1. 1849
[History-Social Science 4.3.3: Analyze the effects of the Gold Rush on settlements, daily life, politics, and the physical environment.]
This Gold Rush song introduces (or reinforces the knowledge of) important figures in California in 1849, gold mining supplies, and more. The catchy chorus helps students remember the year the Gold Rush began.
2. Math Vocabulary
[Number Sense 4.2: Know that numbers such as 2, 3, 5, 7, and 11 do not have any factors except 1 and themselves and that such numbers are called prime numbers.]
“Math Vocabulary” focuses on important math terms, such as product, quotient, composite, and prime.
3. Personal Narrative Writing
[Writing Applications 2.1: Write narratives: a. Relate ideas, observations, or recollections of an event or experience, b. Provide a context to enable the reader to imagine the world of the event or experience, c. Use concrete sensory details.]
This song gives students tips on how to write a personal narrative, and what to include, such as details, a setting, and the solving of a problem.
4. Parts of Speech
[Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.2: Combine short, related sentences with appositives, participial phrases, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases.]
“Parts of Speech” personifies nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, giving examples of each.
5. Summary Writing
[Writing Applications 2.4: Write summaries that contain the main ideas of the reading selection and the most significant details.]
This song tells the story of Simple Sal, who doesn’t know how to write a summary, and his friend Summary Steve, who teaches him.
6. Electricity
[Physical Sciences 1.e: Students know electrically charged objects attract or repel each other.]
“Electricity” describes circuits, static electricity, positive and negative charges, and how current flows.
7. Good Writing Skills
[Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.6: Capitalize names of magazines, newspapers, works of art, musical compositions, organizations, and the first word in quotations when appropriate; Writing Strategies 1.4: Write fluidly and legibly in cursive or joined italic; Writing Strategies 1.2e: Use correct indentation; Writing Strategies 1.10: Edit and revise selected drafts to improve coherence and progression by adding, deleting, consolidating, and rearranging text.]
Do your students “write good?” “Good Writing Skills” will help educate your class about capitalization, when to indent, following prompts, and more.
8. Simplifying Fractions
[Number Sense 1.5: Explain equivalents of fractions.]
This song reminds students to find the greatest common factor when simplifying, and encourages use of academic language such as numerator and denominator.
9. Good Choices
“Good Choices” reminds students that they have the option of making healthy decisions every day.
10. I’ll Do My Best on the Test
This rap tells how students can prepare for testing, especially when faced with multiple choice questions.
