$5 - $10 Music Composition Resources

Decorate the room, a bulletin board, or a music center with these composer posters!

You will find a bright, rainbow-heart background for each page, with a black-and-white border of classic swirls. The information includes the composer's name, lifetime, the musical period, and a composition or play/opera.

These full-color pages are 11x8.5 (landscape orientation,) and can be adjusted to your preferred printing size. Print multiple pages per sheet for flashcard or notebook sizes.

The featured composers and title posters are listed below:

Title Posters:

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

20th Century

Composers:

Leroy Anderson

Johann Sebastian Bach

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Leonard Bernstein

Georges Bizet

Johannes Brahms

Benjamin Britten

Frédéric Chopin

Aaron Copland

Debussy

Antonín Dvořák

Edward Elgar

George Gershwin

Edvard Grieg

George Handel

Joseph Haydn

Scott Joplin

Zoltán Kodály

Franz Liszt

Gustav Mahler

Wolfgang Amadus Mozart

Modest Mussorgsky

Orff

Prokofiev

Gioachino Rossini

Camille Saint-Saëns

Franz Schubert

Clara Schumann

Robert Schumann

John Philip Sousa

Johann Strauss

Igor Stravinsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Vivaldi

Wagner

John Williams

Looking for a way to have some fun while learning music? Look no further. This Graphic Scores Unit will have your students exploring how to represent sound using graphics and composing in no time! There are 3 main lessons included in this unit, however, the last lesson will likely take 6-8 lessons to put together and perform. This unit is one I have used with my own students so I know how much fun they have with it! The great thing with graphic scores is you don't really need any instruments to compose which makes this unit even better if you're teaching music on a cart or have limited resources available.

Overview:

This graphic score short unit exposes students to what a graphic score is. They get to represent sound using graphics and compose their own graphic score using found sounds. Students will learn how sound and music can be represented using graphics. They will practice representing a short piece of music through graphics. After, they will represent common soundscapes using their own graphics and will then create their own graphic score to perform. I created this in Google Docs/Slides so that you can customize this unit to your own unique needs.

Learning Goals:

• We are learning how to represent sounds and music using non-traditional notation.
• We are learning to compose a piece of music using found sounds and represent our sound using graphics.

Success Criteria:

• I can represent sound using graphics.
• I can compose a piece of music with a group and perform it using my score.

What’s Included:

• Lesson Plans and Ideas
• Google Slides Lesson on Graphic Scores (including original composition to practice creating graphic scores)
• Graphic organizer for students with fill in the blanks about graphic scores
• Graphic organizer for students to represent original composition as a graphic score
• Graphic organizer for students to represent soundscapes using graphics
• Graphic score for students to create their own graphic scores
• Rubrics to mark graphic score assignments
• 3 Stars and a Wish for peer feedback

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:

• Room One: The Office (Name one note on the staff)
• Room Two: The Laboratory (Name two notes on the staff)
• Room Three: The Library (Spell out the word)
• Room Four: The Lounge (Pick the correct note to match the letter)
• Room Five: The Foyer (Pick the correct tile to match the word)

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

• Set a timer (5 minutes, 10 minutes, etc). You can designate how long students should receive to complete the entire game
• Keep track of time to beat another class or grade level
• Keep track of time and try again during another class to name it faster
• Play it side vs side, boys vs girls, and see who can get to the end the fastest (or before time ends)

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!

Brighten up your students' sightreading skills with our set of Sunny Sight-Reading Cards using just three notes!

This set of 84 cards features the F-G-A letters in a set of four, placed on suns. Each page features two cards. In the document are two sets of the cards: one in color so you can print on white paper and in greyscale to save on ink, or print on colored paper! Additionally, there is 1 page of blank cards in both color and greyscale!

Click here to check out our other sun and summer-themed resources!

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New Style! This recently updated set of cards features a bright rainbow background with a swirled border. As requested, there are now full page posters for each music term. Great for music centers and bulletin boards!

Product Includes:

+ 30 flashcards to print, cut, and laminate (6 per page)

+ 30 full-page musical term posters

Featured Terms:

01. Rhythm

02. Beat

03. Meter

04. Measure

05. Accent

06. Sound

07. Improvisation

08. Baton

09. Tempo

10. Pitch

11. Dynamics

12. Range

13. Interval

14. Tone

15. Ritardando

16. Note

17. Accelerando

18. Notation

19. Bass Clef

20. Treble Clef

21. Grand Staff

22. Score

23. Climax

24. Theme

25. Harmony

26. Form

27. Scale

28. Style

29. Key

30. Sequence

A game that will keep your 4th and 5th graders entertained, engaged, and competitively charged, here's RHYTHM IMPOSTER inspired by "Among Us"!

