Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater serves as an introduction for students to decode rhythms and learn how we group them into measures. Students will study the meter of 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 through composing and creating. … Included in this File Detailed (yet editable) lesson plans for 2nd Grade. State (GA) GPS Standards, National Music Standards, and National Core Arts Standards are marked. Feel free to edit for other grade levels. PowerPoint to guide the lesson. PDF version of the PowerPoint for you to import into your desired IWB (Absolutely NOT required to complete this lesson!). Note Images for PERSONAL use to create your own variations with provided templates. Worksheets to help scaffold students to success in demonstrating awareness of measure, meter, bar lines, double bar lines, time signature, and more! … Description of Lesson Previous Knowledge: Students should already be introduced to beat vs. rhythm and have beginning knowledge of whole, half, quarter, and sixteenth note (optional) and quarter rest. Students recently completed this lesson (though not a requirement). Lesson - Students review beat vs. rhythm using Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater. Then we use pumpkin visuals to group notes into groupings based on a given time signature. We practice identifying pumpkins that have the right and wrong number of beats for a given time signature. Then students are asked to compose their own pumpkin measures and then translate them onto a staff. Additional activities provided to extend/supplement the lesson to provide for differentiation. … This is meant to be a guide for your individual situation. Substitutions for any part of the lesson is acceptable. Additional items you need to teach the lesson directly as written that are NOT included. Pencils, Projector (Optional) non-pitched instruments. (You do NOT need an IWB but I have provided materials for you to use if you have one). … Like this product? You will also love: Rhythm Basketball Set - Vol 2! 4/5 Lesson Plan - Rhythm Practice & Performance Pop Play Alongs - Holidays (Sleigh Ride, Jingle Bell Rock, It’s the most…) Rhythm Coloring 1A - Color by Note - Quarter Note/Rest, Eighth Note … Shelley Tomich Visit my website to join the Free Resource Library! Teach music. Love life.

Most teachers would agree taking a sick or person day is harder than actually being at work. Writing sub plans and preparing sub tubs and sub binders are so hard, especially in music and other specials! This will be a great activity for your music substitute plans! This is a great print and go plan for K-2. Students will read a book about an orchestra that grows from a solo to a dectet. Students will read a book, learn about the instruments in a book and the musical names of various sizes of ensembles (solo to dectet). … Included in this File EDITABLE lesson plans to put in your sub tub or sub binder. A series of worksheets for you to copy and put in your sub tub or sub binder. Posters for you to print and laminate to put in your sub tub or sub binder. This is so your sub has something to reference when reviewing instruments with students. Posters in black & white and color. … NOTE: This does NOT include the book, Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin book and is required for this lesson. I have offered a YouTube link for your convenience if you would like to show a video of the book. … Like this product? You will also love: Ukulele Program - Rainbow Ukulele {BUNDLE} - Lessons, Presentation, Student Book Back to School Music Lesson Plan Bundle! K-5 Lessons for the first day! K/1 Music Lesson with Children’s Literature - Rhythm Dynamics - Snowball Fight … Shelley Tomich Visit my website to join the Free Resource Library! Teach music. Love life.

Most teachers would agree taking a sick or person day is harder than actually being at work. Writing sub plans and preparing sub tubs and sub binders are so hard, especially in music and other specials! This is a great print and go plan for K-2. Students will read a book about a little boy who performs on instruments and then destroys them till he realizes he wants be a conductor. Students will listen to a recording of the book and then complete a fun worksheet to go along with it. This goes perfectly with the FREE and EDITABLE Sub Plan Template! … Included in this File EDITABLE lesson plans to put in your sub tub or sub binder. A worksheet for you to copy and put in your sub tub or sub binder. Posters for you to print and laminate to put in your sub tub or sub binder. This is so your sub has something to reference when reviewing instruments with students. Posters in black & white and color. … NOTE: This does NOT include the book, The Remarkable Farkle McBride book and is required for this lesson. It also does not include the audio CD which is not required, but offers a great addition. I have offered a YouTube link for your convenience. … Like this product? You will also love: Maypole Mania! How to build & dance (+animations), lessons plans, & more! Rainbow Ukulele - Student Packet - Ukulele Student Method Book … Shelley Tomich Visit my website to join the Free Resource Library! Teach music. Love life.

