Music composition cultural activity activboard activities

Assessment, Songs, Activboard Activities

Grades:

K - 5th

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Music Escape Room - The Mystery @ Jazz Club - ALL DIGITAL! (Black History Month)

Created by

Band Directors Talk Shop

This Escape Room is an all-in-one lesson to teach your students about Jazz in a fun and engaging way. Simply share the google form link with students and they are ready to go! Students will search for answers on the internet as they learn about the topics below.7 puzzles cover the topics of:Jazz originating in the 1920s African American communitiesRagtime being a predecessor to JazzDixielandSwingBebop (Charlie Parker)Duke EllingtonBillie Holiday 3 challenges (more involved with multiple question

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Cultural Activities, Lesson

Grades:

5th - 8th

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Also included in: American Music Genres Escape Room BUNDLE (Music Escape Rooms from Jazz to Rap!)

Middle School African Drumming - FULL Year of Plans with Instrumental Tracks

Created by

Little House Lessons LLC

Prepping for back to school? Engage every music student in the rich sounds of African drumming! From the djembe to the tubano and shakers, your students will explore the rhythms of the sub-Saharan continent. The bundle also provides students with a touch of African history and how the culture uses drumming and music to communicate emotion. This 37-chart African Drumming package offers a comprehensive collection of rhythm charts that will last you for an entire school year. These are appropriate

Subjects:

Instrumental Music, Music Composition, Other (Music)

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Songs, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Also included in: Music Around the World Bundle - Activities | Drumming | Sub Plans

Ocean Animals Rhythm + Composition Cards in Spanish and English

Created by

Becca's Music Room

Including both Spanish and English words and activities can help your students connect to other cultures and broaden their horizons. These rhythm cards are perfect for elementary music class. You can use them to compose, improvise, and dictate rhythms with your students. Pair with Hispanic folk songs, and use for Hispanic Heritage Month, Cinco de Mayo, or an time of year!This set includes 20 ocean animal rhythm cards-- each one associated with the name of an ocean animal. There are 20 cards in E

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Flash Cards, Cultural Activities

Grades:

3rd - 5th

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Also included in: Hispanic Heritage Music Lessons for Elementary Music Digital + Printable

"Your Name is a Song" Read Aloud, Rhythm Composing | Inclusive Music Lesson

Created by

Surdynski Sounds

Jamillah Thompkins-Bigelow wrote "Your Name is a Song" and Luisa Uribe illustrated beautiful accompanying pictures. It is available from Amazon and will be coming to book stores near you soon. These slides accompany this amazing book and can be used as a stand alone lesson or a Back to School activity. Knowing our students' names is vital to connecting with them. It shows we care, that they are known, and that their heritage & culture is celebrated!In addition to a read aloud of this boo

Subjects:

Back to School, Music, Music Composition

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

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Worksheets, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 1st Grade | 30% off

The Beatles: Musicians in the Spotlight

Created by

Harmony in the Hood

Finally… a MITS about … THE BEATLES !!!! This musical group changed the course of pop music as we know it! It‘s hard to imagine any current pop singer or songwriter that hasn’t been influenced by these 4 men. Wow!! A MITS on the group AND each of the members!UPDATED: Now includes links to video clips for the group and each member and 1 page editable worksheet for assessment.Music history is FUN and a great way for you to connect with your students! For many of us, teaching has become an online

Subjects:

Music, Music Composition, Social Studies - History

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

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Homeschool Curricula, Bulletin Board Ideas, Cultural Activities

Music Teacher's Toolbox - Staff and Beat Map Templates

Created by

Musical Magic

Every music teacher needs these copy masters in their teaching toolbox! 14 pages to use as printables/projectables for elementary music ear training, dictation, iconic notation and composition activities. The larger graphics are for use with iconic notation such as coins, beans, candy, math counters (plastic discs), or craft/popsicle sticks (stick notation). The smaller graphics are for pencil work. The sheets with multiple copies may be folded to provide six separate working spaces (to help s

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Assessment, Printables, Activboard Activities

Grades:

PreK - 7th, Staff

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Notation Notebook for the Music Learning Theory Inspired Classroom

Created by

SingToKids

The Notation Notebook contains over 100 pages of notation worksheets for elementary students. There is something for everyone at every stage of learning!The Notebook contains both a Rhythmic and Tonal section. The worksheets are organized by:SolfegeProper names for notationMeterTonality KeyalityUse a few sheets in a Notation Exploration Center or make Notation Notebooks for your students to use throughout the year. There are endless ways to use the Notation Notebook in your elementary classro

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Workbooks, Worksheets, Activboard Activities

Grades:

PreK - 6th

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Patriotic Song and Music Lesson Bundle: Orff, Kodaly, Choral Round, Mp3 Tracks

