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Aileen Miracle

Looking for ways to integrate more listening lessons and music history into your general music class? Here's the first in a colorful Composer of the Month series! This set focuses on Beethoven - it  includes: 
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<li>Directions to a Follow Me activity for Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Movement 2, appropriate for grades K-1</li>
<li>Listening lesson to Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, Movement 2 - for quarter rest, appropriate for grades 1-2</li>
<li>Worksheet for Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, Movement 2 - includes rhythmic dictation, form, and composition</li>
<li>Movement activity to Beethoven's Rondo a Capriccio - 50 printable sheets with clip art of Beethoven, with movement directions on each - 25 in color and 25 in black and white; SMART board file with embedded music - appropriate for grades 1-5</li>
<li>Ode to Joy slideshow for recorders or barred instruments - includes slides with note names inside noteheads along with three versions of the song: a shortened version, a version with high D in the third phrase, and a version with low D in the third phrase. Also includes suggestions for listening to Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and identifying the theme, appropriate for grades 4-5.</li>
<li>Listening worksheet - can be used with Beethoven piece of your choice</li>
<li>"Be a composer like Beethoven" worksheet - appropriate for grades 1 and above with separate composition worksheets for each of these concepts: ta and ti-ti, quarter rest, tika-tika, half note, ti-tika, tika-ti, syncopa, and tim-ka</li>
<li>Beethoven information worksheet which includes biography of Beethoven with follow-up questions, appropriate for grades 2-5</li>
<li>Composer of the month bulletin board visuals which includes: letters for "Composer of the month;" picture of Beethoven; Beethoven quotes; world map pointing to Germany; visuals for Beethoven's most well-known works; and composer/ conductor/ musician visuals with definitions.</li>
<li>Did You Know cards - includes 12 different interesting facts about Beethoven. These can be used during music lessons or read on morning announcements during the month Beethoven is being studied</li>
<li>Directions for the set, with suggestions for children's books</li>
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 Please note that due to copyright, the only recording included in this set is Rondo a Capriccio (that recording is royalty-free.) You will have to provide the recordings for the other activities.

Composer of the Month: Beethoven

Digital Resources

Hal Leonard Corporation

Created for the music classroom, this handy book/CD pak features reproducible listening maps and movement activities designed for a variety of levels, along with easy-to-use teaching plans based on the National Standards. All musical examples are included on the CD. Featured listening selections include Stars and Stripes Forever; Fanfare for the Common Man; Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat-"Aristocrats"; Chinese Dance-"Nutcracker Suite";  Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks-"Pictures at an Exhibition"; Histoire du Tango; Spring-"Four Seasons"; Variations on America; Variations on Simple Gifts; Stompin' at the Savoy; Russian Dance-Nutcracker Suite"; Mars the Bringer of War-"The Planets"; Splish Splash and Summer -"The Four Seasons".

Music Moves Me

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Music With Sara Bibee

This guided listening presentation has all you need for teaching about The Planets by Gustav Holst. This resource gives a historical overview of the piece and time period, scientific information about each planet, and includes several video examples through the use of SafeShareTV. The presentation comes in both PDF and PPT formats. Included with the presentation are a series of worksheets and printables that span music, history, and science connections: follow-along questions for presentation, follow-along questions for orchestra videos, exit slips, listening journal sheet, crossword puzzle, and word search. Best suited for grades 5-8, but can easily be used as a supplement for other grade level units.
Please note that SafeShareTV links will only work if your school’s network allows the use of YouTube. If YouTube (or SafeShareTV) is blocked, the video links will not work.

"The Planets" Guided Listening Presentation

PDF & PPT

These 40 reproducible activities on rock 'n' roll music include crossword puzzles, word finds, fill-in-the-blank quick quizzes, listening maps - it's all here! Use them to supplement your curriculum and invite students to bring in classic pop recordings from their parents' (and grandparents'!) collections. This handy all-in-one resource comes complete with teacher lesson plans and answer keys - great for substitutes, field trips and other days when you can't use your regular curriculum!

Top 40 Fun Facts: Rock and Roll

Book

Jane Marsilio

This is an interactive PowerPoint game using standard notation that's great for reinforcing rhythmic reading skills. There are many slides, so the game can be played for five minutes or 20. Instead of having an "it" person, the teacher plays the embedded audio clip - the students who are in the corner that matches the clip are out! There is also a timer sound between each slide with a ticking clock sound. This is a great way for students to practice audiation, rhythmic memory, and reading!

