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Kindergarten instrumental music thematic unit plans $5-10
The Nutcracker Music Activities for The Elementary Classroom
Use these comprehensive slides to guide your students through a lesson of The Nutcracker with Musician of The Month: Tchaikovsky! All of the text is editable and the necessary audio and links are already embedded.What's included...23 slide presentation on Tchaikovsky and music from The Nutcracker2 biography slides with an interactive videoDirections for the "statue game" with winter poses and Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy audioMarch of The Nutcracker Cup Game slides with rhythms, instructions, a
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PreK - 6th
More BANG for your Book: A Bundle of Drum Lessons using Children's Literature
A bundle of great activities to incorporate more literature in your music classroom! Use these five lessons together as a drum unit or space them individually throughout the year. Students will love reading the simple rhymes in these stories and then playing them on the drums. In the process they will learn about reading rhythmic notation, dynamics, form, improvisation, drum technique, and different types of drums. This bundle of drumming lessons uses the following books:• Thump, Thump, Rat-
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K - 2nd
Planets Suite by Gustav Holst | Digital & Printable Listening Unit
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 is
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PreK - 9th
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Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 4th Grade Bundle 30% off
Musically Montessori: Solar System, Europe, Gustav Holst and "The Planets" Music
Montessori-style Activities featuring the continent of Europe, the composer Gustav Holst, and his music, "The Planets" for exploring the Solar SystemIncludes 5 Activity Areas:1. Introducing the children to Gustav Holst, the continent of Europe (and country of Great Britain) and his classical music, "The Planets"2. "The Planets Musical Scale" song and activity3. "The Planets Musical Scale" Movement activities4. "The Planets DramaPlay Rhythm Instruments" Activities5. Focused Listening Activities b
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PreK - 1st
Elementary Jazz Unit Choice Board | Info, Listening, Projects, Assessment
Celebrating National Jazz Month in April? Honoring African American musicians during Black History Month in February? This inclusive unit is laid out as a choice board and works beautiful as a navigation tool when learning as a full class. This unit contains:Choice board with linked slidesJazz Sounds (syncopation, listening samples)Jazz Musicians (bios & a long list)Jazz History/TimelineJazz Instruments24 listening linksPre-test2 assessmentsAnswer keys4 Project options & rubricsJazz
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K - 6th
Also included in: Jazz Music & Jazz Musician Growing Bundle (20% off)
patriotic handbell songs and American folk songs for 20 handbells
This is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD!
Patriotic and American songs for the 20 note handbells. This book has the melody line for 16 well-known patriotic/folk songs of the United States of America. Great resource for end of the year production, President's Day, Independence Day, or Veterans Day. There are 3 military songs included as well. This would be a good unit to teach some history as well. Students could look up or learn about the history of the songs. For instance, it would be beneficial to teach t
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PreK - 2nd
Black History Month Unit Plan for Elementary Music (First Steps Inspired)
A 12 lesson unit plan celebrating African American Folksongs and Musicians for Black History Month (or anytime of year!). This unit plan is designed with the First Steps in Music structure but can be taught by anyone! Recommended for Preschool through 2nd grade but can be altered for any elementary class!Included:Lesson Plan - 10 pages of detailed instructions, links, and suggestions12 Days of Lesson PlansGoogle Slides DownloadPowerpoint PresentationGoogle Sheets Unit PlanExcel Download of Unit
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PreK - 4th
Carnival of the Animals: An Interactive Listening Adventure - GOOGLE SLIDES ED.
THIS IS A NEWLY UPGRADED/UPDATED GOOGLE SLIDE EDITION OF A BEST SELLING CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS LISTENING UNIT RESOURCE!! Are you looking for a new, colorful, interactive, adventure filled way to present the classic musical tale of Carnival of the Animals to your elementary music students? Look no further! This NEWLY UPDATED resource is just what you need. This fabulous resource contains beautiful eye popping clip art which will immediately captivate your students' attention, a composer biograp
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PreK - 6th
Elementary Music Songs & Games of Jamaica
This Jamaican Folk Song booklet is full of beautiful and fun songs and games for the elementary music classroom! Lesson plans, sheet music and lyric sheets are included for each song. All songs are traditional Jamaican folk tunes. Things to do inside:-Skip Jump Rope games for elementary music-Elementary rhythm lessons-Dalcroze Eurhythmics-Macro Beat/Micro Beat-Performance worthy repertoire - perfect for spring concerts!-Unison and 2-part singing for the elementary music student voice-Culturally
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K - 5th
Also included in: Music Around the World Bundle - Activities | Drumming | Sub Plans
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
Hispanic Heritage Lessons from Cuba, Venezuela and Mexico
This is a two-lesson unit levelled by Kindergarten/1st, 2nd/3rd and 4th/5th grades. It opens with an infographic of three learning targets, then begins with Latin rhythms, adds an introduction to Cuban music, and a reading of "Drum Dream Girl". For the upper grades, it adds an opportunity to add claves, learn about salsa dancing and adds depth to the story of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga and her family's Cuban band. The second lesson opens with "Dancing Hands" and uses Venezuelan pianist and compose
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K - 5th
Drum Dream Girl Book Lesson For Elementary Music
Use these slides and activities to take students through a lesson learning about a girl named Millo Castro Zaldarriaga and how she changed Cuban music for girls by being the first woman drummer. In addition, compare Millo's courage to other famous women of her time that students may already know.What's included...Intro slideHistory / culture of CubaMillo's life story and read aloudTwo drumming pattern activitiesOther famous courageous women slideAreas of interest...Prekindergarten, kindergarten,
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PreK - 5th
STEAM: Sound of Science
This lesson/ unit could be completed in 30 minutes, or as much as an hour every day for a month. This product includes the step by step directions for the teacher, directions for students, driving question, claim, three teacher led examples with discussion opportunities, six different musical instruments that students can create to learn about the science of sound, sentence frames, vocabulary, discussion questions to wrap up the lesson/ unit, and two activities for students to explore when they
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PreK - 8th
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Women's History Month Through Music: Composers, Activities, and More!
