Curated OER
Catch the Beat
Use this rhythm and pattern activity during transition times or on it own. Start by introducing a rhythm with 2, 3, or 4 beats; use your feet, hands, or entire body to demonstrate. Once learners have figured out the pattern, they join...
K5 Learning
The Music Concert
Second graders read an informational text passage on music concerts and then answer questions based on what they read.
Rockin' English Lessons
"Count to 20 Song" - Rockin' English Musical Lesson (Numbers 1-20)
Pupils will be tapping their toes to this upbeat, rock 'n' roll song that counts from one to twenty and provides a visual representation of each number!
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Musical Families
Planning a trip to the symphony? Prepare first-time attendees for the experience with overheads that identify the roles played by the concertmaster, conductor, musicians, and even the audience. The musical families are introduced and...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Family Time: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 5)
Provide extra support with a unit that follows a teach, blend, guided practice, and practice/apply routine to reinforce reading, grammar, vocabulary, and writing skills. Reading and writing lessons include supporting details, story...
MENSA Education & Research Foundation
Magical Musical Tour: Using Lyrics to Teach Literary Elements
Language arts learners don't need a lecture about poetry; they listen to poetry every day on the radio! Apply skills from literary analysis to famous songs and beautiful lyrics with a instructional activity about literary devices. As...
Ziptales
The Pied Piper of Hamelin: The Mystery of the Children of Hamelin
Which is more likely: 130 children followed a magical piper out of Hamelin and disappeared forever, or that they died of the plague? Or could they have escaped from Hamelin via a secret tunnel to Transylvania? Learners investigate...
K5 Learning
Musical Instruments to Play
Bring some music to your language arts lesson with a reading comprehension activity. Learners read an informational passage about different musical instruments before answering a series of comprehension and vocabulary questions.
Rockin' English Lessons
Count to 10 Song - Rockin' English Lesson (Numbers 1-10)
Add a little music to your counting instruction! Count and read numbers one to ten in a song accompanied by a guitar and drums.
Curated OER
Tears of Joy Theatre Presents Anansi the Spider
Accompany the African folktale, Anansi the Spider, with a collection of five lessons, each equipped with supplemental activities. Lessons offer multidisciplinary reinforcement in English language arts, social studies, science, and arts...
Rockin' English Lessons
"Have and Has Song"–Rockin' English
A fun, rock n' roll beat and light-hearted example sentences make up this music video designed to support your instruction of perfect tense verbs, have and has.
Rockin' English Lessons
"A and An Song"–English Lesson for "A and An"–Rockin' English
The catchy beat and informative lyrics of this video support grammar instruction of indefinite articles a and an. As the song plays in the background, sentences and charts showcased when to use a or an with vowels or consonants.
Little Baby Bum
Number Songs: 100 to 1000 - Big Numbers!
Go on an undersea adventure with a music video featuring a children's song about counting numbers. A friendly octopus swims freely while he counts to 1,000 by hundreds.
ABCmouse
Count to Ten
Reinforce counting skills with a captivating music video that follows a young boy and his dog as they explore the outdoors, all the while a choir of children count to 10 to the tune of This Old Man.
Little Baby Bum
ABC Song: Alphabet Party!
Come join the party! Watch and sing along to a music video featuring a host of friendly characters that carry letter balloons and float to a party in the clouds while the alphabet song is sung.
Little Baby Bum
Numbers Song: Number 4
Discover the number four with a music video equipped with captivating graphics, a fun rhythm, and a singer that features items such as shapes with four sides, a table with four legs, and more!
Little Baby Bum
Shapes Song: Circle Song
Bright colors and a calming singing voice make up a music video highlighting a shape—the circle.
ABCmouse
Explore and Discover
Inspire scholars to explore and discover with a music video that highlights the fun of unearthing new things. Captivating graphics take viewers through several learning experiences such as science experiments and unearthing lost treasures.
Curated OER
African Music
In this African music worksheet, students read about how family life, community music, and rhythms are part of the culture and music of Africa.
Rockin' English Lessons
Possessive Adjectives Song–"My Heart and Your Heart"–Rockin' English
Get ready to snap along with the cool jazz beat! In this music video, example sentences are featured using the possessive adjectives my, your, our, his, her, its, your, their, and my.
Little Baby Bum
Five Little Kittens Jumping On The Bed
Count backward as five frisky kittens jump on their beds in a music video featuring colorful graphics and a playful tune.
Rockin' English Lessons
Plural Regular Song–"2 Hats, 2 Cats and 1 Dog"–Rockin' English
Enthusiastic grammarians and singers won't be able to stop tapping their toes to this upbeat music video featuring plural nouns. Learners discover through basic example sentences and hand-drawn animation how adding an s makes a noun plural.
ABCmouse
Look at All the Colors I Can See
Learn the colors of the rainbow with help from a music video that highlights 12 colors—primary and secondary.
Little Baby Bum
Ten Little Buses (From Wheels On The Bus)
Ten friendly buses travel the city and countryside in a music video featuring the song, Ten Little Buses, designed to reinforce counting by one, forward and backward.