi help you out! Her mariachi packet includes arrangements of 4 classic mariachi songs for voice, recorder, ukulele, xylophone and bass. Kids can learn any part and play along with the provided piano tracks, or combine parts to create an awesome ensemble. Purchase of the packet includes permission to make as many photocopies for your class as you need.Help your students discover this amaz
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4th - 6th
Special Olympics - We're All Alike .... We're All Different
Special Olympics activities for every child to learn how we are all alike even though we are all different and special. A great way to educate children on differences.Can be adapted to many age and learning levels.
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1st - 6th
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Poetry Compare and Contrast - Used To Love You and i carry your heart - Sub Plan
Compare and contrast poetry and song lyrics! Teach students to compare and contrast for state test assessment as they compare poetry and song lyrics. Gwen Stefani’s song lyrics “Used To Love You” and e.e. cummings’s poem “i carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)” take a different perspective on love. Both are written with voice and passion. Students will compare and contrast content, language, tone, structure and theme to prepare them for the short answer response questions on end-of-
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6th - 12th
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18 Song Tale Posters with Lyrics on the Back!
The songs in this file can be found in the First Steps in Music curriculum by John F. Feierabend. The point for including SongTales (folk songs that tell a story) into a lesson is for the teacher to perform the song for the class with a good tone while expressing the intent of the song. These songs should be memorized when performing. However, if you're new to the First Steps curriculum or have a student teacher, this can be a great resource to use as "training wheels" until memorization is achi
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PreK - 8th
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Ants: A Lesson on Point-of-View and Biodiversity
How to Create a Nature-Centered View of the Universe Copyright Betty J. White, aka Compass Rose, 2024 Includes:*An original short story by the popular science author, Betty J. White.*A historical perspective of the total solar eclipse from an ant’s point of view.*Illustrations.*Themes: the importance of biodiversity and the role biodiversity plays in the three R’s…recycling, reusing, and restoring.*What is “anthropocentrism”? Point of discussion: How does our culture help form our views ab
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5th - 8th
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Jarabe Tapatio Ukulele Play-Along
Challenge your ukulele classroom to play-along with this classic mariachi song! This is an ukulele chart to "Jarabe Tapatio," also known as the Mexican Hat Dance. The song is divided into 5 parts, and each one gets a little harder with different strum patterns....but once you get it, it's lots of fun to play!Teach your class one part at a time, develop their strumming techniques, and then scan the QR code to play along with Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan. Purchase of this chart allows you to make
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4th - 6th
Mochi's Ukulele Super Bundle!
Mr. H's Ukulele Curriculum is a one-of-a-kind resource that blends music literacy, history and theory together by way of learning the ukulele, and with Mochi's Super Bundle, you have resources for up to two years of material for your classroom! Included is:Workbook #1: with QR codes for easy access to all 14 "Season 1" tutorials and play-along videos for every song, plus two helpful worksheets and answer keysWorkbook #2: again with QR codes to all 10 "Season 2" tutorials and play-along videosMoc
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4th - 8th
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Ukulele Workbook #1 2023 Edition
This is the first workbook in my ukulele curriculum, which goes along with "Mr. H's Ukulele Tutorials: Season 1." This curriculum will have your class learning multiple chords, beginning tablature, basic music theory and Roman numeral analysis, finding out history and factoids regarding the artists they're playing, and playing along with actual songs. There's no other ukulele curriculum quite like it, and it's all easily accessible with this PDF.All you and your students need is an uke, a smart
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Mochi's Ukulele Super Bundle!
Classic Recorder Trios SSA
Classic Recorder Trios SSABy Denise GagneArrangements by Craig CasselsClassic Recorder Trios includes 20 arrangements of music by Bach, Handel and Mozart for two soprano recorders and an alto recorder. Regular and transposed alto parts are included - use alto recorder with soprano fingerings. Easy to Advanced. Songs Include:A Classical ThemeAndante GraziosoFestal MarchChoraleAndanteAllegroSarabande Life Let Us CherishLast AdieuThanks Be to TheeWith Trumpets and HornsHe Shall Feed His FlockMarc
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4th - 8th
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Mochi's Super Ukulele Pro-Player Packet
Just how good is the best ukulele player in your class? Do they want to see if they have what it takes to hang with Mochi? Well, then don't deprive your students of this opportunity! Get "Mochi's Super Ukulele Pro-Player-Packet" and let them put their skills to the test! Transcribed and arranged for ukulele are 6 famous classical melodies:Fur Elise (Beethoven)Minuet In G (Bach)I Got Rhythm (Gershwin)Rondo Alla Turca (Mozart)Sonata In C (Mozart)Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies (Tchaikovsky)...with
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8th - 12th
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Ukulele Workbook #2 2023 Edition
This is the second workbook in my ukulele curriculum, which goes along with "Mr. H's Ukulele Tutorials: Season 2." This workbook and accompanying tutorial videos continue to build on the skills learned in "Season 1" with new charts, new chords (D, A, and B minor), and dives further into music theory concepts such as chord spelling, transposing, scale structure, and differences between major and minor. Plus, more in-depth factoid and history sections regarding the artists that we are playing!All
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Mochi's Ukulele Super Bundle!