These Google Slides review women composers (past and present) along with various activities such as listening analysis, creative response worksheet, and more. Use these slides as a springboard for Women's History Month, or pick and choose activities to do throughout the year. All text and videos are editable, backgrounds are NOT. What's included...One intro slideHildegard von Bingen: the first woman composer facts, video, map of GermanyFlorence Price: facts/history, form lesson with scarf routin
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PreK - 8th
Also included in: Women's History Month Music Activities BUNDLE
Women's History Month Music Worksheets
Celebrate Women's History Month or women in music at any time of the year with these listening glyphs! Each page gives a brief description of the composer and her life, along with instructions for the listening analysis.What's included...Instruction page for teachers with direct links to the music for each page/composer10 different worksheets with composers varying in timelines and erasAreas of interest...Prekindergarten, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, fifth
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PreK - 5th
Also included in: Women's History Month Music Activities BUNDLE
Peter and the Wolf - A Musical Adventure - GOOGLE SLIDES EDITION
GOOGLE SLIDES EDITION NOW ADDED/UPGRADED TO BEST SELLING PRODUCT!!This GOOGLE SLIDES EDITION of the beloved classic story of Peter and the Wolf will be sure to jump out at your students from the beginning of the story! A short composer BIO, an instrument to character introduction page with attached audio of character musical themes, and the complete visual storybook version of the story is included with your purchase!! This will be one that you will treasure year after year. This product is also
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PreK - 6th
Pass the Pumpkin & Pass the Birdie (Major/Minor Exploration & Orffestration)
This is a 37 slides presentation first using the song, "Pass the Pumpkin" to introduce students to a minor key, then offers a spring re-visit, using "Pass the Birdies" in a major key! As a bonus, the song "Pumpkin pumpkin" is included for younger children - to the tune of "Bow Wow Wow".There are how-tos for teaching the song and game, as well as playing parts from xylophones to rhythm sticks, drums, boomwhackers, ukuleles and even a thunder tube and parachute! Pass the Pumpkin can be played in b
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K - 7th
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
Musician of The Month: John Williams Music Activities
Celebrate May 4th with activities featuring John Williams! Students will learn about John Williams and work through various levels of skills through videos found via Youtube. All credits listed in the slideshow - to enlarge the Youtube file or visit the page, click on the name in the video. All text and videos are editable... backgrounds are NOT.What's included...Title slideBackground on John WilliamsLevel one: steady beat practice for K - 2Level two: rhythm decoding and video play along for K -
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PreK - 5th
Smartboard Files - Music Instrument Families
This is a Smartboard Notebook file introducing instruments and their families. It is designed to introduce the families of Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Voice, Percussion, and Keyboard instruments. Each instrument has their own page and links to YouTube clips showing both how the instrument is played and how it sounds. Each page has interactive items that allow you to easily go to different pages or back to the home page.Also included are some influential performers on each instrument and a link
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K - 7th
St. Patrick's Day and Irish Music BUNDLE
Use this bundle to get the St. Patrick's Day/Irish Music slides AND the listening Glyph for Amy Beach's Gaelic Symphony! The slides cover facts about Ireland, St. Patrick's Day, instruments from Ireland, Amy Beach's Gaelic Symphony, and the Irish Jig! All text and videos are editable - backgrounds are NOT.What's included...Title slideHistory of Ireland & St. Patrick's DayTraditions from Ireland in the United StatesTraditional instruments from Ireland & Ireland's National AnthemAmy Beach'
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PreK - 5th
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Master Class/Party
Have a party while studying Mozart with preschool and elementary age children. Music, books, games and craft ideas included. Great as a unit study on Mozart or a master party at a music studio. If you are a piano instructor, make sure to purchase the Mozart Madness Piano Study.
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PreK - 5th
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St. Patrick's Day: Music, Dance, and Traditions From Ireland Lesson
Use these slides and activities to celebrate St. Patrick's Day or music from Ireland! The slides cover facts about Ireland, St. Patrick's Day, instruments from Ireland, Amy Beach's Gaelic Symphony, and the Irish Jig! All text and videos are editable - backgrounds are NOT.What's included...Title slideHistory of Ireland & St. Patrick's DayTraditions from Ireland in the United StatesTraditional instruments from Ireland & Ireland's National AnthemAmy Beach's biography and Gaelic Symphony ana
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PreK - 5th
Also included in: St. Patrick's Day and Irish Music BUNDLE
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