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Elementary critical thinking ELA test prep songs
Rock Your Writing! Parts of Speech Bundle - Songs, PowerPoints, Worksheets
Here is the ultimate Rock Your Writing! lesson plan system for teaching elementary schoolers about all the parts of speech. This will save you a lot of money instead of buying our products separately. It even covers prepositional phrases, the four types of sentences and their punctuation, subjects and predicates, and compound sentences. This combo comes with the entire 97- page Rock Your Writing! resource book. Nonfiction sentence examples are used extensively throughout the book, as it is desi
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2nd - 6th
Figurative Speech Through Music: Red by Taylor Swift
All students love music, so why not integrate figurative speech with popular music? This lesson has students listen to or watch the Taylor Swift performance of her song "Red" while searching for similes and metaphors in figurative language. This lesson is engaging and helps students understand what inferencing and figurative speech is. Students will analyze the inferences of the lyrics. A student sheet and an answer key is provided. This can be a whole class or literacy center activity. This
Poetry Palace: A Unit on the Structural Elements of Poetry
Looking for Common-Core aligned resources to teach CCSS 4.RL.5 - in particular, the key structural elements of poetry? This 45 page unit is a jam-packed resource with what you'll need to encourage poetry lovers in all of your students! Through this unit, students will take part in understanding the elements of poetry by familiarizing themselves with the royal family of poetry: King Meter, Queen Stanza, and Princess Poem.Here's what this set includes:Background Info on the Elements of PoetryCol
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3rd - 5th
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Critical Thinking in the Music Classroom {Bundled Set}
Need strategies to promote critical thinking in your music room? Want to encourage 21st century learning? This is a bundle of six different products. Save over 20% by purchasing them as a bundled set! This bundled set includes:
*Discussion starters: Includes sheets for each concept you would teach for each grade level, as well as a sheet for various concepts/ skills. The sheets are formatted so that you can check off the questions as you use them in your lessons, and teacher notes are included
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K - 5th
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Critical Thinking in the Music Classroom {Kindergarten}
Need strategies to promote critical thinking in your Kindergarten music room? Want to encourage 21st century learning? This set includes discussion starters, visuals, art starters, and more!
Click HERE to save over 20% by buying this with my Critical Thinking in the Music Classroom Bundled Set.
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*Discussion starters: Several questions are included for each of the following concepts: loud/quiet, fast/slow, beat, high/low, and rhythm, as well as a page of questions for various
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Critical Thinking in the Music Classroom {Bundled Set}
RAP Written Comprehension Strategy Bookmark and Song
RAP Written Comprehension Strategy Bookmark
This bookmark is meant to assist students with written response questions.
The song acts as an auditory aid to remember the steps in the RAP strategy.
My students were truly engaged with the song.
Despite on-level oral reading and oral comprehension, many students score significantly below when responding to questions in writing to the same text. The RAP strategy coupled with the song aid students with such responses.
R- Restate the question
A- Answ
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1st - 5th
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Pop Songs: Music Appreciation Prompts
Use these pop song writing prompts to help kids tune in to the songs they listen to daily. What songs do we appreciate and why?
Uses: writing in music class, critical thinking, creative writing, lyric study, close reading, brain breaks, fun stuff, sub plans
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32 critical thinking song writing prompts - color
32 critical thinking song writing prompts - black and white
2 posters - color
1 song question sheet - color
1 song question sheet - black and white
2 writing papers featuring BP
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4th - 7th
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Reading Songs Bundle
Teach using this fun collection of videos, song lyrics, rhymes, and chants about reading skills, topics, and strategies. Most of the song lyrics can be sung using tunes from pop songs or children's songs. Some skills and strategies covered include author's purpose, context clues, sequence, parts of a story, QAR, text structures, and much more. Kids LOVE them! Public domain music is used in the videos. Otherwise, music is NOT included due to copyright restrictions. Go online to search for instrum
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3rd - 5th
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Critical Thinking in the Music Classroom {First Grade}
Need strategies to promote critical thinking in your First Grade music room? Want to encourage 21st century learning? This set includes art starters, discussion starters, visuals, and more!
