Less than $5 Vocal Music Assessment

Listening to Popular music isn’t just for enjoyment. It contains critical pieces of musical composition that makes it sound the way it does!

In "The Elements of Pop", students will be given 8 short examples of pop music (about 30-45 seconds long all mp3s included and embedded into the powerpoint) and will be see a multiple choice selection of elements that described the pop music being played

It's mostly broad terminology you teach in your music class: Rhythm, Tempo, Major/Minor, Instrumentation, Vocal ranges, etc!

This is great assessment to do as a class, individually, or even through distance learning! Have your cake and eat it too!

Pair this with the Identify Form in Popular Music series and you got yourself engaging lesson material!

Let us know how it is goes in the comments :)

Tap away your sightreading problems with these pages we call NOTE TAPZ!

Note Tapz is a set of exercises you can assign students to work on sightreading.

Note Tapz Set 2 includes 80 exercises on 16 pages that all use the notes F-G-A.

Each page in the set features 5 rows each colored differently so students know which row to play. The fun of Note Tapz happens when you choose a random starting point and tell students to play up and down, side to side, diagonally, or in whatever direction giving students a variety of ways to tap through the page.

Here's how the exercises work, you place the selected page(s) in front of the student and have the student read the notes on the page as you have directed them to do so.

A built-in bonus with these exercises is the possibility of using these to introduce composing with your students by having your students pick their own path to compose a simple three-note song!

If this sounds like a solution you've been needing, be sure to download Note Tapz today and get working with your students' sight-reading!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-NTS2-DG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Help your students self-assess their understanding with our Levels of Understanding Posters! Based on Robert Marzano's levels of understanding, these posters provide a clear and simple way for students to evaluate their knowledge and communicate it effectively.

Product Features:

• Number Scale Ranking: Students rank their understanding on a number scale, making it easy to gauge their confidence in the material.
• Easy-to-Understand Descriptions: Each poster includes straightforward descriptions to help students easily identify their level of knowledge.
• Visual and Engaging: Bright, colorful designs that attract attention and make self-assessment a fun and interactive part of learning.
• Marzano's Levels of Understanding: Grounded in Robert Marzano's framework, this tool facilitates student understanding and promotes self-reflection.
• Acoustic Tones Color Palette: Designed to match the acoustic tones color palette of other products in our store, ensuring a cohesive and stylish look in your classroom.
• Versatile Use: Ideal for use in any classroom setting to promote self-awareness and encourage students to take ownership of their learning.

Benefits:

• Foster a growth mindset by encouraging students to reflect on their understanding.
• Facilitate better communication between students and teachers regarding comprehension and areas needing improvement.
• Enhance classroom engagement with visually appealing and easy-to-use posters.
• Support differentiated instruction by quickly identifying student needs.

Empower your students to take charge of their learning with the Levels of Understanding Posters! Download now to create a classroom environment where self-assessment leads to growth and success.

Listening to Popular music isn’t just for enjoyment. It contains critical pieces of musical composition that makes it sound the way it does!

In "The Elements of Pop", students will be given 8 short examples of pop music (about 30-45 seconds long all mp3s included and embedded into the powerpoint) and will be see a multiple choice selection of elements that described the pop music being played

It's mostly broad terminology you teach in your music class: Rhythm, Tempo, Major/Minor, Instrumentation, Vocal ranges, etc!

This is great assessment to do as a class, individually, or even through distance learning! Have your cake and eat it too!

Pair this with the Identify Form in Popular Music series and you got yourself engaging lesson material!

Let us know how it is goes in the comments :)

Tap away your sightreading problems with these pages we call NOTE TAPZ!

Note Tapz is a set of exercises you can assign students to work on sightreading.

Note Tapz Set 3 includes 80 exercises on 16 pages that all use the notes G-A-B.

Each page in the set features 5 rows each colored differently so students know which row to play. The fun of Note Tapz happens when you choose a random starting point and tell students to play up and down, side to side, diagonally, or in whatever direction giving students a variety of ways to tap through the page.

Here's how the exercises work, you place the selected page(s) in front of the student and have the student read the notes on the page as you have directed them to do so.

A built-in bonus with these exercises is the possibility of using these to introduce composing with your students by having your students pick their own path to compose a simple three-note song!

If this sounds like a solution you've been needing, be sure to download Note Tapz today and get working with your students' sight-reading!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-NTS3-DG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Help your students master chord identification and construction with these Chords/Triads Speed Tests! This product includes 4 different testing options to fit your music theory curriculum:

• Option 1 & 2: Students can either write their own Major and Minor chords or identify provided chords.
• Option 3 & 4: Students will tackle a broader range, including Major, Minor, Augmented, and Diminished chords, either by writing their own or identifying the given chords.

