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Free instrumental music unit plans
Beat vs Rhythm September Back to School Lesson Plans - Grade 1 Music
Teach your Grade 1 Music class all about beat vs rhythm with this easy to use and low prep set of lesson plans. Perfect for back to school and the first day of music class, flexible enough to use anytime.Download this free set of four lesson plans to teach your grade 1 music class about beat vs rhythm - even if you're not a specialist.Teaching music without any experience or training? YOU CAN DO THIS.Anyone can teach music effectively even if:You don't have any music experienceYou don't have any
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Grade 1 Music Lesson Plans Ontario Full Year Elementary Music Curriculum
Grade 4 Music Plans - Rhythm Review September Back to School Music First Day
Review rhythm concepts with your Grade 4 Music class using this easy to use and low prep set of lesson plans. Perfect for back to school and the first day of music class, flexible enough to use anytime.Teaching music without any experience or training? YOU CAN DO THIS.Anyone can teach music effectively even if:You don't have any music experienceYou don't have any instruments, textbooks or fancy equipmentYou don't have time to plan elaborate lessonsMusic-By-Month is a low-frills-but-high-quality
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Grade 4 Music Lesson Plans Ontario Curriculum Whole Year Bundle
The Orchestra: String, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion Families SMARTSoftwareEdition
The Orchestra: String, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion Families
Help your students learn about and visualize instruments of the Orchestra. Each group of slides includes real life picture, basic facts, and link to YouTube video in Safeshare.tv format.
Videos vary with orchestral concertos, demonstration, music videos, news stories and more. Link to Symbaloo page with additional videos as well!
Instruments included:
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Bassoon
Trumpet
French Horn
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1st - 6th
Music 101 Unit!
This fun, entertaining and engaging unit is the perfect unit to start off your music class. This unit includes a guide to the unit, google slides, videos, group activities, frequent opportunities for student engagement, review jeopardy, an assessment and more! Students will gain a deep understanding of what all music truly is. They will discover the enormous impact that music has had on society. They will also discover all the positive benefits that music has on the body. Lastly, they will learn
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4th - 12th
Also included in: 8 WEEK General Music BUNDLE 6-12th Grade!!! #2
Music Lesson Plan Template (Orff, General, Elementary)
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This organizer for music lesson plans is based on the Orff-Schulwerk approach to music teaching. This flow chart allows music teachers to organize their their goals and objectives and then create short descriptions of the activities occurring in the three main phases of the Schulwerk process (imitate, explore, create) that lead to the creation of a final product showing student understanding and achievement. This template i
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PreK - 8th, Adult Education, Staff
Create a Funko Pop Character
Funko Pop! Perfect for any class. For my music classes we cover a composer every month. Each student creates their own Funko Character of every composer. This is a fun way for students to create a visual cheat sheet for the quiz, and VERY easy for Sub plans!
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4th - 12th
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Music Sub Plan Ideas for Long Term Non Music Substitutes And More
Do you need music sub plans? This free product is a list of resources we have available that work as substitute plans for music teachers. Long term music sub plans to emergency single day plans. We even have a ton for non-music substitutes! These products can work for band, choir, orchestra, and general music of all ages. Download the PDF to view the list and click on the links to the products you're interested in.Categories discussed are Recommended GradesApproximate Teaching TimespanAmoun
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Not Grade Specific
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Middle School Band Scope and Sequence | Year One
Struggling to figure it out? Are you a veteran teacher that has hit a plateau and can't figure out how to take your students to the next level?Check out our comprehensive scope and sequence for the first year of middle school band (aka 6th grade beginning band or whatever your lowest ensemble is at the school you teach).Check out the Quarter Note Companion band method series:Method Book - Level OneTheory Book - Level OneRhythm Book - Level OneSight-Reading Book - Level OneChorale Book - Level On
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6th - 8th
Also included in: The Quarter Note Companion Level One Complete Bundle
Carnival of the Animals Curriculum Guide
Carnival of the Animals Curriculum Guide with studies in music, math, science, history, art, geography and language arts. Learn about Saint Saens, France, poetry and more! Includes interactive links, resources for parents and teachers, and fun activities.
