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Music composition thematic unit plans
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)
Ukulele Interactive Notebook - Growing Resource - Unit 1
This growing interactive activity notebook will guide you and your students through the learning process of playing ukulele!
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I have designed this interactive notebook with new musicians in mind. Most of the people who enter my classroom or watch my You
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Not Grade Specific
Mr. Holland's Opus Music Movie Guide
Looking for questions to accompany music students as they watch the 1995 version of "Mr. Holland's Opus"? This product includes 15 short answer comprehension questions for students to record answers as they watch "Mr. Holland's Opus" (Rated PG). Included in this product:✔️ 15 Short Answer Comprehension Questions (with detailed Answer Keys)✔️ Movie times are conveniently written next to each question for convenience✔️ 2 Creative writing prompts to help students connect to the movieTEACHERS LIKE
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7th - 11th
Women's History Month Music Activities BUNDLE
This bundle includes all slides and resources for Women's History Month available on my store! With all 4 items, you will have everything that you need to celebrate women of history, classical, and popular music. The preview attached is ONLY the slides for the Women's History Month presentation - please note there are 4 different items available. To see those previews, follow the links below. All the text and videos are editable on the slides but NOT the backgrounds. Worksheets come in PDF forma
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PreK - 8th
VOCATIONAL TASK Electrician
This product works well to introduce students to the electrician occupation and become familiar with tools used for both the job and personal home maintenance. Included is 16 object description cards, file folder for matching black line to color, 16-2 piece name to object match-ups, and 2 write in name to object worksheets.Make sure and look at preview to see more product detail. **Check out my Auto Mechanics Bundle to compliment this product.Grade level varies for this product because of the de
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1st - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Vocational Education Inclusion Bundle
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
History of Social Justice Movements & Protest Music | Comprehensive Unit
Studying the protest music of the past or present can be a powerful and engaging teaching tool for students, whether the goal is to better understand a historical time period, analyze the power of lyrics and poetry, understand forces of social change, or respond to current issues. This resource includes an editable Curriculum Map, multiple Google Slides presentations on The History of Protest Music and Social Justice Movements, and student assignments. Essential Questions (or Guiding Questions)
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10th - 12th
Pumpkin Stew: Halloween Song & Rhythmic Ostinato Composition Activity for Fall
Your elementary music students will love singing this song and composing a rhythm ostinato with ready-to-print ingredient/rhythm cards, or by drawing their ingredients with a no-prep student worksheet. You can turn this simple song into a student-influenced performance piece with included song notation and suggested performance notes!What's included?►song notation + performance suggestion►"small" ostinato composition cards (2 per page)►full page ostinato composition card (to laminate or put in p
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K - 3rd
Instrumentation Unit -- Elementary General Music Curriculum
This curriculum introduces students to different kinds of instrumentation and where they are used. Includes a transition lesson from the Form Unit. Covers symphonic band, orchestra, jazz band, unpitched percussion, and traditional Chinese instruments. Includes a final project using BandLab to assess students' understanding.
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4th - 5th
Disney's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Paul Dukas Digital Listening Unit
Use these fun & editable Google Slides when teaching Paul Dukas' music, Goethe's poem (modified as the original is in German), and Disney's animated "Fantasia." This is easily used during a hybrid or Distance Learning setting as it is fully equipped with embedded YouTube videos, audio suggestions, printables, & more! Students will be able to engage in this contemporary masterpiece by:listening to and/or reading Goethe's poemlearning about the composer & authorread & watch Disney
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PreK - 6th
Also included in: Classical & Romantic Music Listening Units | Growing Bundle (20% off!)
World Music Lessons & Worksheets
Your music students will enjoy learning about the influence of the Spanish & African cultures on world music. These lessons and worksheets are designed for the older music student from grade 8-10.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releasesIncluded in this resource are lessons on the following different styles/culturesSpanish MusicAfrican MusicCalypso MusicBrazilian MusicMexican Music. Each of these could be taught as independent mini units OR as part of the whole unit on the i
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9th - 12th
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
Technique Packet
Tetrachords, scales, chromatic, and technique building studies in 7 major keys/units: Concert F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, C, G. Bundle includes packet for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto/Bari Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba.
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5th - 12th
Form Unit -- Elementary General Music Curriculum
This curriculum introduces students to different types of musical forms. The lessons cover AABA form, ABAB form, pop song form, and Raga form through movement, listening, songwriting, and improvisation. This bundle includes everything you need to make this unit a success!
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4th - 5th
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Face Time With Composers: George Gershwin
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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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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1st - 9th
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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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Instruments of the Orchestra Activities BUNDLE
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
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4th - 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
4 Beginning Orchestra Pieces - Full First Year Winter Holiday Concert Bundle!
This is a beginning, first year orchestra concert arrangement of Jingle Bells, Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel, and Snowy Day Blues (an original composition). These sheet music arrangements are all full orchestra compositions for violin, viola, cello and double bass (with a piano accompaniment option as well), and are written for the beginning orchestra student's first concert performance.These arrangements are in D Major, and use one octave of the D Major scale. Both pizzica
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4th - 6th
Piano Keyboard Composition Project
This composition project teaches students to create a 16-measure piece for piano with four phrases using the principles of repetition, variation, and contrast. It includes non-chord tones, including neighbor tone, passing tone, escape tone, and anticipation. Students also use the I, IV, and V7 chords in the key of C major. This composition activity provides scaffolded worksheets for students in class piano or piano lab. Developing composition and creativity skills is a great way to engage studen
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9th - 12th
Dinosaurs ROAR!
Introducing "Dinosaurs Roar" – a captivating music program designed for elementary students, specifically tailored to meet primary curriculum goals. This engaging bundle comprises five dynamic songs: "We Are the Dinosaurs," "Fossils," "Pirasuars," "What Do Dinosaurs Do," and "Dino Boogie." Each lesson within this program focuses on key musical elements such as so-mi-la and do-re-mi melodies, providing a solid foundation for young learners.The program incorporates hands-on activities, including p
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K - 4th
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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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Grades:
7th - 8th
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