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EOY SURVIVAL Kit! -- 10 resources @ 15% OFF!
By Jason Litt
It's the end of the year... and we're in survival mode. Need no prep solutions to make sure your 5th graders haven't checked themselves out and need engaging games and activities for some of your other students? Check out the EOY Survival Kit, 10 hand picked and proven resources to keep your kids busy during the last few weeks of the year... and when purchased in the bundle here, you get 15% off of each one! Feel free to peruse the resources and use them as you wish either for the end of the year or even anytime of the year. Have a great time, you'll get through this! :)
Back-2-School RHYTHM MegaBundle - 8 resources @ 15% off!
By Jason Litt
Gearing up for August and September and need to infuse something rhythm games, activities, assessments for your intermediate level kids? Look no further than the _Back-2-Schoo_l RHYTHM MegaBundle with 8 separate resources @ 15% off when purchased here together!
From body percussion and movement activities to center games and ensemble games played as a class, you'll never run out of things to do your first few months :)
Check out the products below to see if they fit into your curriculum and let me know if you have any questions!
John Williams Bundle Listening Sheets, Popcorn Party Match for February ✪
By Agee and Row Classical Music Appreciation
Just Print & Play! Do you need engaging John Williams activities? This bundle features 4 resources for your John Williams unit! Also great for sub plans and music centers.
Bundle Benefits:
John Williams Composer Pack
Musical Selections (two pages per piece)
John Williams Popcorn Party
Do you need fun & engaging activities for your John Williams unit? Match the music to the correct movie! Cut & laminate the full-color popcorn pages and empty popcorn boxes. Each piece of popcorn will match its own movie popcorn box. Great for a group activity or music center. Answer key is provided for students to check their answers or use as a reference.
Printable Listening Sheets Include:
Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.
Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.
John Williams Birthday Activities (Pre-K & Up!)
Celebrate the birthday and achievements of John Williams!
What’s Inside:
Printable Listening Sheets Include:
John Williams Carnival Listening Sheets
Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? These NEW activity sheets feature a carnival theme! Students can color their own carnival while listening to this selection of John Williams compositions!
Which carnival rides and activities would best fit a piece of music? Does the tempo feel like a roller coaster or a peaceful swing ride in the sky? Choose a tasty treat from the snack bar, then stop at the prize booth before finishing. There are no wrong answers!
Printable Listening Sheets Include:
More John Williams Music Resources
John Williams Carnival Music Listening Sheets! Summer Fun, February
John Williams Composer Activities, February, Classical Music
John Williams Composer Listening Activities, February
John Williams Popcorn Party Listening Activities, February
Halloween Spooky Wizards, Magical October Classical Music, John Williams
Kobe Bryant "Dear Basketball" Music by John Williams Listening Activity
Popcorn Party Bundle! John Williams Listening Activities & Music Note Matching
Sports Story, Classical Music Listening Sheets, John Williams, Richard Wagner
► It can be hard to keep track of all the dates and eras in classical music history, so we created this freebie to help you out! Grab this six-page guide of composers sorted by musical period. Birthdates, birthplaces, and their famous compositions included. Get this instant download delivered right to your inbox!
Musical JEOPARDY! MEGAPack - 4 musical games!
By Jason Litt
In this MEGAPACK of Jeopardy, you will get everything you need run a Jeopardy! style game of review with 5 different games with 4 categories each game!
Instrument Jeopardy
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
Strings
Percussion Jeopardy
Pitched Percussion
Unpitched Percussion
Percussion FX
Percussion Techniques (How to Play)
Solfege Jeopardy
Give me a Hand - A description of the hand sign and students will have to guess which syllable
Take a Look - Students will see the sign and have to guess which syllable
Scale it - The following and preceding notes in the solfege scale
Extended Solfege - Lowered and raised versions of common solfege
Notation Jeopardy
Level 1 - Easy
Level 2 - Medium
Level 3 - Medium Difficult
Level 4 - Difficult
Notation Jeopardy 2.0
Spell it out! (Spelling words with treble clef notation)
Add it up! (Adding notation values up to arrive at an answer)
Give it a rest! (Questions about rests, rest names, and durations)
Duration nation (Identify duration of notes)
Students can elect to pick $200, $400, $600, $800, or $1000 answers. After clicking on the amount, the answer will appear on the next slide. Students (keeping in true Jeopardy! fashion) can answer in the form of a question
After the money is awarded (You can split sides of your class, boys vs girls, class vs class, however you want it!), there is a link in the bottom right hand corner to go back to the title screen and game board.
