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Instrumental music thematic unit plans under $5
Ukulele Interactive Notebook - Growing Resource - Unit 1
This growing interactive activity notebook will guide you and your students through the learning process of playing ukulele!
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I have designed this interactive notebook with new musicians in mind. Most of the people who enter my classroom or watch my You
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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
"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
Hand Bell Music - Carol of the Bells
Music for handbells (aka hand chimes or tone chimes). This is a 2-page hand bell arrangement of "Carol of the Bells" for 5th grade and up. Great for concerts.To listen to a demo of this piece, click on♦ Carol of the BellsThen follow along with the thumbnail pictures above.I have used hand bells with middle-high school children (5th-12th grades) for 20 years of teaching. This is one of the arrangements I created for my students. It has been thoroughly kid-tested and performed in concert many tim
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5th - 12th
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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
Hand Bell Music - Ode to Joy
Music for handbells (aka hand chimes or tone chimes). This is an arrangement I created of Ode to Joy for my 5th grade classes. It is achievable for their age and above and is great for a concert.To listen to a demo of this piece, click on♦ Ode to JoyThen follow along with the thumbnail pictures.I have used hand bells (tone chimes and bell plates) with middle school children (5th-8th grades) for 20 years of teaching. This is one of the many arrangements I have created for my students.You might al
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5th - 12th
Hand Bell Music - Silent Night
Music for handbells (aka hand chimes or tone chimes). This is a 2-page hand bell arrangement of "Silent Night" for 5th grade and up. Great for concerts.To listen to a demo of this piece, click on♦ Silent NightThen follow along with the thumbnail pictures above.I have used hand bells with middle-high school children (5th-12th grades) for 20 years of teaching. This is one of the arrangements I created for my students. It has been thoroughly kid-tested and performed in concert many times, by 5th g
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5th - 12th
Piano Keyboard Composition Project
This composition project teaches students to create a 16-measure piece for piano with four phrases using the principles of repetition, variation, and contrast. It includes non-chord tones, including neighbor tone, passing tone, escape tone, and anticipation. Students also use the I, IV, and V7 chords in the key of C major. This composition activity provides scaffolded worksheets for students in class piano or piano lab. Developing composition and creativity skills is a great way to engage studen
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9th - 12th
African American Spirituals (Orff) Swing Low Sweet Chariot & This Little Light
This unit on AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUAL SONGS is a beautiful introduction to music sung during a very harsh time in the history of the United States. This product handles sensitive content and should be taught with care. Help students celebrate black culture, build musical skills (read notes, sing, play Boomwhackers & Orff instruments) and marvel at the lyrics that helped enslaved people find their way to freedom.In these slides, you will find:Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Lyrics, sheet music
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Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 4th Grade Bundle 30% off
Jazz and Blues Lesson Plan for Elementary Music!
**BIG UPGRADE to include more history and elements of each genre as well as a rubric for the blues writing project!**Teach your students about Jazz and Blues with this bright and engaging presentation! We'll start with the history of blues and listen to music from past and present Blues and Jazz artists. Then we'll write our own blues song, and get into the birth of Jazz! This is a great unit for Black History Month (February) or Jazz Appreciation Month (April). Included:Lesson PlanJazz & Bl
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2nd - 6th
Also included in: World Music Bundle for Elementary Music
Shaker Music Unit
10 week unit of work where students make their own 'shakers', designed for students in year 1 and 2. The program looks at basic rhythm notation, beat vs rhythm, the musical elements of pitch and timbre, and ends with students learning and performing a shaker song. It includes links to the Victorian Curriculum, Learning Intentions, Success Criteria, detailed lesson plans with a warm up, explicit teaching/launch, exploration, and revision, and an Assessment rubric.Please leave a review and let me
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K - 4th
The Nutcracker: Russian Dance (Trepak) Rhythm Play a Long
Here is a fun rhythm play a long to use with your older students!
This short, lively piece is an excellent way for students to practice:
• Reading a score
• Ti tika (eighth 2 sixteenth notes)
• Single eighth notes
• Inner anacrusis
• Accelerando
• ABA Form
Looking for more Nutcracker inspired music activities?