In Rhythm Imposter, you will see 2 or 3 "crewmates" assigned with different instruments (either a trumpet, violin, or xylophone).

A musical example will be played where all of the crewmates will play their assigned rhythms on their instruments.

During the example, You, along with your students, will soon find out that the trumpet, violin, or xylophone did NOT play the correct rhythm!

Your task is to decide which crewmate is the IMPOSTER by selecting the one crewmate instrumentalist who didn't play their rhythm correct (or even at all!). Advance the slide and check your answer and go through the rounds!

Included in this resource are

• Mp3 examples embedded in each question (with trumpet, violin, and xylophone sounds) with a 4 beat countoff
• A printout where you can replicate and cut out cards (if you want the students to place on the floor or hold up to show which one was the imposter)
• 4 levels of rhythms with 2 and 3 imposters, along with a level where you can find the crewmate (and the rest of the instruments are imposters!

All examples have quarter, eighth note pairs, quarter rests and half notes (in Levels 3 and on)

Have a terrific time with this while your kids study polyphony!

Brighten up your students rhythm composing with these rhythmic composing sheets that are filled with sunshine!

This worksheet packet of 140 pages allows your students to not only work on reading rhythms but to fill in the blanks to create their own.

On these pages, students fill in hearts to complete measures that are in 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4 time signatures! Students can write a Quarter Note, Quarter Rest, two beamed 8th Notes, or Half Notes!

Pages feature 5 1-measure exercises with 1-4 blank suns in each measure. Each measure may contain Quarter Notes, Half Notes, Quarter Rests, and 2 beamed 8th Notes.

Please note, that while this resource is reproducible, only the original purchaser can make copies of the resource. Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-SRCS1-DHG

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Learning to read music can have many benefits for students. These colorful music note-matching cards and posters are easy to set up and fun to use! Note-matching games are a great activity for both individual and group learning. They are easy to set up and can be adapted to different skill levels, making them suitable for learners of all ages.

Learning Objectives

• Memorization and understanding of each music note
• Improved memory and concentration
• Increased creative thinking and problem-solving
• Greater appreciation of music as an art form
• Comprehension of music notes and how they work together
• Increased knowledge of the musical structure and theory

What's Included

This activity pack includes full-color and white background posters, matching cards, and full-page posters for learning and checking answers. Great for centers! Simply print the cards and posters, cut out the note cards, and laminate for durability. Students match the note with the correct letter card. This is a great activity for reinforcing note names.

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

The #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music!" has multiple follow versions! In addition to the Original Version, you can download Part TWO (2014), Part THREE (2015), Part FOUR (2017), Part SIX (2019) and Part SEVEN (2021) below:

Identify Form in Pop Music PART TWO

Identify Form in Pop Music PART THREE

Identify Form in Pop Music PART FOUR

Identify Form in Pop Music PART SIX

Identify Form in Pop Music PART SEVEN

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We're BACK and our high tech theme has taken over the layout for 2018 in the follow-up to the #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music" series, we now bring you

Part FIVE!

Kids love their pop music, right? Want to integrate it into your classroom? This is great lesson to do with 4th and 5th graders that lets them listen to their favorite pop music (as always, kid friendly 100% CLEAN!) while learning about musical form!

The lesson begins with an introduction to popular music and how the music is formulated by the artists songwriters. We talk about the intro, verse, chorus, bridge, and outro, and include the collision and the channel and then go onto our activity.

I cut out cards... a whole bunch of intros, verses, chorus, bridges, outros, channels, and collisions (or you can do it with a whiteboard/marker, or even as a unison class response) and give them to each student, then have have the kids sit on the floor. I then play an mp3 of a song which has 10 second clips of each of the sections (there is about a 2 second gap in between each clip and all clips are safe for little ears -- no profanity!) and have the students identify them by spelling them out on the floor in front of them. This works great if you're putting kids into groups of 2 or 3 as they try to figure out the form of the song.