After extracting the ZIP file, make sure to install the Jeopardy! font included, or else you'll see random characters all over -- not good eats!
All about INSTRUMENTS ValuPack - 20% off 6 instrument resources!
By Jason Litt
In this ValuPack, you will get the Top 6 Instrumental resources that tenders to your instrumental unit with engaging and relevant content on the four instrument families, Brass, Woodwinds, Strings, and Percussion!
20% off all of the resources when purchased here, you get the following:
Have a terrific time with this and let us know how it goes!
Popcorn Party Bundle! John Williams Listening Activities & Music Note Matching
By Agee and Row Classical Music Appreciation
Just Print & Play! Do you need fun & engaging activities for your John Williams unit? This bundle includes over 100 pages of John Williams and movie-inspired popcorn fun! Three full resources included!
Bundle Benefits:
John Williams Popcorn Party Listening Activities, February
Match the music to the correct movie! Cut & laminate the full-color popcorn pages and empty popcorn boxes. Each piece of popcorn will match its own movie popcorn box. Great for a group activity or music center. Answer key is provided for students to check their answers or use as a reference.
Printable Listening Sheets Include:
Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.
Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.
Music Notes Matching Flashcard Fun! December Activities, Popcorn Party Friends
Music Center! Do you need engaging activities for practicing music notes? This music note matching activity reviews & strengthens treble and bass note skills. Cut and laminate for extended use. Cards feature popcorn party friends!
*An additional set of posters & cards are included without background graphics.
18 Grand Staff Puzzles (18 in all)
Treble Space Notes: f - a - c - e
Treble Line Notes: e - g - b - d - f
Bass Space Notes: a - c - e - g
Bass Line Notes: g - b - d - f - a
5 Wall Posters / Music Center Sheets
Grand Staff: Illustrates the two staves
Treble Clef: Explains at-a-glance what the treble clef looks like
Treble Notes: Displays and defines the notes on the treble clef
Bass Clef: Explains at-a-glance what the bass clef looks like
Bass Notes: Displays and defines the notes on the bass clef
John Williams Composer Activities, February, Classical Music
Just print & play! Do you need engaging John Williams activities or music sub plans? Each page offers creative ways for students to learn more about the classical compositions of John Williams!
1-page Resource Guide - This guide will get you started quickly! Just print and play.
Listening Sheet Star Rating Guides - A reference sheet illustrates the five-star rating system included in most listening sheets. Each frame has a description, with one being "okay" and 5 stars as "Wow!"
Listening Sheets - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more. There is a space for drawing and several non-musical elements to consider, such as animals and nature.
Weather and Emotions Listening Sheets
Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.
2 Biography Pages - Fact sheet (1 or 2 facts are already provided, a box to paste/draw the composer's portrait, and a birthday box to color in and decorate cupcakes! A duplicate blank page is included for students to do their own research.
Composer Research Sheet - Students can use their favorite reference materials to compile a full page of facts about the composer's home country. Some of the research options include capital, continent, population, food, and more.
Composer Rating Activity - There are more options to profile the composer on the rating sheet, including which season and musical style they belong to. This can also be used as a listening sheet or as a bulletin board display.
Word Composer Activity - The classic letter puzzle, students can use all the letters from the composer's full name to create new, shorter words and record their scores. Add a timer for an extra challenge.
Musical Selections (two pages per piece)
More John Williams Music Resources
John Williams Bundle! Listening Sheets, Popcorn Party Match, and more!
John Williams Carnival Music Listening Sheets! Summer Fun, February
John Williams Composer Activities, February, Classical Music
John Williams Composer Listening Activities, February
John Williams Popcorn Party Listening Activities, February
Halloween Spooky Wizards, Magical October Classical Music, John Williams
Kobe Bryant "Dear Basketball" Music by John Williams Listening Activity
Sports Story, Classical Music Listening Sheets, John Williams, Richard Wagner
► It can be hard to keep track of all the dates and eras in classical music history, so we created this freebie to help you out! Grab this six-page guide of composers sorted by musical period. Birthdates, birthplaces, and their famous compositions included. Get this instant download delivered right to your inbox!