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The Nutcracker Play Along Mini Bundle
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4th - 10th
World Music Drumming Curriculum Map
The World Music Drumming Curriculum Map could be used with Will Schmid's World Music Drumming Instructional Material. The grades to be used varies from grades 3 to 8. Adjustments and modifications pending on the level, and class type (gifted and Talented, etc). The drumming curriculum incorporates listening, and singing along with drumming. This curriculum map can be used with drumming circles as well.
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Music Lesson Plan Bundle
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
Pipe Organ - Music Listening Activity Sheet and Crossword, Bach/Vierne Bios
Listen to a neat variety of pipe organ music with this unit. Study the pipe organ’s history and characteristics, discover Bach and Vierne and listen to their music, and use several SafeShare video links for in-depth teaching. Play instruments, listen and move with the voices of a fugue, enjoy completing the student listening worksheet and crossword. Learn some new vocabulary. See the lists below for more info! Organ performances included in this resource:Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D MinorBach’
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Keyboard Instrument Units Bundle - Pipe Organ, Piano, Synthesizer
Musically Montessori Nutcracker Suite Music Games for Little Kids
Montessori Style Activities for the hands-on study of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet Suite through musical group games and individualized shelf works.
From Carolyn at Magical Movement Company
IF YOU HAVE BEEN ENROLLED IN MY NUTCRACKER MINI-ECOURSE, THEN YOU ALREADY HAVE THIS ACTIVITY PACK. It is from the downloads from Musically Montessori "Nutcracker For Little Kids" eCourse: Lesson Three.
This Activity Packet includes:
~ Three Montessori Lesson Plans for creating group musical games
1. Caro
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PreK - 1st
Grade 7-8 Music Unit: Creating and Performing - Lessons and Final Project
New Grade 8 Music Bundle for Ontario (and other) Teachers!Ontario music teachers, if you're seeking a complete package to meet the Grade 8 music curriculum expectations, look no further! My latest Teachers Pay Teachers bundle is designed to align with Ontario music curriculum expectation C1: Creating and Performing, providing a comprehensive set of lessons along with a final project to showcase your students' musical talents.This bundle includes:Structured Lessons: A series of lessons that cover
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7th - 8th
Set of Middle School Music Plans, 5th - 8th Grade
This pack comprises a complete and comprehensive set of Understanding by Design Music Plans for Middle School Grades, including:Grade Specific Plans (5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades)Ensemble Music Plans (for instrumental groups and choir)Music Technology PlansEach plan covers the four musical elements of creating musicperforming musicresponding to music, andconnecting with musicwhile utilizing the Understanding by Design (UBD) planning elements ofStage 1: Desired ResultsEstablished GoalsMeaning an
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5th - 8th
Composer Camille Saint-Saens Listening Unit on Google Slides
This composer unit on Camille Saint-Saens was inspired by you all and your love for my John Williams Listening Unit. These editable Google Slides are ready to go for a sub tub, for in person or during Distance Learning, and tie into the year in a multitude of ways. Danse Macabre is fun for October (Halloween) & November (All Saints Day), Carnival of the Animals is a great musical joke for April Fool's Day or when studying programmatic music. Did you know he was the first composer to write
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K - 8th
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THE NUTCRACKER VIRTUAL CLASSROOM- full unit! | Google Slides
This Nutcracker-themed virtual classroom is a ZERO-PREP way to teach whole group or a virtual lesson about The Nutcracker! These slides feature information and videos about:The storyWhat ballet isMeeting a ballerinaBehind the scenes of The NutcrackerAbout Pytor TchaikovskyListening Maps to the musicMovement ActivitiesFull-length performance videoStudents navigate and click on different objects in the room, leading to read alouds, videos, interviews, movement activities and listening maps!You can
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PreK - 10th
Ocean Theme! Music Rhythm Posters and activities.
Thank you for your interest in this Rhythms of the Ocean resource. You will find 9 full color rhythm posters, 2 related activities and 9 black and white rhythm posters.
The posters can be used by class music specialists, instrumental music teachers and classroom teachers alike. Many teachers find these posters helpful for reinforcing an understanding of syllables in their literacy classes.
I hope you find them useful too!
Regards,
Emma Dron
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PreK - 2nd
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