Performing arts lessons for SMART Notebook

Instrumental Music, Music, Music Composition

Rhythm Builder (SMART) - Crotchets, quavers, rests, quarter notes, eighth notes

Created by

Musson Music

Use this wonderful rhythm builder to create rhythms with pupils in 3/4 or 4/4 time. Drag and drop the note or rest into the grid to create a rhythm pattern. Use alongside music that you are studying to help pupils follow the beat and read a rhythm. Please note, this resource uses SMART Notebook software. This allows easy movement of notes and rests. This works best when presented in full screen mode.

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 8th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson, Centers

Aaron Copland & "Simple Gifts": Upper Elementary Music Lessons for Smart Board

Created by

Music with Mrs Morgan

*This is a SMART NOTEBOOK file, please make sure you have a version of smart notebook in order to use this product*This is a musical mini unit on Aaron Copland, “Appalachian Springs,” and the song “Simple Gifts.” I love doing this lesson with my upper elementary students around Thanksgiving, but it’s such an important message for any time of the year! This year, my 4th graders performed “Simple Gifts” with the folk dance for our Thanksgiving sing-along. National Standards:*Singing in unison and

Subjects:

Music, Thanksgiving, Vocal Music

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Songs, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Introduction to beginning recorder

Created by

Samantha Speakmon

This is a SmartNotebook file to help introduce the basics and beginnings of playing the recorder. File includes: Fingering charts, parts of the recorder, how to hold, blow, and play the recorder, tonguing, and some rhythm excerpts to practice clapping, on "doo," and playing.

Subjects:

Music

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

No artist is pleased. There is

Guitar Introduction to Chords and Reading Chord Charts

Created by

There really isn't a lot of resources for teaching Guitar to groups. This SMART lesson goes over the basics of reading guitar chord diagrams, understanding finger numbers on the guitar, and gives an assessment with answer key. There are 3D representative visuals of how the hand should look when playing specific chord shapes and are moveable. There are even some clear and easy interdisciplinary relationships with Math. Principals and Administrators should love that. Finger Numbers are in

Subjects:

Instrumental Music, Music, Music and Dance

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Assessment, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

The Orchestra: String, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion Families SMARTSoftwareEdition

Created by

Music is Elementary

The Orchestra: String, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion Families Help your students learn about and visualize instruments of the Orchestra. Each group of slides includes real life picture, basic facts, and link to YouTube video in Safeshare.tv format. Videos vary with orchestral concertos, demonstration, music videos, news stories and more. Link to Symbaloo page with additional videos as well! Instruments included: Violin Viola Cello Double Bass Flute Oboe Clarinet Bassoon Trumpet French Horn Tr

Subjects:

Instrumental Music, Music

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

The Cup Game (history and how to)

Created by

Mrs Friedman Music

All About the Cup Game Super popular with elementary - high school students, thanks to the movie "Pitch Perfect!" * Learn the history of the song "When I'm Gone" and the game itself. * Learn how to play the game (with notation)! * Embedded audio and video samples

Subjects:

Instrumental Music, Music, Vocal Music

Grades:

4th - 9th

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The Nutcracker Suite-Dance Of Sugar Plum Fairy-(Listening Map) SMBD/NTBK ED.

Created by

This SMART NOTEBOOK Lesson is appropriate for elementary music students of all ages and is part 4 of a 9 part unit. In this lesson, students will follow a listening map as they hear the sugar plum fairy dance her way from one section to the next. Students will be expected to read simple rhythmic notation including quarter notes, quarter rests, and paired eighth notes, repeat signs, as well as visual icons to help navigate their way through the map. Included in this lesson is a YouTube link to

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

Instrumental Music, Music

The 4 Instrument Families of the Orchestra

Created by

Mrs Friedman Music

A comprehensive SMARTBoard lesson about the 4 families of the orchestra: Woodwind, Brass, String, and Percussion. Each instrument has it's own page that includes a picture, sound sample, and important facts. Click on the image to hear a sound sample.

