Performing arts thematic unit plan interactive whiteboards

Claire Burns with Winsome Music

Fall Themed Unit on Pitch for Music Classrooms

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Fall is a fun time of year at school. The air is changing, the leave turn colors, its time for picking apples. All of these lovely activities are incorporated in this complete unit on pitch using the theme of the season of fall. There are three complete lessons included in this unit and each lesson has multiple opportunities for extension and creative exploration. There are also opportunites to play instruments, including Boomwhackers, complete with colored Boomwhacker notation. This unit i

Subjects:

Autumn, Music, Vocal Music

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Activboard Activities

BUNDLE: AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC STUDY: Slavery - Mid 1900's-SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK

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Black History Month, Music, Vocal Music

This BUNDLE features 3 individual SMART NOTEBOOK files AND 1 PDF Teacher's Guide that are sold seperately in my store but purchasing them in this BUNDLE saves you $4.00. With this purchase, you will receive the following files: Genres explored and studied in this entire unit of study (ALL Parts 1, 2, 3 combined) are as follows: Introduction to the Unit - (part 1) Civil War/Underground Railroad/Harriet Tubman/Drinking Gourd - (part 1) Blues - (part 2) Ragtime - (part 2) Jazz (Dixieland, Swing,

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Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

THE NUTCRACKER VIRTUAL CLASSROOM- full unit! | Google Slides

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The Cringey Music Teacher

This Nutcracker-themed virtual classroom is a ZERO-PREP way to teach whole group or a virtual lesson about The Nutcracker! These slides feature information and videos about:The storyWhat ballet isMeeting a ballerinaBehind the scenes of The NutcrackerAbout Pytor TchaikovskyListening Maps to the musicMovement ActivitiesFull-length performance videoStudents navigate and click on different objects in the room, leading to read alouds, videos, interviews, movement activities and listening maps!You can

Subjects:

Dance, Instrumental Music, Music

Grades:

PreK - 10th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Musical Adventures In Nursery Rhyme Land BUNDLE KITS 1-3: SMRTBD/NTBK ED.

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This fantastic BUNDLE (in SMART NOTEBOOK FORMAT) includes ALL 3 VOLUMES of my adorable - MUSICAL ADVENTURES IN NURSERY RHYME LAND! Purchasing the bundle/kit will save you $4 over purchasing them as individual files. They are available individually in my TpT store if you would rather purchase them separately. Volume 1 Includes Nursery Rhymes: 1. Baa, Baa Black Sheep 2. (The) Farmer In The Dell 3. Hey Diddle Diddle 4. The Itsy Bitsy Spider 5. Ladybug, Ladybug 6. Little Miss Muffet 7. Pease Porri

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Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Rain Vocal Warm-up

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** This Rain Vocal Warm-up Activity was created for use on SMART board. ** This Rain Vocal Warm-up Activity can be used with both older and younger students. Students will follow an object (the sun) with their voices along a path going up, down, and all around while it goes through "rainy" scenes until it finally finds its place in the sky. Older Students: Use as a fun interactive voice warm-up before singing. Younger Students: Use as a fun interactive activity to learn, practice, and di

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Grades:

PreK - 6th

Types:

Ms Whitings PreK Classroom

53 GOOGLE SLIDES THEME BACK TO SCHOOL PREK DISTANCE LEARNING OR IN CLASS

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I have been a teacher for 28 years and I’m currently teaching Special Needs Prek. I was thrown into distance teaching in the Spring, like a lot of other people. I felt unprepared in my Zoom lessons and I wanted to change that because I am distance teaching in the Fall also. I decided to create Google Slides for each weekly theme. That way I would be ready to go for my live lessons, and I can post them to Google Classroom for parents to review with their children if they miss my class, or jus

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Math, Music

Grades:

PreK

Types:

CCSS:

K.CC.B.4a

, SL.K.2

, CCRA.L.1

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

Peter and the Wolf - A Musical Adventure (SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK Edition)

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Music, Other (Music), Reading

My request for Peter and the Wolf clip art finally came to fruition! Thanks to Educlips/Educasong for hearing my plea and coming through for me and several other music teachers!! We can't thank you enough!! Naturally, I couldn't wait to release a product with these adorable new pieces, SOOO, here it is!!! This SMART NOTEBOOK EDITION of the beloved classic story of Peter and the Wolf will be sure to jump out at your students from the beginning of the story! A short composer BIO, an instrument to

