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Rhythm Activities: Beatboxing Music Unit For Middle School with Worksheets
Use Beatboxing To Teach Music Rhythm - Easy to use rhythm worksheets with Powerpoint presentation file & Sound Clips Kids love learning to Beatbox! Beatboxing is an excellent high-interest topic for middle school music classes. It even works well for classes that may have a limited music background (or a limited grasp of the basic rhythm concepts) but for whom most typical beginner music activities would seem too babyish.This beatboxing music unit is formatted as a student workbook, making i
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4th - 6th
The Lion Sleeps Tonight Full Classroom Instruments Ensemble Lesson Package
The Lion Sleeps Tonight Classroom Performance!The Lion Sleeps Tonight is such an amazing and fun song to introduce to the class.If you're looking for something to get your kids up and engaged playing the song, this is the perfect resource for you!In this fun lesson package, students will learn how to play the Lion Sleeps Tonight as a class ensemble!The lesson is introduced step-by-step with clear instructions making it very easy to conduct without any prep work. It's a great musical activity and
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3rd - 7th
The Pizza Rap - An elementary music lesson in rhythm and fractions
This unit is one of my most popular lessons! There’s no better way to teach rhythmic concepts than through rap; and this unit gets the students rapping about one of their favorite things: pizza!
The unit comes with:
• Level 1 score: quarter and eighth notes, quarter rests and four instrument accompaniment
• Level 2 score: adds sixteenth notes to the rap
• Level 3 score: adds dotted rhythms to the rap and accompaniment
• Level 4 score: adds syncopation to the rap
• Alternate scores for each
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2nd - 5th
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Face Time With Composers: John Philip Sousa
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 - 8th
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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: Franz Joseph Haydn
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
All materials I am including in this bundled unit download are s
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K - 12th
Lego Loops & Rhythms Unit
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME when you use Legos in the classroom! This engaging and enlightening unit introduces and covers a wide range of topics from loops and ostinatos to rhythm and composition.More info here:http://asoundmind.edublogs.org/2016/07/17/lego-rhythms-unit/This engaging unit is the perfect introduction to concepts like loops, rhythm, and notation. The unit will take anywhere from 3 - 5 classes to finish, and culminates in a creative project. Through well thought out and deeply involved
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1st - 6th
Instrument Family Unit with video, audio, games, worksheets & assessments
This editable Google Slides Instrument Family Unit is perfect for in person & distance learning and contains:Brass, Woodwind, Percussion, & String family information & picturesTimbre & Listening Samples (Rights belong to original artists)Instrument song (German Folk Song)10 Unique/diverse Bingo cards - printable & digital!Study Guide & pop quizAssessment & Answer Key These slides are able to be used in a virtual, hybrid, or in-person classroom, both synchronously &
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1st - 8th
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Also included in:Â Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 2nd Grade | 30% off
Commercial Composition Project
This is a 4 lesson mini-unit for general music class. The students are asked to create a short commercial advertising a newly invented product, and compose a short "jingle" to advertise the product. Students perform the commercial in class or video record their project outside of class and the class views the recording.
I have done this project several times, and my students always impress me with their creativity. This project aligns with thje following National Music Standards:
1. Singin
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5th - 8th
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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
Themes Project for Advanced High School Art or AP® Art Intro Symbolism/ Question
Introduce your AP or upper level Art students to incorporating symbolism through a guiding/essential question into their artwork in a creative way with this project unit. This is the lesson I teach my art students right before they start working on their portfolio projects as it is a perfect transition into more independent projects. Although I teach this in AP art, it can also be used in an upper level drawing or painting class. Students will create a project based off of an "essential question
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Orchestra Instruments: Introduction & Research Project
This Unit provides an introduction to the instruments in an orchestra and presents a research project for students to complete. It's a great use of technology, develops research skills, and builds confidence in presenting in front of an audience!Note: This product can be used both online or in person. There is an embedded slideshow link and printable PDFs for everything. Due to copyright reasons, I do not provide editable Google Slides.INCLUDES:-Slideshow of Unit & Project Directions: Four I
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â MUSIC PBL BUNDLE: 5 Large Units!
