Are you looking for a fresh and exciting way to motivate your class while enhancing their ELAR skills? This motivational rap song for your students is the answer! 🎧 The Power of Music in Motivation: We all know that music has a magical ability to inspire and uplift. Harness that power in your classroom! This…
Need a free, printable black history skit or play for church youth? This faith-based play titled Believers is great for any youth group to perform for a church service during Black History Month. You can even use it for special events and programs to give your youth a fun, educational, and powerful experience to share…
Need quick ELA fun with rigor this holiday season? Then this parody rap song with Christmas around the world, reading comprehension PDF activities will give you a very merry season! Use rap lyrics as a reading passage! Picture this: your students vibing to a bouncy track while exploring unique Christmas celebrations throughout the world with…
Here is a unique spin on Women’s History Month reading comprehension activities – rap songs as reading passage activities! Use rap song lyrics as reading passage activities! That’s right, we’ve got rap songs that explore the lives, challenges, and accomplishments of several influential women in history. These songs will not only keep your students’ attention,…
Say goodbye to boring worksheets and hello to a fresh approach with these Henry “Box” Brown reading comprehension activities with biography rap song! Engage with music These activities make learning fun and engaging with the power of rap music. The song for these activities explores Henry Brown’s life as a slave, his daring “mail-myself-to-freedom” plan,…
Celebrate the history of Valentine’s Day with a rap song that explores the holiday’s origins and the legends behind it with reading activities! The history of Valentine’s Day meets rap! With these no-prep activities that are super simple and easy to use, your students will listen to the song, then use the lyrics as a…
Looking for fun activities for main idea and supporting details with something quite different from the generic stuff that’s everywhere? This main idea rap song with reading activities is the solution! The Main Idea Detective song and activity will take your students on an adventure with Detective “Pic” as she uses her main idea and…
There’s a beautiful moment that happens when students engage with a text and get excited by it. When I’m creating lessons, I’m constantly looking at current popular culture and what interests my students. There are plenty of great lessons for teachers to use with students when school’s in, but what about summer school reading activities?…
Let’s cut to the chase. School is winding down and you need end of year reading activities for your middle school students that are engaging and meet the standards. If that’s you, this all you need for a great end of year! Give your students practice with reading skills while covering a range of topics…
Rap songs + scary story reading comprehension worksheets = AWESOME! Keep your students’ attention using rap song lyrics as scary short stories while they practice a variety of reading skills. Easily incorporate them into independent activities or complete them together as a class lesson. The songs for these activities explore the lives of teens who encounter frightful problems such…