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 6th

Types:

Also included in: BUNDLE: Peter & The Wolf Unit/Activities - SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK EDITION

Leprechaun Vocal Warm-up

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** This Leprechaun Vocal Warm-up Activity was created for use on SMART board. ** This Leprechaun Vocal Warm-up Activity can be used with both older and younger students. Students will follow an object (the leprechaun) with their voices along a path going up, down, and all around while it goes through various scenes until it finally finds the pot of gold. Older Students: Use as a fun interactive voice warm-up before singing. Younger Students: Use as a fun interactive activity to learn, practic

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 6th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Games

Elementary Music Passing Game for Halloween: Spin-a-Rhythm BUNDLE

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Rooted in Rhythm

Halloween can be fun, crazy, AND curriculum-focused with this bundle of interactive digital spin-a-rhythm activities for primary elementary music students. In these games, students pass a beanbag or plastic pumpkin around the circle while the music (which is included) plays. When the music stops, the student with the beanbag spins the digital wheel containing a variety of rhythm patterns. Rhythms Included in this Money-Saving BUNDLE : •Pre-rhythm reading icons •Quarter note/Paired Eighth Notes

Subjects:

Music, Vocal Music

Grades:

PreK - 5th

Types:

Smartboard Files - Music Instrument Families

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Baugh Musical Resources

This is a Smartboard Notebook file introducing instruments and their families. It is designed to introduce the families of Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Voice, Percussion, and Keyboard instruments. Each instrument has their own page and links to YouTube clips showing both how the instrument is played and how it sounds. Each page has interactive items that allow you to easily go to different pages or back to the home page.Also included are some influential performers on each instrument and a link

Subjects:

Instrumental Music, Music, Other (Music)

Grades:

K - 7th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

Elementary Music Passing Game for Halloween: Spin-a-Rhythm// Pre-Rhythm Icons //

Created by

Rooted in Rhythm

Halloween can be fun, crazy, AND curriculum-focused with this interactive digital spin-a-rhythm activity for primary elementary music students. In this game, students pass a beanbag or plastic pumpkin around the circle while the music (which is included) plays. When the music stops, the student with the beanbag spins the digital wheel containing a variety of rhythm patterns. **This particular resource uses picture icons rather than rhythm patterns as a pre-reading exercise. (Ex. Pumpkin, Pumpkin

Subjects:

Music, Vocal Music

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Assessment, Interactive Whiteboard

Also included in: Elementary Music Passing Game for Halloween: Spin-a-Rhythm BUNDLE

African-American Music: Part 2-History/Influences On Today's Music-SMBRD/NTBK.

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Black History Month, Music, Other (Music)

This entertaining and engaging interactive Smart Notebook lesson (appropriate for grades 4-8) takes elementary music students on a journey through African-American Music and Culture. The journey begins during the Civil War era and continues up through the mid 1900's Jazz era. This particular file is Part 2 of a 3 Part unit. Parts 1 and 3 are also sold as separate files in my TpT store. Genres explored and studied in this unit (Part 1, 2, 3 combined) are as follows: Introduction to the Unit - (p

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

Musical Adventures In Nursery Rhyme Land Vol. #1 - SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK ED.

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VOLUME #1 (SMART NOTEBOOK EDITION) -- NEW RELEASE. After spending many months (actually, truth be told, it's going on a year for the entire project) slaving over my computer :), I'm finally excited to be able to launch the first volume of at least 4 volumes in this fabulous series that I have been working on. This Volume is also available in POWER-POINT & PDF formats in my TpT store. (As volumes in this series are added to my TpT store, they will ALL eventually be available in SMART NOTEB

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Fall Vocal Warm-up

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** This Fall Vocal Warm-up Activity was created for use on SMART board. ** This Fall Vocal Warm-up Activity can be used with both older and younger students. Students will follow an object (the leaf) with their voices along a path going up, down, and all around while it goes through various fall scenes until it finally finds its place in the pile of leaves. Older Students: Use as a fun interactive voice warm-up before singing. Younger Students: Use as a fun interactive activity to learn, prac