Toddler to Kindergarten LETTERS and NUMBERS Activities BUNDLE
By Jan Huebner Play2Grow
HOURS OF LEARNING FUN ARE IN THIS BUNDLE!
Check out Toddler to Preschool NO PREP Letters and Numbers Playdough Activities Mats for developing fine motor skills. Singing Letter Sounds and Numbers teach letter sounds and number recognition**.** Letter Sounds and Number Detective Notebooks are perfect for finding letters and numbers in a fun, creative way.. NO PREP Letter Sounds and Number Coloring Pages were developed to teach the alphabet and math skills in a fun and simple way. Toddler Letter and Number Puzzles are a great addition to any classroom! Print, laminate and cut out for use year after year. Look for the 10-foot alphabet and an 8-foot number puzzle! These products are great for teaching lessons, free time, Literacy Centers., and even outdoors! ENJOY!
Most pages are in COLOR AND B/W.
MUSIC ESCAPE ROOM - Notes of the Treble Clef Staff!
By Jason Litt
Looking for a fun, exciting, challenging, and engaging way to reach students in your upper elementary or lower middle school grades? Try this all-inclusive lesson that will get your kids racing against the clock and each other with The Great Escape!
In “THE GREAT ESCAPE”, students will be given a specific amount of time to perform tasks successfully (as designed by the teacher). Each one of these tasks is a musical task and the theme for this escape room are the notes of the treble clef staff.
There are five rooms, and in each room are several "tasks" students will have to perform (either individually, as a class, A vs B, side by side, or however you wish). As soon as the task is completed, advance the slide for the correct answer (the teacher will control the game).
After a certain number of tasks, a key will be issued to exit the room and head into another room with a different set of tasks.
The five rooms and tasks are as follows:
If students complete all tasks and open the door to all five rooms they win the game!
You can play this one of four ways
If you would like music to accompany this to make it a bit more engaging, try using this in the background:
Escape Room Background Music
Have a terrific time with this and let us know how it goes!
Classical Music Activities | John Williams Popcorn Party
By Agee and Row Classical Music Appreciation
Do you need fun & engaging activities for your John Williams unit? Match the music to the correct movie! Cut & laminate the full-color popcorn pages and empty popcorn boxes. Each piece of popcorn will match its own movie popcorn box. Great for a group activity or music center. Answer key is provided for students to check their answers or use as a reference.
Learning Objectives
Printable Listening Sheets Include:
Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.
Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.
MUSIC ESCAPE ROOM - Instruments and Instrument Families
By Jason Litt
Looking for a fun, exciting, challenging, and engaging way to reach students in your upper elementary or lower middle school grades? Try this all-inclusive lesson that will get your kids racing against the clock and each other with The Great Escape!
In “THE GREAT ESCAPE”, students will be given a specific amount of time to perform tasks successfully (as designed by the teacher). Each one of these tasks is a musical task and the theme for this escape room are the notes of the treble clef staff.
There are five rooms, and in each room are several "tasks" students will have to perform (either individually, as a class, A vs B, side by side, or however you wish). As soon as the task is completed, advance the slide for the correct answer (the teacher will control the game).
After a certain number of tasks, a key will be issued to exit the room and head into another room with a different set of tasks.
The five rooms and tasks are as follows:
If students complete all tasks and open the door to all five rooms they win the game!
You can play this one of four ways
If you would like music to accompany this to make it a bit more engaging, try using this in the background:
Escape Room Background Music
Have a terrific time with this and let us know how it goes!
MUSIC ESCAPE ROOM - Super Rhythm Rally!
By Jason Litt
Looking for a fun, exciting, challenging, and engaging way to reach students in your upper elementary or lower middle school grades? Try this all-inclusive lesson that will get your kids racing against the clock and each other with The Great Escape!
In “THE GREAT ESCAPE”, students will be given a specific amount of time to perform tasks successfully (as designed by the teacher). Each one of these tasks is a musical task and the theme for this escape room are rhythms.
There are five rooms, and in each room are several "tasks" students will have to perform (either individually, as a class, A vs B, side by side, or however you wish). As soon as the task is completed, advance the slide for the correct answer (the teacher will control the game).
After a certain number of tasks, a key will be issued to exit the room and head into another room with a different set of tasks.
