Once in a while I do a blog post more aimed at a music teacher audience, and this is one of those posts. This is the hello song that I sing to start every music for kindergarten and first grade. …
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My district is one that is implementing Student Learning Objectives...which are basically large-scale goals for each student in class based on their ability levels. Teachers have to set target scores/learning outcomes for lower level learners to higher level learners. That means there has to be some sort of pre-assessment in order to determine the level of the students. I really have struggled in attempting to create pre-assessments for orchestra. It has been hard to wrap my head around giving a test to see what I know students don't know yet...since I haven't taught the skill, yet. Anyway, I am focusing my learning objective on rhythm. I want to be sure my students are fluent note-readers and rhythm readers. For my pre-test, I will use the 'I Got Rhythm' form that I created. This can be used many different ways and can be a useful tool in a variety of rhythm exercises. For my pre-assessment, I will perform the rhythm from one box on each line...and I will have students circle the rhythm that they think I played. This will help me see if students are already recognizing these rhythms. The rhythms get progressively more difficult as you move down the page, so I will be able to set some learning targets for individual students. Eventually of course, students will demonstrate the ability to perform these rhythms on their own - by the end of year 1. I can also use this form as a rhythm exercise...students can perform the rhythms across and down each line. They can cut them up to make flashcards. You can use the different rhythms for warm-ups and scales.
The Kodály method can be a mystery to us piano teachers but elements of it can be useful in our studios if we just understand the basics.
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Looking for an elementary music lesson that lends itself to group compositions or individual compositions? Your students will love the engaging Orff lesson while reviewing quarter notes, quarter rests and 2 eighth notes beamed or 2 single eighth notes and then creating their own composition. A perfect lesson to integrate anytime or the very first day back to school. Plus, the digital resource will work on your internet browser or tablet. The resource is included in a bundle: Elementary Music Lessons: Orff, Instruments, Rhythm and Composition {Bundle}. Click on the product link or the preview button for additional details. Consider purchasing the bundle to save money! The original speech can be used to review rhythm. It is an excellent speech to teach to your elementary music students while reinforcing rhythmic concepts and addressing your Orff and Kodaly curriculum. Your students will love the engaging activities and the interactive slides included in the lesson plan, the PowerPoint or Web version of the visuals. The set of Lesson Plans and interactive slides include: • 3 lessons each 6-10 minutes (4 pdf pages) plus the speech. The lesson plan includes detailed instructions for teaching the poem, rhythmic activities, instrument rotation and group composition activity for Kindergarten through Third Grade. School composition cards are also included to help facilitate the group composition (4 pdf pages) with 3 additional pages that can be used to allow students to create their own composition. • 18 visuals with 4 slides being teacher and student interactive may be used to reinforce rhythmic reading and rhythm of the words using school items. It is a perfect piece to address curricular concepts while enjoying making music. Interested in additional products in this series? Click HERE. The resource was designed to be projected onto your SmartBoard, Promethean, Mimio or Interactive Whiteboard and will run on PC's, Mac's, Chromebooks and tablets using a "link" that will open via your default internet browser. Integrating the resource into digital learning platforms like Canvas, Blackboard, Seesaw, and Google Classroom is easy when utilizing the "shared link". Upon purchase please read the document titled "1 READ FIRST INFORMATION" for detailed instructions. TpT has size restrictions on previews and I am unable to offer a preview of the Web Browser version of the product. If you would like to see it please email me at [email protected] and I will be more than happy to accommodate you. You might be interested in similar products: ♦ Elementary Music Lesson ~ Triangle: Orff, Rhythm, Instruments & Composition ♦ Music Rules ~ Back to School Music Lesson: Orff, Rhythm, Instruments & Movement ♦ Orff Arrangement ~ Star Light, Star Bright: Orff, Boomwhackers, Rhythm & Melody ♦ Elementary Music Lesson ~ Wind Up the Apple Tree: Orff, Melody, Rhythm, Movement *************************************** Follow me on Facebook and on Pinterest. *************************************** Happy Teaching! Linda McPherson McPherson’s Music Room
This is a fantastic way to teach rhythm notation, but it might make you hungry.
Ode to Joy, with not only advanced "BIG"-sounding arrangements, piano duets, "Joyful, joyful" lyrics, but also multiple EARLY and LATE beginner arrangements!
My grade 4 students are preparing to go to the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra concert at the end of the month. The orchestra will be playing the Ode to Joy movement from Beethoven's 9th. Today The kids listened to the piece and we talked about what instruments we heard, if we recognized the melody, where have we heard it, etc. Then we learned the melody on the boomwhackers! It was so fun and the kids really enjoyed playing a recognizable piece on the boomwhackers. I found this great Smartboard resource from the Smart Exchange. Click HERE to grab the free download! Thanks to amcastle for submitted this great resource. Look at their other resources on the Smartexchange! I also love showing fun video covers of the orchestral pieces we have listening to and learned about. Here is a fun one that uses Ode to Joy! Do you have any gems for helping to teach any Beethoven pieces? - Steph
When the Saints Go Marching In is an old and still popular song that has only FIVE NOTES - ideal for a young musician! Get the piano sheet music or lead sheets here, free.
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Fun and engaging hand clapping game to teach your kiddos!
Vocalises for beginners that encourage singing with resonance. Download these free vocalises.
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An update to everything happening in the world of Musicplay, MusicplayOnline, and Themes & Variations directly from Denise Gagne!
A brilliant way to learn those music theory fundamentals is being shared on social media, and all you have to do is sing.
My kiddos love this game and BEG to play it again and again. The beauty of it, well.. it's also a great informal assessment! I use this with my Junior Kindergarten (ages 4 and 5) up through first grade. This is based on a similar one in Gameplan. The song and graphics are my own and so I am not stepping on Jeff and Randy's toes by sharing it with you but will give them all the credit for the game!! :)
So, I absolutely LOVE the anchor charts I’ve been seeing on blogs and on Pinterest. Apparently, anchor charts are supposed to be minimalistic so as not to confuse the children with extra inf…
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I’ve been told that this is the teacher’s mantra when it comes to resources. Thanks to Pinterest, it is even easier to find other people’s fantastic ideas and adapt them for your…
A must for all HSC students and NSW teachers. NESA Key Verbs Card Set.
If you are looking for piano lessons for kids online then you don’t have to look any further. Learn some simple methods that you can use when teaching your students piano lessons.
Finally! The Taxonomy of my Music is complete! While I’m working on my Digital Art assignments I enjoy watching my favorite TV shows. I bring this up to help you get a sense for how long it t…
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Digital Sheet Music for Carol of the Bells - Piano by Bill Calhoun, Mikola Leontovic scored for Orchestra; id:410956
From Harry Potter to Star Wars, John Williams has probably composed the most successful soundtracks in history. But do you know how many movies he's worked on, how many awards he's won and when? We've put his whole career in one neat image.
Credit- Raymondsanti Students in grades K-4 began the Lion King unit this Monday during Arts Enrichment time. Arts Enrichment is an extra music/art time a week taught by the Art teacher Mrs. Divis and the music teacher Ms. Moon. Photo Credit The Lion King on Broadway Trailer For the next two Mondays students will be learning a fun dance to "The Circle of Life" and making African necklaces. Students will wear the necklaces while showcasing "The Circle of Life" dance at an upcoming school assembly. Photo by: Swiss.frog After those two weeks students will explore The Lion King theme more through various art projects and music activities. Some of the music activity videos are shown below: Hakuna Matata: The Lion Sleeps Tonight Music Video Lion Sleeps Tonight- Just Dance 2 Video I made two different arrangements of Lion Sleeps Tonight (and found the ukulele online) for grades 2-4, to align with what instruments they are learning in general music class. Grade 2 will learn the song on boomwhackers, grade 3 on the barred instruments, and grade 4 on the ukulele. I will also give a brief description of some common African instruments and add appropriate percussion parts (likely only one or two per grade of the percussion parts listed below). Below is a video from a 2nd grade class of students playing the boomwhacker part and some African instruments. Here is a 3rd grade class practicing the mallet accompaniment to "Lions Sleeps Tonight". Although the Lion King takes place in Kenya, the theme of the unit opens up the wonderful opportunity to explore musical activities from all parts of Africa. Obwisana is a folk song from Ghana. Students will play a rock passing game while singing the song. The words of the song mean "The rock has crushed my hand, grandma." I found this description in a book I have: "A child singing this song is repeatedly receiving a message of security and comfort, even in the context of a phrase and game which tells of injury. The injured child can take comfort in the fact that he or she can turn to "Nana" for sympathy and assistance- the ever-present circle of relatives supports Ghanaian children and adults during times of misfortune and celebration both." Che Che Koolay is also a folk song from Ghana. The words have been said by some to be nonsense words. But the movements to the song lean toward this translation: Hands on your head Hands on your shoulders Hands on your waist Hands on your knees Hands on your ankles Hands on your ankles Hands on your ankles, hey! Notation found here Students will learn a dance similar to the popular American song, "Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" to Che Che Koolay.
A simplified version of notes, rests, what they look like and how much they're worth. Color coded and plain versions included.
I say just in the nick of time because, as I’ve mentioned recently, I feel like I’m losing some focus. In preparing for Miss Weber to join us next week I got out our curriculum flow ch…