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 6th

Types:

The Young Singer's Guide To Vocal Health & Proper Singing - SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK

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This SMART NOTEBOOK lesson introduces elementary general music & young vocal music students to the key essential steps on how to care for their overall vocal health. This guide is set-up with interactive links to specific topics/chapters within the file so that one key topic (in any selected order) can be discussed at a time per teachers discretion. Points covered in this tutorial/guide include: 1. Keeping your vocal chords healthy (from the inside out) 2. Proper singing posture 3. Vo

Subjects:

Study Guides, Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

Theme Songs

Created by

Sharron Harper

This is a songbook containing 19 original piggy back songs based on tunes we know and themes that we all use in our classrooms. I developed them for my ESL classroom in China, but they are suitable for any regular classroom. This is the color version, but if you wish to print these for students in black and white, set your printer to "grayscale". It works well.

Subjects:

Curriculum & Instruction, English Language Arts, Music

Grades:

PreK - 3rd

Types:

Musical Adventures In Nursery Rhyme Land Vol. #3 - SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK ED.

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VOLUME #3 (SMART NOTEBOOK EDITION) --- NEW RELEASE: After spending many months of preparation, planning, and finally execution, it is so exciting to be launching a new collection/series that has been in the making for a VERY long time (close to a year :). Volumes #1 & #2 were recently uploaded in SMART NOTEBOOK, POWER-POINT, & PDF formats and this is now the debut of VOLUME #3 with at least 1 more volume soon to follow in this fabulous series. PRODUCT SERIES UPDATE AS OF 7/15/2014: Vol

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Back to School Vocal Warm-up

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** This activity was created for use with SMART board. ** This Back to School Vocal Warm-up Activity can be used with both older and younger students. Students will follow an object (the bus) with their voices along a path going up, down, and all around while it goes through various scenes until it finally finds its place at school. Older Students: Use as a fun interactive voice warm-up before singing. Younger Students: Use as a fun interactive activity to learn, practice, and distinguish bet

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 6th

Types:

Music, Music Composition, Vocal Music

Medieval Solfege Tone Ladders for Elementary Music Sight Singing

Created by

Rooted in Rhythm

Make solfege warm-ups fun with these Medieval-themed solfege tone ladders for elementary sight-singing. These pitch ladders are a great way to give all students a voice & choice in leading the class in vocal warm-ups. Empower non-verbal students by asking them to point to the pitches that the class should sing.This activity is a perfect way to introduce student-led learning and promotes engagement, problem solving, and teamwork! A student points to the pitches that the class should sing, and

Subjects:

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

Also included in: MEDIEVAL-Themed Solfege, Rhythm, & Movement /MEGA BUNDLE/ Elementary Music

Valentine Vocal Warm-up

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** This Valentine Vocal Warm-up Activity was created for use on SMART board. ** This Valentine Vocal Warm-up Activity can be used with both older and younger students. Students will follow an object (Cupid) with their voices along a path going up, down, and all around while it goes through Valentine scenes until it finally finds a little boy his Valentine. Older Students: Use as a fun interactive voice warm-up before singing. Younger Students: Use as a fun interactive activity to learn, pract

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 6th

Types:

Musical Adventures In Nursery Rhyme Land Vol. #2 - SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK ED.

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VOLUME #2 (SMART NOTEBOOK EDITION) --- NEW RELEASE: After spending many months of preparation, planning, and finally execution, it is so exciting to be launching a new collection/series that has been in the making for a VERY long time (close to a year :). Volume #1 was recently uploaded in SMART NOTEBOOK, POWER-POINT, & PDF formats and this is now the debut of VOLUME #2 with at least 2 more volumes soon to follow in this fabulous series. Vol. #2 is currently available in all 3 formats in

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Mardi Gras Vocal Warm-up

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** This Mardi Gras Vocal Warm-up Activity was created for use on SMART board. ** This Mardi Gras Vocal Warm-up Activity can be used with both older and younger students. Students will follow an object (beads) with their voices along a path going up, down, and all around while they go through various scenes until finally being caught my children. Older Students: Use as a fun interactive voice warm-up before singing. Younger Students: Use as a fun interactive activity to learn, practice, and di

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 6th

Types: