Fun End of Year Packet ELA Reading Activities After Testing 4th and 5th Grade
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Kids movies and comicbook heroes + parody rap songs = fun summer school reading lesson plans and activities for 5th and 6th grade! Based on pop-culture rap songs, these activities will keep your students engaged using song lyrics as reading passages while they practice a variety of skills. - easilyPrice $94.00Original Price $143.00Save $49.00
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Kids movie history + rap song = fun end of year packet 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.
Students will listen to the song then use the song lyrics to complete a variety of activities that are detailed below.
What teachers like you had to say:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Music is always a sure-engagement technique! Kids loved this!" – DeAnne A.
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 song as a read-aloud with subtitles. Students can also slow down the song to make listening and comprehension easier. Instructions are embedded into the activities for students.
The song for these activities explores the history of the "Ballad of Mulan," telling the original Chinese folktale while comparing it to the movie's story.
Listen to the song with subtitles here! (Click here if you have trouble viewing the video.)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A great way to do compare and contrast! Love it!" – Nichole A.
The digital activities in this bundle feature 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 with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, synonyms questions with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, antonyms questions with the answer key
- brief explanations about what root words, prefixes, and suffixes are
- 6 multiple-choice, identifying root words questions with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, identifying prefixes questions with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, identifying suffixes questions with the answer key
- 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
- 10 multiple-choice, compare and contrast questions with the answer key
- a main idea and supporting details, graphic organizer writing activity (linked in the Google Form)
- 6 multiple-choice, identify the main idea questions with the answer key
- 3 multiple-choice, identify the supporting details questions with the answer key
- a "Main Idea on Beast Mode!" challenge activity where students will identify the main idea of the entire song using their main idea and supporting details graphic organizer
- a "Turn and Talk" activity that challenges students to identify and discuss other works of historical fiction like the "Ballad of Mulan" and how they have inspired people in different cultures.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This is such a great resource for students." – Blair L.
The paper-based activities in this bundle include everything listed below. Click the product links above for more details.
- the song lyrics for use as a reading passage
- a compare and contrast, graphic organizer
- 10 multiple-choice, compare and contrast questions with the answer key
- a compare and contrast text-structure, paragraph writing activity with a word bank of transitional words
- brief explanations about what root words, prefixes, and suffixes are
- 6 multiple-choice, identifying root words questions with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, identifying prefixes questions with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, identifying suffixes questions with the answer key
- 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 main idea and supporting details, graphic organizer writing activity
- 6 multiple-choice, identify the main idea questions with the answer key
- 3 multiple-choice, identify the supporting details questions with the answer key
- a "Main Idea on Beast Mode!" challenge activity where students will identify the main idea of the entire song using their main idea and supporting details graphic organizer
- a "Turn and Talk" activity that challenges students to identify and discuss other works of historical fiction like the "Ballad of Mulan" and how they have inspired people in different cultures.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Awesome resource. Thank you!" – Aimee W.
Is this too "kiddy" for some of my students?
The song lyrics for these activities cover interesting topics such as the battles that Mulan fought in, 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!)
Get this bundle now to keep your students engaged with reading!
With Rap Opera for Kids, when the music stops, the learning doesn't.
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*Music credit: Dansonn beats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usYbKwyRlvE&index=1&list=PL9N2x6W3DbwS3RkkFETyIKRjHjAHUl6F6
Photos:
*Mulan Armour Photo By http://onceuponatime.wikia.com/wiki/File:InfoboxMulanStory.jpg
*Chinese Temple Photo By Emily Khine - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74540969
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*Font for "Rap Opera ... Kids. History. Reading. Math. And More... School Just Went Beast Mode. Educate. Entertain. Empower!" text by http://www.junkohanhero.com