These tests provide a fast-paced and engaging way for students to improve their knowledge of triads, and answer keys are included for easy grading. Designed to match other products in your store, they follow the same cohesive color palette and style for a unified classroom experience. Perfect for reinforcing music theory concepts and building confidence in chord recognition!

Want your kids to have their cake and eat it too? Turn pop music into an engaging and fun lesson with "Identify Timbre in Pop Music!"

Before your begin this lesson, make sure your kids have an understanding of the four families of instruments, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, and Strings and know multiple instruments in each family as they will utilize their aural skills during this activity.

As we know, timbre is the quality of sound an instrument makes. Students will listen to 11 examples of popular music and be given 3 multiple choice answers of instruments in the song example. They will then have to choose answer 1, 2, or 3 after listening to the example.

Advance the slide to illuminate the correct answer (in light blue) and assess from there! You can play this individually, as a class, have students write it down, or even play it as a race to see who can get the answer correct first!

All mp3 files are embedded into the slides -- just extract right to your desktop and they should link up and play.

Song examples included:

• High Hopes, Panic! at the Disco

• Hotline Bling, Drake

• 24k Magic, Bruno Mars

• Believer, Imagine Dragons

• Perfect, Ed Sheeran

• Levitating, Dua Lipa

• Into the Unknown, Panic! at the Disco

• Old Town Road, Lil Nas X

• BANG!, AJR

• Don't Start Now, Dua Lipa

• Watermelon Sugar, Harry Styles

  Have a terrific time with this!

Tap away your sightreading problems with these pages we call NOTE TAPZ!

Note Tapz is a set of exercises you can assign students to work on sightreading.

Note Tapz Set 4 includes 80 exercises on 16 pages that all use the notes D-E-F.

Each page in the set features 5 rows each colored differently so students know which row to play. The fun of Note Tapz happens when you choose a random starting point and tell students to play up and down, side to side, diagonally, or in whatever direction giving students a variety of ways to tap through the page.

Here's how the exercises work, you place the selected page(s) in front of the student and have the student read the notes on the page as you have directed them to do so.

A built-in bonus with these exercises is the possibility of using these to introduce composing with your students by having your students pick their own path to compose a simple three-note song!

If this sounds like a solution you've been needing, be sure to download Note Tapz today and get working with your students' sight-reading!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-NTS4-DG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

This Key Signature Speed Test product is a great tool for helping students quickly identify key signatures. It includes three different tests, each with a focus on different types of key signatures, and comes with answer keys for easy grading:

• Test 1: Flat key signatures
• Test 2: Sharp key signatures
• Test 3: Mixed key signatures (flats and sharps)

Designed to measure how quickly students can identify key signatures or see how many they can correctly identify within a set time, these tests are ideal for tracking progress. They can be used repeatedly throughout the year to help students improve their key signature recognition speed and accuracy.

This resource Rhythm and Rest is terrific for your kids as an introduction to quarter and half rests or just as a warmup for whichever instrument you may be practicing (recorder, orff, handbells, voice, etc!)

30 slides with 3 different levels

1. Quarter Rests and Half Note Rests with Quarter Notes

2. Adding in Eighth Notes

3. Six beat patterns

Tap away your finger number problems with these tapping pages we call FINGER TAPZ!

Finger Tapz is a set of exercises you can assign students to work on learning their finger numbers as well as finger dexterity.

Finger Tapz Set 2 includes 125 exercises on 25 pages that all start with Finger 2.

Each page in the set features 5 rows each colored differently so students know which row to play. The fun of Finger Tapz happens when you choose a random starting point and tell students to play up and down, side to side, diagonally, or in whatever direction giving students a variety of ways to tap through the page.

Here's how the exercises work, you place the selected page(s) in front of the student and have them tap those fingers either on a solid surface, their lap, or even on the keys! You can also keep these digitally and pull them up on a tablet if you so choose!

A built-in bonus with these exercises is the possibility of using these to introduce composing with your students by having your students place their hands on different spots on the keyboard!

If this sounds like a solution you've been needing, be sure to download Finger Tapz today and get working with your students' fingers!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-FTS2-DG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Turn note reading into a lively, competitive game with the Treble Clef Spoons Game! Based on the classic game of spoons, this activity helps students practice spelling and identifying notes in the treble clef while having fun.
How to Play:

1. Set Up:

• Choose whether to play with 3-letter words or 4-letter words. Each word corresponds to note names (e.g., CAB, EFG).
• Deal each student a card with a word on it. Ensure that there’s one less spoon than the number of players and place the spoons in the center of the table.

