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Easter/Passover Songtale Bundle
By Creating Musical Literature
Use these stories and songtales during the Easter and Passover holidays with your students to celebrate both holidays. Easy ukulele harmonizations make these lesson simple to teach and fun to deliver! Add small percussion instruments for added engagement.
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Book Extension Lessons to Teach Half Note {Bundle}
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Use "Too Much Glue" and "Baa! Moo! What Will We Do?" to teach your students about half notes in a fun and creative way! Have students clap, move and play along with the rhythms and then use the rhythm charts and decoding worksheets to have students practice writing the half note rhythm. Worksheets can be used as Easel activities. Adaptable for PreK-2nd grade.
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Loud vs. Soft Lesson Using Quiet as a Mouse and Suki The Very Loud Bunny
By Creating Musical Literature
This lesson combines both books to demonstrate loud and soft sounds. Begin by talking about various sounds that can be made and then introduce "Quiet as a Mouse". Have the students quietly chant along as the mouse grows more frustrated that no one will play with it. Then go on to "Suki The Very Loud Bunny" to demonstrate loud sounds. Have the children move and play along with the chant. Use the rhythm and beat chart for the first book to explain rhythm vs. steady beat, as well as show that rests get a beat as well. Use the worksheet attached as a paper or digital activity through Easel. Also great to decode chants for rhythm syllables. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade.
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Movement Song and Extension Lesson Using Up, Down and Around
By Creating Musical Literature
Use this book and accompanying song to explore movement with your students! You can explore and discuss gardening as well as healthy eating before beginning this book. Then move along with the direction of the produce in this book. Use accompanying song to explore gardening and healthy eating with your students while moving as suggested by the song. Accompanying worksheets provide another extension to practice matching which fruit/vegetable grows up/down. Adaptable for PreK-2nd grade. Perfect for springtime!
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Boomin' Whackin', Fun ain't Lackin'
By Jason Litt
10 original compositions for the Boomwhackers that will reinforce all of your great teachings! All arrangements are an 8.5 x 11 PDF which can be projected on a whiteboard, IWB, or printed out for student use Each colorful arrangement uses the 1 octave C diatonic scale of the boomwhackers and each piece focuses on a specific trait, tailored to meet the needs of your students. The pieces are as follows with their specific role: Boom n' Roll - Tremelos/Rolls/Whole Note Durations Boom Sneak Boom - Grouped Eighth Notes and Rests C it and Hear it! - C diatonic scale Variations Dynamically Boomed - Forte and Piano switches Grow n' Go - Crescendos across 1 and 2 measure phrases Legend of the Eighth Engine - Eighth Notes and Subdivision Plastic Jam Op. 2016 - Melodies, Intervals, and Chords Riders of the Boom - Melodic Direction and Sequencing The Boom Room - Arpeggios and Chords The Rest Tests - Counting Quarter Note Rests Tempi is completely up to you! Each arrangement is 20 measures long (after 2 repeats) and includes boomwhacker notation and color on a treble clef staff, which are easy to read large print. A background percussion track has been included, but do not be hesitant to include your own (or use classroom instruments!) Enjoy these arrangements, Boomwhacker enthusiasts!
By Jason Litt
Get your class on beat! Included are 6 background tracks with ethnic flair -- tablas, djembes, bongos, and more ethnic percussion from Asia, India, and South America. The 6 tracks are at approximately 120bpm and also have a faster 142bpm just in case you want to get things really moving! (12 tracks total) I use these in my class for Orff, Boomwhacker, Rhythm Sticks, Dancing, Movement, or singing activities. The tracks go for about 2 minutes each and there's about 18 minutes worth of drum music in the ZIP file Have fun!
Hoedown! (from Rodeo), Aaron Copland - Rhythm Stick Read-a-long!
By Jason Litt
All you got are rhythm sticks for classroom equipment? Or do you need something else to do with them other than keep a steady beat?
Put some creativity in your lesson with a rhythm stick read-a-long featuring Aaron Copland's famous piece "Hoedown" from his ballet "Rodeo"!
In this resource, you will see the entire arrangement structured across 6 slides in coded colors with the corresponding repeats. There will be eight boxes that hold each beat along with one of three action icons.
Teach the entire thing line by line through a rote method and play through at the end!
6/8 Time Signature Review Using Extension Lesson for the book Snow?
By Creating Musical Literature
Use this lesson created for this new book "Snow?" to practice 6/8 time while students, review ta, ti-ti and rest rhythms with the chant that is included, and play along on Orff instruments! This is for grades PreK-3. Feel free to adapt the lesson as necessary for your students, and do only the chant or song if that works for you.
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Slow Tempo Lesson Using Slow Samson
By Creating Musical Literature
Need a slow tempo lesson using a book? Used up the more popular books? Try this lesson set to the book "Slow Samson" by Bethany Christou. Every time that you read "Samson was slow", have the children sing the song or chant the rhyme that goes with the lesson. Feel free to have students move slowly to the song as well. Use the accompanying worksheet to decode the chant for ta, ti-ti and rest syllables. Use with grades PreK-2.
