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A brilliant way to learn those music theory fundamentals is being shared on social media, and all you have to do is sing.
Are you looking for engaging monthly music worksheets and quizzes for 6th Grade Choir Curriculum? When teaching choir, it can be hard to find the time to teach music theory, listening skills, vocal health, etc. You are preparing for upcoming concerts, sharing kids with other classes and frantically learning new music. The 6th Grade Choir Curriculum Monthly Worksheets and Quizzes are here to help! Save time and energy! Use as a Bell ringer or end of the class activity. Student can keep in their choir folder and do a little each day when time allows. Here's how it works...Each 2-page monthly worksheets has 10 musical topics to address throughout the month. Pass out the worksheet at the beginning of the month and collect/grade when your class has finished. Use the worksheet as a review sheet for the short monthly quiz. The teacher only needs to grade twice a month! You Will Receive... 10 months of 2-page 6th Grade Choir Curriculum worksheets, quizzes and answer keys in PDF format. (August through May) Bonus File: Cheat Sheet for Music Ensembles. A perfect reference for students to include in their music folders all year. Topics include... Music theory topics such as labeling lines/spaces of the treble and bass clef, rhythms, time signatures, dynamics, basic solfege, sight singing Music Terms of the Month Composing Rhythms Concert Etiquette Dictation Note/Rest Names & Values Listening Example Questions Monthly Vocal Health Tips Fun "Getting to Know You" questions, jokes and more! You may also like… ⭐️ 10-Month 7th Grade Choir Curriculum. Click here to save 20%! ⭐️ 10-Month 8th Grade Choir Curriculum. Click here to save 20%! ⭐️ 6-8 Grade Middle School Choir Curriculum. Click here to save 20%! Please leave a review to share your experience! With each review you write, TPT gives you credits to get future purchases for free! Please check out other middle school and high school music resources in my store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/Savvy-Ellie-Music Copyright © Savvy Ellie Music ❤️ All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Not for public display. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.
Vocal warm-up exercises for showing students how to sing through the break. These FREE singing warm-ups may be primarily an exercise in awareness at first!
When I first began teaching 23 years ago (yikes!) I didn't keep track of song repertoire the way I do now. I also often felt pressed to sing lots of songs (still do) but would only sing them once or twice and then be done with that song. Now I keep a list of repertoire learned and frequently revisit songs. I also try to "double dip" concepts and skills and repeat songs learned in previous grades but with a focus on a different concept. That So Mi song that has Do, Re, Mi at the ending may be great for SM in Kindergarten, but also works beautifully in first for DRM. I have a lot of different ways to start music class, see the post here about Musical Moments to Start Class, but one thing I really love to do is a "Song of the Month" (SOM) for each grade level. I have found SOM also helps students to "change gears". Opening songs set the stage for musical learning, provide a warm-up for the voice and the brain, and offer a predictable, structural transition to music class. The song we sing may or may not be connected to the specific concepts or skills we are working on. An opening song is not the focus of the lesson and should not take up more than a few minutes. I see my students on a 4 day rotation, so 1 to 2 times a week depending on the week. You could certainly sing these for 6 to 8 weeks, depending on how frequently you see your students (and how sick of the song they or you get!). Here are a few ideas for grades K-1: Hello, Hello Thanks to Katie Traxler for introducing this one to me. I am not sure of the source, but it is a familiar tune to all of us music folks! It is performed in a circle with partners facing each other and is a changing partner song/dance. Hey, There, Friend (Another thanks to Katie for this one on her youtube channel, I changed the word "glorious" to "wonderful". My kindies LOVE this! I am not sure of the source, if you know, please let me know. Hello This is one I wrote late last week for my littles. Grades 2 through 4 Bow Wow Wow My 2nd graders love this song and dance. I love the giggles each time they turn around to find a new partner! Chocolate, Chocolate Third graders enjoy this song about chocolate! We often add a "B" section with composed rhythms created from, what else, chocolate! Kit Kat, Hersheys, Peanut butter cup! Boom Snap Clap Fourth graders love this as it sounds like "beat boxing"! They love the challenge of it and that there are "levels" of play. This is in my book, Hands to Hands, available here. To Stop the Train Another of my favorites! Love the way Rob Amchin processes this with movement first!
