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8th grade songs for Gifted and Talented
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: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 4th Grade Bundle 30% off
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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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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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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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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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!
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
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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Don't stress song: dealing with anxiety
This song helps kids deal with stress and anxiety. Lyrics reminds us all we can't control every detail of our lives - so bless our mess. In these complicated times, is it any wonder Messy is one of our most popular songs to date?
Add Messy to your classroom playlist to lead everyone to mindfulness. No worries, no hurries - it's okay to relax!
Gifted kids LOVE these lyrics! Ditto ADHD and ADD challenged individuals. And teachers need to relax too!
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Friendship loyalty song g
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4th - 12th
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Depth & Complexity with ANY Song Lyric (EDITABLE)
Engage your students by giving them the tools to analyze ANY song lyric! This 6 page mini lesson gives students all 11 depth and complexity icons to utilize as they analyze 2 songs at once! Simply copy and paste in your song lyrics into the template and print! This works best for students who have already been introduced to depth and complexity icons as they are mearly used as symbols to reference throughout the lesson. Students are tasked with identifying the icons in the both lyrics, answering
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4th - 12th
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Holocaust Remembrance Day: "6,000,000" Song Video with Teacher's Guides & Music
Hank Fellows is an ASCAP Award-winning songwriter and educator. 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. Since 2006, the song "6,000,000" has been performed numerous times across America in Holocaust Education and Holocaust Remembrance Day programs. This four-minute video uses the song "6,000,000" as the soundtrack, and includes 16 audience-friendly arc
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6th - 9th
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PATRIOTIC VIDEO FOR CLASSROOMS - "ONE HEART, ONE VOICE" - WITH LESSON PLAN
"America's Songwriter" and educator Hank Fellows has created a child-friendly Patriotic Video (for Grades 5-12) using his nationally-acclaimed patriotic song "One Heart, One Voice" as the soundtrack. This Video's themes include The Founding Fathers; our Veterans; the Early 20th Century Immigrant Experience; and America's dramatic recovery from the 9/11 attacks. This four minute, high-resolution Video is perfect for classroom use and school assemblies. Ideal for Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Pat
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Middle East Song MP3 Performance Track - Audio Memory
The Middle East Song MP3 Performance Track is from Geography Songs by Kathy Troxel/Audio Memory - copyright 2010. It is a new arrangement of an old favorite. This is the same music as the Middle East Song but without the vocal track.
It may be used for performances of the song. It can also be used as an assessment test.
The Middle East Song is one of 33 Geography Songs which are available on CD. The 68-page Geography Songs book has all the lyrics, numbered maps and tests to go with the songs.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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A Summertime Time
This is a song that I wrote called " A Summertime Time". I use it with seasonal lesson plans, vacation themes, and just for the students to relax to once in a while.
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PreK - 12th
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The Immigration Song
This song is sung to the tune of "I've Been Working on the Railroad" and teaches the following standards:
From what continent did most immigrants come to the U.S. in the 1800s?
What purpose did Ellis Island serve?
What kind of jobs did immigrants have?
What was life like for immigrants?
How did people like Jane Adams help the immigrants?
Learning the song will help your children have a long-term memory scaffold, on which to store and access anll the important points you teach them in your immigr
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4th - 8th
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Learn the States and Capitals Through Song
This is a song I wrote to help students memorize the 50 States and Capitals. I didn't like the Anamaniacs version because it was so scattered over the map. I wrote it so it would go from the East to the West coast.
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3rd - 8th
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Alexander the Great Song
Here is a song to teach about Alexander the Great, amazing conqueror and King of Macedonia.
The way I used this was to play an instrumental version of "Can't Stop the Feeling" by Justin Timberlake and then sing with it at the beginning of the lesson. I then asked my students what they already knew about Alexander the Great that was included in the song. Then, as we went through our lessons, learning more about him, we would pull the lyrics back up and highlight/circle parts we learned about and
Grades:
6th - 12th
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