Flocabulary

I have a song downloaded from well over a decade ago; I'd peg it somewhere in the late 00s. I have it hosted here. The song is (presumably) titled Flocabulary, and it's a rap song that's probably intended to be played for school students to make vocabulary lessons more engaging.
The part that's lost is where/who this came from and whether there's more. It is incredibly difficult to search for clues because...
There is a company named Flocabulary that produces songs of the exact same nature. I searched their catalog thoroughly and didn't find any matches; I think the song predates the company. I previously contacted them directly asking about it and they denied any involvement. I suppose the rep who answered me could have been either lying or uninformed, but I'm continuing under the assumption that the claim is correct.
Does anyone have more information about this song's origins?

I faintly remember learning about the rock cycle back in third grade and we listened to this one very specific song about the rock cycle, I think the genre of the music was rock, but could be wrong but it'd make sense since it's a song about rocks, specifically metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks and how they're formed. I've looked all over youtube, flocabulary, and just google itself, but nothing, just getting a bunch of other rock cycle songs that aren't it.

Our local district decided not to provide Flocabulary to our elementary school this year. Our PTO is wanting to fund it. Our school, K-5, uses iPads heavily for teaching. The kids use raz kids, epic and prodigy. There are others as well. My children are in 1st and 2nd. I’ve watched some samples of Flocabulary on YouTube and don’t see the benefit, especially when comparing it to the other apps we have.
Am I missing something about Flocabulary?

I teach basically without using textbooks. Design most of my own stuff. It's my second year teaching World History. The textbooks I've always found relatively worthless for Middle Schoolers. The language is dry and the resources they provide is not engaging at all. The videos are awful.
I'm allowed to pretty much take the textbook budget and use it however I want on curriculum related materials.
Any recommendations for helpful subscriptions, TPT Curriculum or other good uses of money for the classroom?
So far, I'm looking into Mr. E's TPT (does anyone have any other TPT curriculums they recommend more?), IXL Social Studies (any good?) and some helpful subscriptions to sites for the year.
Help!
Some subscriptions are: Kahoot Brainpop Blookit Commonlit Flocabulary IXL Gimkit Socrative
Other TPT sites: Mr. E: World History Part 1 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/World-History-Curriculum-Part-1-Ancient-Civilizations-Curriculum-PLUS--1281480 $449.00
Michelle McDonald: Virtual Field Trips https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/World-History-Geography-Virtual-Field-Trip-Year-Long-Bundle-7013290?st=621cec5c8e56541074fd7734bc6645bb $92.00
History Gal: World History Mega Bundle https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/World-History-Mega-Bundle-2011921 $310.00
Lesson Plan Ninja: World History Mega Bundle https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/World-History-Bundle-Complete-Course-Entire-Year-Curriculum-Evolving-Bundle-5835380?st=621cec5c8e56541074fd7734bc6645bb $219.00
Students of History https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/World-History-Part-1-Complete-Curriculum-Bundle-3225599 $325
History From the Middle: Curriculum Bundle https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ancient-Civilizations-COMPLETE-Curriculum-Bundle-Digital-and-Paper-2639471 $310.00
History From The Middle: Holiday Bundle https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Holiday-MEGA-Bundle-Digital-AND-Paper-3860152 $72.00
Instructomania World History Bundle https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ancient-History-Curriculum-Year-Bundle-l-Google-Classroom-Activities-Grades-6-8-3691175 $150
Middle School History and Geography: Ancient Civilizations https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/World-History-Bundle-8303646 $115

I’m thinking of just putting up some money for a subscription or two to a website for my grade 3/4 class (a pretty low bunch - more like 2/3). Any suggestions for which ones have the most bang for buck and appeal to kids? I’m completely exhausted every day after dealing with my behaviour problems, so the assessment features could really help with report cards and planning what to teach next.
We have RazKids, and I also use the free version of Sumdog. I’ve used NoRedInk (free version) with an older class
Should I get a paid Sumdog account? What about Flocabulary? Epic? Math Antics?
(Also from Canada so that could make a difference)

Hi, y'all! I am finally starting my first year of teaching after years of wanting to make the transition career-wise but being unable due to familial circumstances.
For brief background context, I am teaching English Language Arts for 6th graders in Arizona. I am not at the point where it'd be appropriate for me to email my boss these questions yet since I don't start until like the 25th of this month, so I figured maybe I'd throw these questions here for some input from experienced teachers.
Here are the couple questions.