This is a super fun (yet truly educational!) game where students race to the finish line by identifying repeat, step, skip, and leap notes! (There is also an included version only using repeat, step, and skip for those who don’t teach “leap”). Use in your daily lessons, as part of center activities, or as a great sub plan! In the game, each student will draw a card and identify the pitch relationship on the card. Then, they can move their game piece (provided by you - see here for examples or use pony beads!) to the appropriate relationship name. There are also some “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 names of the intervals 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). Directions for Teacher. Directions for Students - print out and put in the packet for students! (All of the above in both “Step, Skip, Repeat, & Leap” and “Step, Skip, & Repeat” versions) … Like this product? You will also love: Music Center: Don’t Break the Pitches! - Treble Clef Pitch Note Reading Game Pitch Hill: Introduce Do {POWERPOINT} - Practice Do, Mi, Sol, La Music Center: Don’t Break the Ukulele! - Ukulele Centers Game … Shelley Tomich Visit my website to join the Free Resource Library! Teach music. Love life.

Are you looking for a great way to present the Star-Spangled Banner to your students? Look no further! This pack will give you everything you need! This unit is perfect for studying our national anthem by Francis Scott Key - use for 9/11, Memorial Day, President’s Day, or just because! … In this resource: LESSON PLANS - Complete, extremely detailed lesson plans that are editable for your needs. Standards marked for the Georgia GPS music standards for 3rd grade but I also included the 1994 National Music Standards, K-4 and Core Arts Standards, 3rd, for you to switch out. This lesson could easily be modified for a multitude of grade levels by switching out the activities. POWERPOINT PRESENTATION - This presentation will walk you through the lesson. The notes in the notes section will guide you along your way. Slide numbers are referenced in the lesson plans. 27 Pages of STUDENT ASSESSMENTS, ACTIVITIES, and CENTERS - A variety of ways to assess students is provided; you may pick and choose which items to use with your students. … The PowerPoint guides students through: PRE-ASSESSMENT - Students will write down what they already know about the Star-Spangled Banner. LISTENING EXAMPLES - Safe-share links to provide students with authentic performances of the Star-Spangled Banner. BEFORE YOU SING… - Students will be guided through how to act and stand appropriately when performing or listening to the national anthem. SING ALONGS - Safe-share links and mp3 to provide students with chances to perform the Star-Spangled Banner themselves. WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER - Students will explore where the national anthem is played and why it first began playing at many of these events. HISTORY BEHIND THE SONG - The students will explore why Francis Scott Key first penned this song. This includes an excellent safe-share link to a video that will enthrall your students! THE FLAG - A comparison of the 1915 flag that inspired Francis Scott Key and the modern flag. MEANING OF THE WORDS - A detailed look at each phrase of the first verse in the songs as well as exposure to all the verses and how it was originally performed. BLANK SLIDE WITH MATCHING BACKGROUND - For your use with your own materials! Like this product? You will also love: Music Center: Don’t Break the Recorder! - Recorder Fingerings Music Game Music Center: Don’t Break the Ukulele! - Ukulele Centers Game Music Center: Don’t Break the Pitches! - Solfege Pitch Note Reading Game Shelley Tomich Teach music. Love life.

Vocal explorations are perfect for those who need a great warm-up or high and low pitch practice? Look no further! This adorable set of Vocal Explorations is for you! Help the monkeys collect the bananas for their big party! … This set contains: PowerPoint presentation with 10 slides pre-drawn for you. 10 blank slides for you to draw your own pathway! PDF of the pre-drawn and blank slides. PDF of black and white student composition worksheets, 1 per page. PDF of black and white student composition worksheets, 4 per page. … Like this product? You will also love: Rainbow Ukulele - Teacher Packet - Ukulele Curriculum Lesson Plans- Presentation Pitch Hill: Teaching Solfege Bulletin Board Printables for Elementary Music Alto Recorder Fingering Chart Posters v3 Holes Black/Tan- Music Decor Aqua Gray … Shelley Tomich Teach music. Love life.

Need a way to introduce “Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater” to your students? Look no further! This is the perfect resource to engage your students in singing this amazing song! 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 this story book to increase engagement in my classroom. My kids LOVED it 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! … This 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. Blank page to add your own information if desired. … Like this product? You will also love: Music Center: Don’t Spill the Pitches! - Solfege Pitch Note Reading Game Music Center: Don’t Spill the Pitches! - Solfege Pitch Note Reading Game Music Decor - AQUA AND GRAY - Word Wall … Shelley Tomich Teach music. Love life.

