Less than $5 4th Grade Songs

What is the best way to teach number formation? Put it to a rhyme of course!

Help your young learners remember how to write numbers 1-10 with these fun rhymes. Not only does it help them remember during handwriting time, but it also helps them make a visual connection when recognizing numbers.

If you have students struggling with number recognition, practice the rhymes in a variety of ways: sand, whiteboard/marker, bumpy boards, air write, etc. so they get a full multi-sensory experience to solidify number recognition.

Added bonus of a pastel or rainbow one page reference sheet for teachers to laminate and keep at small group table, front board or anywhere you practice numbers!

I have included both a pastel and rainbow color set to mach any classroom decor!

Looking for more traditional number posters for math demonstrated a variety of ways? Check out my 1-20 number posters:

1-20 Number Posters

Happy learning!

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A funny Christmas play that revolves around Holly the Elf. After being accidentally taken to the North Pole one Christmas Eve, she stayed until adulthood and grew up thinking she was an elf herself. One day she found out she was a human, and decided to go and visit her biological father.

On arrival she wasn’t welcomed by her father but soon the family grew to like Holly, and she also found a boyfriend. But then everything changed when she fell out with her father and she decided to leave.

However, as she was walking alone, she heard a crash; when she went to investigate, she noticed it was her good friend, Santa. Her family catch up with her and together they all manage to lift Christmas spirit and power Santa’s sleigh.

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There are song recommendations throughout the script, with a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and modern songs. There are 21 speaking parts, with additional non-speaking roles too for up to 30 students. The play is around 40-50 minutes long.

I hope you have fun with it, my class had a ball!

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If you are unsure whether it will suit your class, download a free preview and give it a go!

I also have a few more Christmas play scripts in my store including:

• A Christmas Carol (A School Remix)
• The Grouch
• A Christmas Carol (A Traditional Version)
• Santa's Successor

To save money you can buy all five play scripts in my Christmas Play Script Bundle (saving nearly 40%) - link below:

• Christmas Play Script Bundle

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Do your students need some extra engagement during the weeks leading up to Christmas? These 3 fluency songs/carols will allow your students to build on their fluency in an exciting way!

1. Students read/sing the song with a partner 3 times

2. Students circle the nouns in green

3. Students circle the verbs in red

4. Students circle adjectives in yellow

Songs included:

Jingle Bells

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Grinch Theme Song

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LA COMIDA (FOOd) - Spanish Song for GCSE, IGCSE, AP, IB Ab Initio & DELE Exam Practice

This catchy Spanish song is designed to help students improve their speaking and listening skills on the topic of FOOD for exams like GCSE, IGCSE, AP, IB, and DELE. The lyrics are packed with essential past, present, future, conditional, and imperfect tenses, making it an ideal resource for revision.

Listen anytime, anywhere!
This song is available on all major streaming platforms so you can revise Spanish on your way to school, work, or even while exercising!
Spotify, Deezer, YouTube Music, Amazon Music etc: https://artists.landr.com/056870554365
The music video is availble on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/1-krvFdvdco?si=7sP4QyGcWXrR9i7i

What’s included in the TWO-page worksheet?
- Lyrics with blanks: Fill in the missing words while listening to the song to practice listening skills and reinforce vocabulary in context.
- Find the correct translation in the lyrics: Match Spanish phrases with their English meanings to deepen understanding and improve comprehension.
- Fill in the blanks with words from the word bank: Strengthen vocabulary recall and learn how words fit naturally into sentences.
- Write the missing word in Spanish or English according to the translation: Encourage bilingual thinking and ensure comprehension of key terms.
- Write the food item names in Spanish: Consolidate topic-specific vocabulary, making it easier to remember in real-world scenarios.
- Form logical sentences: Understand sentence structure and practice grammar in a practical way.
- Unjumble the sentences: Recognise proper sentence order and improve grammatical awareness.
- Answer key: Self-correct and learn independently to reinforce understanding.

How this song helps:
- Boost Listening Skills: improve comprehension with natural pronunciation and key vocabulary.
- Improve Speaking Fluency: sing along to practice pronunciation and intonation.
- Expand Vocabulary: learn or revise essential food related phrases.
- Master Exam Grammar: reinforce verb tenses used in writing and speaking exams.

Perfect for:

• Spanish learners at GCSE, IGCSE, AP, IB, DELE A2-B1 levels
• Teachers looking for engaging classroom resources
• Students wanting a fun and effective revision tool
• Anyone learning the topic of FOOD (La comida) in Spanish

Right in time for your Christmas instrumentalists, we present to you Brenda Lee's hit Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree re-imagined as a HIP HOP TRAP MIX for BUCKET DRUMMING!

