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Music Common Core RL.6.1 resources
Teach Theme/Moral/Lesson with Songs & Lyrics {Digital Interactive Google Slides}
Hi teacher friends! Are you looking for a fun way to introduce and practice the skill of finding theme? This is the only resource you will need for teaching theme/ moral/ lesson with songs! I found myself struggling with how to introduce theme to my students, but then I came up with the idea of using songs and their lyrics. I created this product for use in my own classroom, and when I used it, my students were hooked! They were engaged and motivated - singing along in the classroom, listening c
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3rd - 8th
Nurturing Our Students Self-Worth and Self-Confidence
Keala Settle's incredible performance of the song "This is Me," from the hit movie "The Greatest Showman," is the inspiration to this complete unit of study teacher's guide, certain to help lift your students' self-esteem!This unit of study will guide you and your students through activities that promote critical thinking, reading comprehension and analysis, and build classroom community as well.Activities included in this guide-*Copy of the lyrics*Video links of two powerful performance of "Thi
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Coaching Our Students' Literacy Skills Through Inspirational Song Lyrics
Read Across America Day Activity | The Grinch | Reading Comprehension
Read Across America Day ActivityCelebrate Read Across America Day with your students using this fun and educational activity. Students will read the lyrics to a popular song (You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch) while identifying different examples of figurative language and their meaning. Students will identify metaphors, similes, hyperbole, and alliteration with this fun activity. This resource includes a guided review practice activity, graphic organizer, 10 multiple choice questions, and a writing
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4th - 6th
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BUNDLE Disney's Encanto STAAR Comprehension | PDF Google Forms & Task Cards |
Are you looking for new and fun ways to review for STAAR? Have you considered introducing STAAR/Standardized test prep with music? This bundle includes all four sets of 10 question assessment uses Encanto's songs "What Else Can I do?" "We Don't Talk About Bruno" "Surface Pressure" and "Family Madrigal" as the text, and exposes students to literature question stems which are STAAR/CCSS aligned from previous years' assessments. The assessments focus on a variety of skills such as inferencing, summ
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4th - 7th
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"Thunder" A Socratic Seminar Unit of Study Featuring Imagine Dragons
Motivate your students to engage in critical analysis and collaborative conversation through the study of this popular hit song! Your students will-*explore vocabulary and figures of speech, *build background on the song's inspiration, *write their connections between the song, other texts and their personal paths, *explore the science and symbolism behind the song, *analyze lyrics, *and engage in a Socratic seminar with their classmates to deepen understanding and build speaking and listening s
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â An Imagine Dragons Classroom
Taylor Swift: A Modern Poet - Understanding Literary Devices & Elements
Dear Reader, Do you love Taylor Swift? Do your students? If you answered yes to both - then maybe this is the best day.Music can change the world - it can also change and empower your classroom when you find ways to connect to your students. This bundle of worksheets includes the following:1 Cover Page1 Guide to Literary Devices and Elements found within the songs3 informational guides of different literary devices and elements observed in Taylor Swift's most recent album, The Tortured Poets Dep
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5th - 7th
Literacy Through Lyrics- Volume 1
♪An awesome, bundled collection of complete units of study centered around popular, culturally relevant song lyrics that will motivate and inspire you and your students year round!♪You will adore this approach to coaching critical literacy skills in your students- It will be the refresh button you need to make learning together meaningful and truly engaging!♪Because teaching is supposed to be fun and who doesn't love a good soundtrack to sing (and study☺) together in the process?Have fun!Liz☺♥♪P
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3rd - 8th
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"High Hopes"- An ELA Unit of Study
Set the inspirational stage for your middle school students to analyze the awesome song lyrics "High Hopes," by Panic! At the Disco☺Your students will build incredible literacy skills through meaningful curriculum and conversation with a unit you will adore teaching☺This unit plan includes-ELA StandardsSong Lyrics for Student/Teacher UseClose Reading VisualVocabulary BuildingFigurative Language AnalysisWritten Reflection InvitationsCreative Outlets for Text ConnectionsSocratic Seminar Explanatio
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Coaching Our Students' Literacy Skills Through Inspirational Song Lyrics
Beethoven in Paradise Novel Guide
This novel guide follows the HMH study guide for Beethoven in Paradise by Barbara O'Connor. This novel includes multiple choice questions, long responses (Following RACE format), and audio read-aloud. The slides have places to write their responses BUILT RIGHT IN! There are also links to images and music mentioned in the novel. These are exceptionally helpful for students who need to build background knowledge. Finally, there is an included paragraph organizer for a culminating activity.
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5th - 7th
STEM Musical Road - Music on the Road | Elementary & Middle School Technology
Does driving down the road ever feel boring and the music on the radio just doesn't do what it used to? Time to take a trip down a musical road where no radio, phones or sound systems are required. All you need is your car and a good set of tires to enjoy this music!In this lesson, students will learn about real-life roads that create music and create one of their own musical roads using a road making music synthesizer! This web-based activity presents the work as a fun, open-ended activity with
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4th - 10th
Also included in:Â Middle and High School STEM and Technology Curriculum
"Christmas Lights" A Socratic Seminar Unit of Study Featuring Coldplay
Join your kids in the holiday merriment through this fun, engaging, meaningful unit of study on a unique holiday song, "Christmas Lights" by Coldplay. Students will work to analyze lyrics, build connections, explore figurative language, and engage in a collaborative dialogue through Socratic seminar. Your students will build reading comprehension, language, speaking, listening and writing skills through this unit and build classroom community through collaboration as well!
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Holiday Song Lyric Analysis
Citing Evidence and Theme/Author's Message Through Music!