This is a GREAT way to introduce Treble Clef to your students! The lesson plan will help you present the included PowerPoint Presentation to your students in order for them to start reading music notes on the Treble Clef staff! I know it can be hard for students to learn to read music on the treble clef - this will help! … In this resource: Editable Lesson Plans geared for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Feel free to modify for other grade levels! PowerPoint Presentation to introduce students to the Treble Clef staff! Download the preview to see what is included! Simple worksheet that allows students to create their own line sentence and quickly identify 3 treble clef notes. Use as an exit ticket! … Like this product? You will also love: Music Center: Don’t Break the Pitches! - Treble Clef Pitch Note Reading Game Music Center: Don’t Spill the Pitches! - Treble Clef Pitch Note Reading Game Bass Clef - Reading Music -PowerPoint Presentation & Exit Ticket-Lesson Plan … Shelley Tomich Teach music. Love life.

Need a great warm-up or high and low pitch practice? Look no further! This adorable set of Vocal Explorations is for you! Help Cupid collect his hearts in times for Valentine’s Day! Vocal exploration missions are the best! This set contains: PowerPoint presentation with 10 slides pre-drawn for you. Follow the elves to the various toys. 10 blank slides for you to draw your own pathway! PDF of the pre-drawn and blank slides. All of the above with two different ethnicities of Cupid! Feel free to mix and match as desired! PDF of black and white student composition worksheets, 1 per page PDF of black and white student composition worksheets, 4 per page … Like this product? You will also love: Rainbow Ukulele - Teacher Packet - Ukulele Curriculum Lesson Plans- Presentation Alto Recorder Fingering Chart Posters v3 Holes Black/Tan- Music Decor Aqua Gray Recorder Fingering Chart Posters v2 Black/Tan- Music Decor Aqua Gray … Shelley Tomich Teach music. Love life.

This is a patriotic themed Color by Note music activities for multiple note levels! These are fantastic sub plans for your music or non music sub tub. These are perfect for 4th of July, Memorial Day, or any day! Students love to color by note - they work as end of class activities or even as music center! 4 Sheets in this download, each with reproducible pages for students as well as a full color “answer” sheet. There is a variety of difficulty levels in the patterns created. USA - quarter note, eighth note, quarter rest Flower on Flag - quarter note, eighth note, quarter rest, half note Liberty Bell - quarter note, eighth note, quarter rest, half note, whole note. Eagle on Flag - quarter note, eighth note, quarter rest, half note, whole note, sixteenth note. … These are wonderful to reinforce note recognition, as an end of the class activity, and as a music-based substitute lesson! … Like this product? You will also love: Maypole Mania! How to build & dance (+animations), lessons plans, & more! Music Center: Don’t Break the Rhythms! - Rhythm Game Back to School Music Lesson Plan! 4th and 5th Turn the Beat Around Cup Game … Enjoy and Thank You! Shelley Tomich Teach music. Love life.

Have you ever wanted to do maypole dancing with your class? Wondered why people even do maypole dancing in the first place? Look no further! Marvelous Maypole is for you! This is a great way to get kids doing choreography around May Day. The kids also love doing things like this on field day! This is an amazing unit all about maypole dancing! This lesson and accompanying PowerPoints with dance animation will provide you all you need to teach a fun, engaging unit on maypole dancing, K-5 (or older!). Need something new for field day? This would be a perfect group event! Even teachers at my school wanted to perform the dances! … In this resource you will receive: Instructions on how to build your own DIY maypole! (you could easily build it in a weekend!) Detailed lesson plans for maypole dancing outlining the history of maypole dancing, the history of May Day, dance steps, and tips to teach the dances. (Basic Circle, Concentric Circle, Basic Weave, Gypsy’s Tent, Barber’s Pole, Spider Web, and Jacob’s Ladder). Engaging PowerPoint to lead your students through learning about the history of maypole along with animated slides to demonstrate the dance steps. Quick reference sheet with diagrams for you to use when actually teaching the dances. … The ready to print lesson plan and accompanying presentations cover the following topics: Complete instructions and material list for building a maypole. Tips for teaching the dance sequences. Amazing video clips (safeshare links) to demonstrations of people dancing each dance covered in this resource. What is a maypole? Concise history of maypole and development around the world (Sweden, Great Britain, Germany, USA). Animated demonstrations of 6 traditional maypole dances ranging from beginning to advanced. Each animation includes slides for breaking down the teaching process and then showing how the dance would be completed in its entirety. (Download the preview for animation sample - don’t worry! Typed instructions for the dances are included too!). … 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 room or dancing 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 Dynamics! - Dynamics Symbol Reading Game Music Center: Don’t Spill the Rhythms! - Rhythm Game … Shelley Tomich Visit my website to join the Free Resource Library! Teach music. Love life.

