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Free other (performing arts) thematic unit plans
Black History Month Music Choice Board
Designed by a Board Certified Music Therapist: This Music Choice Board is perfect for inclusion or special ed classrooms during Black History Month or anytime of year! This resource includes a variety of genres centering Black musicians, songwriters, and artists from history to present day. It is set up with a field of 2 choice along with a PEC to prompt "I want." It also includes videos about Black poets, scientists, writers, athletes, and activists, as well as curated intro videos to Black His
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3rd - 8th
Carnival Piano Studio Challenge Incentive Information
Each summer I create a studio-wide practice incentive for my piano students. This printable PDF introduces this year's carnival themed challenge. You may use this PDF as inspiration for your own challenge, or use it as a handout / guide if you'd like to use this incentive in your own studio or classroom. This year's challenge is carnival themed. Students are split into two teams based on skill / method book level, and each team's goal is to earn 50 tickets by the end of the summer. If a team ear
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in:Â Carnival Piano Games and Challenge Incentive Bundle
Candy Rhythms PowerPoint
Use the Candy Rhythms PowerPoint as a visual aid while playing Candy Rhythms in your classroom!
Free purchase includes 29 slides with a picture and name of candies used in the Candy Rhythms Game.
Enjoy!
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1st - 4th
Teaching IPA & Latin Diction
This PowerPoint will help your middle school and high school students learn the different vowel IPA symbols while being introduced to diction and pronunciation in Latin. It incorporates instructions, matching activities, a demonstration video, and a vocal round excerpt to practice their new skills! Works for all middle school and high school students.
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7th - 10th
Bandlab Composition Project
In small groups, students are guided through the process of exploring the free online DAW (digital audio workstation) Bandlab to create an original composition. The teacher should explore Bandlab for his or herself before using this assignment. This file is meant to give you ideas which can inspire you to make it your own. I like to give students some time to work individually before releasing them for group work. I usually focus on one topic at a time, from simple (creating multiple tracks,
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5th - 8th
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Classical Music Education Curriculum Preview
The Classical Music, Classically Taught Series is aligned with Core Knowledge and Common Core music curricula. Presenting an overview of classical music from the Baroque Era to classic American Musical Theatre, the series provides educators with everything they need to teach 3-5 lessons on each of the great composers of history. Totaling nearly 100 pages of lesson materials, biographies, musical scores, translations, and illustrations, Classical Music, Classically Taught should be a help to any
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Goodbye Song: Largo Verse Two from Dvorak's Symphony no. 9
This sweet goodbye song is perfect to end your classes with. It uses the "Largo" from Symphony #9, New World Symphony. The text says goodbye in different languages. Guitar or Ukulele Accompaniment is lovely with this piece of music.For hundreds of free downloads, songs, Orff arrangements, accompaniments, lessons, and stories, visit Lynn Kleiner's Music Box and join today!
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PreK - 5th
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Sub Lesson - I See a Song
Created to be used with 3rd to 5th grade students as inspiration for creating original artwork while listening to classical music. Many students get stumped on how to get started. The book "I See a Song" is an excellent place to start.
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2nd - 5th
Let's Be Thankful
This one page poster is a song for Thanksgiving, sung to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle."
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PreK - 1st
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FREE Valentine's Day Games and Activities
What’s Valentine’s Day without friendship-building games and activities. Valentine's Day in the classroom is a FREE download from Words on a Limb (wordsonalimb.com) that includes games and activities for use in the classroom.
For more FREE classroom resources and activities, including a Valentine’s Day Card Template, songs and poems, visit me at Words On A Limb: Teacher's Corner
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Happy teaching everyone!
Valentine’s Day i
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PreK - 5th
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Heart Rhythm Flashcards - Quarter Note and Paired Eighth Notes CS Unit 1
Just in time for Valentine's Day it's Heart Rhythm Flashcards! This FREE resource is a great way to engage your students during the month of February with basic music literacy using quarter note and paired eighth notes. This resource can be used in conjunction with Conversational Solfege Unit 1!These beautiful digital files can be printed in color and laminated to add to your collection for years of use.Please review and comment if you would like to see more resources for February and Valentines
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K - 3rd
Music in Our Schools Month - We "LEAF" Music!