Created by

Sing Play Create

Patriotic songs and Music lessons will give you a wide variety of rhythm, melody, singing and playing opportunities during the Veterans Day holiday time. Perfect for K-6. Easy orff arrangements. Diverse learning applications and adaptable to many grade levels with Kodaly and Orff learning opportunities. Get the Patriotic Rhythm Patterns activity for FREE! TEACHING CONCEPTS: mi so la (do) Quarter notes Eighth notes Quarter restSixteenth NotesSing in a Round RESOURCE INCLUDES: Song Lyrics Mp3 Pr

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Songs, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Grades:

K - 6th

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Opera History Presentation (BRIEF!) with an Oral Review, and a Written Quiz

Created by

TalkingLikeTheRain

This PowerPoint and the Assessments herein attempt to make learning about Opera History fun and interesting by engaging students with fun animation, colorful slides and read-along pages that can be printed or simply projected so you can read it aloud to the students, or they can read it aloud from a screen to each other. It gives a very brief history of the beginning of opera, explains what Overture, Recitative and Arias are, talks a bit about basics of opera plots and voice parts. There is al

Subjects:

Drama, Music Composition, Vocal Music

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment, Cultural Activities

Pitch Hill: Teaching Solfege Method CHARACTER BACKGROUND TRACKS! MP3s

Created by

Pitch Publications

Are you struggling with teaching solfege or looking for a fun, new method for teaching solfege to elementary students? Then look no further! Pitch Hill is for you!In Pitch Hill, each solfège note is a character with his or her own story. For example, Do is a Boxer! He LOVES to box! He wears special head gear and boxing gloves to protect him and when we sing the note that is Do, we show our hands like boxing gloves. Do is very strong and will catch Re if she falls off the roof! (You will have

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PowerPoint Presentations, Songs, Activboard Activities

Grades:

K - 5th

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Also included in: Pitch Hill MEGA BUNDLE Teaching Solfege through Storytelling

Chinese New Year & Chrome Music Lab Activity - Distance Learning

Created by

easy peasy music class

Hello fellow teachers! This lesson is a Google Slide presentation on Chinese New Years. Students will explore Chinese traditions and culture and then experiment with the pentatonic scale on Chrome Music Lab. This scale is common in traditional Chinese folk music.Slides are easily altered and easy to use with Google Classroom! I used this with my own students: Grades 1 - 6 and then let students share their compositions with the class.Lesson TargetsCompare and contrast students' own New Year tradi

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Cultural Activities, Lesson

Grades:

1st - 6th

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Composer Research Poster Project & Presentation

Created by

Dawn Naill

This is designed to help students work together to discover and share information about the life, career, and music of a famous composer or musician! This includes an example/sample layout of what the final project should look like, as well as headings students can cut and glue into their project. There is a group project grading rubric to hold the teammates accountable for their effort and quality of work. Designed for teams of three, but could be flexible. Directions for the project are i

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Projects, Cultural Activities

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Easy Music Theory Jeopardy Game

Created by

Anastasia's Musical and Literary Works

*Preview does not feature exact color scheme for copyright purposes* Contains questions based on rhythm, pitch, definitions, symbols, notes, and instruments. Example: Which instrument is a string instrument? or Example 2: How many beats does a quater note get? Just like any jeopardy game, the questions get progressively harder based on the number of points earned. Simply click on the number in the box of the question that you wish to answer. Contains images found on microsoft clip-art and

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Games, Activboard Activities

Grades:

4th - 7th

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Jazz and Blues Music Escape Room

Created by

Cre8tive Resources

This Music Escape Room themed on Jazz and Blues covers key concepts relating to this topic such as ragtime, comping, swing, changes, modals, rhythm and more! Escape Room fully editable and is suitable for high school students. How can this resource be adapted for online learning?Upload / send the sheets digitally so students who can work independently through them (don’t use the keys or PPT tracker if so)Could use as part of a Recovery CurriculumSet the 7 Puzzles for HomeworkPairs instead of gro

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Activities, Activboard Activities

Grades:

7th - 12th

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Also included in: Jazz and Blues - Music Resources

Recorder Kit 1 & Kit 2 Bundle

Created by

Themes and Variations Musicplay

Recorder Resource Kit 1 This is a beginning recorder method that has been used to help thousands of children to learn to play the recorder. There is an introduction to the recorder and recorder consorts, helping children to learn that recorder is a real instrument! Children will learn how to care for the recorder and basic music theory. There are 38 songs in the book, carefully sequenced so that children will have success in the very first lesson. Children love to play along with the accompa

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Assessment, Activboard Activities

Grades:

3rd - 6th

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HUGE "Hamilton: an American Musical" Unit for Middle / High School General Music