Looking for an exciting way for your students to practice beat vs. rhythm? Would you like your students to get excited about decoding quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, whole notes, half notes, and quarter rests? Look no further! Pizza! Pizza! is for you! In this rhythm composition lesson, students will use pizza rhythms to make their own song. Making a music pizza is a great way to start working music and fractions. Your kids are going to have so much fun doing rhythm composing! … Included in this File Detailed (yet editable) lesson plans for 2nd Grade. State (GA) GPS Standards, National Music Standards, and National Core Arts Standards are marked. PowerPoint to guide the lesson. PDF version of the PowerPoint for you to import into your desired IWB (Absolutely NOT required to complete this lesson!). Pizza and Note Images for PERSONAL use to create your own variations of pizza. Two variations of worksheets for students to create their own pizza rhythms. I use these for differentiation for the different needs of my students. … Description of Lesson Previous Knowledge: Students should already be introduced to beat vs. rhythm and have beginning knowledge of whole, half, quarter, and sixteenth note and quarter rest. Lesson - Students learn a cute poem about Pizza and practice rhythm of the words vs. beat. Then students will practice decoding pizza toppings into the correct rhythmic pattern (i.e. Pepperoni is sixteenth notes). Then students will have the opportunity to create their own pizza arrangements with a fun cut and paste activity. (Alternatively they could write them in if you do not want to cut and paste). Modified levels of the worksheet provided. … This is meant to be a guide for your individual situation. Substitutions for any part of the lesson is acceptable. Additional items you need to teach the lesson directly as written that are NOT included.** Scissors, Glue, Pencils, Projector. (You do NOT need an IWB but I have provided materials for you to use if you have one). … Shelley Tomich Visit my website to join the Free Resource Library! Teach music. Love life.

Most teachers would agree taking a sick or person day is harder than actually being at work. Writing music sub plans and preparing music sub tubs and music sub binders are so hard, especially in music and other specials! This is a great activity for grades 3 and up! The younger kids could do it as a class activity! Students are presented a series of emoji patterns and have to guess what song it is! There are 60 songs to decipher! … This file includes the following: PowerPoint Presentation - This is editable and you can change the order of the songs (though you will need to update the key). A version for showing the answer immediately and later are both present. Blank Answer Sheets - Give to students to answer as you go through the powerpoint. Key - editable and non-editable. Print and go or customize for your needs! Students questions sheets in color and black/white (Editable and non-editable). Sample sub lesson plan, completely editable. Please install included fonts for formatting to remain the same. … Note: The editable versions will need some formatting and/or installation of linked fonts. There are print-and-go versions included that do not need formatting. … Like this product? You will also love: Pitch Hill: Introduce Do {POWERPOINT} - Practice Do, Mi, Sol, La Maypole Mania! How to build & dance (+animations), lessons plans, & more! Back to School Music Lesson Plan! 4th and 5th Turn the Beat Around Cup Game … Shelley Tomich Teach music. Love life.

Need a quick take-home informational activity for your lessons on Jack and Jill? Look no further! This mini book is perfect for your nursery rhyme lessons! No glueing, no pasting! Just one tiny cut and your book is ready to fold! … This set includes: Teacher Instructions. Student instructions to print out for students to follow. (Video instructions too!) Three different versions of the book (depending on what melody you teach). Two different sizes (4 per page and 8 per page). Optional guide lines you can print on the back of the book for students to follow. This activity would go PERFECTLY with the Jack and Jill Storybook! … MORE BOOKS COMING SOON!!! … Like this product? You will also love: Recorder Fingering Chart Posters v1 Black/Tan- Music Decor Aqua Gray Ukulele Program - Rainbow Ukulele {BUNDLE} - Lessons, Presentation, Student Book Rainbow Ukulele - Student Packet - Ukulele Student Method Book … Shelley Tomich Visit my website to join the Free Resource Library! Teach music. Love life.