Click HERE to save over 20% by buying this as part of my Critical Thinking in my Music Classroom {Bundled Set}.
*Discussion starters: Several questions are included for each of the following concepts: Ta and Ti-Ti (Quarter note and Eighth notes), Quarter Rest, Sol-Mi, and La, as well as a page of questions
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Critical Thinking in the Music Classroom {Bundled Set}
Critical Thinking in the Music Classroom {Second Grade}
Need strategies to promote critical thinking in your Second Grade music room? Want to encourage 21st century learning? This set includes:*Discussion starters: Several questions are included for each of the following concepts: 2-beat meter (2/4), Tika-Tika (Sixteenth notes), Half Note, Do, and Re, as well as a page of questions for various topics, such as form and audience etiquette. The sheets are formatted so that you can check off the questions as you use them in your lessons, and teacher note
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Critical Thinking in the Music Classroom {Bundled Set}
Pop Songs with lessons - mindfulness, social justice, courage, kindness
#classroom community: These powerful pop songs support any kindness and bullying prevention programs you have in place. Powerful lyrics help kids deal with bullies and stress. Songs promote tolerance of others, friendship and teamwork, and healthy self esteem. They inspire critical thinking and creative writing! BP social skills songs make a perfect addition to your classroom playlist!LYRICS INCLUDED. 11 also have simple lesson plans.General ed teachers: Use these songs for close reading and lyr
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4th - 8th
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Critical Thinking in the Music Classroom {Third Grade}
Need strategies to promote critical thinking in your Third Grade music room? Want to encourage 21st century learning? This set includes:*Discussion starters: Several questions are included for each of the following concepts: 4-beat meter (4/4), Ti-Tika (1 eighth/ 2 sixteenth notes), Tika-Ti (2 sixteenth/ 1 eighth note), Low La, and Low Sol, as well as a page of questions for various topics, such as instrument families and treble clef. The sheets are formatted so that you can check off the questi
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in: Critical Thinking in the Music Classroom {Bundled Set}
MUSIC & MATH - What Does A Dot Do? - Lesson Plan, Song, Worksheet, ORFF Arrgmt.
*** $3.00 ***Overview:This product challenges students to use their critical thinking skills to determine the values of notes as it relates to different time signatures. They must be knowledgeable of fractions. The purpose of the dot in music is discussed and applied. A great tool to use for curriculum integration!Materials included:• Lesson Plan with Essential Standards & Objectives• Original Song: What Does A Dot Do?• Student Worksheet• Answer Guide• Orff Arrangement contains conductor s
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3rd - 6th
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Robert Frost Poetry Compare and Contrast Analysis Activity and Essay
Analyze Robert Frost's classic poem "The Road Not Taken" with close reading annotations and questions. Discusses message, tone, and figurative language. Then, compare and contrast the poem with country singer Lauren Alaina's hit song "The Road Less Traveled"! Students will explore music as poetry and discover if two poems with similar titles are really the same. Answer key and essay rubric provided! My students LOVED this activity and I hope yours will as well! The song is catchy and has a p
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5th - 9th
Growth Mindset Songs and Rhymes
Help young students develop growth mindset, work hard, and stay positive with these original rhymes and songs sung to familiar tunes. Introduce the power of yet, learning from mistakes, and perseverance using these songs and rhymes that are developmentally appropriate for young learners. Singing helps these concepts stick and will keep your students engaged and learning. Perfect for the beginning of the year and super for reinforcement any time, encourage young learners to be confident in thems
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Growth Mindset and Good Student Songs BUNDLE
Peace Song - empathetic to all - timely and powerful
This powerful and timely peace song - penned in Jerusalem years ago - encourages empathy for not only all those suffering in the Israeli Palestinian struggle, but for anyone praying for peace in their own world. 'Enough' has a long history of touching the hearts the of students, gently leading them to a more tolerant point of view. It is a huge student, parent, and teacher favorite - our second most popular song.General ed teachers: Use this song to enhance any bullying prevention and social ski
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5th - 9th
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Prefix and Suffix - Music Video - Educational Song
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Grammarheads videos are the perfect supplement to every day instruction. Use them as an anticipatory set to get your kids pumped up about what you have to teach. Use them to fill gaps your general curriculum left open. You can even use them for karaoke in the classroom! Any way you cut it, they're a fantastic addition to your lesson plan. You won't find any whacky cartoon characters or childish gimmicks that take away from the content. I
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2nd - 6th
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Reading Test Attack: Reading Test-Taking Strategies Song and Video
Lyrics
Chorus:
Before you read:
