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Music composition unit plans
Journey to “The Planets” by Gustav Holst - Music Virtual Field Trip
Take your 2nd through 4th Grade students on a journey to outer space by introducing them to an engaging unit all about Gustav Holst’s Orchestral Suite, “The Planets”! With the included rhythmic, movement and exploratory activities, students will experience and connect with Holst’s orchestral suite in a whole new way while exploring and applying known musical concepts.The included lessons and activities were designed to be used in a Teacher-led, Synchronous Learning Environment. What’s included?G
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Music Virtual Field Trips Bundle
Music Lessons & Worksheets | Rhythm and Rap for Middle School and General Music
This collection of Rhythm and Rap Music Lessons and worksheets has been created with the Middle School and General Music student in mind. It is an introduction to rhythm, note values, time signatures and meter. It includes a project and lots of composition activities.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releasesUPDATED RESOURCE DECEMBER 2023 Included in the UPDATED Rhythm and Rap Music Lessons and Worksheets: Display format PDFPrintable format PDFGoogle Slides version for paperless
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6th - 8th
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Music Composition Project
Do you struggle to incorporate composing into your music classroom? Then this Music Composition Project is perfect for you and your students! This unit uses a step-by-step approach to the composition process. Students will begin with the simple step of drawing a treble clef and end with a performance of the piece they composed! Grab this resource and so much MORE for your classroom in the Elementary Music Starter Bundle! Includes resources for the entire year! Below you'll find a list of all the
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4th - 6th
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World Music Lessons and Worksheets Bundle | Middle School & General Music
This value packed World Music Lessons and Worksheets Bundle contains the perfect set of resources for teaching World Music to Middle School and General Music students.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releasesIncluded in the World Music Lessons and Worksheets Bundle:World Instruments Classroom DecorWorld Music Lessons and WorksheetsWorld Music Instrument Study WorksheetsAfrican Music Composition ProjectRECENTLY ADDED - World Music Instrument Match it CardsClick here to check out
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5th - 8th
Guitar Ninja | Pro | Guitar Curriculum For Beginner Guitar Lessons
WHAT IS INCLUDED:PowerPoint Files - 43 Guitar Ninja PowerPoint LessonsPDF Files - 43 Guitar Ninja Notation PostersPDF Files - 43 Guitar Ninja TAB PostersPDF Files - 43 Guitar Ninja Rhythm PostersPDF Files - 43 Guitar Ninja Song Test Sheet MusicPDF Files - Guitar Song Notation WorksheetsPDF Files - Guitar Song TAB Notation WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm Counting WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm Composition WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm PacketsPDF Files - Guitar Sub TubPDF Files - Guitar Ninja Weekly Ag
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2nd - 12th
Music Technology Curriculum: 12 Project Ideas | Year-long Bundle | Saves HOURS!
** Perfect for Distance Learning!** These projects were designed for the busy music teacher who needs help with starting or organizing a Music Technology course, or who simply wants to add some music tech or songwriting into the classes they already teach. The best part is, you do NOT have to be a professional sound engineer to teach these lessons! Enough project ideas/ material to use for a year-long course. JUST ADDED! Example videos of completed projects in the teacher resources section! In t
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Music Unit Treble Staff Practice for Piano and Xylophone BUNDLE
I created this treble staff reading, writing, playing, and composing unit as a way to teach note reading skills to my elementary piano lab students as well as to my general elementary music students on barred instruments.This unit focuses on note reading and writing skills for all notes on the treble staff as well as playing in C position (right hand) on the piano or xylophone.After students are comfortable reading, writing, and playing in C position, they will then complete one of two compositi
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2nd - 4th
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Complete Grade 1 Music Units - Parts 1-5 Bundle
Teaching music to young children can be hard, especially if you aren’t trained or comfortable with the concepts. Fear not! I have been putting my lengthy musical, teaching background and training to bring you user-friendly music units for Grade 1. This bundle includes the following Grade 1 music units that cover specific elements of music (Pitch - sound & melody, Dynamics – soft/loud and Duration – beat and rhythm and Timbre), applying concepts to musical composition and appreciating music.
