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4th grade instrumental music thematic unit plans
The True Beginning: Before the Method Book
Curriculum and lesson plans for the first weeks of your beginning string orchestra class. Learn how to set up your beginners for success as they establish good playing habits through step-by-step lesson plans, fun games, and motivating music.
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4th - 8th
Bucket Drumming Karate (Google Slides Version) w Play Along Tracks!
**NOTE: This is for the Google slides version - a PowerPoint version is also available.This is a fun way to establish rhythms with students from kindergarten on up, but I've found it works best from third grade through eighth grade, giving kids a way to not only learn aurally but visually and kinetically all at once! All you need are some sticks and some buckets, and it can be as easily as chopping up some dowel rods from your local hardware store, chopsticks from your local eatery, or even buyi
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3rd - 6th
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Lin-Manuel Miranda | Digital & Printable Music Composer Listening Unit
If you loved Hamilton, Encanto, Moana, Mary Poppins, or In the Heights, you're going to love this Lin-Manuel Miranda Listening Unit! Since LMM is responsible for composing music for both film scores & the Broadway stage, his music will be familiar and engaging to a wide variety of students. This composer unit makes is great for in person learning as well as during Distance Learning! Also, please note that these diverse stories are key for students being able to feel included in your class
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Hispanic Heritage Month | Songs, Composers & Bulletin Boards (20% off)
Bucket Drumming Classic Rock
It's time to take it to the next level! This set of rhythms works great for bucket drumming but also for various percussion ensembles. It combines multiple rhythms and beats to give kids a chance to experience old and new (to them!) songs while keeping a steady beat, learning how to play effectively in an ensemble and having a great time making music together!
Each song includes instructions as well as lyrics, rhythms, web links and even gives you the chance to rick-roll your students! All o
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3rd - 12th
Bucket Drumming with Disney Inspired Beats
This is a fun way to establish rhythms with bucket drumming, using tunes that most students already know! The rhythms are interesting but not hard, and are designed for students to work on syncopation, rhythmic literacy through repetition and visuals. The beats are inspired by Disney music from Zootopia, Tarzan, The Lion King, Lilo and Stitch, Moana, Princess and the Frog and The Little Mermaid.The songs include:Try EverythingTrashin' the CampI Just Can't Wait to be KingHawaiian Roller Coaster
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1st - 8th
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The Nutcracker Music Activities for The Elementary Classroom
Use these comprehensive slides to guide your students through a lesson of The Nutcracker with Musician of The Month: Tchaikovsky! All of the text is editable and the necessary audio and links are already embedded.What's included...23 slide presentation on Tchaikovsky and music from The Nutcracker2 biography slides with an interactive videoDirections for the "statue game" with winter poses and Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy audioMarch of The Nutcracker Cup Game slides with rhythms, instructions, a
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PreK - 6th
"Keys to Treasure" Piano Unit for grades 4-6
Want to teach a piano unit but have a limited number of keyboards in your classroom? This is a fun and motivational pirate-themed piano unit that will last about 3-4 months! This unit was designed for the general music classroom, grades 4-6, with a minimum of 6 keyboards/pianos. Students work in groups for this unit. However this unit can also be adapted for piano labs and for other grade levels. This unit includes everything you will need to teach students how to play the piano from square one!
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4th - 6th
Vivaldi's Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter Music Listening Activities and Maps
Teach Vivaldi’s most famous violin concertos, The Four Seasons, throughout your school year. This bundle includes: 178 pages - 34 worksheets plus many teaching and info pages, and activities. May be used with various grade levels and are printable PDFs. Worksheets are provided for printing and with fillable form fields for students to type in responses. Music listening links are SafeShare ad-free videos. See my store page for complete lists of resource pages for each season.Look at the previews
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3rd - 6th
Ukulele Songs, Assessments, Finger Charts, & Decor Bundle (20% off)
This 20% off bundle unit has everything you'd need to teach ukulele! From honoring the ukulele's Hawaiian roots to building confidnce through SEL & Growth Mindset posters, assessments to fingering charts, and loads of songs, your students are sure to LOVE playing this string instrument! While Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI or AAPI) Month is a great time for Ukulele, this bundle has you covered all year long!Aligned with the National Core Arts Standards (Music)
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3rd - 8th
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Face Time With Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
If you are looking for a new, fresh, and fun way to introduce composers to your students, look no further! FaceTime with Composers offers your students a humorous, factual, and fun way to get to know famous composers. After watching this goofy and informative video, your students won't forget the composer they just learned about!
For a downloadable version of this video, please send an email request to: chrisedwards1112@gmail.com
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PreK - 12th
Elements of Music | Anchor Chart Posters (Digital Print)
Teach your students about the elements of music, and then remind them about what you taught throughout the school year with these Elements of Music Anchor Chart Posters.Contents8 - 8.5x11 Elements of Music Posters (Music Terms)Tempo - The Speed of the BeatDynamics - How Loud and SoftHarmony - The ChordsTimbre - Tone ColorForm - The Sequence of EventsMelody - What We Sing in Sing-AlongsRhythm - The Length of NotesTexture - How Parts Work TogetherBest quality, borderless printing is recommended fo
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3rd - 6th
Rhythm Basics - A Workbook and Teaching Tool for Beginning Orchestra
This is a 12 page workbook that teaches music students the basics of beat and rhythm. Group class activities and worksheets are included. Students learn eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, corresponding rests (except eighth rests) and time signatures. This workbook helps students develop a great start to counting and rhythm reading.
