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Music composition lessons $5-10
Music Escape Room - The Mystery @ Jazz Club - ALL DIGITAL! (Black History Month)
This Escape Room is an all-in-one lesson to teach your students about Jazz in a fun and engaging way. Simply share the google form link with students and they are ready to go! Students will search for answers on the internet as they learn about the topics below.7 puzzles cover the topics of:Jazz originating in the 1920s African American communitiesRagtime being a predecessor to JazzDixielandSwingBebop (Charlie Parker)Duke EllingtonBillie Holiday 3 challenges (more involved with multiple question
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5th - 8th
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Music Composition Lesson Plan on Pizza Rhythms - Practice Decoding Rhythm
Looking for an exciting way for your students to practice beat vs. rhythm? Would you like your students to get excited about decoding quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, whole notes, half notes, and quarter rests? Look no further! Pizza! Pizza! is for you!In this rhythm composition lesson, students will use pizza rhythms to make their own song. Making a music pizza is a great way to start working music and fractions. Your kids are going to have so much fun doing rhythm composing!In
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2nd - 4th
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Peanut Butter Jam Sessions for Drum Circle, Rhythm Band, or Found-Sounds
Whether introducing or reinforcing rhythmic literacy, you and your students will have a jammin' good time practicing and composing rhythms with these mnemonic graphics and engaging activities. 36 pages include a hyperlinked index, 'tried and true' teaching guide, 33 pages of colorful, printable or projectable rhythm cards and jam sessions, and two pages of black-line masters, smaller one-beat activity cards for more economical printing if desired.
Adaptable to three skill levels:
Level 1: qu
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K - 8th
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VAMOS A LA MAR Lesson Pack BUNDLE for Hispanic Heritage Month
Vamos a la Mar is one of my favorite Hispanic Folk songs to use with my elementary music studnets-- especially during Hispanic Heritage Month! This song is from Guatemala, and talks all about going to the ocean. In this lesson, your students can sing, learn about Guatemala, improvise with ocean animals, play Orff arrangements (6 different options makes it great for different ages!), and learn about quarter rest. Perfect for Hispanic Heritage Month, summer time (Vamos a la Mar means let's go to t
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2nd - 4th
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Sub Plans- 5 Music Activities for the Not-Necessarily-Musical Music Sub
This bundle of 5 music activities is a lifesaver when you find out that you have a not-necessarily-musical substitute teacher coming in to cover your music classes.
This bundle includes the following:
-Composer Word Search (30 of the greatest!) and Answer Key
-Comic Strip Template and Guideline Sheet
-Sound and Motion Machine Activity Instructions (small group work and performances)
-A step by step guide to creating an original rap including a handout with the rhyming alphabet, an organized sp
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5th - 9th
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Songs and Activities to Teach Syncopa/ Ti-Ta-Ti
Need ideas for teaching syncopa, or ti-ta-ti (1 eighth/ 1 quarter/ 1 eighth)? This 91-page product includes lots of materials for teaching syncopation, including:*Six folk songs for teaching syncopa, with notation and game/dance directions ("Bump up tomato," "Oboshinotentoten," "Sansa Kroma," "I've got to rise," Lost my gold ring," and "I got a letter this morning")*Syncopa learning center directions*"Be a composer" worksheet*Syncopa memory match game (8 pairs/ 16 cards with directions)*Rhythmic
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3rd - 5th
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Winter Songs Music Listening
This lesson includes six short music listening activities designed for grades 5-8. These listening lessons are meant as six mini-lessons, lasting approx. 10 minutes each. They can also be combined for a longer listening lesson, and would be great for a sub. The worksheets and slides are designed to have two short answer questions and one complete sentence answer (always #3.) I encourage students to spend the most time on question number three as a way of internalizing each piece. It is my hope
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4th - 9th
Also included in: Year Long Music Listening Journal Bundle
Dynamics: Story of Forte and Piano, Music Fundamentals ebook
Are you looking for a fun new way to introduce dynamics to your students? Are you looking for ways to include literature into your lessons? Do you need some resources to print and have ready for a substitute teacher? Then our fundamentals stories are for you! Could be used for substitute plans or even for distance learning.This ebook tells the story of Forte the bear and Piano the rabbit and their chance encounter in the woods. Forte, who does everything loudly, is a little bit intimidating to
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Music Fundamentals Story ebook Bundle
Songs and Activities to Teach Tika-Tika/ Tiri-Tiri {Sixteenth notes}
Need ideas for teaching tika-tika or tiri-tiri (sixteenth notes)? This comprehensive product includes:*Five folk songs/chants for teaching tika-tika or tiri-tiri, with notation and game/dance directions ("Diddle Diddle Dumpling," "Double Double This That," "Love Somebody," "Tideo," and "Paw Paw Patch")*Lesson for the book "Hand Hand Fingers Thumb," by Perkins and Gurney*Tika-tika learning center directions, including a "Be a composer" worksheet for one of the stations*Rhythmic flashcards for tik
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Second and Third Grade Music Bundle
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT Lesson Pack Bundle for sol-mi or quarter + eighth notes
Star Light, Star Bright is a great folk song to teach quarter and eighth notes OR sol and mi. This bundle includes a presentation to present either sol mi or quarter notes and eighth notes (Google Slides and PDF), interactive digital activities on Google Slides and printable activities (perfect for the non music sub!). Use this with first grade or second grade music class.You also get short Google Forms quizzes to check for understanding or provide a grade. These are self grading, so it is easy
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K - 2nd
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Form in Music - Lesson and Songs to Teach Form in Elementary Music
