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The "Big Kid" Rhythm Bundle (Grades 3-6) **30% OFF!**
By Jason Litt
Included in these rhythm bundle are 25 resources that you can utilize in grades 3-6. Games, dictation, worksheets, races, and more are in this bundle as the resources discuss longer rhythmic patterns, sixteenth notes, triplets, and long durations of rests.
Definitely a semester filler in here, terrific for reinforcing your 2nd half of the year with some of your upper grades, and with 30% off when bundled together, it's a sale you can't beat!
Songza Playlist - Back To School Music
By MsNerdWood
Curriculum connections: Music, Language, Visual Art Grades: 6-8 What is Included: Songza Assignment (rough copy and final assignment with writing/art), Lesson Ideas, a rubric. About this Assignment: This is a great back to school lesson to use with students in September. It provides students with a chance to reflect on their music preferences while learning about musical terms, and about an online music streaming site. It is a chance for your students to curate their own playlists. This activity is suitable for grade 6-8 students. This activity also gives teachers a chance to get to know the music preferences of their students to help create future lessons based on their interests. This lesson could be adapted to be used with other online music streaming websites. The lesson also encourages students to start to discuss music in ways beyond “I like this song”. They can start to learn about the categories in Songza such as genre and decade. There is a short writing piece included so that students can express why they selected the songs they did for their own Songza Playlists. This assignment can be adapted and used to suit the needs of your students.
Mr. Litt's Bucket Drumming ANTHOLOGY -- A comprehensive list of Bucket Drumming!
By Jason Litt
LONG OVERDUE, but here it is in all of its glory!
Nearly 300 Bucket Drumming Arrangements, Resources, Games, and more in the OFFICIAL Mr. Litt's Music Room Bucket Drumming Anthology!
This free resource is a comprehensive list of everything in the store, alphabetized and grouped by genre, difficulty level, and other resources.
This will be updated each time there is a new resource added, so feel free to peruse or download every so often :)
Clickable links are in the PDF and Word Document files which take you straight to the page to purchase or add to your wish list.
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose Steady Beat Chant
By Creating Musical Literature
Have fun with this book and chant while you celebrate Valentine's Day! Use this to engage your students further in the book by having them chant at certain points in the book. Great for students in grades PreK-2.
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Ostinato and Solfege Lesson Using Swap! Book
By Creating Musical Literature
This is a solfege and ostinato lesson using this wonderful book. Use the song as either a song or chant, depending on the age group. You can accompany yourself or sing acapella to practice singing la, so mi, re and do syllables in tune. Add Orff instruments for the ostinato and rhythm sticks to accompany the song. Use the worksheet (paper or in Easel) to trace the swapping journey with your older students. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade.
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1. If you have any questions about this product or any of my products, feel free to email me at creatingmusicalliterature@gmail.com
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There Was a Young Reindeer Who Swallowed a Present Extension Chant
By Creating Musical Literature
Need a quick steady beat chant to go along with this fun book? Download this one to keep a steady beat while you read the rhyming text. Use during December when you need a fun book to read about Christmas to your little ones.
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1. If you have any questions about this product or any of my products, feel free to email me at creatingmusicalliterature@gmail.com
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Solfege | Re Solfege Syllable Practice Lesson Using William's Winter Nap
By Creating Musical Literature
Use the lullaby written for this book to have your students practice singing and identifying the re solfege syllable. Add instruments to accompany this lullaby while they practice singing the re syllable and take turns playing the triangles and hand chimes which would go well with accompanying this song. Decode for the re syllable after you are done singing the song. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade.
REMINDERS
1. If you have any questions about this product or any of my products, feel free to email me at creatingmusicalliterature@gmail.com
2. Your purchase of this product is for SINGLE USE ONLY. Please purchase additional licenses to share with other teachers. Copyright © 2022 Creating Musical Literature. All rights reserved.
3. Leave a comment down below in order to earn TeachShare credits! I would love to hear how you and your students have been enjoying my products!
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Ostinato Lesson Using Goodnight Owl Book
By Creating Musical Literature
Teach the ostinato concept using the musical lullaby extension to this well loved book. I wrote a simple lullaby the children can sing at every page turn. As a follow up activity have the students match the animal sounds with the correct animal. Worksheets can be either copied or assigned digitally through the Easel function. Good for students from PreK-2nd grade.
REMINDERS
1. If you have any questions about this product or any of my products, feel free to email me at creatingmusicalliterature@gmail.com
2. Your purchase of this product is for SINGLE USE ONLY. Please purchase additional licenses to share with other teachers. Copyright © 2022 Creating Musical Literature. All rights reserved.
3. Leave a comment down below in order to earn TeachShare credits! I would love to hear how you and your students have been enjoying my products!
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Ten Timid Ghosts Extension Lesson-Solfege
By Creating Musical Literature
Need to add solfege practice to your Halloween books? Use this Halloween book to practice steady beat and counting, while adding in this lesson to get additional practice singing so and mi solfege syllables! As an option, add in egg shakers while singing for instrument use and to scare those ghosts away! Use with PreK-2nd grade students, and then practice decoding for so and mi with the older grades.
REMINDERS
1. If you have any questions about this product or any of my products, feel free to email me at creatingmusicalliterature@gmail.com
2. Your purchase of this product is for SINGLE USE ONLY. Please purchase additional licenses to share with other teachers. Copyright © 2023 Creating Musical Literature. All rights reserved.