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Grades:

PreK - 9th

Types:

Asian Studies, Music, The New Year

CHINESE NEW YEAR - GONG XI - Smartboard - Ti pitch, TimKa rhythm, Instruments

Created by

Mrs Perry's Music Class

This 19 page interactive lesson covers the background behind Chinese New Year, offers colorful photos, interactive maps and explanations, as well as Dragon Dance Music and the song Gong Xi. RHYTHMS IN THE SONG ARE: ta, titi,and tim ka. MELODY IN THE SONG ARE: low la, low ti, do, re, mi, fa. HERE IS WHAT YOU GET: *BACKGROUND (9 pages) including colorful photos and explanations of the holiday. **DRAGON DANCE MUSIC (2 pages) for both the younger children and older. The younger child's page has n

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Songs, Interactive Notebooks, Lesson

Stage 3 Music: Great Composers

Created by

The Right Stuff

I created this program for my year 5/6 class as a way to get them to discover 'classical' music through learning about a small selection of great composers. The full range of musical concepts from the syllabus outcomes are explored, and students explore elements of music throughout the unit as well as learn some musical notation. PLEASE check the links are active prior to lessons, as they are all working perfectly as of today, but the internet can be fickle so you may need to find alternative li

Subjects:

Music

Grades:

5th - 6th

Types:

The Nutcracker Suite-Waltz Of The Flowers (A Listening Map)SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK

Created by

This Smart Notebook Lesson is appropriate for elementary music students in grades 3 and up and is part 9 of a 9 part unit. In this lesson, students will be expected to identify the 4 musical themes heard in this dance tune as well as the instruments that play each of those themes. Students will also be able to identify the main form of the piece as ABA form. Activities included in this file are a very colorful vibrant listening map, a theme identification activity, a form labeling activity, a

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

Instrumental Music, Music, Music Composition

Discovering BAG - Elementary Music Recorder Game - Treble Clef - Smart Notebook

Created by

Meg's Music Room

“Discovering BAG” is my new detective-themed BAG Recorder game, an interactive game that assesses student learning about recorder basics while keeping them engaged in learning! This is my Smart Notebook Version. To find my PowerPoint Version, click here: Discovering BAG - Recorder Game - PowerPoint Version This game assesses all students’ understanding of reading BAG pitches on the music staff, deciphering the fingerings for BAG, and testing their listening skills on 3-note melody patterns whil

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Grades:

K - 6th

Types:

Back to School, Instructional Technology, Music

Also included in: ULTIMATE MUSIC BUNDLE #1 - 20 SMART NOTEBOOK Resources for Elementary Music

Star Spangled Banner STAR Quest for SMARTNotebook and iPads

Created by

Cherie Herring

Star Spangled Banner STAR QUEST: Infusing technology with a purpose! What could be more exciting than using technology to go on a Quest to learn about our National Anthem and the American Flag? If you have access to an IWB and/or iPads, the Star Spangled Banner STAR QUEST will be the perfect addition to your teaching resources. Using the latest SMARTNotebook Lab games and QR codes, your students will be totally engaged as they complete their QUEST for knowledge and understanding. The Star Spang

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 5th

Types:

Music, Other (Music), Vocal Music

Learn To Sing With Solfege

Created by

Alex Taylor

This is a basic step by step guide for teachers and students to learn how to read, and sing using solfege. I created this smart board plan for teaching solfege because nothing else was jiving for my classes. I teach 4th and 5th grade music classes using this and they catch on fast!

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Grades:

2nd - 10th

Types:

Arts & Music, Music, Vocal Music

Engine No. 9: A Rhyme for Teaching Fast & Slow, Steady Beat, and Ta & Ti-Ti

Created by

Katie Hays

Looking for a song that your youngest students will absolutely love? Engine No. 9 is the perfect rhyme for the littlest musicians! This rhyme is filled with many activities that will engage preschoolers, kindergarteners and first graders. This SMART board file includes activities and visuals for teaching FAST & SLOW, beat chart for teaching steady beat, and a rhythm chart for teaching ta & ti-ti. Also includes music notation and lyrics and 7 suggested activities!

