Need a way to introduce “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” “Jack and Jill,” and “Humpty Dumpty” to your students? Look no further! This is the perfect resource to engage your students in singing these amazing songs! … This is a money saving bundle of the following products: Storybook Series: Mary Had a Little Lamb Storybook Series: Jack and Jill Storybook Series: Humpty Dumpty … Like many of you, I am doing tons of activities with folk songs in my room, but need to reach my visual learners! I created these story books to increase engagement in my classroom. My kids LOVE them and I know yours will too! This is a storybook (story book) PowerPoint presentation that can be read/sung to students like a book. Have students read or sing aloud, or present the story to them! This activity also makes great visuals for a favorite folk song or folk song of month activity. Nursery rhymes are so important to bring in your music classroom - this is a great way to do so! Teach Preschool? Teach ELL/ESL learners? This is a GREAT way for kids to visualize the words to the nursery rhyme! … Each resource includes: PDF and PowerPoint version of the presentation. Interesting facts about the song. History of the song. Map of where the song comes from. Song presented in story format. Sheet music. … Shelley Tomich Visit my website to join the Free Resource Library! Teach music. Love life.

Need a way to introduce "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,“The Itsy Bitsy Spider,” and “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” to your students? Look no further! This is the perfect resource to engage your students in singing these amazing songs! … This is a money saving bundle of the following products: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star The Itsy Bitsy Spider Baa, Baa, Black Sheep … This is a storybook (story book) PowerPoint presentation that can be read/sung to students like a book. Have students read or sing aloud, or present the story to them! This activity also makes great visuals for a favorite folk song or folk song of month activity. Nursery rhymes are so important to bring in your music classroom - this is a great way to do so! Like many of you, I am doing tons of activities with folk songs in my room, but need to reach my visual learners! I created these story books to increase engagement in my classroom. My kids LOVE them and I know yours will too! Teach Preschool? Teach ELL/ESL learners? This is a GREAT way for kids to visualize the words to the nursery rhyme! … Each resource includes: PDF and PowerPoint version of the presentation. Interesting facts about the song. History of the song. Map of where the song comes from. Song presented in story format. Sheet music. … Musically Yours, Shelley Tomich Pitch Publications Teach music. Love life.

Need a way to introduce “Rain, Rain, Go Away,” “The Muffin Man,” and “Little Miss Muffet” to your students? Look no further! This is the perfect resource to engage your students in singing these amazing songs! … This is a money saving bundle of the following products: Rain, Rain, Go Away! Little Miss Muffet The Muffin Man … This is a storybook (story book) PowerPoint presentation that can be read/sung to students like a book. Have students read or sing aloud, or present the story to them! This activity also makes great visuals for a favorite folk song or folk song of month activity. Nursery rhymes are so important to bring in your music classroom - this is a great way to do so! Like many of you, I am doing tons of activities with folk songs in my room, but need to reach my visual learners! I created these story books to increase engagement in my classroom. My kids LOVE them and I know yours will too! Teach Preschool? Teach ELL/ESL learners? This is a GREAT way for kids to visualize the words to the nursery rhyme! … Each resource includes: PDF and PowerPoint version of the presentation. Interesting facts about the song. History of the song. Map of where the song comes from. Song presented in story format. Sheet music. … Musically Yours, Shelley Tomich Pitch Publications Teach music. Love life.