It's a great compromise to having your kids listen to their music and still satisfy a 4th and 5th grade standard in identifying the structure of music!

The 2018 hit list:

Believer - Imagine Dragons

Feel it Still - Portugal

For the First Time - Darius Rucker

Good Old Days - Mackelmore

Let You Down - NF

Lights Down Low - MAX

Meant to Be - Bebe Rexha ft. Florida-Georgia Line

New Rules - Dua Lipa

Perfect - Ed Sheeran

If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment email me at jasonlitt@gmail.com

Have fun, kids LOVE this!

It's the most wonderful time of the year when you can pull out your winter-themed resources to use with your students!

This complete set of On-Staff Note Ornament Flashcards is a great way to get your students into the winter spirit by having them review the notes on the staff.

These cards feature notes from Low C on the Bass Clef up to High C on the Treble Clef. At the beginning of the set are four notes on a page grouped in 1-octave sets from Low C to Bass C, Bass C to Middle C, Middle C to Treble C, and Treble C to High C. There are also pages that have four cards of 1 note each so you can make multiple sets! Additionally, there is a set of cards that have the octave name AND there is a black/white set of ornaments that are ink friendly so you can either print on white or colored paper and save on ink! In total, there are 152 cards in the set all together!

One side of the card features a colored ornament with a note on the Bass Clef or Treble Clef Staff keyboard. The other side features the outline of the ornament and the name of the note.

(Note, this resource will be getting and expansion here soon, so if you purchase, we will update you when that expansion happens!)

Assembly is easy! You just need to print double-sided, cut and go! You are more than welcome to print in color, or black and white to save on ink.

This product is licensed for duplication, but you may not share the resource with other teachers. You can invite them here to download their own copy so they have their own!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Your feedback is always welcome on any of our products. Thank you!

Catalog: MTP-NSOC-DG

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The most difficult (and longest!) bucket drumming repertoire has hit Mr. Litt's Music Room in the infamous William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini! Super super difficult, super super engaging, but so rewarding if done well! You could even use this as a concert piece

There are seven 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 2 or 3 times). Then, apply it to drums!

This is a terrific activity to discuss with the kids with the inclusion of classic music, modern drumming, and identifying form. Perhaps use this video as a precursor?

Finale to the William Tell Overture - Full Form

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!
______________________

**Looking for more Bucket Drumming Resources? Check out the library below!

Eye of the Tiger, Survivor (Rocky III) - BUCKET DRUMMING!**

The Imperial March, Star Wars - BUCKET DRUMMING!

We're all in this Together, High School Musical - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Billie Jean, Michael Jackson - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Stars and Stripes Forever, Sousa - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Stitches, Shawn Mendes - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Beautiful People, Ed Sheeran - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Brave, Sara Bareilles - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Roar, Katy Perry - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Kids in an Adult World, Hello Sister - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Best Day of My Life, American Authors - BUCKET DRUMMING!

I Want You Back, Jackson Five - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Centuries, Fall Out Boy - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Wizards in Winter, Trans Siberian Orchestra - BUCKET DRUMMING!

ME, Taylor Swift - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Good Time, Owl City ft. Carly Rae Jepsen - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Firework, Katy Perry - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

If I Can't Have You, Shawn Mendes (CLEAN) - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Never Really Over, Katy Perry - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Sucker, Jonas Brothers - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Girls Like You, Maroon 5 (CLEAN) - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Havana, Camilla Cabello (CLEAN) - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Happy, Pharrell Williams - BUCKET DRUMMING!

This is Me, The Greatest Showman - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Party in the USA, Miley Cyrus - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Bad Romance, Lady Gaga - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Treasure, Bruno Mars - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Gangnam Style, PSY - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Life is a Highway (2018), ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Grenade, Bruno Mars - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

I Knew You Were Trouble, Taylor Swift - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

How Far I'll Go, Moana - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Natural, Imagine Dragons - BUCKET DRUMMING!

High Hopes, Panic! at the Disco - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Smooth Criminal, Michael Jackson - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Bad Blood, Taylor Swift - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Animals, Maroon 5 - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Radioactive, Imagine Dragons - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Dynamine, Taio Cruz - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Shake it Off, Taylor Swift - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Grenade, Bruno Mars - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Fight Song, Rachel Platten - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

ABC, Jackson Five - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Feel it Still, Portugal. The Man - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Thunder, Imagine Dragons - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Can't Stop the Feeling, Justin Timberlake - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Believer, Imagine Dragons - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Uptown Funk (CLEAN), Mark Ronson - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Hey drum teachers, what happens when you tell your drum student to play a fill?

