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Music composition thematic unit plans $5-10
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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)
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
Rap Music Unit
A 10 week unit for students in years 5 and 6 based around the concept of Rap. The unit looks at technical aspects of music composition including rhythm notation and arrangements based on different musical elements. It also includes activities on the history of rap and hip hop culture, and links to Indigenous Australian poetry. It uses links on the Arts Live website which requires an account (this is free if you are in Australia). Students work towards developing their own raps about a topic that
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5th - 6th
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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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Instruments of the Orchestra Activities BUNDLE
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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Grades:
1st - 9th
Sea of Song: An Orff Based Unit of Ocean Learning
This combined unit can be used in any Orff-Schulwerk classroom and is also perfect for creating a wonderful performance. I have included the script I used when performing these pieces as part of my 1st Grade concert.
This unit is over 250 pages of lessons, slides, games, songs, and more!
By purchasing the bundle you can save $2.00 and get the script included!!
This bundled unit includes :
Ocean Fish
Ickle Ockle
Ickle Ockle Rhythm Fish
My Blue Ship
Merrily We Roll Along
Sea Creature Ron
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K - 3rd
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RAP Project for Garageband
This is a 3 part assignment for music studentsBy the end of this lesson they will be able to 1. Create a rap2. Perform their rap3. Record their rap on GaragebandStep by step instructions, lesson plan, rubrics, and example are included. See below for examplehttps://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_i7UwAAwTNoVmxydXVKMWVyMDAThis unit will bring together rap music, with recording in Garageband and performance to make a comprehensive unit that makes students engaged. Whats included?Lesson planRubricsStud
Grades:
4th - 12th
Grade 8 Music - Ontario Curriculum Bundle - Lessons and Final Projects
Introducing the Grade 8 Music Curriculum Bundle! Ontario music teachers, are you in need of a comprehensive resource to cover all your Grade 8 music curriculum expectations? This new bundle on Teachers Pay Teachers has you covered, offering a complete set of lessons and final projects that align with Ontario's C1, C2, and C3 music curriculum expectations.This bundle includes:Lessons for Each Curriculum Expectation: You'll get a series of engaging lessons designed to meet C1, C2 and C3Interactive
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7th - 8th
Music Time Periods--Classroom Exploration (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern)
This is designed to be used with a year long study of the 4 major periods of music: Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern. Students are tasked to research composers and together as a class build a visual collage on the classroom walls. Beginning with Baroque, the students bring in paper bricks to begin building the foundation. Next the Classical period is represented by castle towers and is built on the bricks. The Romantic period is represented by Rapunzel, and lastly, the Modern period is re
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1st - 6th
American Music Genres Unit
This is the unit I use with my middle schoolers to talk about the history of American music. I did leave out some genres, but this covers:pre-20th century influencesragtimebluesjazzR&Brock and rollsoulfunkdiscohip-hoprapEach genre covers: the definition, peak popularity, characteristics, influences and two influential musicians from the genre.This includes the Slides and a packet for students to follow along with.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Women Composers for High School | Ethel Smyth Music
She Composes is part of the Composing Women series. In this mini-unit, the music of Ethel Smyth is explored with Middle School music students!Dame Ethel Smyth was a skilled musician, composer, and activist. A Suffragette movement leader, Ethel Smyth impacted both the Classical music world and women's rights. She overcame sexist prejudices to fight her way into a male-dominated field. Her legacy inspired many men and women, including her contemporary Isabella Gardner. Ethel Smyth's portrait is th
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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
Song Form and Songwriting Through BandLab Mini Unit
Use BandLab to teach a mini unit on song form and songwriting! Your students will get an introduction to song form: intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, and outro. In lesson 1, they will analyze the song form together as a class, then on their own with a song of their choice. In lesson 2, they will write their own lyrics and use the song form analysis as a guide. In lesson 3, they will refine their lyrics and record into BandLab.You will need to create your own BandLab class and assignments to acco
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Tempo, Dynamics, and Timbre Through BandLab Mini Unit
Use BandLab to teach a mini unit on tempo, dynamics, and timbre! Utilizing BandLab, your students will get an introduction to the tools available in digital audio workstations to manipulate tempo, dynamics, and timbre in their own unique projects. Reinforce student compositional skills from the Melody and Harmony through BandLab units while teaching new tools. You will need to create your own BandLab class and assignments to accompany this resources.Unit includes:Student workbook with guided not
