8th grade Spring music composition resources for SMART Notebook

Rhythm Builder (SMART) - Crotchets, quavers, rests, quarter notes, eighth notes

Created by

Musson Music

Use this wonderful rhythm builder to create rhythms with pupils in 3/4 or 4/4 time. Drag and drop the note or rest into the grid to create a rhythm pattern. Use alongside music that you are studying to help pupils follow the beat and read a rhythm. Please note, this resource uses SMART Notebook software. This allows easy movement of notes and rests. This works best when presented in full screen mode.

Subjects:

Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson, Centers

Grades:

PreK - 8th

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Interactive Xylophone with Pentatonic Charts

Created by

Mrs Breyne

This SMART Board file is very useful when students use the Orff instruments in class. If you touch the bars they will disappear, making it easy for students to see what bars they need on their instrument. As a bonus, there are four additional charts already set up in commonly used pentatonic scales reminding students which notes to remove.C pentatonic = no burgers or friesD pentatonic = no graham crackersF pentatonic = no bacon and eggsG pentatonic = no chicken fingers

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, By TpT Sellers for TpT Sellers

Grades:

K - 8th

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Bird and Spring Themed SMART Board Attendance Activity w/ SOUND

Created by

Classroom Management, For All Subjects, Spring

What better way to start your day than with the delightful sound of chirping birds! Students move their bird to the birdhouse and then click the bird in the house for a special morning greeting! This activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included! *If you are concerned about students being able to reach the higher items on a SMART Board, consider having students use a pointe

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Grades:

PreK - 8th

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Rhythm Taco Stand - Notes & Rests - Smart Board CINCO DE MAYO GAME

Created by

Meg's Music Room

“Rhythm Taco Stand” is my new taco-themed note value game with fun sound effects! It is an interactive, Smart Notebook game that assesses student learning about rhythm basics while keeping them engaged in learning. This game assesses all students’ understanding of the following note values: - quarter note, - dotted quarter note, - half note, - dotted half note, - whole note, - dotted whole note, - eighth note (and paired eighths), - sixteenth note (and 4 sixteenths), - eighth rest, -

Subjects:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Games

Grades:

2nd - 8th

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Also included in: Rhythm Mega-Bundle - Elementary Music - 8 rhythm resources - Elementary Music

Spring/Earth Day SMART Board Attendance Activity Bundle (3 Activities)

Created by

Earth Day, Environment, Spring

This bundle has three Spring and Earth Day themed SMART Board Attendance Activities. SOUNDS are included for all three activities. Each attendance activity comes with a direction page specific to the activity. There are two options for each attendance activity--a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Check out my individual listings for additional pictures for each activity! "Birds in a Birdhouse" What better way to start your day than

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Grades:

PreK - 8th

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Butterfly and Spring Themed SMART Board Attendance w/ SOUND and ANIMATION

Created by

Classroom Management, Science, Spring

Fly away, little butterfly! Students use this fun and engaging notebook activity to show they are present at school. This file has both moving objects and sound. Students "release" their butterfly by clicking on it. The butterfly gracefully flies away while making a magical sound. What a wonderful way for your students to start the day! The activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing name

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Grades:

PreK - 8th

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March St. Patrick's Day "Shimmy Shimmy Shamrock Shake" SMART Board Attendance

Created by

Classroom Management, Spring, St. Patrick's Day

It's time to boogie down, shamrock style! Students make their shamrocks move and "dance" on this SMART Board attendance activity. The file has many moving objects, including a boy and girl leprechaun who will "dance" (spin) for several seconds when clicked. Students will then do the "shimmy shimmy shamrock shake" by clicking on their shamrock and making it "dance" (the shamrock will fade in and out for several seconds and then will disappear). This activity will really get rockin' when mult

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Grades:

PreK - 8th

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Wild about Rhythm - Note/Rest Values - SmartNotebook - elementary music

