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Free ELA test prep songs
Text Structures Rap (Iggy Azalea Parody)
Many of my students were struggling with learning and recognizing the differences between the six nonfiction text structures. So, I rewrote Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" to include information about cause and effect, question and answer, description, problem and solution, compare and contrast, and chronological order/sequence. Enjoy!
Also, I changed "I.G.G.Y." to M.U.L.E because our school mascot is the mule. You could change that part to any four letter word or team you'd like.
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Strategy for Answering Questions - Hit the QUAN
Are you ready to help your students answer tough questions? Get ready to ...
HIT THE QUAN
Q - read the entire question
U - underline important words or phrases
A - answer the question
N - note evidence
Check out our song to go along
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCKwvlrh930&feature=youtu.be
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
*FREEBIE* SWBST Summarizing Poster with Catchy Chant
Teach you students to summarize text using the SWBST strategy. Hang this poster in your classroom to serve as a visual reference for your students then teach them the catchy chant linked on the download so they can easily recall each step.
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Rock the Test Song
Our theme for testing this year was, "Rock the Test!" I created a short song for my students using the tune, "I Love Rock and Roll!" We would sing this just before taking a standardized test to help get the students motivated. I hope your students enjoy it as much as mine did!
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Grades:
K - 6th
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Personal Pronoun Chart and Song
This includes two versions of the Personal Pronoun chart for your printing preference. I'm happy to share the song with anyone that reads the description. It is to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It." Sing by starting at the left column and go down..."I, you, he, she, it, we, they....clap, clap....me, you, him, her, it....From experience you will want to be careful and slow down at she - it and not slur those together! :)
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Take Our Test Lyrics
Looking for a way to boost morale and increase students' confidence during test taking season? Look no further! Invite students to sing about taking the test right before they take the test. Take Our Test is sung to the tune of Be Our Guest from Beauty and the Beast. It can be sung chorally right before your students take a test. When we have students sing together while displaying the lyrics, we not only boost fluency and decoding skills but we also boost their morale during test taking season!
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Lively Preposition Song
A little diddy that was taught to me in 5th grade that I still remember to this day. A fun and surefire way to remember what words are prepositions. Sing to the tune of "William Tell Overture." Skip the boring grammar lesson and get some singing going instead; students will love it!
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
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Standardized Test Preparation- Chant/Poem for positive reinforcement
Standardized Test Preparation
This poem/chant is for positive reinforcement in association with standardized test taking. The teacher (who is dressed as a witch), scares the students into doing their best work on the state test. The witch casts this spell upon the students and the entire group chants the poem aloud.
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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R.A.C.E Writing Strategy Rap
Lyrics to the song R.A.C.E Writing Strategy by Casey and Strick. This rap song teaches students how to use the RACE Strategy to answer short constructed response questions. Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/PRPSxDAEbug
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
M-STEP Rap!
For my first ever product being sold on TpT, I am offering my original rap to help with instilling good test taking practices while making it fun. Feel free to make it your own, especially if you teach outside of Michigan. The sillier the better, as long as you are engaging your students!
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Write Brainy Zany Songs for Fun Review and Test Prep!
A fun project that covers multiple objectives in music and any other subject you choose-math, reading, science, history, writing-whatever your students need help with! You can find examples of Brainy Zany songs that I have written for free at You Can Do This Music with Laura Lea. Students can follow the step-by-step instructions to write their own song. This song can help them remember anything they need to memorize in any subject.I use this activity as a class project with my 3rd-grade and 4th
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Theme (Song)
FREEBIEThis "THEME Song" is a great tool to incorporate within your class to teach students what theme is. (Sung to the tune of the A Family Theme Song).
ABC Mouse N Song Cards with pictures
Cards for N words in song with a picture
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
PARCC/ FSA Test Prep! Reading Text Coding Poem/ Rap
LAST MINUTE test prep!
A poem/rap to help student remember many of the best text codes in order to improve comprehension.
I also have FSA/PARCC formatted questions to go with the poem. Check them out (All freebies).
https://youtu.be/fC_VeuOZex4
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
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The NURSE Song
I have always loved using the NURSE strategy with students to help increase reading comprehension of the text. I decided to create a song that would help the 3rd-5th graders in our school to remember the steps to the NURSE procedure, especially when reading complex texts.
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Expert Text Coding Questions to Accompany Poem/Rap
These questions go with the poem/rap also found in my store (FREEBIE). These are FSA/ PARCC formatted questions. Below is the link to the RAP video.
**BONUS**
https://youtu.be/fC_VeuOZex4
LAST MINUTE test prep!
A poem/rap to help student remember many of the best text codes in order to improve comprehension.
The link to the rap (not professional quality-far from it). I'm only a teacher trying to help my students remember some vital information.
https://youtu.be/fC_VeuOZex4
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Not Grade Specific
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