Need a way to introduce “Old MacDonald Had a Farm,” “Pease Porridge,” and “Polly Put the Kettle On” to your students? Look no further! This is the perfect resource to engage your students in singing these amazing songs! … This is a money saving bundle of the following products: • Old MacDonald Had a Farm • Polly Put the Kettle On • Pease Porridge Hot This is a storybook (story book) PowerPoint presentation that can be read/sung to students like a book. Have students read or sing aloud, or present the story to them! This activity also makes great visuals for a favorite folk song or folk song of month activity. Nursery rhymes are so important to bring in your music classroom - this is a great way to do so! Like many of you, I am doing tons of activities with folk songs in my room, but need to reach my visual learners! I created these story books to increase engagement in my classroom. My kids LOVE them and I know yours will too! Teach Preschool? Teach ELL/ESL learners? This is a GREAT way for kids to visualize the words to the nursery rhyme! Don’t worry, your older kids are going to love these too! … Each presentation resource includes: PDF and PowerPoint version of the presentation. Interesting facts about the song. History of the song. Map of where the song comes from. Song presented in story format. Sheet music. … Musically Yours, Shelley Tomich Pitch Publications Teach music. Love life.

Ukulele Races is a super fun (and educational!) game where students race to the finish line by naming chords and ukulele strings! Students can practice identifying chords and ukulele string names(soprano/tenor/concert). Use in your daily lessons, as part of center activities, or as a great sub plan! / / / This bundle includes the following: Ukulele Races C7, F Ukulele Races C, C7, F Ukulele Faces C, C7, F, G7 Ukulele Races Strings G, C, E, A (soprano/concert/tenor) / / / In the Ukulele Races game, each student draws a card and identifies the chord or string name on the card. Then, they can move their game piece (provided by you - see here for examples or use pony beads!) to the appropriate chord or string. There are also some special game cards like “Wreck: Skip Your Turn!” Your students will LOVE playing this game in Centers or as a stand-alone activity! You will verbally hear them calling out the chords or string names as they move forward and check each other. / / / In this resource: Game board in Black and White Game board in Color Cards to print out (8 cards to one sheet of paper) - string and chord cards available in Color (corresponds with Rainbow Ukulele chord colors) and Black & White Preparation directions for teacher Directions for Students - print out and put in the packet for students! Cover page for your center bag or box / / / Like this product? You will also love: Music Center: Don’t Spill the Pitches! - Treble Clef Pitch Note Reading Game Music Center: Don’t Break the Ukulele! - Ukulele Centers Game Music Decor - AQUA AND GRAY - Instrument Posters - Orchestra, Orff, and World! / / / Musically Yours, Shelley Tomich Pitch Publications Teach music. Love life.

This is a bundle of two units on the Science of Sound Energy. One targeted for 1st grade and the other targeted for 4th grade. This bundle includes the following products: Science of Sound - 1st Grade Unit Science of Sound - 4th Grade Unit … ========================================================== DESCRIPTION FOR 1st GRADE UNIT This is an editable interdisciplinary unit on the Science of Sound Energy for 1st grade music and science (written from a music teacher’s perspective). This lesson plan and slide deck presentation compatible with PowerPoint & Google Slides™ will provide you all you need to teach a fun, engaging science of sound unit. This unit was written to meet the 1st grade science of sound curriculum in Georgia, but can be modified to meet the needs of other grade levels. This packet is wonderful for collaboration between music teachers and classroom teachers! … In this download you will receive: Detailed lesson plans for the Science of Sound ready to print, yet fully editable for your needs (Microsoft Word). Engaging PowerPoint to lead your students through learning about the science of sound. There is a partially editable (text is editable) version and a version that is pre-formatted and ready to show right away (slide deck presentation compatible with Google Slides™ included). Premade assessment for Google Forms™ Interactive quizzes; take as a class or check the answers on the accompanying assessment papers. Partner Sound Card Game - directions