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Maple Leaf Rag, Scott Joplin - Rhythm Stick Read-a-Long! (BHM ready!)
By Jason Litt
All you got are rhythm sticks for classroom equipment? Or do you need something else to do with them other than keep a steady beat?
Put some creativity in your lesson with a rhythm stick read-a-long featuring Scott Joplin's famous ragtime tune "Maple Leaf Rag" - perfect for Black History Month!
In this resource, you will see the entire arrangement structured across 5 slides in coded colors with the corresponding repeats. There will be eight boxes that hold each beat along with one of three action icons.
Teach the entire thing line by line through a rote method and play through at the end!
_Play-a-long with the piece here!
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Dynamite, BTS - BODY PERCUSSION!
By Jason Litt
Need to connect with your kids with their pop music through general music? Involve them in a new BODY PERCUSSION version with BTS' smash hit "Dynamite"
There are five all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 3 times). Then, apply it to body percussion with the corresponding icons for STOMP, CLAP, SNAP, and PAT
Here's the track so you can play along...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD62mQpTH8k
Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!
By Jason Litt
In this rhythm reading exercise for Boomwhackers, up to 5 boomwhacker colors will appear on the screen (an assortment of notes from the octave, red, orange, yellow, lime, green, purple, and pink)
Each color has a different rhythm and the color will be assigned to that rhythm and repeat as many times as necessary.
When you advance the slide, the rhythms and colors change around, giving everyone an opportunity to play a different rhythm and at a different time during the game.
You can play this a few ways
Included are instrumental accompaniment tracks but feel free to use your own! There are 16 different variations of rhythms and Boomwhackers colors in this resource
Have a great time with this!
Quarter Rest and Ostinato Lesson Using Bear Can't Sleep
By Creating Musical Literature
Using the book "Bear Can't Sleep" from the Bear Series, teach quarter rest and ostinato while lulling the bear to sleep! Use a bear puppet and have children sing and play while encouraging the bear to fall asleep. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade with options of either a song or chant. Additional worksheet (which can be assigned digitally or printed out) and rhythm chart help reinforce decoding, reading and writing the quarter note rest.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Music Extension Lesson-Rhythm and Solfege
By Creating Musical Literature
Always wanted to find a musical extension to "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"? Well, here it is! Whether you chant or sing the lyrics to this book, your students will practice either rhythm or solfege syllables while keeping the beat to the rhyming text. Use the chant and song along with "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" book as you are reading it out loud. For grades PreK-2nd grade.
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Solfege, Rhythm and Ostinato Lesson Using A Kissing Hand for Chester Raccoon
By Creating Musical Literature
Use this song to sing after every page turn of this book to reassure the raccoon that everything will be okay. Add in an ostinato and hand chime part to play along. Decode and review solfege syllables as well as complete the worksheets to review ta, ti-ti and ta-ah rhythms. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade.
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By Creating Musical Literature
Use this songtale after you have read the book to sing through the events in the story. Catchy refrain allows students to participate each time that you come back to it after singing a new verse. Add simple small percussion instruments when singing the refrain for added engagement. Sure to delight and entertain your students around Eastertime! For grades PreK-2.
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PreK-2nd Grade: Steady Beat Chants for The Little Old Lady Series Books
By Creating Musical Literature
This is a series of chants for various books in the Little Old Lady Series Books. Use these with your students from PreK-2nd grade to chant at various repetitive points in each story. Use the chants with the following books: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books and There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Truck.
Start with steady beat and then, if you wish, have students decode them for various rhythms. Add instruments such as hand drums, frame drums, etc. to add a musical element to these books.
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Recorder Extension Lesson using Bear's New Friend
By Creating Musical Literature
Use this book from the Bear Book Series to teach your students about quarter rest, re solfege syllable and have them playing, chanting and singing! Use the chant included to chant along or sing along. Add barred instruments for more engagement. Decode for rhythm syllables and solfege syllables. Teach the recorder part to the 3rd grade students either by rote or through reading the music and play along with the song! Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade.
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16th Note Extension Lesson Using Here Come the Aliens Book
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Need a 16th note lesson involving aliens and extraterrestrial life? Look no further than this lesson! Designed to teach and review 16th notes, this chant and accompanying beat and rhythm charts will do just that. Teach the chant, use this chant throughout the book as you read along, and then decode for 16th notes using the symbols above the words. Great for Star Wars themed weeks, or anytime you have a space theme in your classroom. Use with 2nd-3rd grade.
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Movement and Rhythm Lesson using From Head to Toe
By Creating Musical Literature
Use this Eric Carle book to get your students moving! Do the motions in the book and then add this chant after every page to get them moving while chanting the rhyme written as an extension to this book. Use the beat and rhythm chart to decode for ta and ti-ti syllables with additional worksheet to practice writing the rhythms. Adaptable for grades PreK-2. Worksheets can be used digitally through the Easel function.
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