I created this assignment because my students were not citing evidence correctly (they weren't including the title and or author, not including a quote at times and not providing adequate explanations after the quote). Using this lesson really helped my students grasp who the author (singer) is and the title of the text (in this case, the name of the song). Students understood the idea of theme/message and finding a quote from the song to support their ideas. Your download has 15 pages. Ther
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7th - 9th
SIGHTREADING....A YEAR LONG SUCCESS PLAN FOR 6TH GRADE
This is a step by step plan of sightreading that has been proven successful by myself after years of obtaining sweepstakes at UIL. This is a perfect preparation for 6th graders to get ready for UIL
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6th
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MS-PS2-3
Music Listening Assignment - Charlie Puth's "Change"
In a cross between music and social-emotional learning, this assignment examines Charlie Puth's "Change", first performed at the March For Our Lives rally, and tasks the students with social emotional questions based on the song and lyrics and dives into student personal responses regarding relationships and how we can be better friends and have better relationships with each other. Perfect for warm-up topics for teaching emotions in music or great use of literary elements in music. Also great f
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3rd - 12th
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Hello I'm Johnny Cash by G Neri Lesson Plan and Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction mentor text book Hello, I'm Johnny Cash by G. Neri and A.G. Ford. This is an excellent lyrical biography of Johnny Cash for focusing on American music, music pioneers and perseverance with connections to the Man in Black's music appropriate for elementary students. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on:Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, tim
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3rd - 6th
Coaching Our Students' Literacy Skills Through Inspirational Song Lyrics
Bring creativity and collaboration to your ELA lesson plans through this awesome compilation of resources♪ Certain to spark something new and exciting within your students as they delve into popular song lyrics and build reading, writing, critical thinking, speaking, and listening skills with these engaging lesson plans and units of study☺This resource includes:♪Copies of song lyrics for teacher and student use♪Reflective writing prompts♪Text dependent analysis writing♪Building background nonfic
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4th - 8th
"To Love Them, To Leave Them" A Socratic Seminar Unit of Study
Your middle school students' hearts will appreciate this unit of study, featuring popular songs "Yours" by Russell Dickerson and "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift! Activities include developing mental pictures, lyric analysis, opinion and narrative writings, text-to-text and text-to-self connection building, figurative language study, background study of song inspiration, authors' purpose writing, and collaborative conversation through Socratic seminar. The stage will be
An Imagine Dragons Classroom
Embrace this popular band within your lesson plans through this fantastic find! Inspire your students whilst building awesome reading, writing, critical thinking, speaking and listening skills through this collection of ELA resources certain to be a hit with your students☺ Set the stage for awesome analysis, beautiful reflection, and meaningful conversations through this 60 page teacher's guide♪This compilation includes:♪Copies of song lyrics for teacher and student use♪Reflective writing prompt
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4th - 8th
"Time of Your Life" A Complete ELA Teacher's Guide
Celebrate the crossroads at which you and your students now stand through this complete week long unit of study that will coach reading, writing, thinking, speaking and listening skills. Your students will be happily engaged as they analyze this iconic 90's Green Day hit and look back on their path thus far. Resources in this packet include- Objectives, ELA common core standards, lesson plan directions, a copy of the lyrics, close reading visual, "4 Corners" collaborative discussion tool and ref
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Coaching Our Students' Literacy Skills Through Inspirational Song Lyrics
"Bringing the Magic of Music to Your Middle School Classroom"
Engage your middle school students in meaningful text dependent analysis writing, creative expression, and collaborative conversation using the beautiful song lyrics of "Lost Boy" by Ruth B. This week long unit features multiple writing prompts that offer students the stage to share not just what they think, but why they think what they think, using specific text evidence. Students are also presented the opportunity to connect these song lyrics to their own personal life experiences. The story b
Wide River by Langston Hughes Close Reading Poetry Analysis
Close Reading Poetry Analysis of "Wide River" by Langston Hughes. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain understanding of breaking down lines of poetry.This poem pairs well with other poems of the same era of the Harlem Renaissance, such as the poem "I, Too" also by Langston Hughes or "America" by Claude McKay. It also pairs well with relating poetry to music and teaching
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2nd - 12th, Adult Education
EDITABLE: Mini Soundtrack to My Life Slide Deck
GREAT way to introduce Google Slides to your students in a fun, engaging, relevant way all the while letting them shine their personality to the class. In this resource, I have included everything you need to download and go!:-Student Instructions-Templates for Students-Rubric-Examples and Non-Examples -Model for YOU (the teacher!) - you may use my example if you wish, but know that it won't help students get to know YOU.-Pre-made example slides for you to write your own soundtrack example if yo
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6th - 9th
Motivation 101
Songs lyrics are such an awesome way to bring light to critical literacy skills in the classroom. Imagine Dragons' music offers such powerful messages that will help motivate and inspire your students. This set of unit studies empowers your students through the critical analysis of "Natural" and "Whatever It Takes." This teacher resource includes 2 complete, separate, week long ELA units of study that build reading, writing, speaking, listening, and critical thinking skills through engaging, s
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â An Imagine Dragons Classroom
"Don't Give Up On Me"
Bring love and light to your classroom community through this complete unit of study featuring Andy Grammar's beautiful lyrics. The song "Don't Give Up On Me" will lift your students' spirits with it's powerful message of compassion and strength. This unit of study includes-♥copy of song lyrics for student and teacher use♥mental image activity♥"4 Corners" activity and written reflection♥figurative language analysis♥text connections writing♥inferring emotion written response♥building background n
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Building Positive Energy- Creating an Inspired Classroom Community
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