included. Listening Walk Worksheet to go with the Listening Walk book. Differentiated Sound Sorts (with both Soft and Quiet Terms) - Use as a center or as an assessment. (plus answer keys) — Sound Sort, Cut and Paste, High and Low — Sound Sort, Cut and Paste, Loud and Soft — Sound Sort, Cut and Paste, Emergency vs. Non-Emergency — Sound Sort, Color or Circle the correct picture, High and Low — Sound Sort, Color or Circle the correct picture, Loud and Soft — Sound Sort, Color or Circle the correct picture, Emergency — Sound Label, Write in the correct label, Loud and Soft. — Sound Label, Write in the correct label, High and Low. Interactive version of Differentiated Sound Sorts (with both Soft and Quiet terms) for Google Slides™. Guide for completing six experiments for the Science of Sound Font download links to keep formatting attractive and allow the PowerPoint presentation to be partially editable. (Note: a pre-formatted version is included as well). … The ready to print lesson plan and accompanying presentation cover the following topics: What is vibration? How do instruments vibrate? How does our voice vibrate? Quick look at the families of instruments. Make vibrations from paper. Introductory look at sound waves - volume (amplitude) Introductory look at sound waves - pitch (frequency) Original piggy back song to remember pitch vs volume. Comparison of Emergency sounds and what is an Emergency sound? EXPERIMENT - String Telephone EXPERIMENT - Box Guitar EXPERIMENT - Tuning Fork Fun EXPERIMENT - Jumping Rice EXPERIMENT - Ruler Vibrations EXPERIMENT - Hanger Bells … Additional materials needed to complete the lesson as written The Listening Walk by Paul Showers. ISBN 9780064433228 Internet access to view videos online (safeshare links provided!) Samples of each family of instruments (optional) Streamer wands Printer Storage boxes for materials Glasses and food coloring. Materials for experiments: ---- tuning forks ---- block of wood ---- bowl of water ---- ping pong balls ---- string (I used butcher’s string) ---- wire hangers ---- paper ---- cheap plastic rulers ---- plastic box or table ---- red rice ---- hand drums or tambourine ---- rhythm sticks or cut broom stick ---- top of a plastic box ---- plastic cups (I used mini solo cups) ---- rubber bands in two sizes ---- small plastic bins … PowerPoint Compatibility Note: The interactive features have been tested in PowerPoint for Mac 2011 and 2016; also on PC PowerPoint 360. The interactive features do NOT work on PowerPoint for Mac 2008. Other versions have not been tested at this time. The interactive features will NOT work if opened in Keynote or as a PDF. A separate download is included that is compatible with Google Slides™. … Standards The detailed, editable lesson plans were written ready to print for the general music room, but could easily be adapted to the general education science room with a quick switching of standards. Currently the Georgia GPS music standards are marked; the National Music Standards and Common Core Arts Standards are included and can be swapped with a simple copy and paste. This packet also meets the NGSS science standards for first grade (sound). … ========================================================== DESCRIPTION FOR 4th GRADE UNIT This is an editable interdisciplinary unit on Acoustics: Science of Sound Energy. This lesson and slide deck presentation compatible with PowerPoint & Google Slides™ will provide you all you need to teach a fun, engaging science of sound unit (Acoustics). This unit was written to meet the 4th grade science of sound curriculum in Georgia, but can be modified to meet the needs of other grade levels. This packet is wonderful for collaboration between music teachers and classroom teachers! … In this download you will receive: Detailed lesson plans for the Science of Sound ready to print for tomorrow’s lesson. Engaging PowerPoint to lead your students through learning about the science of sound(slide deck presentation compatible with Google Slides™ included). Interactive quizzes; take as a class or check the answers on the accompanying assessment papers. Assessment papers to be used as a pre and post test. (Promethean ActivOffice integration available for those using Powerpoint PC 2007 or 2010 but NOT required). Premade assessments for Google Forms™. Guide for students in completing two experiments for the Science of Sound Guide for students to use the iPad “Sound Uncovered” (only available for iPad). The lesson can be taught without this extension activity, but I included it for your students’ enjoyment. NOTE CURRENTLY THIS APP DOES NOT WORK WITH iOS11 “Investigate Sound” activities(alternative to “Sound Uncovered” with activities similar to the app) with options to complete as a full class using PowerPoint or Google Slides™ or individually through a self-paced assignment for Google Slides™. Mini-lessons for parts of Chrome Music Labs Included font for installation to keep formatting attractive and allow the PowerPoint presentation to be editable. (Note: the PDFs are editable with a PDF presentation software such as Adobe Acrobat). … The ready to print(or assign digitally) lesson plan and accompanying presentation cover the following topics: What is vibration? How do instruments vibrate? How does our voice vibrate? Basics of sound waves. Detailed look at sound waves - volume (amplitude) Detailed look at sound waves - pitch (frequency) Detailed look at sound waves - timber (shape of wave). Comparison of sounds in hertz. Comparison of sounds in decibels. Factors affecting pitch (length, diameter, tension, and density). How sound moves through different types of matter (solids, liquids, and gas). Individual or group work exploring sound phenomenon with the app “Sound Uncovered” and/or “Chrome Music Labs” Guide for students to work through “Investigate Sound” activities using Google Slides™ EXPERIMENT - What is sound? Vibrations! Make a Straw Kazoo/Double Reed! EXPERIMENT - How does matter affect sound? Tap-a-Bag! … Additional materials needed to complete the lesson as written Internet access to view videos online (safeshare links provided!) Access to BrainPop is most desirable. ( I have provided Alternative video links). (Optional) iPad/iPhone app: dB Volume Meter (Alternative Android app link provided) (Optional) iPad/iPhone app: Tone generator (Alternative web app and Android app link provided). (Optional) iPad/iPhone app: Sound Uncovered - Exploratorium(Unfortunately no alternative android app is available). … Standards The detailed, editable lesson plans were written ready to print for the general music room, but could easily be adapted to the general education science room with a quick switching of standards. Currently the Georgia GPS music standards are marked; the National Music Standards and Common Core Arts Standards are included and can be swapped with a simple copy and paste. … Like this product? You will also love: Music Center: Don’t Spill the Pitches! - Bass Clef Pitch Note Reading Game Maypole Mania! How to build & dance (+animations), lessons plans, & more! Music Center: Don’t Spill the Pitches! - Treble Clef Pitch Note Reading Game

This is a money saving bundle of three amazing lessons for introducing treble, bass, and Alto/Tenor clef! Each pack comes with a full lesson plan, detailed presentation to walk you through introducing the clefs, and student assessment exit tickets to quickly assess students’ understanding of material. Rest easy - the work is done for you! Like this product? You will also love: Music Center: Don’t Spill the MUSIC BUNDLE! Pitch, rhythm, dynamics, & more! Pitch Parkway - Treble Clef Recorder Bonanza - BAG … Musically Yours, Shelley Tomich Pitch Publications Teach music. Love life.

This Rhythm Basketball Seasons bundle has everything you need to bounce to the beat all year long! This bundle offers FOUR sets of differentiated and exciting rhythm reading activities with 17 sets of slides corresponding to unique songs from Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. This bundle comes with pre-made detailed and editable lesson plans and ready to use slides available in multiple formats. Your students will be engaged in fun and exciting movement activities that reinforce rhythm reading of whole note, half note, quarter note, and eighth note notation, provide opportunities for improvisation, introduce composers and musicians, and more! . . . . . This resource includes the following sets: Rhythm Basketball Vol. 3 - Summer - Songs include: “Surfin’ U.S.A.” by The Beach Boys, “Baby Shark” by Pinkfong, “Wipe Out” by The Surfaris (includes 2 versions: one version with an improvisation section and one version without an improvisation section), and “Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride” by Alan Silvestri and Mark Keali’I Ho’omalu, featuring Kamehameha Schools Children’s Chorus (includes 2 versions: one version with a call/response section and one version that is only full group) Rhythm Basketball Vol. 4 - Fall/Halloween - Songs include: “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Edvard Grieg, “Hair Up” (In the Hall of the Mountain King