• Do parents still have to sign forms these days to show PG films in class these days?
• If the clip from a PG-rated film is only like 10 seconds long, does a form still have to be signed by students' parents/guardians?

Here is why I ask that. For how I am going to differentiate for students with dyslexia or other reading disabilities and also students who prefer a visual or auditory modality for learning... I wanted to maybe show maybe like 10-15 second video clips in class from G and PG-rated films and TV shows (Y7 and PG) where the students' vocabulary words are being used. The students are 96% Mexican American (speak Spanish at home) and from a pretty poor area, D-rated school. I was thinking a really cool way to get them excited about learning vocabulary words would be to show them a 10-15 second clip from like a Disney movie or the like instead of having them solely read example sentences. I know there are other resources like Flocabulary and stuff like that. But I just feel like having a character's face from a tv show or film might help them remember the meaning of the word better than anything else (outside of memorable mnemonics, obviously).
But the problem is... these days every kid movie that comes out is rated PG... even stuff like Frozen 2 and the 2019 live-action Lion King. It's ridiculous. Basically, it's like the economy with inflation I feel. G has inflated to PG, and what used to be PG has stayed PG. G for MPAA is basically archaic. So that's why I was hoping it might be different now than when I was in 6th grade back in like 2003.
It is SO easy for me to find the exact moment where students' vocabulary words are used in shows or films through sites like https://www.quodb.com. I can find the exact time stamp and moment and then easily find it on YouTube, Daily Motion, or Yarn for free. I am pretty savvy with that. I just feel like it would be a fun way to engage my students in the 11-to-12 age range.
So would I just be limited to showing my students G-rated 10-second video clips of vocab usage examples? Or would the typical middle school these days not require permission forms to be signed by parents when it's SUCH a short clip? I probably don't want to go through the hassle of having students' parents all sign a form just to show 10-second clips for differentiation purposes. But G-rated stuff is so limiting.
Anyway, sorry if this is a weird question. Let me know if showing video clips to differentiate sounds highly impractical. I won't be offended. I just know that kids in that age group usually find reading vocabulary example sentences pretty boring, and I don't really feel like paying for a subscription service out of my own pocket for silly songs. I realize most of you don't live in Arizona, and laws are probably different in different states. Feel free to give your opinion regardless of where you are from. Thanks in advance!

I don't even care if this level of specificity reveals my district at this point. The insanity knows no limit.
On Monday, we had the day off because of MLK. Monday night (like 8:30), we get a Facebook post, robo call, text, email, that we are open tomorrow. Then 61 minutes later, that we are actually closed tomorrow due to snow. Okay cool. Snow day!
Tuesday night (920 pm), there's a Facebook post, then finally a robo call etc that we are closed for in-person learning tomorrow. All staff will work remotely and students will follow their regular schedule ONLINE for the day. This is less than a 24 hour notice. We haven't seen our students since Friday. Some websites say our district is closed tomorrow. Other websites say we have remote learning.
So I guess we are watching a math flocabulary video tomorrow and talking about our weekends. I'm so done with this district.