Have you "hit rock bottom" when it comes to teaching your elementary students all about form in music?This musical introduction is an exciting way to teach form in music to your elementary students! Your students will love this interesting lesson and study. The lesson explores 3 folk songs great in discovering form (and that also include the word "rock"). With sheet music, visual images, helpful definitions, and real-life examples, your students are sure to rock and roll through your musical for
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1st - 4th
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)
Kindergarten/1st Grade Music Lesson - Pitch/Melody Composition - Pumpkin Stew
This is a great lesson plan for melodic composition for kindergarten or first grade. Students will learn a simple melody using three pitches in a minor key. Then students will be guided through comparing the three pitches and then create their own melody using three pitches. Note: Please download the preview which includes a look at the sheet music for the original melody for "Pumpkin Stew." You may have heard a different version of this song, and I want to be sure this resource meets your
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K - 1st
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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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iPad Garageband Mini Unit
This mini unit includes three Garageband lessons for iPad. Each lesson lasts approximately 30 minutes and walks you through using and teaching garageband - even if you have never used it before. This unit includes my three separate iPad Garageband lessons that can be purchased separately for $2 each. You can check each of these out below.Lesson 1: Name SongLesson 2: Three Song BasicsLesson 3: A Step Further
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3rd - 6th
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12 Days of Christmas Music Movement, Presentation + Printable Activities
My students love this 12 Days of Christmas music activity! It involves singing, creating movements, putting the gifts in order, and writing new lyrics to the song. I use this with my students in fourth and fifth grade. They had a blast! You can do this as a group, or have students do it individually. It also includes printable activities with 2 writing pages to incorporate writing across the curriculum and a few coloring sheets just for fun.The lesson: First, go over the words to the song the 12
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Christmas in the Music Room Bundle #1
Time Signature Unit: 2/4 Meter Songs and Activities
Need strategies to teach 2-beat meter, or 2/4 time signature? This product includes the following:*Songs to teach 2-beat meter: Great Big House, Bounce High, Rocky Mountain, Cobbler Cobbler, Apple Tree, King's Land--includes game/activity directions for all*35-minute Lesson for presenting 2-beat meter*Rhythm manipulatives for writing rhythms in 2-beat meter*Banana Split Sundae composition activity*Bounce High 2-beat meter file folder activity*Learning center activities for 2-beat meter*Rhythm fl
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Second and Third Grade Music Bundle
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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Ukulele Beginner Basics Music Program
Beginner Basics Ukulele Music Program - Printable PDF Packet and Google Slides™ product for Distance LearningAre you starting a ukulele program for beginners in your music classroom? This Ukulele Beginner Basics program offers EVERYTHING you need to teach your students how to successfully play the ukulele!This resource includes:Basic theory student pages: Note Symbols, Rest Symbols, Dynamic Markings, Time SignatureAnatomy of the kulele (diagram and definitions)How to hold the ukuleleOrder of the
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4th - 10th
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Halloween Music Rhythm- Composing-Improvisation Lessons and Activities
Halloween Rhythm activities to say, play, create spooky rhythms for Kindergarten -2nd grades. Tons of Halloween instrument fun to reinforce, teach, practice, assess your students with activities that teach Rhythm, Sounds on the Beat, Playing with instruments and improvisation opportunities.Lot's of variety in the activities to reach all learners too. Make Halloween a learning time in your elementary music classroom. Best for grades K-2Music Concepts: ta and ti-ti or quarter and eighth notes, i
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K - 3rd
Also included in: Halloween ElementaryMusic Activities Bundle of Music Activities K-6
Roll-a-Song Musical Dice Composition:Bundled Set
Save 40% when you buy all 5 levels in this bundled set!
This product is a fun way to review pitches and rhythms while learning the basics of composing! Students roll a pitch dice and a rhythm dice, and then combine them on the worksheet to compose their own melody. It works great as a classroom activity or can be a fabulous music center.
Musical concepts:
*Quarter Note (Ta)
*2 Eighth Notes (Ti-ti)
*Half Rest
*Half Note
*Syncopa
*Low Sol
*Do
*Re
*Mi
*Sol (So)
*La
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*Printabl
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1st - 4th
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Music Unit with PowerPoint and Ontario Expectations
Thanks for stopping by Sweetpea Creations!This resource includes:- Four detailed lessons that include teacher notes, minds on activity, action and consolidation (reflection questions) - Variety of engaging Music activities (scavenger hunt, concentration game, cover songs) - Engaging editable PowerPoint Slides (43 slides)- Ontario Expectations for each lesson (Grades 4-6)- Culminating Task and Rubric: Cover Song Music AssignmentBundle includes the following: Lesson 1: Elements of Music Lesson 2:
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4th - 6th
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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Pirate Song and Dance: "I'm a Pirate" Video Lesson, Video Dance, Orff Music
Distance/Hybrid Teaching Video Lessons!Ahoy! Dance and sing like a pirate with this original Pirate Song and Dance “I’m a Pirate” for "Talk Like a Pirate Day", Halloween or Brain Breaks-anytime you want your children and students to take a break, move and sing like a pirate. Easily adaptable for all ages. The Song and Dance are part of a Music Lesson Resource with Music Lesson Video for the Orff parts, Song and Dance video too! Fun Song and Dance with Vocal and Mp3 Tracks for K-6. Includes Orff
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K - 6th
Also included in: Pirate Music Activities Bundle: Songs, Dance, Chants, Rhythm, Movement
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