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5th grade close reading songs
Hamilton The Musical - Close Reading About the Revolutionary War
Use Hamilton the Musical to enhance your unit on The American Revolution!
Hamilton fever is strong in my house. My sixteen year old daughter caught it first - singing the songs, proudly wearing her “Young Scrappy and Hungry” t-shirt. I thought it was great, but I also thought it was for older kids. It was only when I saw my 10 year old son singing along with his sister that I started thinking that I could harness the brilliance of Hamilton the Musical to get my 4th graders excited about a
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4th - 6th
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Figurative Language with Encanto's Surface Pressure song
Use the popular song "Surface Pressure" from Disney's Encanto to teach and review figurative language. This song contains so many examples of figurative language: idioms, similes, metaphors, onomatopeias, and hyperboles.Includes a whole group activity with the song and also task cards for student independent practice. Includes answer key for task cards.
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2nd - 7th
Reading Fluency Passages Bundle (Distance Learning)
Reading Fluency Passages for Upper Grades is a collection of poems, songs, quotes, and speeches that teach about America’s history as students focus on reading fluency. Common Core Anchor Reading Standards posters can also be used to remind students of the strategies they are using while working on their fluency. Poems by Robert Frost and songs about westward expansion help students understand about different time periods and introduce them to many different vocabulary words. Students learn to r
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3rd - 6th
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National Poetry Month Middle School Music as Poetry Song Activity Worksheets
Do your middle school students find poetry boring? Engage them with the music of Green Day with this low prep figurative language practice and song lyrics analysis activity. Your students will connect the song lyrics with background information and context to find deeper meaning, practice annotating figurative language, and answer thought-provoking discussion questions. Perfect for an individual class assignment, partner or group work, as an assessment, or on substitute days!✨Includes:Song Back
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5th - 8th
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Poetry Through Music
This is a great way to introduce poetry through the use of motivating music that the kids can relate to
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*Figurative Language definitions
*Songs by popular artists and movies. Examples include: "Let it Go" "Hakunah Matata" "Don't Worry, Be Happy" "Shake it Off" "Mean"
*Compare and Contrast Chart/VennDiagram
*Coding the Text Handout
*Digging Deeper into the meaning of the songs (I think..I wonder..) organizers
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3rd - 8th
March Madness - Figurative Language with Pop Artists or Music
March Madness - Figurative Language with Popular Artists' music/songs is an engaging and fresh way for students to engage in Literacy Content. This resource includes Google slides, a Google form, and a printable handout. This NO PREP March Madness activity is a great way to practice finding/annotating for figurative language! Split this activity/lesson into multiple days or all at once! Kids are certainly not going to know they are practicing literacy standards!
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3rd - 8th
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CKLA 5th Grade Unit 3: Poetry (Songs)
Why songs? CKLA 5th grade Unit 2 goes through different types of poems as well as figurative language. I found that my students had a hard time getting excited to read or write poetry because they weren't able to connect with the poems. However, once they understood that music is also poetry, they got much more invested. This resource includes song examples that connect with each poem in the unit. The songs go in order of the lessons (for example: Lesson 1 is apostrophe poems so the first song f
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5th
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Song Lyrics Analysis FREEBIE {Theme, Figurative Language, and more!}
This is one of my most popular and highly requested activities by students! Simple yet highly engaging activity that focuses on many important ELA skills:-Close read and annotate a text-Vocabulary and context clues-Figurative language-Theme and author's purpose-Making connectionsI have created a variety of these and each analysis activity is tailored to the specific song! I'm giving you this activity for FREE!If you like it, let me know in the feedback AND follow me on TPT to be one of the first
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4th - 7th
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Wonder- Song Lyrics Book
This book is a collection of all the songs lyrics that are mentioned in each of the different parts of the book, Wonder by R.J. Palacio. This will allow students to do a close read of each of the songs to see how they connect to the character that the chapter is about.
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4th - 6th
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Lyric Analysis: any song
This lyric analysis sheet was created by Literary Sherri specifically for use with our songs. Huge hug of appreciation, Ms Sherri!
Music teachers: use this lyric analysis sheet to cover required standards in music class.
General ed teachers: use this lyric analysis sheet to promote critical thinking, for rainy days, brain breaks, sub plans, gifted learners, early finishers, poetry study, encouraging kindness and loyal attitudes, and to support any anti bullying program.
copyright 2016 by Lit
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3rd - 9th
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Choosing Effective Textual Evidence (with music lyrics)
Have students practice choosing effective textual evidence to support a claim. This all based around 2020-2021 Pop / TikTok songs. READY TO USE!!Includes a Do NowIncludes Learning TargetIncludes directionsIncludes an Exit TicketEasily set up as an I do, We do, You do activity
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5th - 12th
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Reading Comprehension - Christmas Up on the Housetop
Squeeze in some reading practice during the busy holiday season with this fun passage! Students will read the lyrics from the famous Christmas carol Up on the Housetop. Then, students will answer five text dependent comprehension questions. An answer key is included. ★ This resource is ready to be added to your Google Classroom via self-grading Google Forms. Just click the link in the document! ***************************************************************************Need more? Check out these
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2nd - 5th
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Encanto Movie Lesson: Citing with Video Evidence using RACES
Is the Disney playlist from "Encanto" stuck in you or your students' heads? This is the perfect resource to have mandatory singing in class! This resource includes an "I do, We do, You do" guided lesson with links for how to answer with RACES (restate, answer, cite, explain, summarize). Additionally, a movie comprehension guide, escape room, and TDA are available to keep the learning going just as much as the songs keep going in our heads!