Musical Four Corners: Quarter & Eighth Notes

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GIA Publications

Children learn by making comparisons, and this delightful collection of 100 short songs is an ingenious way to engage infants and young children in the world of music. The included songs are brief, diverse, deceptively simple, and perfect for allowing young minds to make important musical connections. Most combine a melody line with a simple rhythm chant.

Tune Rhythm Chant Fusions for Listening

This is an interactive PowerPoint game that's great for reinforcing the concept of tempo. There are many slides, so the game can be played for five minutes or 20. Instead of having an "it" person, the teacher plays the embedded audio clip - the students who are in the corner that matches the clip are out! There is also a timer sound between each slide with a ticking clock sound. This is a great way for students to practice listening skills and reading!

Musical Four Corners: Tempo

This is an interactive PowerPoint game using standard notation that's great for reinforcing music reading skills and melodic patterns. There are many slides, so the game can be played for five minutes or 20. Instead of having an "it" person, the teacher plays the embedded audio clip - the students who are in the corner that matches the clip are out! There is also a timer sound between each slide with a ticking clock sound. This is a great way for students to practice note pattern recognition, audiation, and listening skills!

Musical Four Corners: Sol Mi La

This is an interactive PowerPoint game that's great for reinforcing the concept of high notes and sounds and low notes and sounds. There are many slides, so the game can be played for five minutes or 20. Instead of having an "it" person, the teacher plays the embedded audio clip - the students who are in the corner that matches the clip are out! There is also a timer sound between each slide with a ticking clock sound. This is a great way for students to practice listening skills and reading!

Musical Four Corners: High & Low

Cori Bloom

These listening lessons are a creative and engaging way to get your students thinking about classic pieces of music. The presentation easily guides you through each lesson. First, students read a brief history of the composer. Then they do a cold listen to the piece while taking notes on a listening worksheet (included). After that they do a longer listen while students creatively draw the musical picture they feel the song is creating. In the end they are surprised to find out the real title of the song! They will read a brief description of the piece and then take home a coloring worksheet with review information about the composer and the piece. Each lesson is designed to last 25-40 minutes and works great as a stand-alone lesson. Lessons can also be used to introduce a unit on a particular genre or piece, and they can easily be used by a sub. They are easily adaptable for all elementary grades.
Mystery songs:
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<li>Fossils, Camille Saint-Saens</li>
<li>Moonlight Sonata, Ludwig van Beethoven</li>
<li>The Entertainer, Scott Joplin</li>
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Included in each lesson:
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<li>PowerPoint presentation with editable text</li>
<li>PDF copy of the PowerPoint</li>
<li>Printable listening worksheets (includes a variety of difficulties)</li>
<li>Printable send-home review sheet</li>
<li>Teacher's guide</li>
</ul>

Mystery Song Music Listening Bundle #3

Digital Resources PPT/PDF

This guided listening presentation has all you need for teaching about The Carnival of the Animals. This resource presentation includes a short composer biography, description of the piece, and instrument scoring and characteristics of each movement. Each movement has several video examples using SafeShareTV. The presentation comes in both PDF and PPT formats; the PPT version is customizable. Accommodations have been made to represent various titles of movements - e.g., "birds" instead of "aviary." Blank template slides have also been included, should you wish to add your own information.
Please note that SafeShareTV links will only work if your school's network allows the use of YouTube. If YouTube or SafeShareTV is blocked, the video links will not work.

The Carnival of the Animals Guided Listening Presentation

Digital Resources PDF + PPT

Kimbo Educational

This is a collection of movement and listening activities that can be used individually during Circle Time, or they can be incorporated into early childhood lesson plans. Materials such as paper bags, crayons, dried beans, socks, and cardboard tubes are used to help children develop listening skills, motor skills, patterning skills, rhythm awareness, and reading awareness. The accompanying guide includes teaching suggestions.

Circle Time Songs and Games

CD with Guide

Alfred Music Publishing

Bring music history to life with this reproducible classroom resource. Short classroom theater scripts allow students to immerse themselves in important musical moments, from Guido d'Arezzo developing music notation to Marian Anderson performing at the Lincoln Memorial to the emergence of hip-hop in the Bronx. Background music suggestions, optional props, and class discussion prompts are included for each - and it is flexible for in-person or remote learning!

The Actor's Account of Famous (and Not-So-Famous) Musical Moments

Reproducible Book

Nine names you need to know! Each composer is introduced with a quick-read Bio, brief Composer Connections facts, and a Listening Lab identifying important works and key elements to discover in each musical selection. Students may check what they learned on the Review page, and then connect with the composer’s life and times through Reflection Questions and a culminating Writing Prompt. Present these personalities individually throughout the year, or explore them all in February to celebrate Black History Month. This digital book includes fillable answer fields for onscreen use or print and copy as a classroom handout. Composers include: Joseph Bologne, Scott Joplin, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, William Grant Still, Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis, and Rhiannon Giddens. Reviewed and edited for cultural sensitivity and relevance by Daysha J. P. Underwood.