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K - 2nd
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Video Game Music Unit
This unit is an incredibly fun and entertaining way to expose your kids to a variety of music in a fun manner: through video games! Video games are not only a fun outlet for students, but can be great examples of music, music technology, orchestral instruments and the evolution of music through time. In this unit, students will get an opportunity to study video game scores of popular games from all the way back in the 80s to modern games! This unit comes with a guide, a crossword covering all of
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4th - 12th
Also included in: 8 WEEK General Music BUNDLE 6-12th Grade!!! #2
Composer John Williams Listening Unit | Virtual Learning Friendly
This composer unit on John Williams makes for a great tie in to Film Scores & movie soundtracks, sub plans, or for virtual learning environments!These editable Google Slides include:BiographyTimelineJaws - Information, video/audio, & Color by NoteStar Wars -Info, video/audio, & Color by NoteSuperman - Info, video/audio, & Superhero YogaIndiana Jones - Info, video/audio, Map activityE.T. - Info, video/audio, Listening GlyphJurassic Park - Info, video/audio, Listening GlyphHarry Po
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1st - 10th
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Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 3rd Grade | 30% off
Music in Film Mini Bundle | 1 Semester of Film Music Units
WHAT IS INCLUDED:PowerPoint File - The importance of Music in FilmPowerPoint File - Theme Music in MoviesPowerPoint File - How Music Deceives UsPowerPoint File - The Art of InstrumentationPowerPoint File - The Art of Foley & Sound EffectsPowerPoint File - Movie Genres & Music GenresPowerPoint File - Scoring With The Seven Elements of MusicPowerPoint File - Writing Short Stories to Film MusicPowerPoint File - Musically Inspired DialoguePowerPoint File - Could Film Survive Without Music? D
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2nd - 12th
Ukulele Curriculum | PRO | Beginner to Advanced Ukulele Lessons
WHAT IS INCLUDED:PowerPoint Files - 43 Ukulele PowerPoint LessonsPDF Files - 43 Ukulele Notation PostersPDF Files - 43 Ukulele TAB PostersPDF Files - 43 Ukulele Rhythm PostersPDF Files - 43 Ukulele Song Test Sheet MusicPDF Files - Ukulele Song Notation WorksheetsPDF Files - Ukulele Song TAB Notation WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm Counting WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm Composition WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm PacketsPDF Files - Ukulele Sub TubPDF Files - Ukulele Weekly Agenda PostersPDF Files - Ukul
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1st - 8th
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Movie Music Unit: Listening, Analysis, & Composition
This is a captivating, hands-on unit on Music in Film! Comprising of three sections: listening, analysis, and composition, students get to explore the purpose of movie music and how it makes movies come to life! Note: There is an embedded slideshow link, a fillable PDF of the Movie Music Analysis Packet, and printable PDFs for everything. Due to copyright reasons, I do not provide editable Google Slides. INCLUDES:-Slideshow of Movie Music Unit: begins with a short synopsis on John Williams and h
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: MUSIC PBL BUNDLE: 5 Large Units!
Careers in Music Unit!
This engaging unit is a perfect way to provide real-world applications to the music classroom. This unit will teach your students loads of information about various music careers including video examples, pictures, salaries, lifestyles and more. This a great unit to get your students excited about music and its place in the real world and how many different and creative jobs are created through music! This unit includes four 50-minute presentations, a jeopardy review game, an assessment and answ
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5th - 12th
Also included in: Music Careers Projects-10 WEEK Bundle!!
GarageBand Song Writing Unit
In this unit, students will gain a basic understanding of chordal song structure, and use that knowledge to create music using the GarageBand app. Students will need access to iPads for this unit, but can easily work in groups of 4-5 students per one iPad.
