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Self-Grading Listening Activities with Google Forms
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” ― Victor Hugo Listening Selections for Listening Journals I like to have my 6-12…
The 5 Minute Challenge A Music Classroom Activity
The 5 Minute Challenge a Music Classroom Activity The 5 Minute Challenge is something I do with my students K-12, though mostly with K-8. We use MusicTheory.com’s Note Identification Exercises.…
Music Note Manipulatives & Music Note Activities for Early Music Learners
Music Note Manipulatives Here’s a really quick way to make some easy, durable, and cheap music note manipulatives. I used craft foam sheets – you can find multicolor packs in…
Song Writing Part 1: Mystery Song Assignment
To see the end result that students will be creating before reading this lengthy post, click here! To read part 2, where students write their own song, click here! This…
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Interactive Music Staff & Music Note Display
This year my husband and I created interactive staff displays for both our band room and our choir room. Here’s our “how to” blog post for creating this great simple classroom tool. Interactive Staff Display Step 1 Step One: Print out or make a staff and note heads. You can buy my printable staff & notes HERE. This includes…
Using Meet Edgar to Simplify Social Media
Through the past years as I’ve gone deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole of marketing my Teachers Pay Teachers products and everything else I’ve tried SEVERAL social media management tools. I’ve tried Tailwind to manage my Pinterest, I’ve used Buffer to try to push out to more platforms. I’ve never truly seen success and growth from a social…
Song Writing Part 2: Students write their own song!
Song Writing Part 1 (previous post) After working through Part 1 of this activity (view that blog post here), I like to have the students try to write their own song. Song Writing Part 2 (this post) I give each student their own copy of this file (FREE) – Song Writing Worksheet for Students (Editable Google Drive & DOCX…
Chance Music in the General Music Classroom with FREE Downloads
General music can definitely be challenging. Balancing between teaching music literacy while “keeping it fun” and hoping to retain students for future ensembles is a CONSTANT battle it feels like. It seems like we always want something that will grab their attention and be FUN, but still teach them something valuable and leave them wanting more. One of my…
How to use Presentation and Guided Note Units for Distance Learning in Music Class
Hey everyone! We’ve got some ideas & how to’s for using our presentation/guided note units for distance learning. The products we’re using are our Music Cultures: World Music Unit, Composers of Music History Unit, and Instrument Families Unit. But there are good ideas for distance learning in general throughout the post – including several helpful How To videos (linked…
Music Distance Learning
We’ve put together a list of materials that we’ve created and/or can be used for E-Learning/Distance Learning/Remote Teaching. This post is being updated as we create new content – to receive updates when we add new products – sign up for our newsletter below!! Updates to our Music Distance Learning Products Theory Experts: Music Theory Curriculum – Printable PDFs…
Chrome Music Lab Boomwhacker Activity
Okay – first of all, if you’ve never heard of Chrome Music Lab – you need to check it out! It has tons of FREE tools that are great to use for various things in your classroom, even if it’s just for a “fun” day. Here is one SUPER fun activity that you can do with just about any…
Incorporating Writing into the Middle School & High School Music Classroom
For those of you who JUST want the link to the growing free Writing Prompt document: click here! For those of you who are here to read about the entire process – continue! We’ve all sat through the in-services. We’ve all had our administrators declare that we must include this as part of our classroom. Our school improvement team…
Interactive Piano Display
Sometimes when you’re learning about music theory it is easiest to just show students on a piano. I say sometimes, but the more complicated music theory ALWAYS requires understanding of a piano. This year my husband and I created hook & loop interactive piano displays for both our band room and our choir room. Here’s our “how to” blog…
Music Classroom Tour
I have a bit of a unique classroom – it is half of what used to be one HUGE room. A few years before me, teacher situations changed. They took the music room, cut it in half and made separate band and choir rooms. So, to get to my choir room, you actually have to walk through the band…
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