Words & Music
for Grades 3-6
Student Resources
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curricular connections
Music, Language Arts
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select standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.10
Lessons
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Student Worksheet: Try a Song
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Student Worksheet: Song Outline
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Student Worksheet: Song Structure Practice
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Lyric Sheet: "Somebody's Daughter"
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"Somebody's Daughter"
Performed by: Tenille Townes
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Student Worksheet: Writing Titles and Hooks
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Lyric Sheet: "Country Girl"
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"Country Girl"
Performed by: Carolina Chocolate Drops
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Student Worksheet: On the Road Again
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Student Worksheet: Subject and Theme
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"On the Road Again”
Written by: Willie Nelson
Performed by: Willie Nelson
[Time: 2:09] -
"Forever and Ever, Amen”
Written by: Paul Overstreet/Don Schlitz
Performed by: Randy Travis
[Time: 4:16] -
"Love Hurts”
Performed by: The Everly Brothers
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"Love Hurts"
Performed by: Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris
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Student Worksheet: Rhythm and Syllables
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"You Are My Sunshine”
Written by: Jimmie Davis/Charles Mitchell
Performed by: Jimmie Davis
[Time: 2:42] -
"You Are My Sunshine"
Performed by: Ray Charles
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Student Worksheet: Rhyming
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"When You Say Nothing at All”
Written by: Paul Overstreet/Don Schlitz
Performed by: Alison Krauss
[Time: 4:34] -
"Ride Out in the Country"
Written by: Dan Auerbach, Joe Allen, and Yola, Performed by: Yola, [Time: 3:15]
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"Man in Black”
Written by: Johnny Cash
Performed by: Johnny Cash
[Time: 3:41] -
"Hungry Eyes"
Written by: Merle Haggard, Performed by: Merle Haggard, [Time: 3:28]
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Student Worksheet: Images from Memory
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Lyric Sheet: "Coat of Many Colors"
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"Coat of Many Colors”
Written by: Dolly Parton
Performed by: Dolly Parton
[Time: 3:32]
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Student Worksheet: Brainstorm Wheel
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Student Worksheet: Sensory and Emotion Brainstorm
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Supplement: Songwriting Template
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Supplement: Spider Map
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Student Worksheet: Blues Song Template
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Manuscripts
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Student Worksheet: Partner Revision
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Student Reflection
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Chuck Berry
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Otis Blackwell
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Bobby Braddock
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Johnny Cash
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Hank Cochran
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Bob Dylan
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Kye Flemming
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Woody Guthrie
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Merle Haggard
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Tom T. Hall
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Harlan Howard
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Janis Ian
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Alan Jackson
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Kris Kristofferson
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Bill Monroe
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Kacey Musgraves
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Willie Nelson
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Dolly Parton
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Don Schlitz
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Taylor Swift
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Shania Twain
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Cindy Walker
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Hank Williams