1. Directions
2. T.I.Q.
3. Prediction
While you read:
4. Strategies
5. Star the clues from the questions
After you read:
6. Examine the questions
7. Keep or eliminate
8. Evidence and then answer
Before you read:
Here’s how you start it right
Read the directions
And circle the type of passage
That you’re about to read.
Is it informational or literature?
If it’s a story, say “Yay!”
‘Cause it’s easy for your brain to process.
Informational is great.
Just reme
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2nd - 12th
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Reading Comprehension Strategies Song Lyrics PowerPoint and Posters
Teach your students about the important reading comprehension strategies of questioning, predicting, visualizing, inferring, summarizing, connecting, synthesizing and evaluating with a catchy song and colorful posters. The song lyrics PowerPoint can be sung to the tune of The Addams Family Theme. There are key-themed posters for each strategy alone and all strategies together.Music is NOT included due to copyright restrictions. You can hear the original song and find instrumental music on YouTub
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: Reading Songs Bundle
Critical Thinking in the Music Classroom {Fourth Grade}
Need strategies to promote critical thinking in your Fourth Grade music room? Want to encourage 21st century learning? This set includes:*Discussion starters: Several questions are included for each of the following concepts: 3-beat meter (3/4), Syncopa (eighth/ quarter/ eighth), Tim-ka (Dotted eighth/ sixteenth), High do, and Fa, as well as a page of questions for various topics, such as instrument families and using technology to compose and perform music. The sheets are formatted so that you
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4th - 5th
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Also included in: Critical Thinking in the Music Classroom {Bundled Set}
Types of Sentences - Music Video - Educational Song
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This 3-minute rock video will teach your students about the use of statements, questions, commands and exclamations. It can be used to accompany the sentences worksheet packet, PowerPoint or song. Click the following links for more information.
Sentences Worksheet Packet and Lesson Plan
Sentences PowerPoint
Sentences Song
Be sure to check out the Types of Sentences Music Video Bundle (with quiz).
Sentences Music Video Bundle
Types of Sentences are als
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2nd - 6th
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Conjunctions and Compound Sentences - Music Video - Educational Song
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This 3-minute rock video will teach your students the use of conjunctions and compound sentences. It can be used to accompany the conjunctions worksheet packet. Click the following link for more information.
Conjunctions Worksheet Packet and Lesson Plan
For only $1.50 more, be sure to check out the Conjunctions Video Bundle (with quiz).
Conjunctions Music Video Bundle
Conjunctions are also a huge part of our "Parts of Speech" Resource Bund
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2nd - 6th
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Adverbs - Music Video - Educational Song
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This 3-minute rock video will teach your students the use of adverbs. It can be used to accompany the adverbs worksheet packet.
Adverbs Worksheet Packet and Lesson Plan
For only $1.50 more, be sure to check out the Adverbs Video Bundle (with quiz).
Click here to view the Adverbs Video Bundle
Grammarheads videos are the perfect supplement to every day instruction. Use them as an anticipatory set to get your kids pumped up about what you hav
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2nd - 6th
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