This is a super fun (yet truly educational!) game where students race to the finish line by naming notes on the bass clef staff! Use in your daily lessons, as part of center activities, or as a great sub plan! This is the Bass Clef DIFFERENTIATED version; you can customize it for your desired range! What is the difference between this game and the Differentiated version found here? The differentiated version also includes game boards which only test space notes and only test line notes. This is to help narrow the focus for kids who are struggling. This full game is also included in the differentiated version. In the game, each student will draw a card and identify the pitch on the card. Then, they can move their game piece (provided by you - see here for examples or use pony beads!) … In this resource: Game board in Black and White. Game board in Color. 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! Game for line notes only! Game for space notes only! Game for all notes combined. … Like this product? You will also love: Music Center: Don’t Break the Recorder! - Recorder Fingerings Music Game Music Center: Don’t Spill the Pitches! - Treble Clef Pitch Note Reading Game Music Center: Don’t Spill the Pitches! - Bass Clef Pitch Note Reading Game … Shelley Tomich Visit my website to join the Free Resource Library! Teach music. Love life.

Need a quick take-home informational activity for your lessons on the bassoon? Look no further! This mini book is perfect for your instrument lessons! No glueing, no pasting! Just one cut and your book is ready to fold! Perfect to teach about the woodwind family to supplement instrument of the month. This set includes: Teacher Instructions (with videos too!) Student instructions to print out for students to follow. Two versions of the mini book (one labeled “Instrument of the Month” and the other labeled “Featured Instrument”) Two sizes (4 pages folder and 8 pages folded). Optional guide lines you can print on the back of the book for students to follow. This activity would go PERFECTLY with the Instrument of the Month: Bassoon Lesson Plan! … Like this product? You will also love: Rhythm Basketball Set Vol 1 - 4th and 5th Grade Lesson Plan Rhythm Practice Music Center: Don’t Spill the Pitches! - Solfege Pitch Note Reading Game Music Center: Don’t Spill the Dynamics! - Dynamics Symbol Reading Game … Shelley Tomich Visit my website to join the Free Resource Library! Teach music. Love life.

This is a super fun (yet truly educational!) game where students race to the finish line by naming solfege notes! Options include moveable Do starting in a variety of places, fixed Do, and Curwen hand signs! Use in your daily lessons, as part of center activities, or as a great sub plan! This is the Solfege version - Do Re Mi Sol This is included in the following bundle: • Pitch Parkway Solfege Bundle In the game, each student will draw a card and identify the pitch on the card. Then, they can move their game piece (provided by you - see here for examples or use pony beads!) to the appropriate pitch name. There are also some “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 names of the notes as the 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). 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: Pitch Hill: Introduce La {POWERPOINT} - Practice Mi Sol La Music Decor - AQUA AND GRAY - Instrument Posters - Orchestra, Orff, and World! Rainbow Ukulele - Teacher Packet - Ukulele Curriculum Lesson Plans- Presentation … Shelley Tomich Visit my website to join the Free Resource Library! Teach music. Love life.

This is a GREAT way to introduce Alto Clef, Tenor Clef, and/or C Clef to your students! The lesson plan will help you present the included PowerPoint Presentation to your students in order for them to start reading music notes on the C Clef staff! I know it can be hard for students to learn to read music on the C clef - this will help! You can customize your lesson to concentrate on Alto, Tenor, or all C Clefs. Note: This lesson is meant to be taught after the Treble Clef Lesson. In addition, some historical information overlaps with the Bass Clef Lesson. SAVE when you buy as part of the Reading Music Bundle In this resource: Editable Lesson Plans geared for 5th grade students. Feel free to modify for other grade levels! PowerPoint Presentation to introduce students to the C Clef staff! Download the preview to see what is included! Simple worksheet that allows students to create their own line sentence and quickly identify 3 C clef notes. (Alto, Tenor, and Combined options included!) Use as an exit ticket! … Looking for additional C clef resources? Check out these! Don’t Break the Music - Alto Clef Don’t Spill the Music - Alto Clef … Like this product? You will also love: Music Center: Don’t Spill the MUSIC BUNDLE! Pitch, rhythm, dynamics, & more! Reading Music - Introducing Treble Clef! Recorder Bonanza - BAG … Shelley Tomich Visit my website to join the Free Resource Library! Teach music. Love life.