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The Sound of Music

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

*New* and *Improved* and ready for distance learning, in-person, and everything in between! My best-selling lesson has been updated and now includes the PowerPoints as narrated videos, ready to upload to your distance learning platform. Students can

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Vocal Music, Other (Music)

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Into the Woods

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*New and improved!* One of my best-selling lessons has now been expanded and updated. Ready for remote learning! Now contains a video of the narrated PowerPoint, ready to upload to your remote learning platform. Students can press “play” and go!

Subjects:

Music, Vocal Music, Drama

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Careers in Music

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

*New and Improved!* One of my best-selling lessons updated with a new PowerPoint and new videos. Also includes a worksheet for students. Distance learning ready! Screen share the PowerPoint with your students through your online learning platform

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Music, Other (Music)

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

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We are the World Lesson Plan

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

With the rising popularity of Michael Jackson's music and the re-release of "We are the World" for Haiti, we decided to have our middle school chorus students sing it at our spring concert. These lesson materials are how we introduced the show.

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Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Music)

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Printables

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History of the Guitar

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

*New and Improved!* One of my best-selling lessons has been updated and improved with embedded videos in the PowerPoint and an answer key for the worksheet. Perfect for distance learning, just upload the PowerPoint and worksheet to your online

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Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Music)

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Lectures, Lesson

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The Music Man Lesson Plan

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

*New and Improved!* One of my best-selling lessons has been updated and expanded. Distance learning ready! Now including a video of the narrated PowerPoint, ready to upload to your remote teaching platform. Students can press ��play” and go! Also

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Vocal Music, Other (Music)

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Hello, Dolly!

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

*New and Improved* and ready for remote learning! One of my most-popular selling lessons now includes a recorded narration of the PowerPoint. Just upload the video to your remote learning platform and go. Now with an answer key! This All-in-One unit

Subjects:

Music, Vocal Music, Drama

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Handouts, Lesson

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Native American Dancing and Drumming

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

*New and Updated!* One of my best-selling lessons has been updated and is ready for remote learning! Now includes a video with the PowerPoint narration and an answer key! This is a lesson I created for my general music classes to introduce them to

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Native Americans, Other (Music)

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Lectures, Lesson

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The Magic Flute

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

*New and updated!* One of my best-selling lesson plans has been updated for remote learning! Now includes a narrated PowerPoint video, just upload it to your online learning platform, students can click "play" and go! Also includes an answer key!

Subjects:

Music, Vocal Music, Other (Music)

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

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Scholastic Chess Kit

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Kit includes everything you need to start a chess club at your school:suggested outlinesample information letter and permission slipchess club attendance chartreward chartPowerPoint lessons on: each individual piece (pawn, knight, bishop, rook,

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Specialty, Life Skills, Problem Solving

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Not Grade Specific

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PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

$9.99

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Scholastic Chess Supplemental Kit

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

Take your school chess club to the next level with this supplemental collection. This is intended as an extension of my product "Scholastic Chess Kit." My chess club students were returning again and again to chess club, so I needed to develop more

Subjects:

Other (Specialty), For All Subject Areas, Problem Solving

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

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PowerPoint Presentations, Handouts

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Introduction to Opera in Five Minutes

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

Introduce your students to opera...in five minute increments. Each one of these arias or scenes is about five minutes long. Use them one at a time over a period of several days as a warm-up, or listen to four or five as one complete lesson. I tried

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Music, Vocal Music

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

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PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets

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The Piano in Performance

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

A great addition to your piano curriculum. A wide variety of pianists introduce you and your students to a variety of styles of music from classical to jazz to rock 'n' roll to alternative. Each artist has a short slide about their career and a

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Music, Instrumental Music

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets

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Composers for the Piano Unit

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

*New and Updated!*One of my best-selling unit plans has been updated with new images and PDF files. Easy for remote learning! I designed this unit for use with my middle school general music classes. You could also use it with high school, as well,

Subjects:

Music, Music Composition, Other (Music)

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Bibliographies, Lesson

$8.99

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Holst: The Planets

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

A mini-unit plan about the piece of classical music by Holst called "The Planets", the mythology the piece is based on (and our planets are named after) and the actual astronomical bodies in our solar system.

Subjects:

Astronomy, Music, Instrumental Music

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets

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By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

This lesson was a hit with my 7th grade chorus. Be prepared for lots of classroom discussion and questions. I used the whole 50-minute period! I use the "Happy Birthday" copyright as an example, if you have a better one than use it. Enjoy!

Subjects:

Music, Other (Music)

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets

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The Divas

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

The Divas: Barbra Streisand, Patti LaBelle, Dolly PartonThis lesson explores the careers of Barbra Streisand, Patti LaBelle, and Dolly Parton. Great for sub plans!Based on an article by the New York Times, November 11, 2020. Most Memorable

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Music, Vocal Music

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets

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Meet the Friendly Duclimer

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

Meet The Friendly Dulcimer Lesson My middle school likes to use the Dulcimer as a step-up instrument to the guitar. If you can’t handle playing the dulcimer, you won’t be able to handle playing the guitar. It’s a charming little instrument and all

Subjects:

Instrumental Music

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Lesson

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Musicals

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

A great starter kit for your musicals unit! A short powerpoint on the history of musicals (I use video clips from YouTube to illustrate different kinds of vaudeville, minstrel show or other acts.) A musicals spreadsheet to use with any musical your

Subjects:

Music, Vocal Music, Drama

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Handouts, Assessment, Movie Guides

$4.99

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Songs of World War II Unit

By Take Note Music Lesson Plans

I’ve done this unit a number of times with my middle school choirs with great success. The students love the old time swing music. We always included a way to honor our veterans at the concert, too. I also included a field trip to a local museum or

Subjects:

U.S. History, Music, Vocal Music

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Lesson

$7.99

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I am a middle school general/vocal music teacher in my 24th year of teaching. I teach general music 6-8th grades and I have over 200 students total in my three choruses (6, 7, and 8th grades). my students have earned "Excellent" and "Superior" ratings at festival. I serve as a judge for all-state auditions and Solo and Ensemble contests. I also teach bassoon and oboe privately from my home. I also run the chess club at my school!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I am a great planner and I love to write lessons. So, take advantage of my plans. I've already done the work for you! Use, change, and adapt as you need to for your teaching situation.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

2008 Curriculum Award Numerous articles published in The Instrumentalist, Maryland Music Educator and International Double Reed Journal. Presenter at Maryland Music Educators Association Conferences. 2014-2015 Lesson plan writer for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Principal Bassoon, Hunt Valley Symphony Orchestra

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

BA in Music Education (IUP) MM in Bassoon (KSU) MLS (UMD)

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Proud National Board Member, Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity. I love: reading, exercise, running, cycling, museums, cooking, and wine.