Created by

Meg's Music Room

“Wild about Rhythm!” is a Smart Notebook game that assesses students’ ability to read 4-beat rhythm patterns using quarter note, two eighth notes, and quarter rest. This is the Smart Notebook Version. To find the PowerPoint version, click here: Wild about Rhythm - Call and Response Game - PowerPoint Version This game is a call and response game. See the preview for the format. You will need rhythm instruments for this game. There are several ways to play this game: 1. Teacher plays the "Call"

Subjects:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Games

Grades:

PreK - 8th

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Also included in: Rhythm Mega-Bundle - Elementary Music - 8 rhythm resources - Elementary Music

Earth Day Recycling SMART Board Attendance Activity w/ SOUND

Created by

Earth Day, Environment, Spring

Celebrate Earth Day and encourage recycling through the use of this fun and engaging SMART Board attendance activity. Students move their recyclable item to the recycling bin. Students then click the bin to hear the recycling truck back up and do its job! This activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included! *If you are concerned about students being able to reach the high

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Grades:

PreK - 8th

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Spring/Easter "An Egg-stra Special Surprise" SMART Board Attendance w/ SOUND

Created by

Classroom Management, Easter, Spring

Peep! Peep! There's a sweet little surprise hiding in each of these eggs! Click to find out who wants to say hello! Students use this "egg-stra" special interactive notebook file to indicate they are present at school. Students click on their egg to reveal a special surprise. The egg will gradually disappear to reveal a sweet little peeping chick! This activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for

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Grades:

PreK - 8th

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Easter Spring Jelly Bean SMART Board Attendance Activity w/ SOUND

Created by

Classroom Management, Easter, Spring

Mr. Bunny sure does love jelly beans! Won't you share your jelly beans with him? He might even give you a personal "thank you!" Students use this fun and engaging notebook file to show they are present at school. Students put their jelly beans in Mr. Bunny's basket. Students then click Mr. Bunny for a very special "thank you." Students will giggle with delight when they hear Mr. Bunny's voice! The activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where

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Grades:

PreK - 8th

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Music with Mrs Tanenblatt

Rhythm Sudoku - Interactive Smart Notebook

Created by

In this arts integrated activity, students will use their reasoning and perseverance skills to complete the sudoku grid, filling in each row and column with rhythmic values. Drag and drop the blue notes in this interactive Smart Notebook file to complete the puzzles. Three difficulty levels are included, plus printable student worksheets! As a bonus challenge, there are blank sudoku grids included so that your advanced students can create their own. Answer keys are included for all three puzzl

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Music, Music Composition

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard

Musical Staff Tool (boomwhacker colors!)

Created by

Katie Pate

I have created a smart board file that has all the notes you are going to need when using a visual for your students! It is an easy manipulative to use and will aide you from practice to composition, and can be used across all ages! It includes 22 slides ranging from simple rhythmic options to the more complicated ones keeping all of your note teaching materials in one place and easily accessible and adaptable. The slides also have a Note Name option and a solfege option, and the colors of the

Subjects:

Activities, Assessment, Interactive Whiteboard

Grades:

PreK - 12th

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Spring Themed Flowers and Raindrops SMART Board Attendance Activity w/ SOUND

Created by

Classroom Management, Earth Day, Spring

April flowers bring May flowers! In this fun and engaging attendance activity, students "water" their flowers by dragging a raindrop to their flower and clicking on it to hear the "plop" of the raindrop! What a fun way to start the day and welcome spring! This activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included! *If you are concerned about students being able to reach the higher

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Grades:

PreK - 8th

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March St. Patrick's Day SMART Board Attendance Activity Bundle (3 Activities)

Created by

Classroom Management, Spring, St. Patrick's Day

This bundle has three March and St. Patrick's Day themed SMART Board Attendance Activities. Each activity comes with a direction page specific to the activity. There are two options for each attendance activity--a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Check out my individual listings for additional pictures for each activity. "In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb" What's that I hear? A lion ROAR-ing and a lamb BAA-ing? That means it must

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PreK - 8th

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Spring/Easter SMART Board Attendance Activity Bundle (3 Activities)

