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Elementary music composition activities under $5
Instrument Centers for Orff Instruments and Nonpitched Percussion Instruments
Use this set of 40 task cards for pitched and nonpitched instruments to make music centers, inspire creativity, and guide exploration! Students love playing the Orff instruments and nonpitched percussion and want the chance to explore the instruments to make new sounds and patterns.
For this center/activity just print off the flash cards that you want to use, laminate, and cut apart. Then use the instrument task cards to guide exploration and center activity!
Click here to see a video abou
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1st - 6th
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Ukulele Centers and Chord Flash Cards - Music Center Starter
This set of center task cards and chord chart cards is perfect for ukulele exploration centers and for chord flash cards. Students love playing the ukulele and want the chance to explore the instrument and learn more chords. For this center/activity just print off the flash cards that you want to use, laminate, and cut apart. Then use the ukulele task cards to guide exploration and center activity!This product includes:*16 task cards for ukulele exploration centers*48 pages of chord cards for
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1st - 6th
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Instrument Families Workbook - great for Distance Learning
Are you working on instrument families while studying instruments of the orchestra?This set can be used as individual assignments or quizzes or can be put together in a workbook for your students.Many of these pages are great to leave for substitutes as well!Included in this set:- A list of websites I like to use when working on instrument families- A cover for your student workbook- Color the instruments that members of the brass family- Color the instruments that members of the woodwind family
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1st - 5th
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Chrome Music Lab Scavenger Hunts | Printable & Digital
This resource is a way for your students to explore and become more familiar with Chrome Music Lab. It includes both printable and interactive digital copies so it can be used in person or with distance learning. You will see 3 different scavenger hunts here. One to explore all the experiments in Chrome Music Lab, one Song Maker specific, and one Kandinsky specific. Product will automatically add a folder of resources to your Google Drive*4/29/21 Update: This resource now includes both Google Sl
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Music Website Scavenger Hunt Set | Printable & Digital
Winter Composition + Movement Book Based Music Lesson for The Snowy Day
Incorporating books into your music classroom is a great way to get students hooked on reading AND music. This book based music lesson take your elementary music students into the picture book world of The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.In this lesson, kindergarten and first grade music students will to a movement activity inspired by the book, make up their own compositions using iconic notation, and learn how to put that on the staff.This lesson is intended for kindergarten and first grade stude
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Book Based Music Lesson GROWING BUNDLE 2 for Elementary Music
Music Center Starter - Jigsaw Melody Centers for Recorder Improvisation
Creating your own melody can sometimes feel like a puzzle. Why not embrace the process and use puzzle pieces to help create your very own composition! Each jigsaw card gives the students a rhythm building brick and a suggestion for notes to play. As they piece together different puzzle piece card they put together a brand new melody!For this center/activity just print off the flash cards that you want to use, laminate, and cut apart (there are several different levels of difficulty including
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1st - 6th
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Rhythm Flash Cards (Level 1) - Ta, Ti-Ti, & Rest
This is a PDF of 16 flashcards (2 per page - horizontally). I suggest cutting (one quick cut with a paper cutter on the whole stack and you're ready to go) and laminating them so they last for years!!
Rhythm syllables include quarter note, barred eighth notes, and quarter rest...
or ta, ti-ti, and rest (however you choose to teach it).