Hello, I am a 6th year teacher currently teaching my first year fully virtual. Due to Covid, the district actually decided to start a separate virtual school that I applied to because I've always felt like I would be better at virtual teaching. I am really liking my job (for the first time in 5 years) and the cool thing is, I actually have a little freedom in the curriculum. I have this curriculum idea, but no one to really share it with in my district for feedback. Everyone is busy and most teachers are either too stressed or too close to retirement to really collaborate. I would really appreciate any feedback whether it be positive or negative and would especially like to hear about some of the issues I might run into I will try to summarize it as best as possible below:
The biggest issue in my virtual class is the difference in the pace of each student. Similarly to a regular class, I have students at drastically different skill levels and a variety of different learning paces. Throughout the years, but especially this year, I had found a plethora of different resources and platforms that provide incredible ways to learn all concepts. As an 8th grade Physical Science teacher examples would be PhET, Physics classroom, Gizmos, CK-12, Flocabulary, etc. I've also created assignments such as projects, video game labs (Kerbal Space Program) and lots of other deepelonger assignments. My idea is to give students a list of all the possible assignments for a unit and just allow them to choose which ones they want to complete. I would provide students an approximate time length and difficulty for each assignment and give a maximum possible points for each assignment with the longer, more difficult assignments being worth more. Once students reaches a certain number of points, they could move to the next unit. Grades would be calculated separately from the points system. I know this would probably result in a lot of grading, so would hope to automate it as best as possible. Assuming I could manage this and get it flowing well, what issues do you think I'm likely to run into with this idea?

So in 4th or 5th grade I was shown a Flocabulary rap video of prisms. It was pretty disturbing for that age group. It was about this black man that got kidnapped and got locked in a prism and it was slowly filling up with water. I remember him getting thrown into a van. I think that he had to solve something about the prism to get out of it before he drowned. I’m now in 11th grade so I was shown this video about 2013-2015ish. I can only find one blurry image of it on Pinterest but it is 100% the same video. I reversed image searched it and found a Harry Houdini version of the prism video on their website but that is NOT it. I will post the link of the picture in the comments because I have no idea if I can link it in this post. Please somebody help me find this Flocabulary Prism video because it has been aching my mind since I first watched it!

I learned this song when I was in elementary school and since it's been a couple decades i don't know nearly as much of it as I did back then but I remember the chorus was a bunch of nonsense syllables going "ring tum body mitchy Cambo" so I typed that into Google and it showed me a song called Froggy went a Courting but the flow is completely different and that version sounds alot more Western while the one I learned was more classical. The other big thing is that I remember we would sing a line and in-between each line we would sing the "ring tum body mitchy Cambo". The one line I vividly remember was "he said miss mousy would you marry me? Chorus the Uncle laughed and shook his sides" in Froggy went a courting they repeat most lines 3 times but not in the one I learned. Lastly I remember the full chorus that was only sang a few times and was also mainly nonsense syllables. It went something like this ~ "Com a me row down to Carrol Com a me row carrol Fa la la la la la ling tum Ring tum body mitchy Cambo" My elementary school had some interesting songs, most were school house of rock and Flocabulary but every now and then we had songs like this that nobody else seems to know anything about. Any help on finding this version or information about it would be very helpful

I’ve ran into this problem before but I didn’t have this community and it didn’t piss me off as much. I’m a 20 year veteran teacher. Our district approved curriculum has a 4th grade Islamic Empires ELA unit from the CKLA/Amplify curriculum. A parent overheard the Google Meet of the introduction and the song about the Islamic Empires from Flocabulary and sent me an email that she doesn’t want her son learning about Islam or any other religion. She CC’d my principal and super but they threw it back to me to call her. I know it’s going to end up with me having to create alternative assignments for her kid but I was looking for any advice or phrases that sound professional yet indicate I know she’s a fucking racist.