3. Leave a comment down below in order to earn TeachShare credits! I would love to hear how you and your students have been enjoying my products!
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Songs of Rest - 15 Meditative Songs for Piano Students
By ZS Music Publishing
Songs of Rest is a perfect way for your students to contemplate their playing through these meditative pieces - much of the book is inspired by and composed in the style of John Cage's infamous song: 4'33".
In total, there are 15 pieces in the book. Five songs are in 4/4 time signatures, five songs in 3/4 time signature, and 6/8 time signature so students have a variety of songs to play in the book.
I hope you enjoy playing through these songs as much as I've enjoyed writing them. If you enjoy the songs in this book, be sure to give it a rating and review so other teachers know how awesome this resource is.
Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: PM-SORB-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
This book was originally released on April 1, 2024. So, Happy April Fools!
Angry Birds Theme - BUCKET DRUMMING!
By Jason Litt
Need to connect with your kids with their video game music through general music? Involve them in bucket drumming with the Theme from Angry Birds
There is one color coded slide 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 4). 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 is a great resource for your beginning bucket drummers as it's only one page long with a lot of repeated passages and rudimentary rhythms!
Here's the track so you can play along...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DehK\_Y0TUbE
Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!
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Holiday Rhythm Discovery (NAME THAT TUNE!)
By Jason Litt
In "Holiday Rhythm Discovery" students will see a rhythm appear on the screen and will be given the opportunity to clap back (or perform back, say back, sing back, however you wish!) the rhythm being displayed. Then, they will see a multiple choice listing of songs -- which song matches the rhythm?
Advance the slide and the correct answer will turn GREEN
9 examples in this, just a little starter kit :)
CANDY - A Short Song for October
By ZS Music Publishing
Are you looking for songs that your students will be frightfully delighted to play for the Spooky Season? These cool songs from our October Piano Book and our 5 Short Songs for October resources!
CANDY is an 8-measure song in D Major for your students to sight-read, play for loved ones, use for theory analysis and more!
This song is reproducible, so you can make as many copies as you need for your students!
If you enjoyed playing this song with your students, please remember to give it a rating and review! Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: PM-5SOC5-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
RECESS TIME - A Short Song for AUGUST
By ZS Music Publishing
It's time to hit the books and prepare to learn these songs from our August Piano Book and our 5 Short Songs for August resources!
RECESS TIME is an 8-measure song in C Major for your students to sight-read, play for loved ones, use for theory analysis and more!
This song is reproducible, so you can make as many copies as you need for your students!
If you enjoyed playing this song with your students, please remember to give it a rating and review! Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: PM-5SAU5-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
WIN BIG - A Short Song for SEPTEMBER
By ZS Music Publishing
Warm up, play, and score with these winning sports-themed songs from our September Piano Book and our 5 Short Songs for September resources!
WIN BIG is a 16-measure song in D Major for your students to sight-read, play for loved ones, use for theory analysis and more!
This song is reproducible, so you can make as many copies as you need for your students!
If you enjoyed playing this song with your students, please remember to give it a rating and review! Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: PM-5SSE4-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
MAKE A SPLASH - A Short Song for June
By ZS Music Publishing
Time for some summer fun and chill out on the piano playing these songs from our June Piano Book and our 5 Short Songs for June resources!
MAKE A SPLASH is an 8-measure song in C Major for your students to sight-read, play for loved ones, use for theory analysis and more!
This song is reproducible, so you can make as many copies as you need for your students!
If you enjoyed playing this song with your students, please remember to give it a rating and review! Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: PM-5SJU1-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
SO MUCH TO DO - A Short Song for June
By ZS Music Publishing
Time for some summer fun and chill out on the piano playing these songs from our June Piano Book and our 5 Short Songs for June resources!
SO MUCH TO DO is a 16-measure song in F Major for your students to sight-read, play for loved ones, use for theory analysis and more!
This song is reproducible, so you can make as many copies as you need for your students!
If you enjoyed playing this song with your students, please remember to give it a rating and review! Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: PM-5SJU4-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
SET OFF FIREWORKS - A Short Song for July
By ZS Music Publishing
Light up some fun and have a blast on the piano playing these songs from our July Piano Book and our 5 Short Songs for July resources!
SET OFF FIREWORKS is a 16-measure song in D Major for your students to sight-read, play for loved ones, use for theory analysis and more!
This song is reproducible, so you can make as many copies as you need for your students!
If you enjoyed playing this song with your students, please remember to give it a rating and review! Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: PM-5SJL3-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
A Sad March - A Short Song for March
By ZS Music Publishing
Your students would be so lucky to play this song featured in our March Piano Book and our 5 Short Songs for March resources!
A SAD MARCH is a 16-measure song in D Minor in the Bass Clef for your students to sight-read, play for loved ones, use for theory analysis and more!
This song is reproducible, so you can make as many copies as you need for your students!
If you enjoyed playing this song with your students, please remember to give it a rating and review! Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: PM-5SMA4-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
APRIL FOOLS - A Short Song for April
By ZS Music Publishing
April is the first full month of spring and nothing springs more than songs from our April Piano Book and 5 Short songs for April!
APRIL FOOLS is a 16-measure song in G Major for your students to sight-read, play for loved ones, use for theory analysis and more!
This song is reproducible, so you can make as many copies as you need for your students!
If you enjoyed playing this song with your students, please remember to give it a rating and review! Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: PM-5SAP4-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.