11 Echo Song Posters with Lyrics on the Back!
If you're like me, sometimes memorizing echo songs can be difficult. (I Met a Bear has 10 verses and nothing repeats!)This resource has a picture on the front to show your students and the lyrics on the back for the teacher if you need a bit of assistance. The pictures can also help your younger students and your English Language Learner build vocabulary by associating words with pictures.The melodies to these 11 songs can be found in the First Steps in Music curriculum by John F. Feierabend. So
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PreK - 8th
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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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Grades:
5th - 12th
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Face Time With Composers: George Frederic Handel
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
***Please leave a rating after purchasing so you can receive Tp
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K - 8th
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Composing & Remixing with Bandlab | Music Technology DAW Composition Project
Looking to incorporate music technology and modern composition into your music classroom? This exciting music composition unit project gives students the opportunity to use the free online Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) "BandLab" to compose and collaborate with classmates! This unit project is divided into two unique parts that can be used to address a plethora of topics and concepts in both music technology and music composition. In Part 1 of the project, students are composing and creating
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Sound Effects To A Scary Story Unit - K to 5th Grade
Sound Effects to ‘A Scary Story’1 Unit of 5 Music LessonsK to 5th Grade No Musical Background Needed!Comprising of five detailed, fun music lessons, students present a performance of ‘A Scary Story’ by creating a series of sound effects using body percussion, a selection of percussion instruments and a range of everyday objects. Timing is of the essence. ‘A Scary Story’ requires concentration, the ability to listen to others and respond appropriately at the correct time. It can be delivered to a
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K - 5th
Easy Recorder Songs Unit for Middle School and Upper Elementary in Hip Hop Style
This beginner recorder unit is designed for beginner musicians in upper elementary or middle school general music with no knowledge of music or playing recorder. There are 7 original songs with backing tracks in a hip-hop and R&B feel. The teaching powerpoint is 19 slides long. The slideshow is in a plain style as my students find added clipart juvenile. The performance or pass off songs are in the powerpoint and can be displayed on a projector. The backing tracks are embedded in the powerpo
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3rd - 8th
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First Steps - 4K / Kindergarten Music Unit 5 Lesson Plan and Google Slides
Save yourself some planning time with this complete and detailed First Steps lesson plan and Google Slides presentation! The plan follows John Feierabend's music workout from the curriculum including pitch exploration, song fragments (echo songs), simple songs, arioso, movement exploration, movement for form and expression, beat motions and song tales.Age LevelThis plan may be used with students as young as 4K or 3K, but may also be used with kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade.Google SlidesThe slid
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PreK - 2nd
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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
Weather Theme: Curriculum Ideas for Preschool or Kindergarten
This 49 page file includes many fun weather-themed ideas that you can use in your preschool or kindergarten/1st grade classroom. I have gathered ideas from many sources and put them together to save you time and quickly give you a great one-stop source of ideas. The file includes weather songs, crafts, fingerplays, poems and rhymes, feltboard ideas, snacks and weather-related activities! I have also included a list of weather books (split out by various types of weather) along with web links to
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PreK - 1st
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Frog Theme: Curriculum Ideas for Preschool or Kindergarten
This 30 page file includes many fun frog-themed ideas that you can use in your preschool or kindergarten/1st grade classroom. I have gathered ideas from many sources and put them together to save you time and quickly give you a great one-stop source of ideas. The file includes frog songs, frog crafts, frog fingerplays, frog poems and rhymes, frog feltboard ideas, frog snacks, frog facts, frog-related activities and even frog jokes! If you like the product, please rate it for me. Thanks! Kristin
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PreK - 1st
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First Steps - 4K / Kindergarten Music Unit 2 Lesson Plan and Google Slides
Save yourself some planning time with this complete and detailed First Steps lesson plan and Google Slides presentation! The plan follows John Feierabend's music workout from the curriculum including pitch exploration, song fragments (echo songs), simple songs, arioso, movement exploration, movement for form and expression, beat motions and song tales.Age LevelThis plan may be used with students as young as 4K or 3K, but may also be used with kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade. Google SlidesThe sli
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PreK - 2nd
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Ukulele rubrics for grading and peer assessment!
Looking for a set of rubrics to help grade your pupil's ukulele performance?This one does the job. Tick statements that best represent how your pupils have performed. Then tally up the score to see which band the grade falls under.This set of rubrics provides statements that work as a checklist from your pupil's perspective so that pupils are able to measure themselves as they work towards their goals. The rubrics are provided in a Microsoft Word document format so that you may change it to suit
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5th - 8th
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