1. Gameplay:

• Students sit in a circle, and the teacher deals four note name cards to each player. The rest of the note name cards are placed in a draw pile.
• The goal is for students to collect the note name cards needed to spell the word on their card. They do this by drawing one card from the draw pile and discarding one card to the player on their left.
• Students pass cards around the circle quickly, trying to collect the letters they need.

1. Grabbing Spoons:

• As soon as a player successfully spells their word, they grab a spoon from the center of the table.
• Once one player grabs a spoon, all other players must quickly try to grab a spoon too.
• The player who is left without a spoon is out of the round.

1. Winning the Game:

• The game continues until only one player is left or until you decide to start a new round.

Why You’ll Love It:

• Interactive Learning: Reinforces treble clef note reading in a fast-paced, engaging way.
• Customizable Difficulty: Choose between 3-letter and 4-letter words to match your students' skill levels.
• Fun for All Ages: Perfect for young music students who are learning note names, this game combines learning with fun competition.

Perfect for:

• Music Classrooms: A fantastic group activity for reinforcing note reading and spelling in a fun, social setting.
• Piano Lessons: Ideal for individual or small group lessons to practice treble clef note identification.
• At-Home Practice: Parents can use this game to help their child improve note recognition skills while playing.

Add the Treble Clef Spoons Game to your teaching toolkit and watch your students eagerly master their note reading skills through fun and friendly competition!

We're BACK and for 2022 in the follow-up to the #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music" series, we now bring you....

Part EIGHT!

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 2-4 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 2022 hit list:

• Enemy, Imagine Dragons
• Something in the Way, Nirvana (from The Batman)
• Good 4 U, Olivia Rodrigo
• We Don't Talk About Bruno, Encanto
• Easy on Me, Adele
• Butter, BTS
• Cold Heart, Dua Lipa/Elton John
• Ghost, Justin Bieber
• Heat Waves, Glass Animals
• Bad Habits, 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!

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All the previous versions can be found here:

Identify Form in Pop Music

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 FIVE

Identify Form in Pop Music PART SIX

Identify Form in Pop Music PART SEVEN

Tap away your finger number problems with these tapping pages we call FINGER TAPZ!

Finger Tapz is a set of exercises you can assign students to work on learning their finger numbers as well as finger dexterity.

Finger Tapz Set 5 includes 125 exercises on 25 pages that all start with Finger 5.

Each page in the set features 5 rows each colored differently so students know which row to play. The fun of Finger Tapz happens when you choose a random starting point and tell students to play up and down, side to side, diagonally, or in whatever direction giving students a variety of ways to tap through the page.

Here's how the exercises work, you place the selected page(s) in front of the student and have them tap those fingers either on a solid surface, their lap, or even on the keys! You can also keep these digitally and pull them up on a tablet if you so choose!

A built-in bonus with these exercises is the possibility of using these to introduce composing with your students by having your students place their hands on different spots on the keyboard!

If this sounds like a solution you've been needing, be sure to download Finger Tapz today and get working with your students' fingers!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-FTS5-DG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Add a fun and educational twist to your music lessons with our Staff Spelling Bee! This engaging resource includes five different practice pages to help students master note names and improve their spelling skills using bass and treble clefs.

• 2 Treble Clef Pages: Practice spelling with three-letter and four-letter words.
• 2 Bass Clef Pages: Practice spelling with three-letter and four-letter words.
• 1 Challenge Page: A combined exercise featuring both bass and treble clefs with five or more letter words for added difficulty.

Each page comes with an answer key for easy grading or self-assessment. This versatile resource can be used as a fun classroom game, a targeted practice session, or a valuable homework assignment. Perfect for reinforcing note reading and spelling in a creative and interactive way!

Enhance your students' musical skills and make learning fun with the Staff Spelling Bee!

In "Twos Company" students will see two 4-beat rhythmic examples on the powerpoint and will split amongs their peers as a duet and read the rhythms down, with instruments, vocalizing, or however you please!

Students can be the "1" part or the "2" part or you can call individuals to sight read, or split it up any way you wish.

There are 25 different examples with inflections, style, and background grooves to keep you going (at different tempi if you'd like)

In this resource, it encompasses quarter notes, quarter rests, half notes, dynamics (forte and piano), and repeat signs into a canon exercise (to be repeated 4 times)

You can play these on boomwhackers, classroom percussion, Orff, recorders, or whatever you'd like.

Part II coming soon with extended rhythms and more!

We've got another interactive game you can use with your students on your teaching screens!

Our SCHOOL SUPPLIES WORD RHYTHMS INTERACTIVE GAME is a great way to not only review beats and rhythms at the start of the year, but tie in technology as well!