The five rooms and tasks are as follows:
If students complete all tasks and open the door to all five rooms they win the game!
You can play this one of four ways
If you would like music to accompany this to make it a bit more engaging, try using this in the background:
Escape Room Background Music
Have a terrific time with this and let us know how it goes!
Boom-ong Us! (Boomwhacker Imposter)
By Jason Litt
A twist on the "Poison Pattern" game we all know and love, Boom-ong us, will have students all have 1 (or 2 to make it a little more engaging!) boomwhackers.
They will be shown a pattern of 3 or 4 boomwhackers that will be known as the
imposter. The boomwhackers, from left to right, will be played as quarter notes one by one. Then, students will play an assortment of boomwhacker notes one by one on the following slides.
If the IMPOSTER Boomwhacker melody is shown, do not play it! If the students play it (either 1 note, or the entire melody), they will receive a strike. Play the game until all the students receive 3 strikes (or 5 strikes if you wish) as a class or until they get to the end.
There is a countdown meter on the bottom to show the class how many rounds they have to complete before the end. If they finish it without using all 3 of their strikes, they win!
Play by itself, with you accompanying, or with the background drum beats provided (tempos in the 80s to 110s)
Have a great time with this!
By Jason Litt
Get ready to Boom it up with your Boomwhackers in this new game that will get your kids engaged from minute 0!
In BoomBastic Rhythm Remix, students will all receive Boomwhackers (either 1 or 2, at the teachers discretion). They will see a series of notes on the bottom of the staff (F space) and the top of the staff (E space).
The notes on the bottom of the staff are designed to be played on the ground (either at an angle, perpendicular, however you choose). The notes on the top of the staff are designed to be played on their hand in the air.
If the entire class plays the rhythm correctly (on the correct area, air or ground), they receive 50 points as you advance the slide onto the next rhythm!
There are 6 rounds
Round 1 - Quarter Notes with Air and Ground signs
Round 2 - Quarter Notes
Round 3 - Eighth Note Pairs
Round 4 - Quarter Note Rests
Round 5 - Adding in playing on the knee on lap (A space with the "Knee" sign)
Round 6 - Continuation
The game is over at 3000 points -- congrats!
I like to play this with background music at around 90-100bpm for some of my older grades and give them a 4 count cue to play the rhythm. The teacher decides the level of mastery before advancing onto the next slide.
Have a great time with this and BOOM IT UP!
RHYTHM FOUR CORNERS! (Class Rhythm Game)
By Jason Litt
RHYTHM FOUR CORNERS!
· To play Four Corners, ensure all students understand quarter notes, eighth note pairs, half notes, and quarter rests.
· Number each side of the room 1, 2, 3, and 4 (or alternatively, color code it green, blue, red, or purple with floor tape)
· They will hear a 9 second timer. Students will have a chance to walk to one of four corners and stay there for the duration of the round.
· On the next slide, the rhythms will appear in each corner and you will play back one of four the rhythms (provided on the Teacher Guide powerpoint). You can use that or you can play a rhythm of your choice (up to you!)
· The students will have to guess which rhythm the teacher played by showing it with their fingers (1, 2, 3, or 4)
· The teacher then reveals to the students which rhythm it was (#1, #2, #3 or #4) and the students who are in that corner are OUT!
· Keep repeating until no kids are left!
Included are 18 examples (you can switch it up each time and do different rhythms each time), the teacher guide, the 9 second timer embedded in the powerpoint file, and instructions
Instrument Imposter ("Among Us" theme timbre lesson!)
By Jason Litt
A game that will keep your 4th and 5th graders entertained, engaged, and competitively charged, here's INSTRUMENT IMPOSTER inspired by "Among Us"!
In Instrument Imposter, you will see 2 or 3 "crewmates" assigned with different woodwind, brass, percussion, or string instruments
A musical example will be played where all of the crewmates will play their assigned their instruments (either separated or together).
During the example, You, along with your students, will soon find out that the one of the instruments was the the wrong instrument played (the FLUTE crewmate shown actually played the CLARINET... or maybe the SNARE DRUM crewmate played the XYLOPHONE)
Your task is to decide which crewmate is the IMPOSTER by selecting the one crewmate instrumentalist who didn't play the correct instrumenr). Advance the slide and check your answer and go through the rounds!
