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4th grade instrumental music literature circles
Change Sings
I love Amanda Gorman's poetry and couldn't wait to get this book. I've written a little song to go with it and added some Orff instruments. I suggest you find some un-pitched percussion to add to it, maybe egg shakers, maracas, claves or giro, or small hand drums on the beat. It would also be great with ukuleles - only needed the chords F and C. I usually teach the song first, read the book with the song (I usually sing as I turn each page), then teach the instrument parts and put them toge
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2nd - 5th
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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh! by Mo Willem
Here's a fun book and song for your kids! I purposely made the instrumentation sound a bit like Jingle Bells. There is only one measure where they change, and they will need to practice that, but it shouldn't be too difficult. Remember to add a Hey! at the end on beat four!
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2nd - 5th
A Christmas Carol: A Play Told in Six Scenes
This wonderful story written by Charles Dickens is a must for students and teachers looking for a fun and simple dramatic reading or a staged production to share with the school or family and friends. Adapted for the stage by Carol J. Macy. Dickens has an important message about kindness and caring verses striving for material wealth. Each scene asks for only minimal props and costume pieces. Victorian Christmas music can be uploaded online or purchased on a CD. Students will LOVE acting ou
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4th - 12th
Squeak, Rumble, Whomp, Whomp, Whomp by Wynton Marsalis
This is a fun one! I did not add percussion instruments because each of us has different instruments in our classroom. I would add something that "squeaks" when we sing "Squeak" and something that "rumbles" when we sing "Rumble" and some kind of drum for Whomp, Whomp, Whomp. I would use a Tick Tock for that "Tick, Tock" and maybe a clave or woodblock for "Clack" and a bass drum for "Boom Boom". You can obviously add other instruments as well. Have fun with it.
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2nd - 5th
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Lily and Sparkle: Interactive Instrumental Story
This story of friendship isn't just for listening, but for interaction! Let the students be the musicians and score this story by playing whenever their character enters the story. It can be a language arts cross curricular activity as well by discussing the setting, characters and making predictions! "Lily and Sparkle" is a great way to allow your students to practice following directions, listen and react, explore their instruments, work on rhythmic patterns and encourages kindness, friendship
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PreK - 4th
PANDORA'S BOX: A Play for Grades 3rd-8th
This adaptation of the Greek Myth, Pandora's Box, is a delightful way to introduce your students to the fun of using their own words and actions to respond to the narration and stage directions in the play. In this way, teachers can create an authentic performance where students do not need to memorize lines, but can improvise with their words and actions throughout the play. This lesson includes a warm-up exercise that will help students to improvise in a scene, using their own words. The na
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3rd - 8th
Three Prompts for Poetry and Acting out Original Poems with 3rd-8th Grade
Three Prompts for Poetry encourages students to write their own poetry based on three exercises. In addition, this lesson includes a simple approach to dramatizing original poetry with students. Music is added to provide atmosphere, to support the actors, and to engage an audience. This lesson is a wonderful opportunity to include language arts, theater, and music in one lesson.
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3rd - 8th
Commotion in the Ocean
I realized that I had written a song, but never went back to write instrument parts, so here they are. I would maybe add an ocean drum for the sound of the ocean, and let the student choose some instruments to represent the animals in the ocean as sound effects.
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1st - 5th
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Lupe Lopez Rock Star Rules!
Lucy Lopez Rock Star Rules! by E. Charlton-Trujillo and Pat Zeitlow Miller. Published by Candlewick Press.Just a fun little book. I added un-pitched percussion as Tambourine and/or shaker eggs/tambourines. You can add any un-pitched percussion you might have.
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1st - 4th
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Bringing Literature to Life with 3rd-8th Graders
This product is designed to help educators lead their students in the dramatization of stories or scenes from stories. The lesson includes exercises in the art of improvisation for the stage; exercises that will prepare students to improvise more easily when dramatizing a story. In addition, this product includes a scripted version of the Greek myth "Pandora's Box" for students to dramatize. This approach to dramatizing stories involves narration, improvised responses to the narrator on the p
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3rd - 8th
The Snow Dancer by Addie Boswell (with voice and instruments)
The Snow Dancer by Addie Boswell, published by Two Lions, New York.A fun book for the winter. I've added instruments, and thought I'd add a syncopated rhythm. The bottom line is bass xylophone, of course, then the next up is the alto xylophone. I'd add a finger cymbal on the second beat after the half note (on Snow Day!). You could add other instruments, like maracas, to imitate the crunching in the snow, and keep a steady beat. I usually teach the song first, then teach the instruments. T
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1st - 4th
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Say Something (with instruments)
Say Something (with instruments), by Peter Hamilton Reynolds, published by Orchard BooksMallets 1 are Glockenspiels (or Soprano Xylophones), Mallets 2 are Alto Xylophones, and Mallets 3 are Bass Xylophones. You can re-arrange to what instruments you have, and add un-pitched percussion as you need.
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2nd - 4th
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Pout-Pout Fish Far, Far from Home
The Pout-Pout Fish Far, Far from Home. By Deborah Diesen. Published by Farrar, Strauss and Giroux.My students love the Pout Pout Fish and here's another great one about traveling.Mallets 1 are the glockenspiel, Mallets 2 are the xylophones, Mallets 3 are the bass xylophones. You can always substitute. You can also add sound effects for the story, such as the ocean drum. I teach the song first, then the instrument parts on body percussion, then put it all together.
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1st - 5th
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All Are Neighbors
Another great book by Anexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman. I added Orff instruments, but you can add any small percussion that you like, so you can get more students playing instruments.
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K - 5th
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What Does It Mean To Be Kind (with instruments)
What Does It Mean To Be Kind by Rana DiOrio, published by ScholasticThis is the version with instruments. Mallets 1 are the Glockenspiels (or Soprano Xylophones), Mallets 2 are the Alto Xylophones, and Mallets 3 are Bass Xylophones. You can re-arrange to fit your instruments, and add un-pitched percussion playing the beat or an obstinate
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2nd - 4th
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Aliens Love Dinopants
Aliens Love Dinopants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort. Published by Scholastic. My students LOVE all the underpants books and we have such fun with them.Mallets 1 are the glockenspiels, Mallets 2 are the alto xylophones, and Mallets 3 are the bass xylophones. Substitutions always work great. I usually add some sound effects - something like vibraslaps or flexatone for when we sing "aliens" and something like finger cymbals for when we sing "underpants". Anything you add makes it fun for the
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K - 5th
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Pig the Monster
A new Pig the Pug book just in time for Halloween! I've added xylophones and glockenspiel. Add some non-pitched percussion to it, such as shaker eggs, guiro, vibraslap. Anything for a spooky and silly sound, because we all know Pig is a silly guy! Also, yell Boo! at the very end.
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K - 5th
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(1H) FUN with WRITING: THEMED PICTURE-WORD CHARTS: MUSIC INSTRUMENTS
The FUN with WRITING set is a great resource for beginner writers (Prep to Year 3) as well as for students who speak English as an additional language.This file includes;(1H) FUN with WRITING: THEMED PICTURE-WORD CHARTS:MUSIC INSTRUMENTSThe set - which can be purchased either individually or as a bundle - includes;(1A) FUN with WRITING:WEEKEND WRITING DESK CHARTS & SENTENCE STRIPSThe charts include words and pictures in an easy-to-follow layout for students to write their own sentences. The
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PreK - 6th
Also included in: (1A-H) FUN with WRITING: BUNDLE: THEMED PICTURE-WORD CHARTS
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