"The Mitten" is a classic story by Jan Brett that teachers in all content areas love to teach...especially music teachers!
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Monsters are a kid favorite during Halloween and all year long! Get your students up and moving around the room as they embark on a "monster hunt." They will have to search for ten different rhythm patterns and copy them onto their worksheet. Rhythms included: - quarter note - paired eighth notes - quarter rest This is a great sub tub filler or review activity. This can also be used to assess notation writing skills. ********************************************************** Thank you for viewing my product! Please be sure to visit my store for more songs, games, and activities. Music With Mrs. Tanenblatt You can also follow me on facebook to receive updates and more info! **********************************************************
I’m sharing with you 10 scarf songs for preschool and kindergarten music time, perfect to share with your elementary music students and clients or during your next movement break with scarves on your early childhood music classes.
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Children's Literature in Elementary Music Lessons. Organized Chaos. Over 10 full elementary music lesson plans based on children's books.
High Shoals Elementary School Music Blog, Oconee County GA, Orff Music Instruction
Vamos a la Mar is a really fun Guatemalan folk songs. Students can use this orffestration to play instruments along with the song!
High Shoals Elementary School Music Blog, Oconee County GA, Orff Music Instruction
The game 'I Have, Who Has' is a great way to engage a group of students in the music classroom--either in stations or as a whole class. This set of 16 body percussion icon cards include 'clap' (quarter note and eighth notes), 'stomp' (quarter note and eighth notes) and 'rest' (quarter rest). There are two sets of icon cards per page to save paper. All images are in black and white and are in public domain. Thank your for visiting my TPT store and please let me know if you have any questions! If you like my products, please leave a review or follow me :)
Activities to teach musical form for the elementary music teacher.
Print-and-go sub plans for grades K-5 for when you need plans FAST. There are 3 independent work packets that can be done with just a pencil and crayons. Works with non-musical subs! I created these so that every grade level has something that will take 45 minutes and can be done in their homerooms if I didn't get a sub--an unfortunate reality these days! Here is what's included: Grades 4&5: Aaron Copland biography reading passage 7 Questions about Copland Crossword about Copland Word Search about Copland Grades 2&3: Color-by-note with eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes, and quarter rests Musical Math Monster Message (teaches them how to do musical math) Musical Math Monster Message Challenge Grades K&1: Fast/Slow coloring and identification sheet Fast/Slow Patterns Fast/Slow Drawing Loud/Soft coloring and identification sheet Loud/Soft Patterns Loud/soft Drawing Answer keys are included to help the sub! I used to NEVER take days off because it was such a pain to write sub plans for 6 or 7 grade levels! Even when I did write plans, there was no guarantee I would get a sub, so students would stay in their homerooms for music. Their teachers told me they did NOT want to play games with the kids, they just wanted something easy to give them. Even though these can be done independently, you could certainly allow students to work together! Also, you know your students best. You can absolutely change which grade levels get which packets if you think something isn't a good fit. I hope these sub plans allow you to take the time you need away from your classroom! Save when you buy the K-5 Music Sub Plan Bundle!