This curriculum guide was created to accompany the "Carnival of the Animals" CD and MP3 featuring the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Grammy-nominated conductor Stephen Simon, and storyteller Yadu.The MP3 (only $8.98 through the Maestro Classi
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3rd - 5th
Fine Arts Connections: Find, Prep and Paint Recycled Guitars as Art
Integrate Fine Arts connections. Creative students are often multi-talented in music and art. This lesson shows step-by-step how to find old, broken or unwanted guitars through community donations and upcycle into transformed 3D sculpture. Secrets to prepping epoxy surfaces, fixing nicks, structural integrity, inspiring quality design, choosing primers and pursuing community exhibits are driven from 15 years as an Art Surface Luthier in my personal studio. #1 Best Art Project my kids love! High
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9th - 12th
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Music Lesson Plan Template - Elementary Music - Secondary Music
This freebie is what I use to create my lesson plans. Add your own state standards and unit content in this easy-to-follow lesson plan template. Arkansas teachers, I have made available my lesson plan templates with Arkansas standards already categorized into specific units. You can buy them individually or in the bundle listed below. This will save you hours of work. I used Microsoft Word for this document.
Use these lesson plans to turn into your principal.
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ALL-YEAR Lesson
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Not Grade Specific
Peter and the Wolf - Mini Unit Ideas - Free Resource
IMPORTANT: This is not a ready-to-use mini unit. It is a resource to give you ideas and help you plan your own Peter and the Wolf mini-unit. Embark on a captivating musical journey with our "Peter and the Wolf" Mini Unit – a comprehensive and engaging resource designed to delight students while enhancing their musical appreciation and storytelling skills. This three-lesson unit is perfect for elementary music classrooms, homeschool settings, or enrichment programs.Lesson 1: Introduction to "Pete
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: Peter and the Wolf Bundle
Elementary Band Scope and Sequence | Year One
Are you a new teacher struggling to figure it out? Are you a veteran teacher that has hit a plateau and can't figure out how to take your students to the next level?Check out our comprehensive scope and sequence for the first year of elementary school band! (aka 4th grade band or whenever your school starts band).This scope and sequence outlines a full year of beginning band in an elementary school pull-out setting. The year is broken down into two fifteen-week semesters with weekly goals to be
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: The Quarter Note Companion Level One Complete Bundle
Violin & Viola: Let's Get Started (free SCORM 1.2 course with 10 modules)
Do your students want a digital resource to help them get started on the violin or viola? This free course, based on the Orff-Schulwerk approach to music education, has all the information and practice exercises you need. In this course students will learn:What supplies are needed to get startedHow to choose a violin or viola that fits Differences and similarities between the violin and violaHow to tune the instrumentHow to hold the instrument correctlyHow to care for the bow and hold it proper
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Sight Singing Curriculum Syllabus Levels 1-13
These sight singing materials are excellent for rhythm and solfege practice in choir. They are designed with middle school choir (5th-8th grade) in mind, but are also great review for high school. The sight singing bundle was created as a printable resource for students to write on and practice their rhythm counting and solfege with real songs.Sight Singing Level 1-13 Syllabus Describes:each targeted skill by levelvocabulary taught in each levelessential questions to useThis resource is great fo
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3rd - 12th
Also included in: Sight Singing Curriculum Bundle Levels 1-13
Prep Sheet VIDEO: A Taylor Swift Duo (arr. Story)
This is a video version of the Prep Sheet for A Taylor Swift Duo (arr. Story). It features the scale, arpeggio, and thirds performed at the correct tempo of the piece, as well as all of the rhythms performed with the metronome.1-octave scale, arpeggio, and thirds in the key of the piece (including scales for any key changes) with half steps pre-marked for convenienceOptional staggered entrances (Groups 1, 2, and 3) for building harmony during exercises for scale and thirds (e.g. Group 1 starts f
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6th - 12th
