Here is an easy to read, but colorful ATL display for PYP learners. The language is simple and focuses on three aspects of each of the 5 ATL skills. Also included is an exit ticket chart for students to show you how they felt about their own ATL skills during your lesson. Included: ATL Topic poster (1), ATL Skills Posters (5), Exit Ticket Posters (4). *At no additional cost, I’ve included two different versions to suit your personal teaching style. Happy decorating!

This is an easy exit ticket system to check your students’ understanding in a quick way at the end of any lesson. The resources are in jpeg and pdf format for easy printing. Musicially yours, Lyrical Liz

17 printable worksheets designed to help students strengthen their note naming abilities for both treble and bass clef through a number of fun and varied activities. These worksheets will work best for beginning to intermediate music students.

A great guide for introducing students to the Blues!! This unit booklet serves as a guide through Blues chords and improvisation. Students will have the most success if they have access to keyboards or pianos, especially for the 12 bar Blues chord section. The improvisation can be done on any instrument, but piano seems to easily accessible by most students. This booklet is 14 pages long and includes a variety of activities and grading rubrics. It typically takes about 16 weeks to work through this unit with all of the activities and giving students enough practice time to solidify skills. Included Activities: A very short history on the Blues Multiple listening activities 12 bar Blues Chord progression 12 bar Walking Bass line Blues improvisation Reflection opportunities There are copies of this unit using quarter notes and half notes as well as crotchets and quavers. There is also an answer key included for your convenience.

19 worksheets designed to help students strengthen their skills with scales, triads and intervals. These worksheets are designed for beginning to intermediate students. Pupils without prior knowledge of scales, triads and intervals may find this work difficult.

Finally, here is a fun way for students to learn about composers!!! In this five-part unit, students engage in self-directed research about a composer of their choice to become class experts. They present the information they find in a creative manner and culminate with the creation of a parody of a folk tune based on their composer. This 8 page packet can be printed to hand out to pupils or projected, as you choose. My students loved working on this project and it took my Grade 5 pupils approximately 10 weeks to go from research to performing silly composer songs. Included Activities: Research on composers (using the Internet or other sources) Creative presentation ideas Presenting to the class Composing a Silly Composer Song Performing the Silly Composer Song

This is a student workbook which provides an overview of the musical form Theme and Variations. There are several listening tasks, composition tasks, grading rubrics and opportunities for reflection included in this workbook. Depending on the amount of time given for composition tasks, completing this unit generally takes between 10-12 weeks. Enjoy!

Two pretty posters that list all the surprising (or maybe not!) benefits of singing in a choir. Happy decorating!

Here is a 10 page printable student workbook for the young musician. This unit is designed to introduce students to the differences between rhythm and pulse and how to notate rhythms in various time signatures. Background information on each skill is provided along with numerous opportunities for listening, notation, composition, and performance tasks. As the unit progresses, the tasks are increasingly difficult. This unit generally takes between 10 and 14 weeks to complete with students depending on their age, musical ability, and the amount of time allowed for composition and performance tasks. But just think, all your planning is basically done for the next 10 weeks! Take a break and have a cup of tea because you deserve it! **There are 2 versions of this unit. One uses traditional British music vocabulary (i.e. crotchet, quaver, etc.) whereas the other uses quarter note, half note, etc. There is also an answer key included for your convenience.

This is an 11-page student workbook that introduces students to the basics of popular music. In this packet, there are listening tasks, composition and performance tasks as well as grading rubrics. This is a very fun unit to work through with your class and certain elements could be adapted for use with music technology software, should you so choose. This generally takes me 8-10 weeks to work through with my students, depending on how much time I allow for practice and composition.

Here is a sheet designed to help young learners with note placement on the staff and the piano/keyboard. Also included are rhythm and rests references to make a handy and colorful, all-in-one reference sheet to support your students’ learning in music. There are sheets for both sharps and flats as well as quarter note/eighth note rhythms and crotchet/quaver rhythms.

This 22 page workbook is a complete unit for students to begin working their way through the time periods of music history. There are biographies, listening, composition, and performance activities throughout the workbook along with rubrics for the performance tasks. Included in this file are a workbook with quarter/eighth note language and one with crotchet/quaver language as well as an answer key for your convenience. My Grade 6 pupils really enjoy this unit and find the work both challenging and satisfying.