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Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Songs, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Tchaikovsky & The Nutcracker Suite: Intro. To Composer/Ballet-SMARTBOARD/NOTEBK

Created by

This SMART NOTEBOOK Lesson is appropriate for elementary music students of all ages. This is the 1st lesson of a 9 part unit and is also sold as an entire BUNDLE in both PPT or Smart Notebook formats in my TpT store. This particular lesson is just the introduction part of the unit. In this lesson, the students will be introduced to Tchaikovsky, the history of ballet, and the story of the Nutcracker. There are also extension activities and suggested apps and websites that are listed for the teach

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

Music, Other (Social Studies - History), Vocal Music

BACH - Little Fugue in G Minor- Prepare/Present TAM TI- Smartfile- Interactive

Created by

Mrs Perry's Music Class

Brought to you by Kodaly Music With Mrs Perry, this gem is perfect for preparing and presenting the rhythm Tam Ti. It is also VERY friendly to teaching the concept of a fugue. Read on to see what you get: *14 pages of material *Portrait of JS Bach *Background information page about JS Bach *Interactive maps showing where Bach was from *Photos of contemporary organ, Baroque organ, Bach's church, original manuscript *Prepare page for Tam Ti with interactive icons. Find the new long - short symbol

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Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Songs, Interactive Notebooks, Lesson

The Nutcracker Suite - Russian Dance (A Listening Map) SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK ED.

Created by

This Smart Notebook Lesson is appropriate for elementary music students of all ages and is part 5 of a 9 part unit. In this lesson, students will follow a listening map as they hear the Russian dancers prance around as if they are flying through the air. Students will be expected to read simple rhythmic notation including quarter notes and quarter rests as well as repeat signs. Included in this lesson is a YouTube link to a short video clip of the Russian Mariinsky Ballet Company performing th

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

Instrumental Music, Music, Vocal Music

Note Values and Counting Rhythms- Interactive Lesson Plans

Created by

Mrs B's Music Room

This interactive lesson plan for Smart Notebook has several ways for students to practice counting rhythms and identifying types of notes. Notes in this lesson include: Quarter Notes/Rests, Half Notes/Rests, Whole Notes/Rests. There are several ways this lesson can be taught. Students can use white boards to practice drawing the notes and writing the counting underneath the notes (great way to assess students understanding as well), counting and clapping the rhythms out loud, coming to the smart

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Activboard Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Lesson

The Nutcracker Suite - The Overture (A Listening Map) SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK ED.

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This Smart Notebook Lesson is appropriate for elementary music students of all ages and is part 2 of a 9 part unit. In this lesson, students will identify 4 musical themes represented by 4 different fictional characters in the famous tale of the Nutcracker. Students will be expected to identify these musical themes by their specific designated assigned instrument(s). Students will also be able to identify the form that these musical themes create. A reinforcement character to instrument match

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Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

The Nutcracker Suite - Arabian Dance (A Listening Map) SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK ED.

Created by

This Smart Notebook Lesson is appropriate for elementary music students of all ages and is part 6 of a 9 part unit. In this lesson, students will follow a listening map as they hear the Arabian dancers gracefully and mystically glide throughout the piece. Students will listen for entrances of instruments and groups of instruments and observe the order that this occurs in. Students will be expected to recall this order as well as the mood this piece creates. Included in this lesson is a YouTu

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

Instrumental Music, Music

Russian Dance from The Nutcracker

Created by

Claire Daubney

This is a smart board file with two different listening maps to accompany the Russian Dance from The Nutcracker. These maps and activities are geared towards younger students, typically Kindergarten through grade 3. These maps use fun body percussion movement as well as non-pitched percussion accompaniment depending on age level. My students love these activities!

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Grades:

K - 3rd

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