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Would You Rather? Music Style.

By Teaching Music In Joy

There is a new app called, "Would You Rather?" It gives you two (often strange) scenarios and asks which one "would you rather?" My family had a lot of fun playing this game long before there was an app for it! I thought it would be fun to create

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Music, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Games

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Elementary Musical Scope and Sequence

By Teaching Music In Joy

This is a K - 6 musical scope and sequence for the general music education classroom. It is one we worked on for over a year for our school district. (Updated 10-8-18) I am the only elementary music teacher in my district. This is a good starting

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Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Music)

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Syllabi, Outlines, Professional Documents

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Simple Star-Spangled Banner Sheet Word Bank & Definitions

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This is a simple Star-Spangled Banner fill-in-the-blank worksheet that has a word bank with definitions at the bottom of the page. I like to use this with 3rd graders each year for practice with vocabulary and writing! It's an easily accesible

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Vocabulary, U.S. History, Vocal Music

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Worksheets, Songs, Printables

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Our National Anthem Worksheet-Quizable!

By Teaching Music In Joy

This is a part fill-in-the-blank, part matching and part answer-the-question worksheet or quiz on America's national anthem. The first part is the first verse with missing words. The missing words are written in the second section for matching

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U.S. History, Vocal Music, Other (Music)

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5^th, 6^th

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Worksheets, Songs

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America's Patriotic Music - Historical Timeline & Tidbits with Lyrics

By Teaching Music In Joy

I've been working on this Powerpoint for a long time! I am always trying to tie the history to the music. This contains a timeline of many of America's Patriotic songs along with a bit of history on each one and the most familiar lyrics sung.

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U.S. History, Music, Vocal Music

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Songs

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Musical Word Wall With Meanings

By Teaching Music In Joy

This set of musical word wall words have the meaning printed on the cards in a smaller font. Some are very creative like crescendo and decrescendo which get larger and smaller in letter size. There are 41 words in this basic set. You can surely add

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Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Music)

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Word Walls, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

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Rhythm Reading To The Oldies II

By Teaching Music In Joy

Here are 5 more Rhythm Reading PowerPoints included in a Zip file. No music is included! You must purchase that yourself. (Copyright!) I use the original recordings by the artists purchased from iTunes. What IS included is 4 beat rhythm patterns

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Music, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Songs

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Music Grading Rubrics

By Teaching Music In Joy

Here is a grading rubrics for your music classroom. We used this when we were still using paper grades. It assesses several areas of behavior and music mastery in the elementary music classroom.

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Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Music)

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Assessment, Rubrics

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Chronological Yankee Doodle Presidents of the USA UPDATED!

By Teaching Music In Joy

I teach my students to memorize the presidents of the United States in chronological order. I have heard many different tunes used with this endeavor but I felt Yankee Doodle was the most appropriate since it was our first Patriotic song. I have

Subjects:

U.S. History, Vocal Music, Presidents' Day

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Songs

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Jazz Listening Chart

By Teaching Music In Joy

This is a simple table with boxes for describing 8 Jazz pieces. The pieces, composers, performers and lyricists are listed. Students are encouraged to draw or write about what they hear. All you need for this worksheet are the pieces themselves

Subjects:

Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Music)

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Worksheets, Outlines, Graphic Organizers

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Musical Word Wall - 60 Words - PDF

By Teaching Music In Joy

This is a a collection of 60 musical terms to be cut out and used as a word wall. They are edged in a thick black border that will allow you ease for cutting out. All the words are in the same size box which is equal to the width of a regula 8.5 X

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Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Music)

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2^nd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Word Walls, Bulletin Board Ideas

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America - My Country 'Tis of Thee - PowerPoint

By Teaching Music In Joy

This is a powerPoint that I created in Apple's program Keynote and then exported as PowerPoint. It includes the lyricist and a brief history of the tune. It includes all 4 verses and is presented on a very pretty red background. America is a

Subjects:

U.S. History, Vocal Music, Other (Music)

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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PowerPoint Presentations

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Musical Word Wall - 60 Words - Customizable in Microsoft Word

By Teaching Music In Joy

This is a a collection of 60 musical terms to be cut out and used as a word wall. They are edged in a thick black border tht will allow you ease for cutting out. All the words are in the same size box which is equal to the width of a regula 8.5 X

Subjects:

Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Music)

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Word Walls, Bulletin Board Ideas

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Song Unit from the Writings of Laura Ingles Wilder

By Teaching Music In Joy

This is a complete unit outline of all of the music in the Little House on the Prairie series written by Laura ingles Wilder. I have read all the books and gleaned the mentions of songs and music within. This unit gives the information of the

Subjects:

U.S. History, Vocal Music, Other (Music)

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Projects, Unit Plans, Songs

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Music Student Audition Form

By Teaching Music In Joy

I'm always looking for an easy-to-use form that will help me keep track of student auditions. I have created something that categorizes student by name, class and/or school. It uses the 4 "Ps" Preparedness, Presence, Projection, and Pitch. There

Subjects:

Music, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Music)

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Classroom Forms

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MP3 Beautiful Nebraska Accompaniment

By Teaching Music In Joy

This is an MP3 accompaniment track I created on my Yamaha keyboard, for Nebraska's state song, Beautiful Nebraska.

Subjects:

Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Music)

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Songs

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Major Scale Ladder

By Teaching Music In Joy

I have always wanted a real ladder in my classroom to represent the Major Scale, one with Mi and Fa and Ti and Do to be closer together to show the 1/2 steps. I've drawn one on the board for many years and until I build the real thing, I'm going to

Subjects:

Music, Vocal Music, Other (Music)

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Printables, Posters

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The Star-Spangled Banner Writing project.

By Teaching Music In Joy

This worksheet is designed to help students understand the meaning of our National Anthem by having them re-write the first verse of the Star-Spangled Banner, line by line, using language that we use today. Directions are given at the beginning

Subjects:

U.S. History, Vocal Music

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Worksheets, Songs, Lesson

$1.00

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Teeth Songs!

By Teaching Music In Joy

Here are 7 songs all about teeth, sung to familiar tunes! The songs are about a lost tooth, a loose tooth, a tooth ache, pulling a tooth out, braces, cavities and new tooth! I have written out the title, the words and the tunes. No musical

Subjects:

Vocal Music, Health, Child Care

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Songs

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Beautiful Nebraska Coloring Page / Word Sheet

By Teaching Music In Joy

This is a beautiful word sheet I created for our state song, Beautiful Nebraska. It is created in color and can be used as an overhead slide or printed in gray scale for a coloring sheet. It has all the words printed as well as the composers and

Subjects:

Vocal Music, Other (Music)

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Songs

$1.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

35 years of elementary music classroom education. Pianist, vocalist and worship leader. Adult education facilitator.

MY TEACHING STYLE

As a music teacher, I aim to cultivate a growing musical awareness by providing enthusiastic instruction in music fundamentals and guidance in musical creativity.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Nebraska Loves Our Public Schools highlighted teacher - 2010.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

BME in music education from The University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The products I share here on TPT are ones I have created for use in my own classroom! I know they work because I use them!

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I'm the wife of my hunky hubby, the mother of three married children, Mimi to six beautiful grandchildren, musician, explorer, gardener and gravel road walker. I was diagnosed with MS in 2009 and am currently living symptom free. I'm blessed beyond words.