I am not sure if this is allowed, but if it isn’t then please let me know.
Some background before the story proper. I am a teacher in Alabama. I teach at a school that is in the country. For those unfamiliar with southern slang you could call it a “rural” school. It isn’t to the point where there isn’t much there, but it isn’t what I would call an urban school. My student population is 65% white, 25% black, and 10% other(I can’t break it down further because this is what is listed in our handbook and on the metrics site. I am a gay black man.
Friday I had an opportunity to teach my students about the Tulsa Massacre and Emmett Till. I firmly believe that every English class is also a history class. I was finally able to prove this point to myself and my students. I always begin with a question for every lesson. In my nearpod the question was “Tell me about a song, painting, or poem that means a lot to you. Explain your answer in three sentences?”
I got some pretty good answers. Most chose a song. Something sad usually like “Hurt” by Johnny Cash or “You Are My Sunshine.” Once we discussed my answers I started to teach my lesson proper.
In class we are quickly approaching a poetry unit. In this unit we get to discuss the Harlem Renaissance. I love this part of poetry because I finally get to explain why poetry is so important. Well normally I begin the unit by reading “Harlem” by Langston Hughes, but this time I opted for something different. Watching Lovecraft Country gave me an idea to try something new.
I began by showing my students a Flocabulary video on the Harlem Renaissance. I will post the link so that you guys can see it if you would like. https://youtu.be/bUSUt_0vv2Y
I gave the students time to watch the video and we discussed it afterward. However, instead of my normal discussion of it just being on Langston Hughes and the cultural prominence and effect that Harlem has had over the years, I instead opted to explain the need for him and other creatives during that time to make the art they did.
I brought up the need for white America to see and understand the plight of black Americans in the time frame. However, I focused on how so much of the black experience in America was about survival and desire for the “American Dream” that was promised to all Americans. I then explained to them the horrors that they dealt with in that time frame. I framed the new information as “hidden history.” Something they most likely won’t learn in their history class. I don’t know what it is, but kids love thinking they are finding out something secret.
I began the hidden history lesson with the Tulsa Massacre. I explained how deeply segregated Tulsa was at the time and the vast majority of black Americans lived in Greenwood. It was nicknamed black wall street. I then had to explain how the massacre happened. How an “alleged” assault of a white woman is what spurred the attacks. I explained how so many homes burned and while the official death toll was relatively low the actual one is largely unknown, but is expected to be much higher.
Many became visibly upset about hearing the information. I got some questions about why they hadn’t heard this before and I just told them “that history is written by those with power. However, with the advent of social media and the internet those who were previously silent have now found a voice.” Most got what I meant and we moved to the next point. I almost left this out, but I was able to use some pictures of the scenes from the show in the presentation(I made sure to tell them that it was from a show.)
I started talking about Emmett Till. I explained about how he was technically the last person we associate with lynching in the south. I went over how he was lynched for allegedly whistling at a white woman. The absurdity of that wasn’t lost on my students and many had opinions on how that was completely wrong. I explained the brutality of what was done to him. I had a few actually tear up. I also had to mention that they had to make his memorial sign bulletproof because racists kept shooting it up.
After the discussion on Emmett Till the class time was winding down, but I left them with the statement that we write to share our experiences with one another. That these poems, paintings, songs, and stories are a look into the past. A way for us to recognize the humanity in people who are now gone.
Anyway, that’s what I did on my Friday before the thanksgiving break! I have one more lesson on this when we get back so hopefully that goes as well as this did. I am planning on doing “Whitey on the moon”, “Catch the Fire” and a slam poetry on eating disorders.
Forgive me for the errors if there are any. I normally am extremely attentive and will clean up any errors afterward, but I want to relax for a bit on this break haha.

