Elementary Music Lesson Plans-Set #2 (K-5 Curriculum Companion)
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This product contains 120 music lesson plans, 120 “lessons at a glance,” 62 original songs (with sound files), and 1,536 pages of additional resources for kindergarten-5th grade music students. The lessons meet the National Core Arts Music Standards and were designed for both public school teachers and homeschool parents. Each grade level comes with 20 lessons (about 50-60 minutes long) or 40 lessons (for 30-minute classes. Just split each lesson in half).
WHAT EDUCATORS ARE SAYING:
"Very clearly written, very easy to follow each lesson. The lessons are well thought through for the garde level specified. It covers our Quebec Music Curriculum. I love the songs and the activities suggested - it has EVERYTHING you need - worksheets, PowerPoints, lyrics, scores, mp3 recordings of piano accompaniment. This resource has saved my life this year!" - Nancy C.
"This resource was an absolute life saver for me and my students - I could not recommend it enough. *Note: I bought this in 2018 and have been using it for 5 years. My students enter middle school band/ choir programs knowing how to read music, notate rhythms, and different music styles thanks to Emily. Forever grateful to you!" - Kristen
Products Included In This Bundle:
Visit the link below to download a FREE explanation of the differences between my 1st and 2nd sets of lessons:
Differences Between Sets 1 and 2
INCLUDED IN THIS BUNDLE:
★120 lesson plans (240 for 30-minute classes)! Each grade contains 20 lesson plans designed to last 50 minutes (this can vary depending on the skill and behavior of your students). If you have shorter classes, just split each lesson in half for 40 lessons per grade.
Lessons include the following sections: Teacher Name, Date, Objective (written as an “I Can” statement), Warm-Up, Anticipatory Set, Model, Guided Practice, and Independent Practice. All lessons meet the National Core Arts Music Standards!
★120 Lessons at a glance. These are shorter versions of each lessons that contain the objective for that lesson, standards, new terms/concepts, songs, required materials, and optional materials. These are a great way to get a quick idea of what you will be teaching in each lesson as well as what materials you need without having to read through the entire lesson plan!
★62 Original Songs. Each grade comes with several original songs and warm-ups. Notation (including piano accompaniment) for the songs as well as MP3 sound files are included in this product! The piano accompaniment for each song requires beginner to moderate skill level. The sound files include both full score and accompaniment only. They were recorded using music notation software and do not include human voices singing the melody; however, I recently added separate sound files of me singing the melody for each song to help non-music teachers learn the songs. These are quiet and not intended to play for students.
★1 song list per grade. This document contains a list of all the songs mentioned in the lessons for that grade along with the lessons that utilize each song.
★1,536 pages of resources. All of the resources (i.e. PowerPoint presentations, worksheets, posters, etc.) mentioned in the lessons for each grade are included in this product.
(NOTE: EACH NEW CONCEPT THAT IS INTRODUCED IN THE LESSONS HAS A CORRESPONDING POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT IS WRITTEN IN SCRIPT FORM. THIS MEANS THAT AS YOU READ FROM THE POWERPOINT, IT WILL BE LIKE YOU HAVE ME IN THE ROOM TEACHING YOUR CLASS ABOUT THE NEW CONCEPT IN MY OWN WORDS)
★Answer Keys
★This product also contains the following six products from my store:
African American Composers (Black History Month Music Activities and PowerPoints)
Rhythm Judo (A Rhythm or Bucket Drumming Music Program)
Rhythm Flashcards (Printable and Interactive)
Music Word Wall Terms THAT RHYME!
Introductory PowerPoints for Musical Instruments
MATERIALS NEEDED:
★A projector is required to use the PowerPoint presentations.
★A Smart Board is not required but is helpful when utilizing portions of this resource. If you do not have a Smart Board in your classroom, simply allow students to click the mouse at your computer to view interactive features throughout the resource (some pages include clickable objects).
★Six of the lessons in this product require that you have access to two or three xylophones. If you do not have xylophones in your classroom, you will have to omit portions of these lessons. For Rhythm Judo (5th Grade), students can use rhythm or drum sticks to play the rhythms on buckets or drums. If you do not have these materials, students can use their hands and play on chairs or the floor!
★PowerPoint presentations on various non-pitched percussion instruments are also included in this product. If you do not have one of these instruments, I recommend showing the PowerPoint presentation and then allowing students to play a different non-pitched instrument for the remainder of class. Instruments included in the PowerPoint presentation: rhythm sticks, maracas, guiros, hand drums, claves, sand blocks, tambourines, triangles, castanets, finger cymbals, cow bells, bongo drums, conga drums, djembes, cabasas, xylophones, metallophones, glockenspiels, and recorders
★Other materials needed to implement these lessons include: Plastic cups, file folders; plastic sandwich bags, 2 brown paper bags, sticky notes, dice, 3 buckets or trash cans, 3 bean bags or balls, bubbles, balloons, dice, scissors, dimes, one button, colored pencils, and one stringed instrument of your choice (for example, a guitar or violin). You do not need to know how to play the stringed instrument.
SPECIAL NOTES:
★HOMESCHOOL PARENTS WHO TEACH A SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS AT ONE TIME MAY HAVE TO OMIT OR MODIFY SOME ACTIVITIES THAT WERE DESIGNED FOR LARGER GROUPS OF CHILDREN. THIS AMOUNTS TO ROUGHLY 10% OF THE PRODUCT.
★THE SOUND ON THE BEAT NO BEAT KINDERGARTEN DOCUMENT DOES NOT WORK IN GOOGLE SLIDES OR KEYNOTE.
★THIS PRODUCT IS NOT EDITABLE.
Tips for using this product in your password protected virtual learning platform (like Google Classroom or Schoology):
- Assign the pdf worksheets from this product to your students so that they can type on the worksheet from their computers. To do this, use the snipping tool to create a picture of the worksheet you want to assign and then upload it into Google Slides. Here is a great tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd_QN3Jcnao&ck_subscriber_id=769661488
- If you do not need your students to be able to type directly on a page from their computer and only need them to print a page off at home, simply open the pdf on your computer and use the "print to PDF" option to save an individual page or group of pages to your computer and then upload them into Google Classroom as an "assignment" or as "material." You can also do this for the PowerPoint files in this product. Here is a tutorial on saving an individual page to your computer from a pdf with more than one page: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYeZqJyxPi?ck_subscriber_id=769661488
Here is a tutorial on assigning work to your students in Google Classroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uhKgln1uuw
- You can also save the song notation and lyric sheets from this product to your computer and then upload them to your desired password protected online learning platform. I recommend waiting to upload the mp3 sound files from this product to your virtual learning site until students have had multiple opportunities to hear you sing the songs. The mp3's do not include human voices singing the melodies of each song (the melodies are played by instruments) so it could be difficult for them to sing along with the mp3's at first.
Terms For Online Use: This product can only be used on password protected platforms and cannot be used in courses or groups that other teachers or administration have access to. Examples of acceptable platforms include Google Classroom and Schoology (as long as other teachers, homeschool parents, and administrators do not have access to your course). Examples of non acceptable platforms include Outschool, YouTube, your district website, etc. This product also cannot be emailed or shared with other teachers or with other homeschool parents in other digital ways.
Terms For Classroom And Homeschool Use: Purchase of this product does not grant you permission to share the product with other teachers or parents (unless you purchase additional licenses). Homeschool parents who teach other homeschool students may print and distribute hard copies of the worksheets, coloring pages, posters, and song lyrics/notation to students but may not distribute the digital pdf's, PowerPoints, and mp3s to other homeschool parents.
DETAILED INFO ON EACH GRADE IN THIS BUNDLE:
INFORMATION ABOUT THE KINDERGARTEN LESSONS
★This set includes 20 kindergarten lesson plans and 195 pages of kindergarten resources (PowerPoint presentations, original song notation, posters, worksheets, word wall cards, and more!)
★Examples of resources included:
--6 original songs and 2 original warm-ups (MP3 sound files are included. Any songs that were designed to go with a circle game include instructions for how to play the game)
--Music word wall cards that rhyme
--PowerPoint presentations introducing concepts such as rhythm vs. beat, the four voices, musical opposites, symbols such as quarter notes and eighth notes, and instruments such as rhythm sticks, maracas, sand blocks, and hand drums
--PowerPoint presentations and listening glyphs to help students learn about music from the 1920’s
--Two music freeze dance games
--Worksheets to help students identify and draw quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests
--And much more!
★8 of the 12 songs mentioned in the lessons are included in this product. The other four can be found for free on YouTube or can be downloaded on Amazon for 99 cents per song. Links to those downloads are provided both in the lessons and in the song list.
THE KINDERGARTEN LESSONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS:
Sing with accurate pitch
Play classroom instruments with appropriate technique
Identify and perform beat vs. no beat
Identify and perform beat vs. rhythm of the words
Identify and perform the four types of voices (speak, whisper, sing, shout)
Identify and perform musical opposites: Fast/Slow, Loud/Soft, High/Low, Long/Short
Introduction to musical symbols such as the note
Identify quarter note/rest, two eighth notes, and one eighth note
Compose rhythms using icons
Listen and describe music from the 1920’s
Perform appropriately for an audience and respond to feedback
INFORMATION ABOUT THE 1ST GRADE LESSONS
★This set includes 20 1st grade lesson plans and 233 pages of 1st grade resources (PowerPoint presentations, original song notation, posters, worksheets, word wall cards, and more!)
★Examples of resources included:
--8 original songs and 2 original warm-ups (Any songs that were designed to go with a circle game include instructions for how to play the game)
--Music word wall cards that rhyme
--PowerPoint presentations introducing concepts such as tempo, dynamics, pitch, instrument families, the life and music of Duke Ellington, interactive rhythm cards, and more!
--PowerPoint presentations and listening glyphs to help students learn about music from the 1930’s
--One music freeze dance game
--Printable rhythm flash cards along with pictures and instructions for how to put them together
--Other printables including worksheets to practice drawing quarter notes/rests and eighth notes, rhythm icon composition activity, writing prompts, and lyric sheets
--And much more!
★10 of the 14 songs mentioned in the lessons are included in this product. The other four can be found for free on YouTube or can be downloaded on Amazon for around 99 cents per song. Links to those downloads are provided both in the lessons and in the song list.
THE 1st GRADE LESSONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS:
Sing with accurate pitch
Play classroom instruments with appropriate technique
Review the difference between beat and rhythm
Perform rhythms using iconic notation
Identify incorrect rhythms using iconic notation
Draw quarter notes, quarter rests, and eighth notes
Perform rhythms consisting of quarter notes, quarter rests, and eighth notes
Listen and describe music from the 1930’s
Perform rhythms in standard notation using rhythm syllables
Demonstrate piano and forte dynamics
Demonstrate presto and largo tempos
Identify and describe a famous African American composer (Duke Ellington)
Demonstrate high and low pitches
Play a melody that contains two pitches
Listen and identify a melody
Compose a melody consisting of two pitches
Identify members of the string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instrument families
Perform appropriately for an audience and respond to peer feedback
INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2ND GRADE LESSONS
★This set includes 20 2nd grade lesson plans and 230 pages of 2nd grade resources (PowerPoint presentations, original song notation, posters, worksheets, word wall cards, and more!)
★Examples of resources included:
--6 original songs and 2 original warm-ups
--Music word wall cards that rhyme
--PowerPoint presentations introducing concepts such as how to perform half notes and half rests, understanding bar lines and measures, 4/4 time signature, identifying the lines and spaces on the staff, strong versus weak beats, melodic direction (steps, skips, and leaps), the life and music of Billie Holiday, interactive rhythm cards, and more!
--PowerPoint presentations and listening glyphs to help students learn about music from the 1940’s
--Printable rhythm flash cards along with pictures and instructions for how to put them together
--Other printables including worksheets to practice drawing half notes/rest and whole notes/rests, rhythm composition activity, lines and spaces game board, and writing prompts
--And much more!
★8 of the 11 songs mentioned in the lessons are included in this product. The other three can be found for free on YouTube (ShafeShare link provided) or can be downloaded on Amazon for around 99 cents per song. Links to those downloads are provided both in the lessons and in the song list.
THE 2ND GRADE LESSONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS:
Sing with accurate pitch
Play classroom instruments with appropriate technique
Read music in standard notation containing bar lines, double bar lines, and repeat signs
Read music in 4/4 time signature
Identify measures containing and incorrect number of beats
Perform music using strong and weak beats
Tell the difference between line and space notes
Identify the names of the lines and spaces on the staff
Identify steps, skips, and leaps in a melody
Analyze the contour of a melody
Compose a two-measure rhythm in 4/4 time
Compose a melody consisting of two pitches
Identify and perform half notes/rests and whole notes/rests
Learn rhythms independently without help from the teacher
Listen and describe music from the 1940’s
Identify and describe a famous African American composer (Billie Holiday)
Explain how personal preferences affect the music I choose to listen to
Perform appropriately for an audience and respond to teacher feedback
INFORMATION ABOUT THE 3RD GRADE LESSONS
★This set includes 20 3rd grade lesson plans and 250 pages of 3rd grade resources (PowerPoint presentations, original song notation, posters, worksheets, word wall cards, and more!)
★Examples of resources included:
--10 original songs and 2 original warm-ups
--Music word wall cards that rhyme
--PowerPoint presentations introducing concepts such as the how to perform Ti-Tika, identifying high and low on a xylophone, 3/4 time signature, interactive rhythm cards, the life and music of Charlie Parker, and more!
--PowerPoint presentations and listening glyphs to help students learn about music from the 1950’s
--Printable rhythm flash cards along with pictures and instructions for how to put them together
--Other printables including ostinato worksheets, file folder games, listening glyphs, music baseball game board and scorecard, printable music storybook, and writing prompts
--And much more!
★12 of the 14 songs mentioned in the lessons are included in this product. The other four can be found for free on YouTube or can be downloaded on Amazon for 89 cents and 99 cents per song. Links to those downloads are provided both in the lessons and in the song list.
THE 3RD GRADE LESSONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS:
Sing partner songs with accurate pitch
Identify the names of notes above and below the staff
Perform music with expression using the following tempos: adagio, andante, moderato, and allegro
Perform music with expression using the following dynamics: crescendo and decrescendo
Play classroom Orff instruments with appropriate technique
Improvise pitches within a given tonality
Identify and perform Ti-ka Ti-ka
Identify and respond to binary and ternary form
Learn rhythms independently without help from the teacher
Add note values together
Read music containing systems, braces, and brackets
Compose an ostinato in 4/4 time using standard notation
Listen and describe music from the 1950’s
Identify and describe a famous African American composer (Charlie Parker)
Perform appropriately for an audience and respond to teacher feedback
INFORMATION ABOUT THE 4TH GRADE LESSONS
★This set includes 20 4th grade lesson plans and 227 pages of 4th grade resources (PowerPoint presentations, original song notation, posters, worksheets, word wall cards, and more!)
★7 of the 20 lessons are focused on introducing students to the recorder. The other 13 lessons introduce various concepts appropriate for 4th grade music students.
Please note that the recorder lessons are not a recorder program (like Recorder Karate for example) where students advance from one level to the next by mastering songs. These lessons instead focus on how to teach basic concepts to students such as how to read a fingering chart, how to play without squeaking, how to tongue, and how to play short exercises containing the notes B, A, G, E, and D. For each new note that is introduced, I have included one original song with piano accompaniment for students to play at the end of each lesson.
★Examples of resources included:
--8 original songs and 1 original warm-up
--1 original cup routine to accompany one of the songs
--Music word wall cards that rhyme
--PowerPoint presentations introducing concepts such as how to play the recorder, syncopation, 6/8 time signature, harmony vs. melody, interactive rhythm cards, and more!
--PowerPoint presentations and listening glyphs to help students learn about music from the 1960’s
--Printable rhythm flash cards along with pictures and instructions for how to put them together
--1 file folder game
--Composition worksheets, writing prompts, and a rhythm cootie catcher!
--And much more!
★9 of the 11 songs needed to teach the lessons are included in this product. The other 2 can be found for free on YouTube or can be downloaded on Amazon for .99-1.29 per song. Links to those downloads are provided both in the lessons and in the song list.
THE 4TH GRADE LESSONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS:
Sing with accurate pitch
Sing with accurate pitch in 2-part harmony
Sing with expression using dynamics
Play classroom instruments with appropriate technique
Identify and perform dynamics: pianissimo, piano, mezzo-piano, mezzo-forte, forte, and fortissimo
Identify and perform dotted quarter notes and syncopa
Improvise known rhythms on classroom instruments
Read music containing 1st and 2nd Endings
Compose a melody in 3/4 and 4/4 time using standard notation
Listen and describe music from the 1960’s
Identify and describe a famous African American composer
Perform appropriately for an audience and respond to peer feedback
INFORMATION ABOUT THE 5TH GRADE LESSONS
★This set includes 20 5th grade lesson plans and 235 pages of 5th grade resources (PowerPoint presentations, original song notation, posters, worksheets, word wall cards, and more!)
★ 6 of the lessons include time for students to practice independently on a program I created called Rhythm Judo. Rhythm Judo is a program in which students attempt to learn and master nine short rhythm pieces or “belts.” New rhythms are added in each piece, and the difficulty increases as students progress through the program.
★Examples of resources included:
--15 original songs and 2 original warm-ups
--9 original rhythm pieces and piano accompaniments for a program called Rhythm Judo. Students can play these pieces during bucket drumming units, on chairs, drums, or even the floor! This is also comes with progress and class list charts, a poster on how to learn a song independently, and a student award sheet.
--Music word wall cards that rhyme
--PowerPoint presentations introducing concepts such as the elements of music, triplets, cut time signature, interactive rhythm cards, how to find math in music, and more!
--PowerPoint presentations and listening glyphs to help students learn about music from the 1970’s
--Printable rhythm flash cards along with pictures and instructions for how to put them together
--Goofy sentence composing worksheets, instrument family posters, and writing prompts
--And much more!
★17 of the 19 songs needed to teach the lessons are included in this product. The other 2 can be found for free on YouTube or can be downloaded on Amazon for $1.29 per song. Links to those downloads are provided both in the lessons and in the song list.)
THE 5TH GRADE LESSONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS:
Sing with accurate pitch
Sing with accurate pitch in two-part harmony
Perform music with expression using good diction and breath support
Play classroom instruments with appropriate technique
Identify and perform triplets and ti-tika
Learn rhythms independently without help from the teacher
Create an equation out of a rhythm
Read music containing D.S. al coda
Identify the elements of music and how they are used to create variations
Compose a melody and lyrics in 4/4 time using standard notation
Listen and describe music from the 1970’s
Identify and describe a famous African American composer (Bobby McFerrin)
Perform appropriately for an audience and respond to peer feedback
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