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Instrumental music thematic unit plans for Google Apps
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)
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
Interactive Virtual Musical Fieldtrip for John Williams' Film Score
Welcome, wizards & muggles! These slides take students through John Williams’ film score “The Sorcerer’s Stone” (all rights belong to original artists and to be used solely for educational purposes!) and the melodic motif for various characters as well as thematic music. Included: 1. Infor on John Williams 2. Themed bitmoji classroom (Editable to add your own Bitmoji)3. 7 Melodic motifs with embedded listening tracks & music notation examples.4. Review with listening tracks5. Optional a
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5th - 12th
"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
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
Music of Mexico Unit for Country of the Month or Long Term Sub Plans
The music and culture of Mexico is so rich, and this engaging unit is a great way to incorporate it in your elementary music classes. This unit includes activities for Kindergarten through Fifth Grade, with printables, movement, and digital activities. Spread out the activities to use them for a Country of the Month or use them in a condensed manner for a week-long deep dive, or as five sub plans for a long-term sub or maternity leave.Included in this ResourceRead First document with a video wa
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Not Grade Specific
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
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
Carnival of the Animals: An Interactive Listening Adventure - GOOGLE SLIDES ED.
THIS IS A NEWLY UPGRADED/UPDATED GOOGLE SLIDE EDITION OF A BEST SELLING CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS LISTENING UNIT RESOURCE!! Are you looking for a new, colorful, interactive, adventure filled way to present the classic musical tale of Carnival of the Animals to your elementary music students? Look no further! This NEWLY UPDATED resource is just what you need. This fabulous resource contains beautiful eye popping clip art which will immediately captivate your students' attention, a composer biograp
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PreK - 6th
Music from Around the World Part 2!
This unit is a great way to expose your students to the wonders of music from all around the world. This is the second week-long unit I have on music from around the world! In this unit, students will study traditional music from Germany, Egypt, Japan, Greece, Italy, France, Mongolia and Finland. Students will listen to audio excerpts, explore unique instruments and learn all about the different ways that music is made all around the world! This unit includes 5, 50 minute lessons, a companion wo
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3rd - 12th
Also included in: Music From Around the World 2 Week Bundle!
Recorder Unit | 10 Songs, Practice, Notes Home, Assessment, Rubric, & Awards
Learning recorder can be fun, exciting, and inclusive! These editable Google Slides guide mini musicians through this ancient Baroque instrument with a mix of traditional & world folk songs that progressively increase in difficulty. With virtual & in person students in mind, these slides can be used on a large screen, printed, or used in tandem!This complete recorder method unit includes over 150 slides:10 songs: Mary Had a Little Lamb (BAG)Gently SleepAu Clair de la LuneLucy Locket (L
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 3rd Grade | 30% off
Prokofiev's "Peter & the Wolf" Storytelling & Listening Unit
Prokofiev’s brilliant ballet "Peter & the Wolf" comes to life in these slides! Students will learn each character’s melodic motif in linked listening slides as well as the instrument responsible for the melodies. Instrument families are introduced and students can practice classifying common string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments.Worksheets are editable, can be completed online, and have answer keys! Usually I delete those slides before sharing with students, but they are skip
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 2nd Grade | 30% off
Semester 1 (half year) comprehensive music program (MT, Jazz, Modern Band)
This is a half-year curriculum replete with curricular maps, some modular design, and some unit plans.
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9th - 12th
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Hip Hop Music Unit
Welcome to the hip-hop unit where you and your students can learn the history and culture of hip-hop. There are many lessons, activities, songs, and videos to explore with your classroom. Start your journey with a Virtual Field Trip. You will explore:Hip Hop HistoryHip Hop MusicRapCultureClothingBreakdancingImportant Figures in Hip HopAs you and your students explore the Virtual Field Trip they can also fill out an interactive notebook. This is available in both a digital and hardcopy format.Co
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3rd - 8th
Distance Learning | 35 Music & Literature Lessons MEGA BUNDLE 20% off
Elementary Music Education classrooms & literacy books go hand in hand! Celebrate diversity, practice social emotional learning, read notes & rhythms, color, and use the beautiful illustrations to inspire weeks and weeks of music lessons!Books:Alooki & the 3 Snow BearsBaby BelugaBuffalo MusicClick, Clack MooHarold & HogEyes that Kiss in the CornerGive Me Back My BonesHanda's Noisy NightI Am Cow, Hear Me Moo!I Am Every Good ThingJulian is a MermaidKhalida & the Most Beautiful
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K - 7th
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Nutcracker Unit - Guided Listening Worksheet, Vocabulary Review, Games, Etc.
THREE+ WEEKS WORTH OF LESSONS AND MATERIALS!!! This collection of six editable resources is how I teach my Nutcracker Unit. It includes:Introductory Vocabulary Worksheet, answer key included. Pages for Vocabulary Illustrations, some with just terms and definitions, some with coloring page pictures for younger students, or those who need help thinking of ideas.A Jeopardy game to review the vocabulary termsA follow-along worksheet with a slide presentation about TchaikovskyA Slide deck of the Nutc
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3rd - 8th
Gustav Holst: Musician of The Month Activities & The Planets
Use these slides and activities to teach students all about contemporary musician Gustav Holst and his multi-movement work "The Planets". Students will learn about Holst and work through various activities separated by grade with essential questions and videos. Older students will engage in a compare/contrast activity with Mars Bringer of War and John Williams' Imperial March. Extend this unit lesson by downloading my FREE Holst Composition Project Worksheet.All credits listed in the slideshow -
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K - 5th
AI and Music Unit!
AI has quickly changed the face of music and has sparked amazing interest from people of all ages. In this interactive unit, students will get a chance to experience first hand that impact that AI is having on music. This unit will spend two days exploring some of the largest ways that AI is impacting music with videos, website explorations and more. On the third lesson students will do compare and contrast exercises with AI singing covers and finally, on the fourth lesson, students will then us
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: 8 WEEK General Music Unit BUNDLE 6-12th Grade!!!!!! #3
Drum Dream Girl Book Lesson For Elementary Music
Use these slides and activities to take students through a lesson learning about a girl named Millo Castro Zaldarriaga and how she changed Cuban music for girls by being the first woman drummer. In addition, compare Millo's courage to other famous women of her time that students may already know.What's included...Intro slideHistory / culture of CubaMillo's life story and read aloudTwo drumming pattern activitiesOther famous courageous women slideAreas of interest...Prekindergarten, kindergarten,
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PreK - 5th
Virtual Field Trip: Famous Female Musicians for Women's History Month
Enjoy this virtual musical hall of fame inspired by some of history's greatest female musicians. There are also instructions on how to create an in-person museum gallery walking tour in your classroom!Famous females:Clara Schumann (True or False?)Fanny Mendelssohn (True or False?)Ella Fitzgerald (Read Aloud)Etta James (This or That listening activity)Patsy Cline (This or That)Dolly Parton (True or False?)Stevie Nicks (This or That)Whitney Houston (This or That)Billie Holiday (Read Aloud)Bessie
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4th - 12th
Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 4th Grade Bundle 30% off
Hispanic Heritage Lessons from Cuba, Venezuela and Mexico
This is a two-lesson unit levelled by Kindergarten/1st, 2nd/3rd and 4th/5th grades. It opens with an infographic of three learning targets, then begins with Latin rhythms, adds an introduction to Cuban music, and a reading of "Drum Dream Girl". For the upper grades, it adds an opportunity to add claves, learn about salsa dancing and adds depth to the story of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga and her family's Cuban band. The second lesson opens with "Dancing Hands" and uses Venezuelan pianist and compose
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K - 5th
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