I teach very closely to the Kodaly philosophy and have found that just including the note heads works best for me and my students. If you need cards without the
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K - 6th
Roll A Rhythm: Music Rhythm Reading Dice Game
Roll-A-Rhythm Music GameYour music students will have fun playing this rhythm reading dice game! Give students 1 of the 8 Roll-A-Rhythm game cards (laminate or put in a plastic pouch to make the cards reusable). Each player rolls two dice. Match the number on the dice with the number for each box on the card. Clap the rhythm in the box. If rhythm is clapped correctly, that player gets a point.This set includes 8 different Roll-A-Rhythm cards, for differentiation and so they can be used for multi
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1st - 10th
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Also included in: Music Rhythm Reading BUNDLE
Chrome Music Lab: Song Maker Remixes (Great for No Prep/ Asynchronous/ Sub Plan)
This is a student-favourite activity that can be adapted to virtual or in-person learning models. This is really a true no-prep lesson for your class- excellent for a sub plan or asynchronous work as well. Students will use templates of popular and well-known songs in Chrome Song Maker to create a unique remix of their own! There are 20 songs to choose from, of different levels. Includes PDF and Word format (fully editable).Portions of each melody are already input into the Song Maker and ready
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2nd - 8th
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Let's Make a Rhythm Music Activity - Composition Worksheets | Elementary Music
Let's Make a Rhythm is an exciting musical tool designed to inspire and foster creativity in young musicians. This comprehensive set allows students to compose their own rhythmic melodies, providing them with a hands-on approach to music education. The kit includes printable rhythm boards in 3 main time signatures: 4/4, 3/4, and 2/4, as well as an additional board specifically for percussion instruments. This versatility gives students the freedom to explore various rhythmic possibilities. After
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1st - 8th
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Also included in: Beat Builders: Let's Make Rhythm - Music Activity Bundle
First Five Notes | Concert Bb Band | Speed Note Naming | 5 Note Flash Worksheets
This is a fun music activity to help reinforce note identification and increase reading fluency for the 1st five pitches in the concert Bb scale. It's great for elementary/beginning band students and contains 46-pages of speed trials (similar to Mad Minute) where students can compete against the clock, each other, or themselves! Check out the preview to see all of the worksheets. Answer keys are also in the set in case you need it for sub plans or you'd like students to check their work.Find t
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4th - 6th
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Xylophone Composing Workstation / Center for Music Class
This xylophone composing station is easy to prepare and easy for students to use to find success. Students lay the cards that contain a xylophone bar on them in 4 groups of 4. Then they play their composition alone or in a group.
The cards contain the pitch name (not on the staff, just the letter) and a picture of the bar they should look for with the letter name on it. Included in this kit are C, D, E, F, G, A, B, high C, high D, high E, high F, high G and high A. Also included is a sheet
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2nd - 6th
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Rhythm War (A Music Math Elementary Music Game)
Music Math (Rhythm War Game) contains 64 addition and subtraction music math cards for independent review or use in the game rhythm war. Click on the “preview” of this product to view 10 sample slides! Rhythm War is a card game played in teams of 2-3 where students solve equations on various cards by adding or subtracting note values. After each student has solved his or her card, the person with the highest value takes all the cards. The person with the most cards at the end of the game wins! T
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1st - 5th
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Pass the Pumpkin Presentation // Singing Game for beat v. rhythm or ta titi
Pass the Pumpkin is a fun singing game for elementary music class-- and it can help your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students learn about beat v. rhythm or quarter and eighth notes! This accompanies the song and allow students to practice ta and titi.This Google Slides presentation includes 30 slides where students will learn the song, learn about beat and rhythm, play instruments, and more!Includes:30 Slide Google Slides presentationSong lyricsSheet musicSong and rhythm (in regu
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Pass the Pumpkin Singing Game Lesson Pack BUNDLE for Fall Music Lessons
Rhythm Centers and Composition Rhythm Sort - Fall Food Festival Edition
Use these rhythms and fall words to inspire composition, arrangements, games, and more! In this set you'll find rhythm words to print and use in centers (various sizes included), a sorting worksheet, a composition worksheet, and more! All words have rhythm. Find the rhythms of some of our favorite fall things like pumpkins, apple cider, and changing colors! Click here for a video tutorial about how I use this resource in my classroom!This product includes:*30 different fall-themed words, pict
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1st - 6th
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Also included in: Thanksgiving Themed Music Center Starter Kit - Variety Pack Bundle
Name Games Presentation for Back to School or 1st Day of School in Music Class
When it comes to back to school, on of the most important things in learning the students' names-- all 700 of them! Name games are the solution to learning all of those names, because you can learn all of the names and the students can have fun. This Google Slides presentation includes 6 name games-- 3 for upper grades and 3 for younger grades. This Google Slides presentation includes 6 name games for elementary music. Each one has lyrics, directions, sheet music, and more. Plus, there's a video
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Back to School in the Music Room BUNDLE with 1st Week of School Lessons
Let Us Chase the Squirrel: A folk song to teach half note and re
Let Us Chase the Squirrel: a gem for the elementary music classroom! This song is a favorite of my students for teaching half note and re.