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These sub plans for the music classroom were designed for a non-musical sub. Substitute teachers will be delighted with these plans that utilize children’s story books as the basis for the lessons. To use these plans successfully you will need the following books: The Remarkable Farkle McBride by John Lithgow ISBN: 978-0-689-83541-4 Tubby the Tuba by Paul Tripp (w/CD) ISBN: 978-0-525-47717-4 The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds ISBN: 978-0-545-86502-9 Moses Goes to a Concert by Isaac Millman ISBN: 978-0-374-45366-4 The Rocket’s Red Glare by Peter Alderman, illustrated by Bea Mortiz (w/CD) ***These books are NOT included in this download. You must purchase hard copies of the books to use. This download contains resources to use with them.*** Here’s what is included in this download: The Remarkable Farkle McBride Activities -lesson plan with suggested activities and links to a couple of videos that you may want to use -Musical Onomatopoeias worksheet -a writing prompt that asks students to draw and write about their answer (2 versions of the same prompt are included) -tracking sheet to record which classes have completed this activity The Word Collector Activities -lesson plan with suggested activities -Collecting Words worksheet -Syllable Sort worksheet -tracking sheet to record which classes have completed this activity Tubby the Tuba Activities -lesson plan with suggested activities and discussion questions -Color the Orchestra worksheet and answer key -Tubby the Tuba Word Search and answer key -tracking sheet to record which classes have completed this activity Moses Goes to a Concert Activities -lesson plan with suggested activities -listening comprehension worksheet -American Sign Language alphabet sheet -tracking sheet to record which classes have completed this activity The Rocket’s Red Glare Activities -lesson plan with suggested activities -9 sheets that ask the students to illustrate 9 different portions of the “Star Spangled Banner”. When completed this makes a beautiful display for a bulletin board or hallway. --tracking sheet to record which classes have completed this activity You might also like this free download of Sub Tub Starter Files. >>>>>Want to learn more about these resources and how I organize my sub tub? Check out this blog post: Sub Plans for the Non-Musical Plans Fill your sub tub up with these awesome resources: Musicals MEGA Bundle No Prep Music Worksheets-Endless Growing Bundle
It's Saturday night, I had a Professional Study team for 4 hours this morning followed by not one but TWO birthday parties for 6 year olds this afternoon and here I sit on a Saturday night. . . lol! What an exciting life, huh? I just finished up my first "bundled" song collection for Teachers Pay Teachers. I've been debating about going this for a while. I like posting the single PowerPoints because then, like with iTunes, YOU all can pick and choose what you want and need. But I think when things lend themselves to working well with each other there are benefits to bundling them together. I will also say, that despite all my "cutesy" posts, I'm not a "themed" teacher. I use melodic and rhythmic concepts and the natural teaching progression of these to create my daily, monthly and yearly plans. This being said, when things that are seasonal, themed or holiday fit into this sequence I like to capitalize on it. This bundle is themed, in the fact that they are all bee songs and activities, but you'll see that the songs all work together to prepare and present ta &ti-ti and so-mi & la. Included in the file are: •A PowerPoint and PDF for Bee Bee Bumble Bee •A PowerPoint and PDF for Burnie Bee •A PowerPoint and PDF for Busy, Buzzy Bumble Bee •A PowerPoint and PDF for Here is the Bee Hive (melody for so-mi-la phrases only) •Bee Melody Match-up •Bee Beat and Rhythm Charts for all the songs •Beat tracking cards •Bee Preparatory Rhythm Cards •Bee Rhythm Worksheets •Bee Song Match-up, Rhythm The PowerPoints for the songs, "Bee Bee Bumble Bee," "Burnie Bee" and "Busy Buzzy Bumble Bee" are posted individually. These are structured the way I structure all my PowerPoints. Now, that being said, someone asked about using my PowerPoints and if they can go out of order. OR COURSE!!! Use them how it works best for you and your curriculum. My only request is that you don't redistribute my files, be it the whole file or even small portions of it. The benefit of purchasing these PowerPoints in the bundle is that you'll get a PowerPoint of "Here is the Bee Hive" and these assessments and activities: A rhythm writing worksheet for each of the songs (this is one example): A rhythm match-up worksheet: A melody match-up worksheet: Beat and rhythm sheets for each of the songs (this is just one example): Beat tracking cards (you cut these in half and the kiddos track the beat as they sing. This is a great pre-literacy skill for your kinders and in early first grade) There are rhythm preparation cards. You cut these out and the students use them to derive the number of sounds on a beat. Once ta and ti-ti are learned, the iconic rhythm representation is replaced with the symbolic notation. These are written both in stick notation and with note-heads. I hope you're having a GREAT weekend. Like I said, it's Saturday night, so if something in this post doesn't make sense, leave a reply and I'll answer it with a fresh mind tomorrow! :) You can find this file at my Teachers Pay Teachers store. Happy Saturday night!