There are three all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are grouped 2 or 4 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

The mp3 track is included in this one, so no need to YouTube it. Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!

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All images/photos/clip art in this resource were created by me.

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Start the year off right with this wonderful lesson about the Japanese holiday, Tanabata! Using the book The Star Festival by Mona Ritchie Hadley, introduce your students to this wonderful holiday while discussing wishes and dreams for the upcoming year. Read the poem and then learn the speech piece. Divide into two groups while chanting and playing the two individual rhythm parts on rhythm instruments of your choice. Great for introducing and/or reviewing triplets. Use for late 2nd-4th grade as an end of year or beginning of the year setting of wishes.

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Mi insti (my school) - Spanish Song for GCSE, IGCSE, AP, IB Ab Initio & DELE Exam Practice
This catchy Spanish song is designed to help students improve their speaking and listening skills on the topic of SCHOOL for exams like GCSE, IGCSE, AP, IB, and DELE. The lyrics are packed with essential past, present, future, conditional, and imperfect tenses, making it an ideal resource for revision.
Listen anytime, anywhere!
This song is available on all major streaming platforms so you can revise Spanish on your way to school, work, or even while exercising!
Spotify, Deezer, YouTube Music, Amazon Music etc: https://artists.landr.com/056870280868
The music video is availble on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/vVQolLr0zF4

What’s included in the one-page worksheet?

• Lyrics with blanks: fill in the missing words while listening
• Match up the translation: reinforce key vocabulary
• Fill in the blanks: practicing vocabulary in context
• Translate the sentences into Spanish: the fist letter of each word is given to help.
• Complete the sentences with the words of your choice.
• Answers

How this song helps:

• Boost Listening Skills: improve comprehension with natural pronunciation and key vocabulary.
• Improve Speaking Fluency: sing along to practice pronunciation and intonation.
• Expand Vocabulary: learn or revise essential school-related phrases.
• Master Exam Grammar: reinforce verb tenses used in writing and speaking exams.

Perfect for:

• Spanish learners at GCSE, IGCSE, AP, IB, DELE A2-B1 levels
• Teachers looking for engaging classroom resources
• Students wanting a fun and effective revision tool

In "To the Skies!", introduce your kids to some great music from indigenous instruments from Africa! Using your classroom Djembe or Tubanos (along with tambourines), learn the music by rote by aking it one rehearsal section at a time (with rehearsal markings [A], [B], [C], and so forth). This is terrific practice with your older students who want to work on alternating hands and adding different timbres in with the tambourine

Included is the key for tubano and tambourine notation

At the end, wrap it up and put on a show! Want to layer it?

• Have shakers play eighth notes or dotted quarters all the way throughout or in specific sections
• Have half the class play 1st and 3rd measures, the other half play 2nd and 4th measures
• Do it in a round! :)

Use this in class, a concert, a parent showcase, admin, faculty and staff, whatever you wish!

Have a terrific time with this one :)

Ma famille et moi (my family and I) - French Song for GCSE, IGCSE, AP, IB AB INITIO & DELF/DALF Exam Practice

This catchy French song is designed to help students improve their speaking and listening skills for exams like GCSE, IGCSE, AP, IB, and DELF/DALF at level A2-B1 on the topic of FAMILY AND PERSONAL DESCRIPTION.

The lyrics are packed with essential past, present, future, conditional, and imperfect tenses, making it an ideal resource for revision.

Listen anytime, anywhere!

This song is available on all major streaming platforms so you can revise French on your way to school, work, or even while exercising!

Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/3hNrum_al-Y?si=JIsuhLbGLkSejBm3
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4VKUwUIYfJ2FHAO69qoyA4
Apple Music:
https://geo.music.apple.com/album/ma-famille-et-moi-single/1798981322
iTunes:
https://geo.music.apple.com/album/ma-famille-et-moi-single/1798981322
YouTube Music:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ll0LSEjB307-DkZtid-lSHrupocxIwj1k
Deezer:
https://www.deezer.com/album/719623541
Amazon music:
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DYPBHK6C?ref=dm_ff_amazonmusic.3p

What’s included in the one-page worksheet?

• Lyrics with blanks: fill in the missing words while listening
• Find the translation in the text: strengthen reading comprehension
• Fill in the blanks with the correct missing word
• Match up the translation: reinforce key vocabulary
• Circle the correct word: Test your conjugation skills
• Answers

How this song helps:

• Boost Listening Skills: improve comprehension with natural pronunciation and key vocabulary.
• Improve Speaking Fluency: sing along to practice pronunciation and intonation.
• Expand Vocabulary: learn or revise essential travel and family-related phrases.
• Master Exam Grammar: reinforce verb tenses used in writing and speaking exams.