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Music Genres Through BandLab Mini Unit
Use BandLab to teach students about music genres and subgenres! Your students will learn how rhythm, melody, harmony, tempo, dynamics, timbre, and form all play a part in creating a genre. Lesson 1 introduces genres where students create a song in BandLab in their favorite genre. Lesson 2 introduces subgenres where students create a song in a unique subgenre of their own creation. Lesson 3 guides students to taking a dive into music history of a genre they've never listened to before and creatin
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Percussions "A la playa": 5 ready-to-use lessons for elementary music
5 ready-to-use and engaging elementary music lessons!These 5 crafted elementary music lessons are brimming with educational and enjoyable activities, ensuring that your students have a blast while acquiring essential musical skills.No prep, no stress!Our resource is a teacher's best friend, offering ready-to-print or project materials. Flexibility at your fingertipsTailor your lessons to your unique teaching goals and time constraints. Whether you prefer to follow our suggested lesson sequence
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1st - 4th
Melody Through BandLab - Piano Based Composition In C Major Scale
Use BandLab to teach a mini unit on melody! Utilizing the BandLab included MIDI keyboard, your students will be scaffolded through three lessons to compose melodies utilizing the C major scale. Students will learn to compose using standard notation and digital audio workstations like BandLab.You will need to create your own BandLab class and assignments to pair with this resource.Unit includes: Student workbook with guided notes and guided planning sheetsTeachers guide with answers to guided not
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Rhythm Through BandLab - Quarter, Eighth, Sixteenth
Your students love using BandLab, and you will love using BandLab to teach students the elements of music. Here is a mini rhythm unit using BandLab to teach quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes. There is a lot open to interpretation for teachers to adjust to their students. This mini unit contains: Student mini workbook (4 pages)How to use teacher guideTeacher guided notes answersYou will need to have BandLab and assignments created in BandLab for students to submit the assignments y
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Harmony Through BandLab - Intro to Major 3rds, Minor 3rds, Triads
You will need to set up BandLab classroom and assignments for your students to match this mini unit. Lesson 3 involves stacking Oreos to build cookie "triads".This mini unit workbook also involves scaffolding students from learning major/minor thirds to constructing triads. There is a fun lesson using Mint Oreos and Double Stuff Oreos to visually reinforce that triads are composed of stacking major and minor thirds and not just rote memorizing what a three notes go into a CM/cm triad. For high s
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Back To School Rhythm AND Kodály Cards for Music Class & Piano Lessons
Your students will enjoy learning Ta and Ti Ti Kodály with these Back To School Themed themed music rhythm cards!These cards feature only Ta and Ti Ti rhythms. You'll receive FOUR pages with 8 cards each for 32 cards total.These simple and cute cards are great for learning rhythms of quarter and eighth notes, reinforcing the rhythms and creating longer rhythm chains, and learning to compose. Need a quick reward? Your students will want to collect them all! Great for reinforcing and learning with
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PreK - 5th
Peter And The Wolf - A Story Told Through Music: A Unit of Study - GOOGLE SLIDES
GOOGLE SLIDES VERSION JUST UPGRADED/ADDED AND PRODUCT RECENTLY UPDATED: JUNE 2023This BEST SELLING lesson is NOW AVAILABLE IN GOOGLE SLIDES FORM and is appropriate for grades 2nd - 5th grade. Students will explore and discover the musical tale of Peter and the Wolf by listening to and identifying the musical themes for each character and their assigned instrument. Included in this lesson are audio sound files for character instrument themes, various video attachments, a listening map, and MUCH M
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PreK - 6th
MUSIC LESSON PLAN IN GREEK- HALLOWEEN AND FALL
HAPPY HALLOWEEN Music lesson plan in GREEK LANGUAGE13 activities !!! fall and halloween project
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PreK - 3rd
24 Seasonal and Holiday Arioso Level 3 Prompts!
Arioso is a child-created song (improvisation). Level 3 in the First Steps in Music curriculum by John F. Feierabend is a child-created song with an original text and melody.
These prompts can help spur creativity in your students, especially in those who are shy, hesitant, or are English Language Learners.
Prompts Included:
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
New Years
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Groundhog’s Day
Valentine’s Day
President’s Day
Read Across America
St. Patrick’s Day
Easter
Arbor
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PreK - 8th
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3 - Unit 3: Peer Gynt - FULL
This bundle contains all teaching resources for a 7-lesson unit on Peer Gynt (Grieg).Part 1: In the Hall of the Mountain KingPart 2: Death of AsePart 3: Morning MoodActivities:Listening and discussionImprovisation/compositionPerformance: In the Hall of the Mountain King and Morning MoodContents:Powerpoint slides for each lessonSheet music for In the Hall of the Mountain King and Morning MoodSuggested teaching sequences (plans)
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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