The Most Dangerous Game- Song Annotation Activity
After students read the Richard Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game," they will listen to a song (that is included in the activity) and find connections between the lyrics and the story. Directions on how to go about this and the answer key of potential answers are included in this assignment as well. The purpose of this activity is to challenge students by having them critically think about the story and make connections on what they have read.
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7th - 12th
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HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY: MY SONG "6,000,000" AS A POEM, WITH LESSON PLAN
Hank Fellows is an ASCAP Award-winning songwriter whose patriotic and inspirational songs have been performed hundreds of times across America. In 2006, Hank wrote his song "6,000,000" as a remembrance to the victims of the Nazi concentration camps, as well as to the hundreds of thousands of victims of genocide in our own time. The first public performance of "6,000,000" was at the New Jersey State House in 2006 at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony. Since then, "6,000,000" has been performed
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5th - 12th
Interactive Notebook: Change, Peace of Wild Things, Compare and Contrast Poetry
Arm your students with valuable compare and contrast skills for song lyrics and poetry! Teach poetic terms included used in state assessment tests using an interactive notebook. Students will compare and contrast content, language, tone, structure and theme to prepare them for the short answer response questions on end-of-the-semester tests. Compare and contrast Christina Aguilera’s “Change” and “The Peace of Wild Things.”Compare and contrast Kate Perry’s “Rise” and Warsan Shire’s poem “what th
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6th - 12th
Exploring Theme Using Music
This activity is a fun one and is easily adaptable to fit your student's music tastes, your music tastes, or any particular story that you are working on.
It includes:
-Organizer explaining how to identify Theme
-Blank organizer that you can use for your own purposes
-Five songs that you can analyze
1. Man Who Can't Be Moved- The Script
2. Innocent- Taylor Swift
3. Yellow- Cold Play
4. Bad Day- Daniel Powter
5. Running Around in My Dreams- Tyrone Wells
Remember yo
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6th - 10th
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!
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*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
Hamilton versus Jefferson Class Singing Competition
This is a really fun way for your students to learn about the birth of the first party system in the United States. This lesson includes an original Rock n Roll song entitled Ham n Jeff in MP3 format and a word document that presents the lyrics in a color coded layout (word document is in the free preview file) so that you can conduct a classroom singing competition. As part of this unit I have the students create posters showing "The Ideals of Hamilton" and "The Ideals of Jefferson". They
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8th - 11th
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Nursery rhyme inspired lyrics, teapot recording, writing prompts
Imaginative lyrics and deep questions on cards inspire kids to think and write creatively. Teapot song lyrics stress the magic of friendships, and how it's kind of silly to push and shove each other. This tender studio recording features teacher voice and the sweetest chorus of kids ever. Add the song to your classroom playlist - and use the prompts to inspire critical thinking!
This unit includes:
24 writing prompts cards - color and black and white
Teacher instructions
Teapot lyrics - color
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5th - 8th
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The Oregon Trail Song
Sing this song to the old Gilligan's Island theme ("Now sit right back and you'll hear a tale..."). This song is a fun way to teach the following standards:
Why did settlers travel west on the Oregon Trail?
What hardships did the settlers face on the trail?
What was the Homestead Act?
How did towns grow along the trail?
Brain research tells us that songs are stored in long term memory-use the songs as a scaffold to allow students to access the important information you teach them, for the long t
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4th - 8th
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CD Unit Review Project (All Subjects)
The Wright Ladies are excited to provide a project for all subjects! The CD Unit Review Project can be used for any topic, unit, or concept.
Students create an CD cover, song list and one set of lyrics, all relating to any unit of your choosing.
For example our science students created a Blooming 7 CD for our Ecology Unit. Their song list included classics like: Story of My Stem, All About My Biome, and Let It Grow.
Included in this download is:
-directions
-student planning sheets
-example
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5th - 12th
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