Perfect for:

• French learners at GCSE, IGCSE, AP, IB, DELE A2-B1 levels
• Teachers looking for engaging classroom resources
• Students wanting a fun and effective revision tool

A fall classic just in time for the spooky bucket drums to come out is the smash introductory song from Disney's hit movie of the same name, we present to you the theme from "Hocus Pocus"!

There are three all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 4 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

Here's the track so you can play along...

https://youtu.be/tgagV6SqeR4

This is a terrific fortifier for triplets -- Keep it steady and keep it spooky!

Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!

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*** Looking for more BUCKET DRUMMING resources? *** Find them here!

French Free Time Activities: Song Worksheet

This fun and interactive worksheet goes hand in hand with the song “Le Temps Libre” (Free Time), helping students learn and practice key phrases to talk about their free time in French. Whether they are preparing for GCSE, IGCSE, AP, DELF, DALF (level A2-B1), or IB, this resource will make revision engaging and effective!

What’s Inside?

• Fill in the blanks to complete the song lyrics and reinforce vocabulary
• Find the English translation of key phrases in the lyrics
• Match sentences to their correct meanings
• Pick the correct conjugation!
• Answer key included for easy self-correction

What students will learn:

• Key vocabulary and phrases to describe hobbies and free time
• Verb conjugations in the present, past, and future
• Better listening comprehension and pronunciation
• Exam-ready sentences to boost their performance

Perfect for students who want a fun way to revise and for teachers looking for ready-to-use resources!

The link to the Youtube song can be found here: https://youtu.be/ZpMd7h7IS4Q?si=AWw2DTcI7ayjfWnE

You can now listen to our songs on your favorite streaming platforms: Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and more!
Click here to start listening: https://artists.landr.com/056870172491!share

Wanna get these kids engaged and smiling ear to ear? Get a TRAP REMIX going full of trap music, backbeats, and trance themes with the theme from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for Bucket Drumming!

There are four all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 2 or 4 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

Here's the track so you can play along...

Teenage Mutant Night Turtles TRAP Remix

Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!

Terms of Use:

All images/photos/clip art in this resource were created by me.

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*** Looking for more BUCKET DRUMMING resources? *** Find them here!

Mis Vacaciones (my holidays) - Spanish Song for GCSE, IGCSE, AP, IB AB INITIO & DELE Exam Practice

This catchy Spanish song is designed to help students improve their speaking and listening skills for exams like GCSE, IGCSE, AP, IB, and DELE. The lyrics are packed with essential past, present, future, conditional, and imperfect tenses, making it an ideal resource for revision.

Listen anytime, anywhere!
This song is available on all major streaming platforms so you can revise Spanish on your way to school, work, or even while exercising!
Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/c52lpTa1Tvw
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2EVQBnHxX8L8K0OkbInjQj
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/mis-vacaciones-single/1798981319
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/mis-vacaciones-single/1798981319
YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nYaok5I66yqwB_XYG3kKFha9tY2tbnxWc

What’s included in the one-page worksheet?

• Lyrics with blanks: fill in the missing words while listening
• Find the translation in the text: strengthen reading comprehension
• Match up the translation: reinforce key vocabulary
• Circle the correct word: Test your conjugation skills
• Answers

How this song helps:

• Boost Listening Skills: improve comprehension with natural pronunciation and key vocabulary.
• Improve Speaking Fluency: sing along to practice pronunciation and intonation.
• Expand Vocabulary: learn or revise essential travel and holiday-related phrases.
• Master Exam Grammar: reinforce verb tenses used in writing and speaking exams.

Perfect for:

• Spanish learners at GCSE, IGCSE, AP, IB, DELE A2-B1 levels
• Teachers looking for engaging classroom resources
• Students wanting a fun and effective revision tool

Right in time for your Christmas instrumentalists, we present to you the Michael Buble's smash hit, "Christmas (Baby, please come home)" for BUCKET DRUMMING!

There are four all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats. Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

NOTE: Remember, all paired eighth notes are swung and there are also a few triplet patterns in here as well to get those alternating hands going!

Here's the track so you can play along...

https://youtu.be/mBycW6iu8GM

Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!

Ma ville ma région (My city my area) - French Song for GCSE, IGCSE, AP, IB AB INITIO & DELF/DALF Exam Practice

This catchy French song is designed to help students improve their speaking and listening skills for exams like GCSE, IGCSE, AP, IB, and DELF/DALF at level A2-B1 on the topic of MY CITY/MY AREA/WHERE I LIVE. The lyrics are packed with essential past, present, future, conditional, and imperfect tenses, making it an ideal resource for revision.

Listen anytime, anywhere!
This song is available on all major streaming platforms so you can revise French on your way to school, work, or even while exercising!

Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/ac7YjHVUmVo

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6gwXXihz9pE0MvAkp3HS7p

Apple Music:
https://geo.music.apple.com/album/ma-ville-ma-région-single/1798942801

iTunes:
https://geo.music.apple.com/album/ma-ville-ma-région-single/1798942801

YouTube Music:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k_4XXOY_HCvf66gYepVEL_LZtkDavhde0

Deezer:
https://www.deezer.com/album/719340411

Amazon music:
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DYL6J98W?ref=dm_ff_amazonmusic.3p

What’s included in the one-page worksheet?

• Lyrics with blanks: fill in the missing words while listening
• Find the translation in the text: strengthen reading comprehension
• Fill in the blanks with the correct missing word
• Match up the translation: reinforce key vocabulary
• Circle the correct word: Test your conjugation skills
• Writing task
• Answers

How this song helps:

• Boost Listening Skills: improve comprehension with natural pronunciation and key vocabulary.
• Improve Speaking Fluency: sing along to practice pronunciation and intonation.
• Expand Vocabulary: learn or revise essential city and area phrases.
• Master Exam Grammar: reinforce verb tenses used in writing and speaking exams.

Perfect for:

• French learners at GCSE, IGCSE, AP, IB, DELE A2-B1 levels
• Teachers looking for engaging classroom resources
• Students wanting a fun and effective revision tool

Wanna get these kids engaged and smiling ear to ear? Get a TRAP REMIX going full of trap music, backbeats, and trance themes with the theme from Minecraft for Bucket Drumming!

There are two all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 3 or 4 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

Here's the track so you can play along...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL4i9FKuiEA

Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!

Terms of Use:

All images/photos/clip art in this resource were created by me.

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*** Looking for more BUCKET DRUMMING resources? *** Find them here!

In a stark departure from our popular music series, here's a TRAP MUSIC bucket drumming arrangement for the theme song from the hit Disney/Disney XD animated series, Gravity Falls!

There are two all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 4 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

Here's the link to the TRAP Remix version on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/Fs\_NqvKadOg

Terms of Use:

All images/photos/clip art in this resource were created by me.

__________________________________

*** Looking for more BUCKET DRUMMING resources? *** Find them here!

In "Walk it Out, introduce your kids to some great music from indigenous instruments from Africa! Using your classroom Djembe or Tubanos, learn the music by rote by taking it one rehearsal section at a time (with rehearsal markings [A], [B], [C],). This is terrific practice with your older students who want to work on alternating hands with some syncopated rhythms

The notation on the first space F is a bass (middle of the drum) and the notation on the third space C is a tone (four fingers near the rim of the drum, pitched a bit higher). There are a few measures with a clap that's indicated on a top line F

At the end, wrap it up and put on a show! Want to layer it?

• Have tambourines or shakers play on specified beats (try 2 and 4)
• Have shakers play 16th notes all the way throughout or in specific sections
• Have half the class play 1st and 3rd measures, the other half play 2nd and 4th measures
• Do it in a round! :)

Use this in class, a concert, a parent showcase, admin, faculty and staff, whatever you wish!

(Remember the repeat in the beginning :D)

Have a terrific time with this one :)

Cup rhythms are terrific for your students of all ages! Inexpensive plastic cups from the dollar store, Target, or others make excellent substitutes for percussion instruments and in unison played together, solidifies steady beat, rhythm acuity, and gets everyone playing as an ensemble!

In this arrangement of Believer, from Imagine Dragons, students will read each corresponding colored section along with the form identifier for the amount of times played.

Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats. Then, apply it your class set of cups (to be done on the ground, in their seat, or however)!

Notation is as follows:

• CUP WITH ARROW - to be played by striking the cup (upside down) on the floor
• CUP WITH HAND - to be played with cup on the floor and patting the top of the cup
• CLAP - hands clap once
• QUARTER REST - one beat rest

Here's the track so you can play along...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wtfhZwyrcc

Cup rhythms are terrific for your students of all ages! Inexpensive plastic cups from the dollar store, Target, or others make excellent substitutes for percussion instruments and in unison played together, solidifies steady beat, rhythm acuity, and gets everyone playing as an ensemble!

In this arrangement of everyone's favorite from the 1970s ABC, from the Jackson Five, students will read each corresponding colored section along with the form identifier for the amount of times played.

Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats. Then, apply it your class set of cups (to be done on the ground, in their seat, or however)!

Notation is as follows:

• CUP WITH ARROW - to be played by striking the cup (upside down) on the floor
• CUP WITH HAND - to be played with cup on the floor and patting the top of the cup
• CLAP - hands clap once
• QUARTER REST - one beat rest

Here's the track so you can play along...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e5qLfeDJmk

Have a great time with this!