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Other (performing arts) unit plan pdfs
Beginning Recorder Method Book - "Recorders Rock" for Soprano Recorder
This is a beginning Soprano Recorder method book, designed to be used within the Elementary Music Classroom. I created this book out of the necessity to have a functional, practical method book to teach beginning recorder students. I have implemented this method over the past 4 years in my own music classroom with tremendous success - along the way making necessary edits and changes to increase its effectiveness. I also wanted something that I had the rights to photocopy repeatedly, so as to
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3rd - 6th
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice - A Mini Listening Unit
Have your students heard of The Sorcerer's Apprentice? Bring this tale to life through the music of Paul Dukas. This mini listening unit is perfect for kindergarten through 5th grade students, providing a variety of activities to suit all grade levels.
The following is included:
*Directions
*The Story (click through slides)
*Literature Connection (optional story book version)
*Guided Listening Questions & Answer KEY
*Coloring Page
*Listening Glyphs (boy & girl version)
*Two writing prom
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K - 5th
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UKULELE UNIT for Music Class! Google Slides & Canva Slideshows
This 44 page slideshow is ready-to-present meaning you can start this Ukulele Unit TODAY! This unit is meant to be taught over the course of a few weeks, depending on how often you see your students and how quickly they master each chord. The slideshow is available on both Google Slides & Canva (best with Canva Pro or Canva Education). Included:Ukulele BasicsUkulele HistoryUkulele AnatomyHow to Hold, Tune, & Play UkuleleChords BasicsChords included: C, Am, F, G, G7, D, C7, A7Videos, Imag
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in: GROWING MUSIC CLASSROOM BUNDLE! 38 resources and counting!
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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GarageBand Music Tech Project 2: Get in the Loop
PROJECT #2 FROM MY BUNDLE**Download my freebie to see EXACTLY how I format my projects.**This is a music technology project using GarageBand. Your students will learn about musical form and instrumentation of songs. They will compose their own song using the prerecorded loops that come with the GarageBand program. If you like this, check out my 12 Project Bundle which includes a comprehensive section listing all the resources (links, videos, articles, etc.) I use to teach the projects. I also ha
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hand Bell Music - Christmas Handbell bundle
I love using handbells with kids and I've done it for 25 years. This is a bundle of 7 of my Handbell arrangments for 5th grade, middle school, and can also be used with high school and adults.Listen to a digital track of each of the songs.Carol of the BellsDeck the HallsDing Dong Merrily on HighGood King WenceslasJingle BellsO Christmas TreeSing We Now of Christmas(Some of these arrangements are sold separately)I also have resources for:Teaching children to play recordersTeaching children to pla
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5th - 12th
STOMP Composition Project
General music teachers, have you ever had your students watch "STOMP" and thought about incorporating it into your curriculum?
Here is a composition project that teaches form (call & response), the creative process (composition & revision), and has students perform their own creative work. You can use standard notation or just write out the words to represent what you are doing, and students will learn rhythm without even realizing it.
In this project, students watch STOMP's "Just Cl
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4th - 7th
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Music Technology Curriculum Map
Thanks for taking a look at my product! I have spent countless hours developing the curriculum for my Music Technology courses and I found that creating the curriculum map was one of the most time-intensive parts. I sincerely hope that this resource will be a huge time-saver for you. As you browse through it you will notice that it is aligned with the NAFME National Music Standards for Music Technology and is divided into four quarters (for a full year- or can be separated into two semesters). T
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6th - 12th
Rhapsody in Blue - A Mini Listening Unit
Have your students heard of Rhapsody in Blue? Bring this classic piece of American jazz music to your students! This mini listening unit is perfect for kindergarten through 5th grade students, providing a variety of activities to suit all grade levels.
The following is included:
*Directions
*The Composer
*The Story (click through slides)
*Literature Connection (optional story book version)
*Guided Listening Questions & Answer KEY
*Picture the Music
*Coloring Page
*Listening Glyphs (boy &
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K - 5th
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Elementary Music Curriculum Map
This curriculum map was created by me when started teaching elementary music at a school that didn't have music for 7 years. I started from scratch had no teaching resources or materials, so I developed my own curriculum map that followed the National standards. This curriculum map is similar to the one inside of the HARMONY membership (but a bit different). You will also find every other product in my TPT store, including the lessons, teacher training, and resources inside of the HARMONY mem
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K - 5th
Vibrato Vitamins Bootcamp - 7 Weeks to Beautiful Vibrato for Your Ensemble
Vibrato is challenging to teach in a group setting!Violinists/violists have a different vibrato motion that cellists/bassists.Depending on the size of your ensemble and your rehearsal space, you may not be able to physically get to every musician to help them individually with their vibrato.Musician who self-teach vibrato often end up with a sporadic, tense, "quiver" vibrato.Practicing vibrato is BORING!Why is this resource titled, Vibrato "Vitamins?"Vitamins are supplements for our bodies, and
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7th - 12th
Middle School General Music Curriculum Guide
Middle School General Music is a class I have such a passion for. The possibilities of lesson plans are ENDLESS! This resource provides you with multiple unit ideas to include in your class. Each unit has vocabulary suggestions, project ideas, recording suggestions, topics for discussion and more! Before each unit, a preface is provided giving you tips on implementing each unit. Units include:Composers - includes composers to use, suggested listening, commercials that use classical music, vocab
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5th - 8th
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Elementary Music Summer Olympics - Tokyo
This five day unit (with bonus day!) focuses on using the Summer Olympics as a learning tool for music education, while incorporating traditional summer Olympic sports such as swimming, gymnastics, fencing, synchronized swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, table tennis and even golf! It can be used for elementary school students from kindergarten to sixth grade (although my high school students begged to do some of these too and enjoy them!), and offers students the chance to both prove their knowled
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K - 6th
Rhythm Cup Karate
Inspired by my Bucket Drumming Karate unit, I wanted to have another option for my students for centers, fun Fridays and even just in between concerts as a way to continue with rhythm literacy and even enable my students to play the cup song better! I've used this in my classroom from third grade through twelfth and all of my students find it a fun way to review rhythm reading with immediate aural feedback and laughter!This is a fun way to establish rhythms with students from 3rd through 7th gr
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3rd - 7th
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Musical Instrument Learning Centers - Orchestra Families
Learning about and recognizing the instruments and instruments families of the orchestra is an essential concept in music education. This unit gives students practice with listening to, identifiying, categorizing, and manipulating the instruments and families of the orchestra through 5 pre-made learning centers. I have designed this unit so all 5 centers are student-centered and student-driven, so the teacher is free to move around the room and assist all students as needed. The five centers
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1st - 4th
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Ukulele Unit Bundle for the Music Classroom plus Bundle Bonus!