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First grade is such a fun time. My curriculum goals for first grade include reviewing what we learned last year, and prepping for sol mi and practicing ta ta-di. To do that, we need songs. Songs that are high quality, that can be used both for having fun and for learning a lot.
With the help of vocal exercises for singers, you can maintain your singing voice and achieve notes. Here are some suggested exercises.
Shalom chaverim is a beautiful Israeli folk song, a greeting that means "peace." Get free sheet music for it as a round, a lead sheet, or a piano arrangement.
This week I will be exploring the 4 voices (speaking, calling, whispering, and singing), and other vocal timbres, with my kindergarten classes. Today I thought I would share some of my favorite lesson activities to introduce and practice the 4 voices. 1. Apple Tree This game is my favorite way to introduce different voices- I do this with kindergarten and I have 3rd graders who are still asking to play it! First we learn the song: credit: Music a la Abbott Once the students know the song, I have everyone spread out around the room, sitting down on the floor. Everyone sings the song together, and after we sing "knocks me out", the students pretend that an apple knocked them out and lie down on the floor. I tell them the only thing that can wake them up is my singing voice. Then I repeat the song with all kinds of different voices, switching between voices mid-song. When the students hear my singing voice, they sit back up and sing with me until the end of the song. The first student to be sitting upright and singing with me at the correct time wins (and if they sit up too early they are out for that round). They love it because I do all kinds of silly voices, not just speaking and whispering, and I love it because they get lots of practice distinguishing the singing voice from other vocal timbres! 2. Boom Chicka Boom This is a great song for teaching echo songs, and I always bring it back when we are practicing echo format, but it is also another great song to sing in a variety of voices! Here's an example if you've never heard the song: There are tons of variations you can do with this one, obviously, and I usually come up with one or two new ones each year. My favorites, though, are "custodian style", which I do in the low voice of our school custodian (who is great and the students love him) and change the words to "broom chicka mop-a chicka", and "baby style", where I change the words to "poop chicka mama-chicka" (which pretty consistently makes everyone fall on the floor laughing). 3. Variations I love using this opportunity to sing some songs that I either want to throw in but haven't found a good spot in the curriculum to put it, or that the students have requested (or have some connection to). We sing the song in our best singing voices, then we do the other 3 "main" voices (speaking, calling, and whispering), and then I have students suggest other voices. Giants, frogs, babies, and robots are usually popular choices :) 4. Voices Poem Once we have spent plenty of time exploring our voices, it's time to actually label some of them. I found out about this cute little poem from another music teacher in my district and plan to use it this year to assess how well students can switch between voices: This is my speaking voice - I use it every day This is my whisper voice - it's quiet don't you say This is my calling voice - I use it to say "Hey!" This is my singing voice - I like it, it's okay!* *1st part of this line is sung on "sol", the last note is sung on "do" What are your favorite ways to teach and explore vocal timbre with your students? Share your ideas in the comments!
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October 12, 2013 In second grade classes we have started a Native American Indian music and dance unit. This week, students had the opp...
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What you put on your classroom walls should reflect what you teach. Read this article to get suggestions about what to post, how, and why!
Belt your face off with these alto belt songs from musical theater. Break them out for concerts or use them for a contemporary or pop tryout!
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It inevitably happens to every music teacher at some point in their teaching career: you have to call out absent. Whether it’s to attend a conference,
Dnešní článek bude oproti ostatním vypadat jako "štěk":-), ale věřím, že obohatí Vaše hodiny. Včera jsem našla na španělských stránkách pěknou písničku, která lze propojit s hrou na boomwhackery nebo jiné melodické nástroje a dnes jsem objevila partituru ke známé písni Happy, která je veselá, i když je mollová. SO FA Jazz Pod odkazem ZDE najdete stránky, kde jsem píseň našla, stáhnout jako MP3 neumím, ale pustit online lze. Happy - Pharrell Williams Partituru jsem našla na Pinterestu. Nahrávku jsem transponovala v Audacity. Návod, jak na to, najdete ZDE. Překvapilo mě, jak moc jednoduché to bylo, jistě využiji i pro jiné písně a skladby. Transponovaná nahrávka i s partiturou: Poslechová mapa zase od Španělů: Hra na tělo ("Vyšší dívčí":-)): Hra na lavice:
October 8, 2013 The chorus did a wonderful job singing for the school play! "Treasure Island" was a huge success. We ...
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