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Looking for a fun way to liven up an open house, back-to-school night, or parent-teacher conferences? Try an instrument "petting zoo"! It's a great way to promote your music program and have students and parents work together playing classroom instruments! This set is also perfect for music centers, substitute plans, or even for use with a short rhythm composition activity. A great value, this digital zip file includes PDFs and is reproducible for single-classroom use only. PDFs include five exhibit posters for different instrument groups (wood, metal, scrapers and shakers, drums and tambourines, and pitched instruments); two lesson plans (one for grades K-1 and one for grades 2-5); instructions for an open house, back-to-school night, or parent-teacher conferences; three student worksheets; Welcome, Coming Soon, and direction posters; and an instrument checklist for parents and students. A fun way to get students and parents involved with music-making in your classroom!

Instrument Petting Zoo Music Centers

Suitable for grades 1-3, this Reader's Theater is based on "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saens. With flexible casting of up to 28 parts, this show is perfect for the whole class or for a smaller group. Contents include a script in 14 scenes, one for each animal; a reading comprehension worksheet; and character name tags (in color or black and white) for your students to wear when they perform the play. This resource is delivered as a zip file including PDFs and is reproducible for single-classroom use only. A great way to introduce your students to a classic piece of musical literature!

Carnival of the Animals Reader's Theater

Suitable for grades K-2, this Reader's Theater is based on Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev. With flexible casting of up to 20 parts, each of the five scenes has four characters, so you may split your class into five groups of four students, or you may work with a group of four students and have them read all five scenes. Contents include a script, character name tags, and scene labels, all printable in black and white or color, and a reading comprehension worksheet. This resource is delivered as a zip file including PDFs and is reproducible for single-classroom use only.

Peter and the Wolf Reader's Theater

Suitable for grades 3-5, this Reader's Theater is based on the opera "The Magic Flute" by W.A. Mozart. With flexible casting of up to 25 parts, this show is kid-friendly and perfect for the whole class. Contents include a script in two acts, YouTube links to musical selections, and a summary worksheet. This resource is delivered as a zip file including PDFs and is reproducible for single-classroom use only. A great way to introduce your students to Mozart and opera!

Mozart's The Magic Flute Reader's Theater

Engage your students in music making with this digital unit that can be used on its own or as a supplement to your current curriculum. Focus on note reading and writing for all notes on the treble staff and play in C position (right hand) on the piano or xylophone, all with this downloadable resource! All materials are formatted as PDFs in a zip file and are reproducible for single-classroom use. Contents include 11 treble clef note name sheets; 11 reading and playing practice sheets for piano; 11 reading and playing practice sheets for xylophone; a practice booklet in two sizes that includes 12 original songs utilizing notes C-G on the treble clef staff; and two composition tasks of different difficulty levels. Make planning easy and music class fun with this budget-stretching resource!

Treble Staff Unit for Piano and Xylophone

Suitable for grades 3-5, this Reader's Theater is based on The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. With flexible casting of up to 30 parts, this show is perfect for the whole class. Contents include a script in three acts, YouTube links to musical selections, a summary worksheet, a theme worksheet, and character name tags for your students to wear as they perform the play. This resource is delivered as a zip file including PDFs and is reproducible for single-classroom use only. A festive and easy-to-put-together play for the holidays!

The Nutcracker Christmas Reader's Theater

Suitable for kindergarten and first grade, this Reader's Theater is about the four main instrument families: percussion, brass, woodwinds, and strings. With flexible casting of up to 20 parts, this play is perfect for the whole class or for a smaller group. Contents include a script in five scenes, each with four parts; two reading comprehension worksheets; and scene labels. The script and scene labels can be printed in color or black and white. This resource is delivered as a zip file including PDFs and is reproducible for single-classroom use only. A great way to introduce your students to the instrument families!

Instruments Reader's Theater

Do you want to teach your students to have a growth mindset? Look no further than these mini-units that are all about the brain! A great value, these units for Grades 3-6 are delivered in a digital Zip file including PDFs and are reproducible for single classroom use only. Consisting of lessons that are 10-15 minutes in length, each mini-unit is specifically designed for special-subject teachers who don't have much time to teach about the brain and how we learn.
 
Unit 1 lessons and interactive activities teach your students what the brain does, what happens when we make connections, and how we grow dendrites when we practice. The six lessons include supplemental materials and activities such as opportunities for movement, colorful visuals, word wall posters, and worksheets as well as opportunities for students to discuss their learning with each other. Lessons also include optional extension activities, QR codes to kid-friendly video clips, Common Core state standard connections, suggestions on how to present, and ideas on how to incorporate brain-based teaching. 
 
An extension of Unit 1, Unit 2 can also be taught on its own and is perfect for students who become easily frustrated when they face difficulty. Five lessons cover concepts such as synapses, emotions, and fixed versus growth mindset; each includes an essential question poster, and some include supplemental materials like PowerPoints, games, worksheets, and more. Perfect for incorporating social-emotional learning into the music classroom, you won't want to miss these all-inclusive units about the brain!

Growth Mindset Brain, Units 1 & 2

PDF Unit 1

Your students will have fun while practicing how to read and sculpt 20 notes, rests, and music symbols with this fun set of printable Play-Doh mats! This set includes a quarter note, beamed eighth notes, beamed sixteenth notes, half note, whole note, eighth note, dotted half note, half rest, whole rest, quarter rest, treble clef, bass clef, flat, sharp, natural, fermata, crescendo, decrescendo, repeat sign, and finally, a double-bar line. Delivered as a zip file including PDFs, this resource is reproducible for single-classroom use only.  Perfect for a fun interactive center or for students who finish their work early!

Play-Doh Music Mats: Notes, Rests, and Symbols

This is a fun way to incorporate ELA into the music room.
 
Great to use after your students read the Nutcracker Readers’ Theater or after they watch the Nutcracker Ballet video.
 
You can use these as an activity for early finishers, in a small reading group, individually, or even as a ""Write the Room"" game!
 
What You Get:
• 20 Task Cards (in Color and BW)
• Student Recording Sheet
• Answer Sheet for self-assessment
 
Note: Your students need to know the story of The Nutcracker in order to complete these cards. This resources is a digital Zip file including PDFs and is reproducible for single classroom use only.

The Nutcracker Task Cards: Drawing Conclusions

These self-assessment rubric posters have a fun rock star concert poster theme and are great for aiding your students with self-assessment. The posters have scales from 1-4 along with double thumbs-up, thumbs-up, thumbs-sideways, and thumbs-down. This digital zip file includes PDFs and is reproducible for single-classroom use only. The four posters are included in two sizes as well as mini poster strips for students to keep on their desks.

Rock Star Self-Assessment Posters

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