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4th - 7th
"A Tisket A Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald | Jazz Song for Voice & Orff
This childhood nursery rhyme came to life when Ella Fitzgerald sang it in 1938 and this unit keeps the song bursting with life! In these Google Slides, you will find:Information on the song & jazz singer Ella FitzgeraldInformation on jazzMusic with standard notation using half notes, quarter notes, & quarter restsSolfege Orff/BoomwhackersHand drumGuiroClappingXylophones or MetallophonesSong lyricsRead Aloud (link to YouTube Video - rights belong to original artists)Game (Lyric inspired
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 1st Grade | 30% off
Instrumentation Unit -- Elementary General Music Curriculum
This curriculum introduces students to different kinds of instrumentation and where they are used. Includes a transition lesson from the Form Unit. Covers symphonic band, orchestra, jazz band, unpitched percussion, and traditional Chinese instruments. Includes a final project using BandLab to assess students' understanding.
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4th - 5th
Disney's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Paul Dukas Digital Listening Unit
Use these fun & editable Google Slides when teaching Paul Dukas' music, Goethe's poem (modified as the original is in German), and Disney's animated "Fantasia." This is easily used during a hybrid or Distance Learning setting as it is fully equipped with embedded YouTube videos, audio suggestions, printables, & more! Students will be able to engage in this contemporary masterpiece by:listening to and/or reading Goethe's poemlearning about the composer & authorread & watch Disney
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PreK - 6th
Also included in: Classical & Romantic Music Listening Units | Growing Bundle (20% off!)
Virtual Music Haunted House for Danse Macabre by C. Saint-Saens
A haunted spin on a Google Classroom, this virtual haunted house is interactive, spooky, and musical! When in presentation mode, students can click on icons to jump to slides that teach about Camille Saint-Saens, Henri Cazalis' poem, some French superstition & history, and even through multiple slides with embedded music. With a study guide and assessment built in, this all-enclusive product is perfect for Virtual Learners, differentiated instruction, hybrid learning environments, or eve
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 2nd Grade | 30% off
Planets Suite by Gustav Holst | Digital & Printable Listening Unit
Oh how I love Gustav Holst's Planet Suite! It's programmatic, beautiful, and engaging. Want a tie into Social Studies / History? Study these Roman gods. Want to connect to Science and the planets? Here ya go! Connection to art? There are coloring Listening glyphs included. How about connecting to math? Identify these time signatures or the rhythmic chant in Jupiter's 5/4 ostinato. Relating each movement on the exit slip to an emoji is a nice Social-Emotional Learning component!This is
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PreK - 9th
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Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 4th Grade Bundle 30% off
Patriotic Songs & Activities Bundle for Memorial Day / Veteran's Day (20% off!)
Celebrate Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, & more with this Patriotic Music Bundle for your classes. Lyrics and beautiful images guide students through patriotic songs with accompanying activities such as listening glyphs, color by code, and movement-inspired games, & rhythm sorting (early composition skill) based on lyrics.Bundle includes: America the BeautifulArmed Forces Medley (and game!)Grand Old FlagMy Country Tis of TheePatriotic Sing AlongStars & Stripes ForeverStars & Strip
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PreK - 9th
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Face Time With Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach
If you are looking for a new, fresh, and fun way to introduce composers to your students, look no further! FaceTime with Composers offers your students a humorous, factual, and fun way to get to know famous composers. After watching this goofy and informative video, your students won't forget the composer they just learned about!
For a downloadable version of this video, please send an email request to: chrisedwards1112@gmail.com
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K - 11th
Elementary Jazz Unit Choice Board | Info, Listening, Projects, Assessment
Celebrating National Jazz Month in April? Honoring African American musicians during Black History Month in February? This inclusive unit is laid out as a choice board and works beautiful as a navigation tool when learning as a full class. This unit contains:Choice board with linked slidesJazz Sounds (syncopation, listening samples)Jazz Musicians (bios & a long list)Jazz History/TimelineJazz Instruments24 listening linksPre-test2 assessmentsAnswer keys4 Project options & rubricsJazz
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K - 6th
Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 1st Grade | 30% off
Instrument Families - Write the Room- Instruments of the Orchestra Activity
Help your students learn the instrument families and instruments of the orchestra with this fun and engaging elementary music activity! This Instrument Family Write the Room Activity is the perfect resource for students to identify all the instruments in the orchestra! ✅ Need more Instrument Family Resources? Check out the BUNDLE here! ✅This Instrument Family Write the Room Activity is a great way for students to review at the end of your instruments of the orchestra unit.✅ Music Write the Room
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Instruments of the Orchestra Activities BUNDLE
Form Unit -- Elementary General Music Curriculum
This curriculum introduces students to different types of musical forms. The lessons cover AABA form, ABAB form, pop song form, and Raga form through movement, listening, songwriting, and improvisation. This bundle includes everything you need to make this unit a success!
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4th - 5th
Distance Learning | Virtual Field Trip to Space with Holst's Planet Suite
Oh how I love Gustav Holst's Planet Suite! It's programmatic, beautiful, and engaging. Want a tie into Social Studies / History? Study these Roman gods. Want to connect to Science and the planets? Here ya go! Connection to art? There are coloring Listening glyphs included. How about connecting to math? Identify these time signatures or the rhythmic chant in Jupiter's 5/4 ostinato. Relating each movement on the exit slip to an emoji is a nice Social-Emotional Learning component!This Virtual Field
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1st - 9th
Music From Around the World 2 Week Bundle!
In this bundle you will receive 2 weeks worth of music lessons, worksheets, and assessments based on discovering traditional music from all around the world!Week 1:This unit is a great way to expose your students to the wonders of music from all around the world. In this unit, students will study traditional music from Africa, China, India, Mexico, Russia, The Caribbeans, Australia and Ireland. Students will listen to audio excerpts, explore unique instruments and learn all about the different w
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3rd - 12th
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