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Prep Sheet: A Taylor Swift Duo (arr. Story)
If your string orchestra is studying A Taylor Swift Duo, arranged by Michael Story, this Prep Sheet will help guide your rehearsal warm ups! Complete with featured scales with half steps and optional staggered entrances for harmony building pre-marked, this Prep Sheet will help students get accustomed to exploring key signatures, scales, as well as new articulations, bowings, and dynamics. See complete features below:1-octave scale, arpeggio, and thirds in the key of the piece (including scales
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6th - 12th
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KS3 Keyboard Skills Lesson 1
Perfect for year 7s, this unit covers the basic techniques and skills. Lesson 1 - 6 are available and a unit booklet that works along side the lessons perfectly.Lesson 1: Mastering the finger technique.Students learn about scales, pitch and the correct finger technique. They practice simple scales, this can be simplified to a simple five finger scale for those who need it, and students can be challenged by learning the scale with both hands.Task: apply the finger technique to a song on the piano
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7th - 8th
Middle School Band Curriculum/YAG (for Small, Rural Schools!)
This document provides a Year at a Glance (YAG) for your Middle School Band program. It gives a list of objectives, vocabulary and activities for each grading period of the school year, based on a year with 6 6-week grading periods. Like YAGs for other subjects, it is very broad. You will need to find or create materials and lessons through which to teach the concepts to your students.I developed this after 4-5 years of having bands fall short of Superior Ratings at UIL Contests (our state run f
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5th - 8th
Grade Book for Lessons using First Steps in Music
This product is a grade book to track your lessons in First Steps in Music lessons**The aptitude assessment data on this sheet uses PMMA Primary Measures of Music Audiation Data only** If you have more than 30 students, you can copy and paste additional rows into the sheet and the calculations will continue to work.This product is similar in function, but much simpler, than my Conversational Solfege Grade Book.
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PreK - 1st
Digital Planner for Secondary Music
This is a color- adapting weekly planner for secondary music teachers. It is currently set up for me as a Middle School Chorus and Piano teacher in North Carolina. There is a tab for each class that includes a rehearsal plan, sight reading plan, and other "look-fors" that your administrators might want. There are separate tabs that include checklists of the standards addressed. In the file are the North Carolina standards, but the file is editable.
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6th - 8th
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MYP Music Process Journal Template (by Free MusicKey)
The process journal is an essential element for both visual and performing arts. The music process journal will help your students organize and record their creative ideas as well as reflect on their developmental process as musicians. This resource was focused on the IB MYP Music requirements. If you are following different curriculum, please adapt it according to your students' needs and specific requirements. Or you can also send a request to Free MusicKey, and we will create it for you (for
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6th - 12th, Staff
5th Grade Music Plan - Sample
This is a free sample taken from my store so you can judge the quality of my work. It's extracted from my complete and comprehensive sets of Understanding by Design Music Plans for Elementary and Middle School Grades, including:Grade Specific Plans (5th through 8th Grades)Ensemble Music Plans (for instrumental groups and choir)Music Technology PlansEach plan covers the four musical elements of creating musicperforming musicresponding to music, andconnecting with musicwhile utilizing the Understa
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K - 9th
Elementary Strings Scope and Sequence | Year One
Are you a new teacher struggling to figure it out? Are you a veteran teacher that has hit a plateau and can't figure out how to take your students to the next level?Check out our comprehensive scope and sequence for the first year of elementary school strings (aka 4th grade strings or whenever your school starts orchestra).This scope and sequence outlines a full year of beginning strings in an elementary school pull-out setting. The year is broken down into two fifteen-week semesters with weekly
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3rd - 6th
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