Created by

McCurdy Music

This year, I am teaching an edited version of "Hamilton" to my 8th grade general music and wanted to share my 84 (!!!) worksheets with other music/drama teachers! Included in this .pdf: -Hamilton history worksheet -Hamilton characters worksheet -Listening Guides for most songs -A sample letter to parents You may copy and distribute any of the above to students. None of this is for commercial use. Note: Music files are NOT included - you can purchase them from iTunes or Amazon. I recommend t

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Activities, Handouts, Cultural Activities

Grades:

8th - 12th, Higher Education

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Winter Rhythm Composing Activity | Google Slides Option Included

Created by

Mrs Cookie's Music Room

Looking for a fun and seasonal way to incorporate composing and practice rhythmic concepts in your elementary music class? This printable and digital resource is the perfect solution. Print and laminate the rhythm icons, and have students create patterns to perform and decode independently, in pairs, or during centers. The Google Slides are great for projecting on your interactive whiteboard to read the rhythms whole group, decode the rhythms, or compose on student devices. Included in this res

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Grades:

Not Grade Specific

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Activboard Activities

Also included in: Rhythm Composing for the Whole Year Bundle with Printables and Google Slides

Pentatonic Memory Game using the Chinese Zodiac - do, re, mi, so, la

Created by

Musical Magic

Teach, practice and assess ear and voice skills using the major pentatonic scale (do, re, mi, so, la) with this beautiful, animated game. The 12 memory 'cards' use the animals from the Chinese Zodiac (pentatonic/cultural connection and great for Chinese New Year). Behind each card is one of six pentatonic melody patterns, visually spaced and with solfege in the note heads. Students attempt to find each pattern's match while singing, signing, and/or listening. Each melody pattern can be played by

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Assessment, Games, Activboard Activities

Grades:

2nd - 5th

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A Song of Frutas: Music Accompaniment Lesson Plan

Created by

Mallets and Music

A Song of Frutas is a cute story about a little girl and her grandfather. She helps him to sell his Fruit from his stand and they make their own song using the fruit names to help sell more! This book lends itself perfectly to some awesome student compositions.Students will learn the pronunciations of the Fruit words in Spanish and decode their rhythm notations. Then as a whole class, small group or individuals; compose your own Fruit Call! Use these fruit sentences to play on the un-pitched

Subjects:

Hispanic Heritage Month, Music, Music Composition

Grades:

1st - 5th

Types:

Songs, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Classical Composers - Schmillustrator's Clip Art Emporium

Created by

Clip Art Emporium

I write music with an exclamation point! - Richard Wagner Use these character drawings to bring to life many of history's most renowned composers and their musical genius! 54 images - .png files - (18) in color - (18) in color with names underneath - (18) in black and white Includes - Johann Sebastian Bach - Ludwig van Beethoven - Johannes Brahms - Frederic Chopin - Aaron Copland - George Gershwin - George Frideric Handel - Joseph Haydn - Felix Mendelssohn - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozar

Subjects:

Music, Music Composition, Products For TpT Sellers

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Clip Art, By TpT Sellers for TpT Sellers, Cultural Activities

Chinese New Year Measure Maker - Class Game or Center

Created by

Musical Magic

Happy Chinese New Year (begins February 19 in 2015)! Celebrate the New Year with this colorful, engaging and educational game, and at the same time, help students explore the fascinating Chinese Zodiac, one- and two-syllable animal words, text-to-rhythm relationships, beats, 4/4 meter, and simple rhythms (ta, ti-ti and rest). This may be used as a class activity or center. Please note that while this program appears to select words and rhythms randomly, these are actually sequenced carefully.

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Assessment, Games, Activboard Activities

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Music- Back To School

Created by

Music PreK- 2nd

Music Activities for Grades Pre-K to 2nd Table of Contents: 1. Lesson Plan OutlinesLesson Outlines (Interactive) 2. Welcome to Music(Echo Chant) 3. We Got To Raise a Quite Thumb 4. Bee, Bee, Bumblebee 1 5. Bee, Bee, Bumblebee 1 Game Directions 6. Respect Song- With Video Link 7. Our Different Voices 8. Hickety, Pickety Bumblebee 9. We All Sing With the Same Voice- With Video Link 10. Loud Voice/Quite Voice 11. Cool Cat (with game instructions) 12. Hello There- Includes piano accompaniment 13.

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PowerPoint Presentations, Songs, Activboard Activities

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

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Halloween Bucket Drumming Bundle

Created by

Floating Down the River

Get out your bucket drums, rhythm instruments, or body percussion! This set could work in a classroom as a whole group, or in small groups, centers, or even at a concert as a performance or an audience participation piece. This includes:File #1 Halloween Drumming Read Me- Tells how it all worksFile #2 Halloween Drumming Rhythms 2/4 (16 sets of rhythms in 2/4)File #3 Halloween Drumming Rhythm 2/4 Performance Composition File #4 Halloween Drumming 2/4 Rhythm Performance Composition POWERPOI

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