Included in this resource are
Have a terrific time with this while your kids study timbre and the instrument families!
Staff Imposter ("Among Us" themed Treble Clef Staff practice!)
By Jason Litt
A game that will keep your upper elementary and middle school students entertained, engaged, and competitively charged, here's STAFF IMPOSTER inspired by "Among Us"!
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Directions of the game:
_IN STAFF IMPOSTER, YOU WILL SEE 2 OR EVEN 3 CREWMATES ON DIFFERENT LINES OR SPACES OF THE STAFF.
THEY WILL ALL REPRESENT THE LINES AND SPACES OF THE TREBLE CLEF STAFF WITH THE NOTE NAMES, A THROUGH G.
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_YOUR TASK IS TO DECIDE WHICH CREWMATE IS THE IMPOSTER BY SELECTING THE CREWMATE WHO IS ON A LINE OR A SPACE THAT DOES NOT MATCH THE CORRECT LETTER OF THAT LINE OR SPACE
THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE CREWMATE WHO IS THE IMPOSTER_
Included in this resource are
Have a terrific time with this while your kids study the treble clef staff!
Brass with Class! (Identifying order of Brass instruments)
By Jason Litt
Focusing on the timbres of the Trumpet, Trombone, Horn, and Tuba? Try "Brass with Class" on and let your kids zero in on differentiation between each... and more!
In "Brass with Class!" will hear the brass instruments in all sorts of orders (immediately following each other's segment) and their goal is to put them in order they hear them. Students will get a brief review in the beginning by playing the examples of a Trumpet, Trombone, Horn, or Tuba.
After reviewing the timbres, go onto the game where the options will be shown at the top and blank spots at the bottom for the instruments to go. Students can either have printed cards with the instruments, write it in on the whiteboard, call it out, or however you wish! I like to do the printed cards on the floor so the students can line them up and I can assess from the top.
Included are
Have some class -- Brass with Class!
Classical Music Activities | Build a Superhero
By Agee and Row Classical Music Appreciation
"My students loved creating their "Music Superheroes!" while we listened to superhero theme songs! They really enjoyed listening to the classical pieces chosen and were excited to find pieces they had heard before in class." - Music with Mrs. Kennedy
Build a Classical Superhero! Each activity uses the students initial(s) to decode a music-inspired name, instrument, and theme song. Great for a back to school, mini class activity, or a music center.
The objective is to assemble a variety of musical qualities for the hero. Each superhero will have a different story, briefly told through their theme song and other choices. Creative writing or storytelling is encouraged.
Full-color pages for music centers/activities are included, with a variety of design and color options provided. The black & white version is also included.
What's Inside:
By Jason Litt
A game that will keep your 4th and 5th graders entertained, engaged, and competitively charged, here's AMONG INSTRUMENT FAMILIES inspired by "Among Us"!
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IN THIS FAST PACED GAME, STUDENTS WILL SEE SEVERAL CREWMATES WITH INSTRUMENTS IN A SPECIFIC FAMILY (WOODWIND, BRASS, STRING, OR PERCUSSION)
ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTS BELONG IN THAT FAMILY, EXCEPT FOR ONE. THE STUDENTS' GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY WHICH CREWMATE IS HOLDING THE INSTRUMENT THAT IS NOT IN THE SPECIFIED FAMILY.
WE WILL CALL THAT CREWMATE THE **IMPOSTER!
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Advance the slide and check your answer and go through the rounds!
Included in this resource are
Have a terrific time with this while your kids reinforce the instrument families (and which instrument don't belong in it) ;)
Rhythm War PowerPoint Lesson Plan + Kit
By Jason Litt
The purpose of Rhythm War is to learn, understand, and identify rhythms upon seeing them!
Everyone will receive approximately 10 rhythm cards (printed and cut by the teacher, all rhythms included in separate quarter note, half note, whole note, fermata, and whole rest PDF documents!). Students will be then put into groups of 3, 4, or 5, scattered throughout the room around hula hoops.
Each student will sit around the hula hoop and the inside of the hula hoop will be the “playing area”. Students will count down “1-2-HIT!” and the students will take the top card from their stack of cards and put it in the middle ring.
Just like the game “WAR”, whoever has the HIGHEST NOTE VALUE, gets to collect everyone’s cards…
The students who run out of cards is out, and the students at the end who have the most win rhythm war