This PDF contains slides for the following:
- Lyrics
- Beat icons
- Steady beat heart beats
- Rhythm Icons
- Present ta-a (or ta-o) as tied quarter notes
- Practice reading ta-a or ta-o as tied quarter notes
- Present half note
- Practice slides for half note
- Melodic icons with lyrics
- Melodic icons with solfa and ? for mystery solfa
- A new note moves on
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2nd - 3rd
Chrome Music Lab - Song Maker Bundle!
Hello educators! I've bundled my three top-selling Chrome Music Lab Song Maker lessons. This bundle includes the following lessons at a reduced price:Lesson One: Exploration WorksheetLesson Two: B-I-N-G-OLesson Three: Remix the SongThese lessons are perfect for distance learning as it requires not additional resources. I've used lots of Song Maker lessons over the course of distance learning and students have loved creating and sharing their unique compositions! Guess the Song Answers:Lesson One
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3rd - 8th
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Rhythm Centers and Composition Rhythm Sort - Food Edition
Use the rhythms of the food-themed words to inspire composition, arrangements, games, and more! In this set you'll find rhythm words to print and use in centers (various sizes included), a sorting worksheet, a composition worksheet, and more! All words have rhythm. Find the rhythms of some of your favorite foods from cucumber, broccoli, pear, and grapes to macaroni, cereal, and chocolate cake! This product includes:*30 different food-themed words, pictures, and accompanying rhythms.*All words
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1st - 6th
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Also included in: Food Themed Music Center Starter Kit - Variety Pack Bundle
Play Doh Music Mats Notes, Rests, and Symbols
Your students will have a great time practicing how to read, carve, and make 20 notes, rests and music symbols with this fun set!#musiccrewcenters#musiccrewrhythm#musiccrewearlychildhoodSimply print, laminate the pages for durability, and place with Play-Doh and popsicle sticks. It's great for a fun, interactive center or for kids that finish their work early. It's also great for homeschool or for use with your own children at home. This set includes the following read it, carve it, make it pag
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PreK - 4th
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Exploring Orff: Going to the Amusement Park
This activity is designed as a fun way to explore the barred instruments and an introduction to composing. The lessons will take your classes through a unique journey to an 'amusement park' as students explore all of the sounds they can make on their instruments. Then, students are asked to create their own trip to the amusement park using some of the sounds from the lesson (worksheets included!) I use this lesson at the beginning of 1st grade to help students become comfortable with the instr
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1st - 2nd
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Rhythm Centers and Composition Rhythm Sort - Super Snow Day Edition
Use these rhythms and snow-themed words to inspire composition, arrangements, games, and more! In this set you'll find rhythm words to print and use in centers (various sizes included), a sorting worksheet, a composition worksheet, and more! All words have rhythm. Find the rhythms of some of our favorite snow day items like ice skates, snow forts, snowball fights, warm mittens, sleigh rides, and more! This product includes:*30 different snow-themed words, pictures, and accompanying rhythms.*A
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1st - 6th
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Recorder Composing Station
This recorder composing station is easy to prepare and easy for students to use to find success with their soprano recorder. Students lay the recorder cards in 4 groups of 4 and play it with their recorder alone or in a group.The cards contain the pitch name (not on the staff, just the letter) and the recorder fingering. Each time they play they are reinforcing their knowledge of recorder fingerings.Included in this download are cards for the following pitches: High D, High C, B, A, G, F#, lo
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3rd - 6th
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Rhythm Worksheets for Rhythm Reading Practice and Note Value Review
Rhythm is a vital concept for all musicians to understand! It needs constant reinforcement, so I created the Rhythm Workout worksheets.SAVE WITH A BUNDLE:Rhythm Workout BundlePRINTABLE FORMATPrint off the student's response pages individually or combine them to create a student workbook.WHAT'S INCLUDED:35 Rhythm Workout pages that increase in difficulty, making them suitable for different grade levels and abilities.Each page has FIVE rhythms. That's 175 rhythms, enough for a whole semester! TWO
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: RHYTHM Workout BUNDLE
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