You might get cock-eyed looks of confusion, wondering what a fill is on the drums...

What are we filling?

How do we play a fill?

Who is Phil?

Then this resource is just for you! Introducing our sets of DRUM FILL FILLERS!

DRUM FILL FILLERS are 1-measure cards that have a wide variety of fills on them!

These cards are perfect for your students who need help with:

• Inspiration on what to play in a fill
• Learning where instruments live on the percussion staff
• SIGHTREADING! All percussionists could work on their sightreading!

Set 3 only uses the Snare Drum and Tom Drums, aside from the crash and bass drum following the fill. In total, there are 24 examples across 12 pages.

The resource can be printed single-sided or double-sided and laminated for durability.

Please note that while this product is studio-licensed, you may not share it with other teachers and/or schools or studios. You are encouraged to share this link so they can purchase their own license.

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Thank you!!

Catalog: DPM-DFF3-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.

The most difficult (and longest!) bucket drumming repertoire has hit Mr. Litt's Music Room in the infamous William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini! Super super difficult, super super engaging, but so rewarding if done well! You could even use this as a concert piece

There are seven 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 2 or 3 times). Then, apply it to drums!

This is a terrific activity to discuss with the kids with the inclusion of classic music, modern drumming, and identifying form. Perhaps use this video as a precursor?

Finale to the William Tell Overture - Full Form

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!
______________________

**Looking for more Bucket Drumming Resources? Check out the library below!

Eye of the Tiger, Survivor (Rocky III) - BUCKET DRUMMING!**

The Imperial March, Star Wars - BUCKET DRUMMING!

We're all in this Together, High School Musical - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Billie Jean, Michael Jackson - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Stars and Stripes Forever, Sousa - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Stitches, Shawn Mendes - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Beautiful People, Ed Sheeran - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Brave, Sara Bareilles - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Roar, Katy Perry - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Kids in an Adult World, Hello Sister - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Best Day of My Life, American Authors - BUCKET DRUMMING!

I Want You Back, Jackson Five - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Centuries, Fall Out Boy - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Wizards in Winter, Trans Siberian Orchestra - BUCKET DRUMMING!

ME, Taylor Swift - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Good Time, Owl City ft. Carly Rae Jepsen - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Firework, Katy Perry - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

If I Can't Have You, Shawn Mendes (CLEAN) - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Never Really Over, Katy Perry - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Sucker, Jonas Brothers - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Girls Like You, Maroon 5 (CLEAN) - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Havana, Camilla Cabello (CLEAN) - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Happy, Pharrell Williams - BUCKET DRUMMING!

This is Me, The Greatest Showman - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Party in the USA, Miley Cyrus - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Bad Romance, Lady Gaga - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Treasure, Bruno Mars - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Gangnam Style, PSY - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Life is a Highway (2018), ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Grenade, Bruno Mars - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

I Knew You Were Trouble, Taylor Swift - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

How Far I'll Go, Moana - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Natural, Imagine Dragons - BUCKET DRUMMING!

High Hopes, Panic! at the Disco - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Smooth Criminal, Michael Jackson - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Bad Blood, Taylor Swift - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Animals, Maroon 5 - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Radioactive, Imagine Dragons - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Dynamine, Taio Cruz - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Shake it Off, Taylor Swift - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Grenade, Bruno Mars - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Fight Song, Rachel Platten - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

ABC, Jackson Five - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Feel it Still, Portugal. The Man - ADVANCED BUCKET DRUMMING!

Thunder, Imagine Dragons - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Can't Stop the Feeling, Justin Timberlake - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Believer, Imagine Dragons - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Uptown Funk (CLEAN), Mark Ronson - BUCKET DRUMMING!

What better way to get your student's rhythm-reading and composing underway than using the words of supplies they have right on their desk!

This School Supply Word Rhythm packet gives you the needed tools to work on reading rhythms, composing rhythmic patterns, and assessing student learning!

Note values included in this packet are:

• Quarter Notes (Pens)
• Beamed 8th Notes (Pencils)
• 1 8th-2 16th patterns (Highlighters)
• Beamed 16th Notes (Colored Pencils).