Created by

Easter, For All Subject Areas, Spring

This bundle has three Spring/Easter themed SMART Board Attendance Activities. SOUNDS included for all three activities. ANIMATIONS included for two of the three activities. Each attendance activity comes with a direction page specific to the activity. There are two options for each attendance activity--a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Check out my individual listings for additional pictures for each activity! "Fly Away, Little

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Grades:

PreK - 8th

Types:

Music, Music Composition, Other (Music)

Music Room Interactive Visuals

Created by

Harmonicclassroom

This is an interactive file with the visuals I use most often in my classroom. Body percussion staff- you can move the notes on the staff to make ostinatos to repeat. Solfege Ladder- you can move the solfege notes that you are not yet using- put them in the box and clear the visual to the only solfege notes you and your students need. Xylophone visual- you can demonstrate xylophone patterns for students in a large fashion, as well you can remove the bars you are not using.

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Grades:

K - 8th

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Interactive Whiteboard, Posters

STOMP-(Reduce, Reuse, Recycle): Making Non-Traditional Music-SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK

Created by

Mrs Kuchta's Corner An Elem Music Wonderland

This Smart Notebook lesson is designed to feature the professional performing percussion group, STOMP. Due to copyright laws, the video clips I usually show with this lesson are not included but you can easily attach your own videos. The students will be able to recognize everyday objects used in creating non-traditional music. Additional enrichment activities are included in the lesson. Come follow and/or subscribe to my blog at.... Mrs. Kuchta's Corner, An Elementary Music Wonderland! Che

Subjects:

Interactive Whiteboard, Graphic Organizers

Grades:

3rd - 8th

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Interactive Whiteboard

Bowings and Articulations

Created by

Nathaniel Strick

This SMART Board lesson will help your beginning string students understand bowings and articulations. Topics covered include down bows, up bows, bow lifts, staccato, slur, hook, and accents (with appropriate musical symbols). The lesson includes an interactive section for students to improvise and explore these articulations as well as an interactive and collaborative chance to create a melody with their own articulations. The lesson concludes with a chance for students to synthesize these new

Subjects:

Music, Music Composition

Grades:

3rd - 8th

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March "In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb" SMART Board Attendance w/ SOUND

Created by

Classroom Management, For All Subject Areas, Spring

What's that I hear? A lion ROAR-ing and a lamb BAA-ing? That means it must be March! Either that or it's your SMART Board talking!! Students use this interactive notebook file (with realistic lion and lamb sounds!) to indicate they are present at school. Students select either the lion or the lamb depending on the March weather they prefer, and then move their selection to their number or name. Students then click on their animal of choice to hear it "ROAR" or "BAA." Listen for the gigg

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Grades:

PreK - 8th

Types:

Instrumental Music, Music Composition, Vocal Music

Key Signatures - SMART board resource

Created by

Tim McFarland

This is a SMART board file that I use with my beginning and Middle School Band students to teach the concept of key signatures and the order of flats and sharps. There are several tabs extending off both sides of the page - sharps on one side and flats on the other. First there is the sequence of flats and sharps plus a short description of how to figure out what key it is, then there is a scale and key signature for each number of accidentals. These can be pulled out and placed on the staff

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Grades:

6th - 12th

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Interactive Whiteboard

Compound (6/8) Time Signature

Created by

Nathaniel Strick

Use this interactive SMART Board lesson to help students explore, improvise, read, write, and synthesize rhythms in compound time signature. Students begin by exploring how to count 6/8. Then they get a chance to create their own rhythms in 6/8 meter. From there they read rhythms and compose as a group.

Subjects:

Music, Music Composition, Vocal Music

Grades:

4th - 9th

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Spring/Easter "Some 'Bunny' Wants a Carrot" SMART Board Attendance w/ SOUND

Created by

Easter, For All Subject Areas, Spring

Some "bunny" is hungry! Won't you share your carrot with him? Students use this fun and interactive notebook file (with SOUND and ANIMATION) to indicate they are present at school. Students "feed the bunny" by clicking on their carrot. As the carrot disappears, you will hear the bunny chewing away! The activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included! *If you are concerned

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Grades:

PreK - 8th

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