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2nd - 8th
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Theme Review: Using Text and Song Lyrics
This slideshow can be used as an introduction to or review of theme and how to find the moral/life lesson of a story. It is split into 2 days of instruction, but you can also pick and choose parts to use to teach the review in one day. "Let Them Play" by Margot Theis Raven is a suggested read aloud to use. There are also slides with song lyrics and links to the videos of these song lyrics. Work with the students to teach, model, and practice how to find the theme of a story using both the book
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3rd - 6th
Main Idea and Supporting Details Passage Worksheets for 4th and 5th Grade
Based on rap song, these main idea and supporting details passage worksheets will keep your students engaged using rap song lyrics as a reading passage in this mini lesson that's perfect for 4th and 5th grade students! Students will love listening to the song then analyzing the song lyrics as a reading passage and drawing conclusions using textual evidence. This activity is great for busy teachers and is:- no prep to save you time- super simple and easy to use- engaging for all types of learners
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4th - 6th
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Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions: Christmas Jolly Old St Nicholas
Squeeze in some reading practice during the busy holiday season with this fun passage! Students will read the lyrics from the famous Christmas carol Jolly Old Saint Nicholas. Then, students will answer five text dependent comprehension questions. An answer key is included. ★ This resource is ready to be added to your Google Classroom via self-grading Google Forms! Just click the button in the document! ***************************************************************************Need more? Check o
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2nd - 5th
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HISTORY OF APRIL FOOLS' DAY- INFORMATIONAL TEXT & POETIC DEVICES
Informative April Fools' Day Texts & Poetic Devices Activities Common Core AlignedWhat's included:2 Informational Texts on the History of April Fools’ DayClose Reading QuestionsQuestions that require CITING Evidence from textThe song, “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” by Frankie Lymon Activity requiring students to identify figurative language and rhyme schemeLink to music videoAnswer KeyFollow Me:TwitterFacebookPinterestInstagramBlog (Lit with Lyns)
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5th - 8th
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Poetry: Figurative Language In Song Lyrics Slideshow
This slideshow focuses on 4 types of figurative language (Similes, Metaphors, Hyperbole, and Personification) and includes examples of song lyrics that contain these types of figurative language. 1. Simile: Fight Song by Rachel Platten, Replay by Iyaz2. Metaphor: Stereo Hearts by Gym Class Heroes, Mercy by Shawn Mendes3. Hyperbole: Grenade by Bruno Mars, 1000 Years by Christina Perri4. Personification: Wake Me Up by Avicii, Thriler by Michael Jackson5. Students have to identify what type of figu
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3rd - 6th
"No More Kings" Depth and Complexity Frame
This product includes lyrics to the song by Schoolhouse Rock, "No More Kings," as well as a Depth and Complexity Frame with 4 prompts for students to respond to.
I usually like to show the video a few times, without, then with the lyrics. We close read the lyrics to look for the main ideas, details, etc. Lastly, students independently fill out the prompts.
Enjoy!
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4th - 8th
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Figurative Language Song Hunt; Stereo Hearts
I plan to use this with my fourth graders this year on Valentine's Day because it has a heart theme. It's a great way to review figurative language and also text comprehension. The song that I used is full of double meanings (double entendre). I've made this digital copy to also reach my online students. In years past, the students have loved to talk about this song!
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4th - 12th
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Lyric Study Bundle
These song lyrics are a fun way for students to practice close reading strategies! Songs support Social Emotional Learning, and foster deeper thinking and comprehension.PDF downloads with added QR code to listen to the song!
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3rd - 12th
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Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions: Christmas Oh Christmas Tree
Squeeze in some reading practice during the busy holiday season with this fun passage! Students will read the lyrics from the famous Christmas carol Oh Christmas Tree. Then, students will answer five text dependent comprehension questions. An answer key is included. ★ This resource is ready to be added to your Google Classroom via self-grading Google Forms. Just click the link in the document! ***************************************************************************Need more holiday materials
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2nd - 5th
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National Poetry Month Music as Poetry Analysis and Worksheets Middle School
Looking for a fun middle school figurative language poetry activity with song lyrics for close reading? This folk music activity features a writing prompt students can connect to, lyrics with strong figurative language, a vocabulary element, and thought-provoking discussion questions. Can be used as a class assignment, homework, or as an assessment. Includes:Reflective pre-listening journal promptSong Lyrics Video link for listeningAnnotation instructions printable Discussion QuestionsWant more
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5th - 7th
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Fluency Sing A Long
Use songs to practice fluency in the classroom! This packet includes lyrics to songs in several different genres. The included songs are:It’s a Great Day to be Alive - Travis TrittThe Only Way I Know - Jason AldeanThe Road Less Traveled - George StraitSomething to be Proud Of - Montgomery Gentry[Sittin’ On] The Dock of the Bay - Otis ReddingLove is the Answer - Aloe BlaccStand By Me - Ben E KingKeep Your Head Up - Andy GrammerDream Like New York - Tyrone WellsWhat Would You Say - Trailer ChoirHa
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3rd - 5th
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