What's included in the packet? This has:

• "Posters" in both color and ink-friendly options to display, with and without item names.
• Student cards with pictures and note values, in color and ink-friendly options.
• Student cards with words and note values, in black and ink-friendly options.
• Exit tickets for the number of sounds in the word, and note values.
• Composing worksheets for students to compose patterns using stick notation.

Please note, while this resource is reproducible, only the original purchaser may reproduce the resource as needed and may not share it with colleagues. You can direct colleagues here to purchase a copy of their own.

Click here to look at the freebie version of this packet!

Your support of a small, local business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-SSWR-DG

© 2023. ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

The #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music!" has multiple follow versions! In addition to the Original Version, you can download Part TWO (2014), Part THREE (2015), Part FIVE (2018) Part SIX (2019) and Part SEVEN (2021) below:

Identify Form in Pop Music PART TWO

Identify Form in Pop Music PART THREE

Identify Form in Pop Music PART FIVE

Identify Form in Pop Music PART SIX

Identify Form in Pop Music PART SEVEN

Tweaked from the 2015 version from the beginning to end with more eye catching layouts and updated music, the 2017 follow-up to the #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music" series, we now present to you

Part FOUR!

Kids love their pop music, right? Want to integrate it into your classroom? This is great lesson to do with 4th and 5th graders that lets them listen to their favorite pop music while learning about musical form!

The lesson begins with an introduction to popular music and how the music is formulated by the artists songwriters. We talk about the intro, verse, chorus, bridge, and outro, and include the collision and the channel and then go onto our activity.

I cut out cards... a whole bunch of intros, verses, chorus, bridges, outros, channels, and collisions (or you can do it with a whiteboard/marker, or even as a unison class response) and give them to each student, then have have the kids sit on the floor. I then play an mp3 of a song which has 10 second clips of each of the sections (there is about a 2 second gap in between each clip and all clips are safe for little ears -- no profanity!) and have the students identify them by spelling them out on the floor in front of them. This works great if you're putting kids into groups of 2 or 3 as they try to figure out the form of the song.

It's a great compromise to having your kids listen to their music and still satisfy a 4th and 5th grade standard in identifying the structure of music!

The 2017 hit list:

Can't Stop the Feeling - Justin Timberlake

Love on the Brain - Rihanna

This Town - Niall Horan

Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes

Don't Let Me Down - The Chainsmokers

Heathens - Twenty-One Pilots

Water Under the Bridge - Adele

May We All - Florida-Georgia Line

The Greatest - Sia

If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment email me at jasonlitt@gmail.com

Have fun, kids LOVE this!

PS - Need more and haven't been to Part 3, Part 2, and Part 1? Here are the links below!

Identify Form in Pop Music - Part THREE!

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Identify-Form-in-Pop-Music-PART-THREE-1808420

Identify Form in Pop Music - Part TWO!

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Identify-Form-in-Pop-Music-PART-TWO-1213858

Identify Form in Pop Music

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Identify-Form-in-Pop-Music-677524

When the weather gets colder and you need a hot drink to warm you up, you can use this as an opportunity to practice rhythms with your students using Tea, Coffee, Hot Cocoa, and Apple Cider!

This Hot Drinks Word Rhythm packet gives you the needed tools to work on reading rhythms, composing rhythmic patterns, and assessing student learning!

Note values included in this packet are:

• Quarter Notes (Tea)
• Beamed 8th Notes (Coffee)
• 1 8th-2 16th patterns (Hot Cocoa)
• Beamed 16th Notes (Apple Cider).

What's included in the packet? This has:

• "Posters" in both color and ink-friendly options to display, with and without item names.
• Student cards with pictures and note values, in color and ink-friendly options.
• Student cards with words and note values, in black and ink-friendly options.
• Exit tickets for the number of sounds in the word, and note values.
• Composing worksheets for students to create patterns using stick notation.

Please note, while this resource is reproducible, only the original purchaser may reproduce the resource as needed and may not share it with colleagues. You can direct colleagues here to purchase a copy of their own.

Your support of a small, local business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-HDWR-DG

© 2023. ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

A departure from our typical popular music fare, we now offer you "The Throne Room/End Credits" from John Williams' Star Wars franchise covered by famous YouTuber 331ERock!