As this is also an "Introduction" to GarageBand, students will primarily work with Smart Instruments during this unit. It could work with students who have limited musical knowledge. I personally teach this with my 8th grade general musi
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6th - 12th
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Piano Method Book | Piano Lessons For Beginner Pianists
WHAT IS INCLUDED:PDF File - 90 Page Beginner Piano Method BookThis Piano Method Book is everything you need for individual or group piano lessons for your students! This Method Book has a heavy focus on musical literacy, and all traditional approaches to reading standard music notation. This curriculum does NOT focus heavily on studies of any genre or style of music in particular, but rather the fundamental skills needed to peruse any style/genre of their choice in the future!A complete list of
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1st - 12th
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Also included in: Piano Curriculum | PRO | Career-Long Piano Curriculum For Piano Teachers
The Cup Song: Teaching Rhythm, Composition & Performance using Bloom's Taxonomy
This is a unit that is guaranteed to catch your music student's attention! Students (especially middle school) LOVE the Cup Game! So why not use it to teach them so much more?
This is a 19 page PDF download that includes:
1. Table of contents.
2. Five day (or more) suggested lesson guide with direct progression through Bloom's Taxonomy.
3. Reproducible handouts at 2 music reading levels so your students can analyze and dictate the rhythms they are using (Music reading Level 1 avoids the use
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3rd - 9th
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Music Rhythm Composition Student Worksheets- Unit 1 Bundle
This is Unit 1 in a series. To view Unit 2, CLICK HERE. This collection of 11 different worksheets are PERFECT for walking beginners sequentially through the process of composing rhythm by having them complete partially completed measures. Instead of free-hand composing which inevitably leads to a complete page of whole and half notes (the too-easy road), partially completed measures encourage higher-level thinking by forcing students to use all of the different rhythm types every day. Every new
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4th - 12th
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*MUSIC* Body Percussion Unit *12 Lessons*
Are you not musically trained? This is a perfect unit for YOU - you can incorporate rhythm, reading and songs with confidence using this Body Percussion Unit. This package provides you with printables, lesson plans, learning goals and and instruction. There are notes on how to assess students and how to engage students in a primary music classroom. Say goodbye to your fears of teaching music and learn how to teach Body Percussion! -11 lessons + Unit/Assessment Review -Music Suggestions, Book Sug
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K - 3rd
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Writing Music Notation- Unit 1 Mega Bundle
Welcome to the "Writing Music Notation- Unit 1 Mega Bundle"! Looking for the Unit 1 Mini Bundle instead? Click here!This is the IDEAL beginning notation guide for starting any melodic notation course with your students. These 44 pages of worksheets, lessons, reviews, and exit tickets walk your students through the following: Stem Side (right vs left)Stem Direction on the Staff (up vs down)Notehead Placement on the Staff (lines & spaces) & Correct Notehead SizeWriting Treble Clef Notes on
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4th - 12th
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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!
Lock In This Price! You will receive future units free of charge when you buy the current version (the price of this resource will increase to reflect the added units). E-mail notifications will be sent to buyers when this resource is updated.
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
Composing with Body Percussion: Improve Beat, Rhythm, and Ensemble Skills!
Explore COMPOSITION, RHYTHM, and TEXTURE with this fun unit—no instruments needed!!Motivate your students to LISTEN, and to improve their sense of BEAT and RHYTHM, in an enjoyable and motivating way. They will use simple rhythms to compose an exciting original piece of ensemble music, collaborating in the creation and performance of their compositions!This series of four/five lessons is aimed at Grades 3-6, with possible adaptation and extension for older grades. Read more about it here.This dow
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3rd - 8th
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Rap Music Composition Unit
A great PBL unit for middle school or high school students who enjoy the Hip Hop genre! This unit was a HUGE success with my students! Note: There is an embedded slideshow link, fillable PDFs of the Listening Log and the Teacher Rubric, and printable PDFs for everything. Due to copyright reasons, I do not provide editable Google Slides. INCLUDES:-Slideshow of Project Directions: writing composition, music component, performance-Quickstart Teacher Summary-1 Page Student Project Directions-Rap Mus
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: MUSIC PBL BUNDLE: 5 Large Units!
Pop Music Production: A Comprehensive Digital Music Unit
There are 3 main projects and over half a dozen stand alone lessons to provide context and clarity. It's intended for use with Google Classroom or other online platforms and is perfect for at-home or remote learning. Full of video tutorials, screen shots, and other "how-to's" it makes it easy for both the student AND the teacher to master this content. I taught this unit as a 5 week daily elective for 7th & 8th graders but it can be easily modified to suit your needs. The goal of the course
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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