Remix) by Justin Timberlake, Savan Kotecha, Shellback, and Max Martin, “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr., and “Spooky Scary Skeletons” by Andrew Gold (Includes 2 versions: one version with the original song and one version with the popular remix “Spooky Scary Skeletons Remix” by Andrew Gold) Rhythm Basketball Vol. 5 - Winter - Songs include: “Hot Chocolate” Performed by Tom Hanks in the Polar Express movie, “Queen of the Winter Night” by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, “Let it Snow!” Performed by Ella Fitzgerald (includes 2 versions: one version with an improvisation section and one version without an improvisation section), and “Winter - Allegro non Molto” from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi Rhythm Basketball Vol. 6 - Spring - Songs include: “Rattlin’ Bog” by The Irish Rovers, “Rockin’ Robin” Performed by Bobby Day (includes 2 versions: one version with an improvisation section and one version without an improvisation section), “What Else Can I Do?” by Lin Minuel-Miranda, and “Spring - Allegro” from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi Instructions on how to time your PowerPoint slides to auto advance along with the music Also includes a download link to slide decks compatible with Google Slides™️ for all four songs (PowerPoint is recommended if you want to program auto-advance with a song) . . . . . NOTE: You will NOT receive the audio files (this would violate copyright law!), but I have directed you on where to purchase the files on iTunes and how to attach them to PowerPoint. . . . . . Musically Yours, Shelley Tomich Pitch Publications Teach music. Love life.

This is a set of 9 super fun (yet truly educational!) music centers or music workstation game based on the popular game, “Don’t Spill the Beans!” In this game, students must various musical concepts and hope they can get rid of all their beans before the pot tumbles over! … Note: This purchase does not include the actual game “Don’t Spill the Beans” and requires that this game is purchased separately. … Your students will LOVE playing these games in Music Centers or as a stand-alone activity! It also works great for sub plans! … PRODUCTS INCLUDED IN THIS BUNDLE: Don’t Spill the Rhythms Don’t Spill the Ukulele Don’t Spill the Alto Clef Don’t Spill the Recorder Don’t Spill the Dynamics Don’t Spill the Bass Clef Don’t Spill the Instruments Don’t Spill the Solfege Don’t Spill the Treble Clef … In this resource: UKULELE Cards to print out (8 cards to one sheet of paper) with and without cut guidelines. — Ukulele chords on staff — Ukulele names of notes in chord — Ukulele fingering chart for chord Directions for Teacher. Directions for Students - print out and put in the packet for students! ALTO CLEF Cards to print out (8 cards to one sheet of paper - customize which notes by picking your cards!). Directions for Teacher. Directions for Students - print out and put in the packet for students! RECORDER Cards to print out (8 cards to one sheet of paper - customize which fingerings by picking your cards!) (with and without cutting lines). Directions for Teacher. Directions for Students - print out and put in the packet for students! DYNAMICS Cards to print out (8 cards to one sheet of paper - customize which symbols by picking your cards!). Directions for Teacher. Directions for Students - print out and put in the packet for students! RHYTHM Cards to print out (8 cards to one sheet of paper). Directions for Teacher. Directions for Students - print out and put in the packet for students! SOLFEGE Cards to print out (8 cards to one sheet of paper - customize which notes by picking your cards!). Directions for Teacher. Directions for Students - print out and put in the packet for students! TREBLE CLEF Cards to print out (8 cards to one sheet of paper). Directions for Teacher. Directions for Students - print out and put in the packet for students! INSTRUMENTS Cards to print out (8 cards to one sheet of paper). Includes both color and BW as well as with and without cut guidelines. Directions for Teacher. Directions for Students - print out and put in the packet for students! BASS CLEF Cards to print out (8 cards to one sheet of paper - customize which notes by picking your cards!). Directions for Teacher. Directions for Students - print out and put in the packet for students! … Like this product? You will also love: Music Center: Don’t Spill the MUSIC BUNDLE! Pitch, rhythm, dynamics, & more! … Shelley Tomich Visit my website to join the Free Resource Library! Teach music. Love life.