Fun End of Year Packet ELA Reading Activities for 4th and 5th Grade

Kids movie history + parody rap song = fun end of year packet worksheets for 4th and 5th grade! Based on our Movie vs. History rap song, these ELA activities will keep your students engaged using song lyrics as a reading passage while they practice a variety of skills. Easily incorporate them into independent work after state testing or complete them together as a class lesson.

What teachers like you had to say:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "As a movie-obsessed teacher I loved this. My students were also very engaged. The song was really well done and my students were surprised that the movie was based on history." – Scarlett B.

Students will listen to the song then use the song lyrics as a reading passage to complete the activities detailed below.

These digital and paper activities are:

- self-grading (digital activities)

- no prep to save you time

- super simple and easy to use

- a high-interest reading passage based on a clean, school-appropriate rap song!

Accommodate your students using audio!

Do you teach EL/ESL or SPED students/SWDs? Have them use the songs as read-alouds with subtitles. Students can also slow down the songs to make listening and comprehension easier. Instructions are embedded into the activities for students.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Very fun and engaging activity for students. Love the music connection, and so do my students. Made it more like our classroom (I use music a LOT in my lessons)." – Holbert's Handouts

The song for this activity explores the culture and history behind a popular kids movie, comparing the original, Islander folktales with the movie's story.

Listen to the song with subtitles here! (Click here if you have trouble viewing the video.)

Is this too "kiddy" for some of my students?

The song lyrics for these activities cover interesting topics and characters such as Maui, a mighty demigod, providing a good deal of action for students. The song is also performed and written in an energetic style that any students looking for some excitement will enjoy. (Don't worry - your boys will have fun too!)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Thank you! This was a lot of fun!" – Mrs. Liechti

The digital activities in this bundle include everything listed below. Click the links above for more details.

- the song with subtitles embedded into the Google Form

- the song lyrics embedded into the Google Form

- self-grading quiz format with the answer key

- 7 multiple-choice, context clues questions

- a short-response, writing activity where students define a word of their choice from the song using context clues

- 6 multiple-choice, synonyms questions

- 6 multiple-choice, antonyms questions

- brief explanations of what root words, prefixes, and suffixes are

- 5 multiple-choice, identifying root words questions

- 5 multiple-choice, identifying prefixes questions

- 5 multiple-choice, identifying suffixes questions

- 10 multiple-choice, compare and contrast questions

- a compare and contrast graphic organizer, writing activity (linked in the Google Form)

- a compare and contrast, paragraph writing activity with a word bank of transitional words for student use.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Loved this packet!" – Dakota M.

The paper-based activities in this bundle feature everything listed below.

This bundle includes:

- the song lyrics for use as a reading passage

- 7 multiple-choice, context clues questions with the answer key

- 6 multiple-choice, synonyms questions with the answer key

- 6 multiple-choice, antonyms questions with the answer key

- a compare and contrast, graphic organizer writing activity about the movie's depiction of the Maui character versus the islander and Polynesian's account of Maui

- 10 multiple-choice, compare and contrast questions based on the song with the answer key

- a compare and contrast text-structure, writing activity with transitional words for student use

- brief explanations about what root words, prefixes, and suffixes are

- 5 multiple-choice, identifying root words questions with the answer key

- 5 multiple-choice, identifying prefixes questions with the answer key

- 5 multiple-choice, identifying suffixes questions with the answer key

- a brief lesson on syllables and tips on how to count them in words

- 14 "How many syllables?" activity questions where students will listen to and read the song lyrics to determine how many syllables are in specific words from the song

- 12 "Syllable hunt!" activity questions where students will read through the song lyrics, finding words that have 1, 2, 3, and 4 syllables and write them in the corresponding columns

- 12 "Divide the syllables" activity tasks where students will separate words that they have found into their syllabic parts

- a "Syllables on Beast Mode!" challenge activity where students will find a rare 5 syllable word in the song lyrics and write it correctly separated into its syllabic parts.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This was awesome!" – Maryclare H.

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