Sequential. Succinct. Successful.
This is the teaching method that includes everything you need without the extra “fluff” you won’t use. My units bundle contains all the materials you need to run a successful ukulele program in your classroom!
Check out each link to see what will be included in this exciting bundle!
BONUS BUNDLE ITEM: Large chord charts for use in teaching, classroom reinforcements, and student use.
Blessings,
La La Landes
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4th - 9th
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Rock'n'Rollin' 4: ENCORE - STUDIO LICENSE
Is your young drummer hungry for more solos and activities outside of the Rock'n'Rollin Level 4 Book? Have no fear! Introducing...the Rock'n'Rollin' Level 4 ENCORE Book!The ENCORE Book includes MORE SOLOS and ACTIVITIES to tide your drummer over until they get into Level 5.Solos in Level 3 ENCORE use the traditional 5-line staff and use the time signatures found in book 4 such as 4/4, 3/4 and 6/8, as well as the concepts of new dynamics, repeats and more. Rock'n'Rollin 3 ENCORE can be used in ta
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4th - 12th
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Classical Music, Classically Taught | Guides to Classical Music
This series of guides introduces students and teachers to Western Classical Music from 1600 to the present.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, biogr
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Not Grade Specific
Music Appreciation Bundle! Middle ages to Twentieth Century
22 different products included! This bundle includes musical period resources from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque Period, Classical Period, Romantic Period, and Twentieth Century. Each resource within this bundle varies in what is included. These resources may be updated, and an email will be sent to notify buyers with each update given. Resoureces included:Slideshow presentations (Google Slides)Vocabulary WorksheetsQuizzesGraphic OrganizersGuided Notesand Projects! FREE BONUS- List of on
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8th - 12th
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Hand Bell Music - Carol of the Bells
Music for handbells (aka hand chimes or tone chimes). This is a 2-page hand bell arrangement of "Carol of the Bells" for 5th grade and up. Great for concerts.To listen to a demo of this piece, click on♦ Carol of the BellsThen follow along with the thumbnail pictures above.I have used hand bells with middle-high school children (5th-12th grades) for 20 years of teaching. This is one of the arrangements I created for my students. It has been thoroughly kid-tested and performed in concert many tim
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5th - 12th
Absolute Essential Guitar Resource | Chord Diagrams | Unit Plan | Activities
At over 200 pages, the Absolute Essential Guitar Resource has got you covered. Use the unit plan to introduce learners to guitar using the informal learning approach. The unit includes learning Em, C, D, G, F, Am, and simplified Bm chords. Aside from the 60+ page unit portion of this resources, this ultimate resource has everything you need to teach beginner guitarists with lesson activities, diagrams, posters, chord charts, scale degree charts, Nashville Numbers, tablature, and much much more.T
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6th - 12th
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Composing Melody - Unit 1 - BUNDLE (Melodic Composition)
Welcome to "Composing Melody - Unit 1"!This is the IDEAL beginning melodic composition guide for starting any basic composition course with your students. It also can be used before or after Basic Rhythm Composition Unit 1 or Writing Music Notation Unit 1.About 'Composing Melody - Unit 1':This 2 week long, 13-worksheet unit guides your students through the basics of learning notes on the piano keyboard to understanding how to form basic melodic musical phrases that are playable and singable.Walk
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6th - 12th
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Complete Collection of Music Class Lesson Plans
The Complete Collection of Music Workshops: Your Go-To Guide for Awesome Lessons!Hey there, teachers! If you're on the hunt for the perfect resource to jazz up your teaching game, I got you. The "Complete Collection of Music Workshops" is here to turn your classroom into a stage for learning excitement!Inside this super organized book, you'll score 13 different topics, each loaded with tons of useful stuff to make learning music a blast and easy on you. It's like having your own backstage pass t
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4th - 7th
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Melody and Harmony Composition Task
Over 7 lessons, students will learn how to write a melody and apply this to Primary Triads. Students will complete a series of tasks which are accompanied by a Powerpoint Presentation. There are some QR codes and links to YouTube instructional/flipped videos for further support should the students need some. Accompanying worksheets include 'Melody Deconstruct', 'Develop Your Melody' and 'Primary Triads'. As an educator, you can create the final assessment sheet. The students would be capable of
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7th - 10th
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