These materials were designed with this year's (2016) National Association for Music Education's Music in Our Schools Month logo in mind, easily lending itself to the tree theme.
The printable can be copied and distributed to students and teachers to fill out their favorite part about music class, music in general, or any reason why they like music. At my schools, we are taking the leaves and affixing them to a large paper tree in the hallway so that everyone can see the ways that their peers
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Not Grade Specific
U.S. History with Forrest Gump and Teach Rock Unit Plan
This is the syllabus I used for my U.S. History class. I've included a detailed description of the final Living History project. I used a scrapbook with an American/America theme for the scrapbooking project.
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8th - 12th
Lesson Planning Template
This is a planning template that I created to address the specific elements of a lesson that my district wants included in lesson plans.
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Apple Tree: A folk song with rhythm activities
This SMARTboard presentation covers many musical elements with one folk song about apples! First, students sight read a folk song using the pitches la, so, and mi and then uncover boxes to read the song text. On the second slide students can manipulate the different types of apples to form various rhythm word chains for a B section. The third and fourth slides assess students' ability to read traditional rhythm notation. The final slide is an improvisation activity older students will enjoy.
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1st - 4th
The Soldier's Tale Curriculum Guide
A complete curriculum guide based on The Soldier's Tale by Igor Stravinsky. Lessons in music, math, science, language, art, history and geography. Learn about the five branches of government, The United States Military, WWI, how a violin produces sound, music therapy, Switzerland, the composer Igor Stravinsky, the different dances used in "The Soldier's Tale", mixed meter and money math problems.
This curriculum guide was created to accompany the "The Soldier's Tale" CD and MP3 featuring the Lo
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4th - 6th
Lesson plan for your music class: Holiday 2022
Be ready to bring the festive mood into your classroom with music and dance!I am a Carl Orff teacher and was planning my holiday lesson plan. I decided to write it down and share it with you!All these activities tie together and can be used in multiple classes to create some continuation (that's what I've done). You can also use these activities or even principles within them to apply to any of your classes or themes that you're already going for.These are more focused on Christmas specifically,
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PreK - 4th
Musical Instruments 3-Part Cards
Works great with Safari Toob Music Instruments!
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Not Grade Specific
Extra Ideas for Music Appreciation Units
These are some extra ideas for you to consider for units for music appreciation. (The handout I use for acoustics is available separately on this site.) These ideas could also be re-written and used for substitute lessons. (This is NOT a finished set of lesson plans.)
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9th - 12th
Shortcut Song Lyrics--Inspired by Donald Crews
These lyrics accompany the song that is available at my TPT store, OPEN BOOKS OPEN DOORS. It's based on Donald Crews' wonderful book of the same name. Teachers have used this song for sequencing, character analysis, fluency practice, comparing and contrasting book and song, and simply for enjoyment.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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1st - 4th
"It's Cold Outside!"
We all know that dressing for cold weather can take a lot of effort for all involved, so we wrote this cute little word rhyme and song to make the whole process a lot more fun for everyone! This word rhyme and song might appeal to:-people who live in cold weather -preschool teachers-speech therapists -K and 1st grade teachers-special education teachers -early intervention practitionersIf you'd like to hear our CPO sing this functional, daily livin
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PreK - 1st
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K-ESS3-2
Tips on Planning for Music Appreciation
This includes tips and examples for beginning music teachers or teachers who've simply never needed to teach music appreciation before. (This is NOT a finished set of lesson plans.)
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9th - 12th
First Month Free Download of Kidz Jump Jam n' Jive Year 2 Curriculum
Preview the first 2 weeks of Kidz Jump Jam n' Jive, Year 2 "When Wigs Were Cool".
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PreK - 1st
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Monthly Music Celebration Calendar
A monthly schedule of heritage months and/or music spotlights per month. Just a schedule to follow.
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3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Monthly Music Celebrations
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