I am not sure if this is allowed, but if it isn’t then please let me know.
Some background before the story proper. I am a teacher in Alabama. I teach at a school that is in the country. For those unfamiliar with southern slang you could call it a “rural” school. It isn’t to the point where there isn’t much there, but it isn’t what I would call an urban school. My student population is 65% white, 25% black, and 10% other(I can’t break it down further because this is what is listed in our handbook and on the metrics site. I am a gay black man.
Friday I had an opportunity to teach my students about the Tulsa Massacre and Emmett Till. I firmly believe that every English class is also a history class. I was finally able to prove this point to myself and my students. I always begin with a question for every lesson. In my nearpod the question was “Tell me about a song, painting, or poem that means a lot to you. Explain your answer in three sentences?”
I got some pretty good answers. Most chose a song. Something sad usually like “Hurt” by Johnny Cash or “You Are My Sunshine.” Once we discussed my answers I started to teach my lesson proper.
In class we are quickly approaching a poetry unit. In this unit we get to discuss the Harlem Renaissance. I love this part of poetry because I finally get to explain why poetry is so important. Well normally I begin the unit by reading “Harlem” by Langston Hughes, but this time I opted for something different. Watching Lovecraft Country gave me an idea to try something new.
I began by showing my students a Flocabulary video on the Harlem Renaissance. I will post the link so that you guys can see it if you would like. https://youtu.be/bUSUt_0vv2Y
I gave the students time to watch the video and we discussed it afterward. However, instead of my normal discussion of it just being on Langston Hughes and the cultural prominence and effect that Harlem has had over the years, I instead opted to explain the need for him and other creatives during that time to make the art they did.
I brought up the need for white America to see and understand the plight of black Americans in the time frame. However, I focused on how so much of the black experience in America was about survival and desire for the “American Dream” that was promised to all Americans. I then explained to them the horrors that they dealt with in that time frame. I framed the new information as “hidden history.” Something they most likely won’t learn in their history class. I don’t know what it is, but kids love thinking they are finding out something secret.
I began the hidden history lesson with the Tulsa Massacre. I explained how deeply segregated Tulsa was at the time and the vast majority of black Americans lived in Greenwood. It was nicknamed black wall street. I then had to explain how the massacre happened. How an “alleged” assault of a white woman is what spurred the attacks. I explained how so many homes burned and while the official death toll was relatively low the actual one is largely unknown, but is expected to be much higher.
Many became visibly upset about hearing the information. I got some questions about why they hadn’t heard this before and I just told them “that history is written by those with power. However, with the advent of social media and the internet those who were previously silent have now found a voice.” Most got what I meant and we moved to the next point. I almost left this out, but I was able to use some pictures of the scenes from the show in the presentation(I made sure to tell them that it was from a show.)
I started talking about Emmett Till. I explained about how he was technically the last person we associate with lynching in the south. I went over how he was lynched for allegedly whistling at a white woman. The absurdity of that wasn’t lost on my students and many had opinions on how that was completely wrong. I explained the brutality of what was done to him. I had a few actually tear up. I also had to mention that they had to make his memorial sign bulletproof because racists kept shooting it up.
After the discussion on Emmett Till the class time was winding down, but I left them with the statement that we write to share our experiences with one another. That these poems, paintings, songs, and stories are a look into the past. A way for us to recognize the humanity in people who are now gone.
Anyway, that’s what I did on my Friday before the thanksgiving break! I have one more lesson on this when we get back so hopefully that goes as well as this did. I am planning on doing “Whitey on the moon”, “Catch the Fire” and a slam poetry on eating disorders.
Forgive me for the errors if there are any. I normally am extremely attentive and will clean up any errors afterward, but I want to relax for a bit on this break haha.

Anyone else get irritated with flocabulary sometimes ? Like stfu , calm down , and slow your roll , flocabulary rappers . We are just talking about a compass rose, goddamn it ! 😂 No need to get so intense ! 😂

I wanted to see if anyone else remembered these things haha
Some of them aren't really from school, but things you would've seen around the time you were that age ig?? So yeah!
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1. ABCYA
2. The dang Chuck E. Cheese and ABC Mouse commercials
3. Front Row Learning (unsure if anyone else did this tbh)
4. aLSO Freckle Math
5. Animal Jam (not the mobile version, the PC version)
6. Boys and Girls Club
7. Warrior Cats (I'm not sure how many other people remember this, but I see a lot of people talking about it in their childhood memories so I'll include it)
8. Dinosaur Train
9. Flocabulary I think it was called?? It was this site with educational raps and for me the teachers would play it in class all the time
10. GoNoodle
11. Just Dance (we did this all the time in my Kindergarten class omllllll)
12. BrainPOP!
13. I forgot to mention, Duck Life was the STUFF in my 1st grade class, we'd all take turns playing it and then gather around watching eachother while waiting for our turn

Yeah those are some of my memories, how about you? I'm getting so nostalgic now hellpppp

https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/islamic-empires/