Partner Parody Project - "My Favorite Things" The Sound of Music by Beth's Music Classroom
In this Partner Parody Project (in PDF and Slides), students work together while learning terms like parody, meter, rhyme, etc. Students combine their own lyrics with their partner’s to create a parody of “My Favorite Things.” I used this with my students at the beginning of the year as a way to get-to-know each other.
Music Symbol Visual Glossary by Hutzel House of Music
This handy reference sheet is great to keep in band/orch/choir folders for kids to fill out as they learn new symbols. It also makes a great pre/post assessment tool for demonstrating student growth!
First Fives Notes by Mrs. Stouffer's Music Room
Every band director knows that those first five notes are so important.
This set comes with a blank and filled out (answer key style) fingering charts.
Folk Song Research Project by Noteworthy By Jen
Help your students research, understand, and present on the folk songs of their country. This is editable so that you can adjust it for your country, setting, and scoring. A great group project.
Five Note Flash for Beginning Band by SillyOMusic
This is a fun music activity to help reinforce note identification and increase reading fluency for the 1st five pitches in the concert Bb scale. It’s great for elementary/beginning band students and contains 46-pages of speed trials where students can compete against the clock, each other, or themselves!
Middle School Interactive Notebook by The Yellow Brick Road
This interactive music notebook is a great tool for assessing middle school (5th and 6th grade) music students while encouraging creativity and student-centered learning. This file can be used in a variety of ways, including as traditional interactive notebook pages, worksheets, assessments, differentiated activities, evidence of learning, and more. Also included is an editable version, so that you can customize student directions and/or adjust music terminology to fit your needs!
Melody and Chord Progression Music Composition Project by Organized Chaos Music
This project will take students through the process of writing a chord progression, notating it, composing a melody to fit the chords, assigning parts, practicing it, determining and rehearsing a message to communicate through the composition, and performing it. The project can be adapted to incorporate ukulele’s, keyboard instruments, boomwhackers, xylophones, or even free online software (link included in teaching notes) to fit your classroom needs.
Music Spoons - Treble, Alto, & Bass Clef by Musical Interactions
It can be tricky to play clef reading games when there aren’t many students learning each clef. This high energy, quick-thinking game is designed for mixed clef readers to be able to play together while reading their own clefs.
Jazz Terms Word Wall by Sally's Sea of Songs
Jazzers have a language all of their own! Whether you are deep into a serious study of jazz and jazz musicians, or just want to lend a little light-hearted fun to your music class, these 45 jazz terms will help you! Each 11X8.5 sheet displays one term and the definition. Post them on your walls as is, or cut the terms and definitions apart for an interactive board or music center. Now includes write-the-room worksheets!
Digital Middle School Interactive Notebook by The Yellow Brick Road
This interactive music notebook is a great tool for assessing middle school (5th and 6th grade) music students while encouraging creativity and ownership of learning. This file can be used in a variety of ways, including as traditional interactive notebook pages, worksheets, assessments, differentiated activities, evidence of learning, and more.