Nine Noteworthy Black Composers

Book Digital Download

Penguin Random House

From best-selling author Dan Brown (The DaVinci Code), this book lets children travel through the trees and across the seas with Maestro Mouse and his musical friends! Young readers will meet a big blue whale and speedy cheetahs, tiny beetles and graceful swans. Each has a special secret to share. Along the way, you might spot the surprises Maestro Mouse has left for you - a hiding buzzy bee, jumbled letters that spell out musical instrument names and clues, and even a coded message to solve! Children and adults can enjoy this timeless picture book as a traditional read-along, or can choose to listen to original musical compositions as they read (one for each animal) with a free interactive smartphone app, which uses augmented reality to play the appropriate song for each page when a phone’s camera is held over it! The author will be donating all US royalties due to him, to support music education for children worldwide through the New Hampshire Charitable foundation.

Wild Symphony

Storybook

Reproducible

Expand the scope of your music history studies! Edited for cultural sensitivity by professional equity consultants, this collection of lessons celebrates the often-overlooked stories of composers and musicians from underrepresented communities. A culmination of the Nine Noteworthy series, this book includes all lessons from each of the Nine Noteworthy books on Black composers, female composers, Latin American musicians, and Asian American/Pacific Islander musicians. Each musician is introduced with a quick-read Bio, brief Connections facts, and a Listening Lab identifying important works and key elements to discover in each musical selection. Students may check what they learned on the Review page, and then connect with the musician's life and times through Reflection Questions, and a culminating Writing Prompt. Includes access to a digital version, PDF worksheets for each musician of study, and answer keys. PDFs may be printed, duplicated, and projected, limited to one school or organization.

36 Noteworthy Musicians

Book & Online PDF

This collection of creative listening activities invites students to experience, analyze, and reflect on an array of musical genres, including Motown, pop, rock 'n' roll, bluegrass, opera, Broadway, and film. Teacher preparation will be minimal as materials are few, and the Common Core and National Standards are listed on every page. Assemble the 12-song playlist online then explore the three lessons for each song. Lessons include: Adagio for Strings; Do-Re-Mi; Happy; Let It Go; My Girl; O Fortuna; Orange Blossom Special and more.

Music Class Playlist

Nine names you need to know! Each composer is introduced with a quick-read bio, brief Composer Connections facts, and a listening lab identifying important works and key elements to discover in each musical selection. Students may check what they learned on the review page, and then connect with the composer's life and times through reflection questions and a culminating writing prompt. This digital book includes fillable fields for onscreen use, or you may print and copy classroom handouts. Of special note, professional equity consultant Daysha J.P. Underwood reviewed this book for cultural sensitivity and relevance. Present these personalities individually throughout the year or explore them all in March to celebrate Women's History Month. Composers include Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Clara Wieck Schumann, Cécile Chaminade, Amy Beach, Maria Grever, Undine Smith Moore, Julia Perry, Chen Yi, and Jennifer Higdon.

Nine Noteworthy Female Composers

Series

This vibrant collection of folk songs and activities for K-8 students explores the cultures and rich musical traditions of four West African countries: Liberia, Senegal, Nigeria, and Ghana. Each song demonstrates a wide variety of pedagogical strategies such as solfege and rhythm reading, call-and-response singing, listening and rote learning lessons, recorder and various percussion instrument activities, creative movement, harmony and part-singing, and more! Background information for each song is included, and access to supplemental online resources including PowerPoint slides, recordings with pronunciation guides, videos of movement activities, and dozens of links to more resources about West Africa and its music are provided!

Dance Like a Butterfly

Koomzaal

The Baby Chicks is a popular song in many Spanish-speaking countries. In this beautifully illustrated book the artist used watercolors for the hen and her little chicks, and then created a collage for every page. The rough edges and transparent colors add depth and movement, so it's easy to imagine scooping up one of the fluffy chicks and hearing its little song. The orchestra arrangement, especially the introduction and bridge, brings to mind the sound of baby chicks moving around the yard. These lovable chicks give their wings a try in the Musicmap section: when children hear the oboe playing the melody, they love to follow the chicks in time with the music. You will find the lyrics in both English and Spanish, with an English pronunciation at the back of the book.

The Baby Chicks

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