There are five color coded slides along with the form and instrumental identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students (a great way to talk about the variations of the theme with inclusion or exclusions of certain instrument groupings) and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats. Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

This one is great to work on off beats and extensions of themes. It switches around a lot so it is sure to keep your kids engaged :)

Great resource to prepare for if.... May the Fourth is coming up!

The track is included in this resource for you to play right along!

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The NoteStackers line of products is EXPANDING! We're excited to introduce the Digital Presentation editions! These Digital Presentation versions allow for more interaction for students and classes both in-person and online!

NoteStackers Primer Presentation Edition focuses solely on the Music Alphabet Letters. For this level, students are given a letter in the middle and then write in a letter that comes before and a letter that comes after the given letter.

Wanna know the best part? You can use this with any age and level of students and classes, not just beginners!

Let's explain...

While the primer edition IS meant for beginners to test their note-reading ability and to see how the Music Alphabet moves, you can test older students and classes with things such as:

• Intervals:

  • "What's a Skip Above A?"
  • "What's A Skip Below A?"
  • "What's a 4th below A, and a 4th above A?"

• Chords:

  • "A is the 3rd of the chord, give the root and 5th"

• Inversions:

  • "C is the Root of the chord, give the 3rd above it, 5th below it, and name the inversion"

The versatility is priceless and the possibilities for this game are endless!

In total, there are 9 slides in this presentation:

• Title Slide
• Intro Slide and Instructions
• "A" Slide
• "B" Slide
• "C" Slide
• "D" Slide
• "E" Slide
• "F" Slide
• "G" Slide

Because this is a presentation software version, you can duplicate slides as needed to create a longer version of the game, and you can use a slide randomizing add-on to vary the letters as well.

Since there are not moveable parts with this level of the game, the Primer Level can be used with any presentation software.

Note, this product is only to be used by the original purchaser and may not be distributed to other teachers/schools. We appreciate getting referrals for our products!

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The #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music!" has multiple follow versions! In addition to the Original Version, you can download Part THREE (2015), Part FOUR (2017), Part FIVE (2018) Part SIX (2019) and Part SEVEN (2021) below:

Identify Form in Pop Music PART THREE

Identify Form in Pop Music PART FOUR

Identify Form in Pop Music PART FIVE

Identify Form in Pop Music PART SIX

Identify Form in Pop Music PART SEVEN

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Redone and remodeled from the beginning to end with more colorful layouts and updated music, the 2014 follow-up to the #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music"... here's part TWO!

Kids love their pop music, right? Want to integrate it into your classroom? This is great lesson to do with 4th and 5th graders that lets them listen to their favorite pop music while learning about musical form!

The lesson begins with a video introduction to form and then talks about elements of pop music and how it ascribes to a specific form. We talk about the intro, verse, chorus, bridge, and outro, and include (different from the 2013 version) the collision and the channel and then go onto our activity.

I cut out cards... a whole bunch of intros, verses, chorus, bridges, outros, channels, and collisons (or you can do it with a whiteboard/marker, or even as a unison class response) and give them to each student, then have have the kids sit on the floor. I then play an mp3 of a song which has 10 second clips of each of the sections (there is about a 2 second gap in between each clip and all clips are safe for little ears -- no profanity!) and have the students identify them by spelling them out on the floor in front of them

A great compromise to having your kids listen to their music and still satisfy a 4th and 5th grade standard in identifying the structure of music!

The 2014 hit list:

Best Day of My Life - American Authors

Burn - Ellie Goulding

Neon Lights - Demi Lovato

Let it Go - Idina Menzel (this will SURELY get your class sold!)

Happy - Pharrell Williams

Counting Stars - OneRepublic

Pompeii - Bastille

Light 'em Up - Fall Out Boy

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at jasonlitt@gmail.com

Have fun, kids LOVE this!

Brighten up your students' sightreading skills with our set of Sunny Sight-Reading Cards using just three notes!

This set of 84 cards features the G-A-B letters in a set of four, placed on suns. Each page features two cards. In the document are two sets of the cards: one in color so you can print on white paper and in greyscale to save on ink, or print on colored paper! Additionally, there is 1 page of blank cards in both color and greyscale!

Click here to check out our other sun and summer-themed resources!

Please note, only the original purchaser of this resource can duplicate the document but may not share with colleagues. You can direct colleagues here to purchase their own copy!

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Catalog: MTP-SSR3-DG

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