This interactive resource is intended to be used in tandem with our School Supply Word Rhythms Packet but can be used on its own! (We will have a bundle with both resources coming soon!

The file is a presentation software fomat that you can upload and use with popular presentation applications such as Google Slides, Mac Keynote, and Microsoft PowerPoint, and you can try to upload this to Google Classroom as well.

School Supply Word Rhythms uses icons, notation, and words to review Quarter Notes, 8th Notes, 16th Notes, and 1 8th-2 16th patterns. There is also a set of slides in the file for you to review or introduce the icons and their words with the number of sounds.

In the presentation file, you will have the following slides after the title and direction slides:

• Pencil Icon
• Pen Icon
• Highlighter Icon
• Colored Pencil Icon
• Pencil Icon with the word
• Pen Icon with the word
• Highlighter Icon with the word
• Colored Pencil Icon with the word
• Pencil Icon with the word and number of sounds
• Pen Icon with the word and number of sounds
• Highlighter Icon with the word and number of sounds
• Colored Pencil Icon with the word and number of sounds
• Quarter and 8th Notes as icons: Pens and Pencils
• Quarter Notes, 8th Notes, 1 8th-2 16ths as icons: Pens, Pencils, and Highlighters.
• Quarter Notes, 8th Notes, 1 8th-2 16ths, and 16th notes as icons: Pens, Pencils, Highlighters, and Colored Pencils.
• Quarter and 8th Notes as notation.
• Quarter Notes, 8th Notes, 1 8th-2 16ths as notation.
• Quarter Notes, 8th Notes, 1 8th-2 16ths, and 16th notes as notation.
• Quarter and 8th Notes as wrods: Pens and Pencils
• Quarter Notes, 8th Notes, 1 8th-2 16ths as words: Pens, Pencils, and Highlighters.
• Quarter Notes, 8th Notes, 1 8th-2 16ths, and 16th notes as words: Pens, Pencils, Highlighters, and Colored Pencils.

To play the game, simply select the slide you'd like to use with your kids, drag the icons, notes, words to the blank squares on the slide and you've composed your own rhythm! It's that easy! Everything else is locked down so the only moveable objects in the slides are the icons/notes/words to compose with. You are also welcome to move the slides around as you see fit for your classes.

We hope that you have fun and have a great experience with this interactive resource!

If you find that you enjoy this resource, be sure to leave a review and rating here so other teachers can find the resource! Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-SWRI-DG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Enhance your students' rhythm skills with Rhythm Note Duration Speed Tests, a fun and effective way to reinforce note duration knowledge! This product includes two different types of speed tests designed to help students quickly and accurately identify the number of beats each note and rest receives, building their confidence and fluency in music reading.

What’s Included:

1. Single Note Duration Speed Test:

• Each square contains one note or rest.
• Students must quickly identify how many beats the note or rest gets.
• Notes and rests included: quarter note, eighth note, half note, dotted half note, whole note, and their corresponding rests.

1. Combined Note Duration Speed Test:

• Each square contains two different notes or rests.
• Students must quickly identify how many beats each note or rest gets, then add them together.
• Notes and rests included: quarter note and rest, eighth note and rest, half note and rest, dotted half note, whole note and rest.

Bonus:

• Answer Key Included: An easy-to-use answer key is provided for both types of speed tests, making it simple for teachers to check students’ work quickly and accurately.

How It Works:

• Engaging Practice: These speed tests are perfect for quick drills, timed tests, or competitive games to see who can identify note durations the fastest.
• Reinforce Learning: The first test focuses on individual note durations, helping students solidify their understanding. The second test challenges them to combine durations, improving their ability to add and recognize rhythms in a musical context.
• Flexible Use: Ideal for classroom activities, homework, or as a fun, timed challenge during lessons.

Why You’ll Love It:

• Boosts Speed & Accuracy: Designed to help students quickly recognize and calculate note durations, essential for sight-reading and performing music.
• Simple & Effective: Easy to implement in any music lesson, with clear instructions and a focus on key rhythmic concepts.
• Versatile Resource: Suitable for a wide range of music students, from beginners who are just learning note values to more advanced students who need a quick refresher.

Perfect for:

• Music Classrooms: A great tool for reinforcing rhythm skills in a group setting, encouraging friendly competition and rapid learning.
• Private Lessons: Use these worksheets as a quick warm-up or challenge to keep students engaged and focused.
• At-Home Practice: Parents can use these speed tests to support their child's music education in a fun and interactive way.

With Rhythm Note Duration Speed Tests, you’ll give your students the tools they need to become rhythm masters. Plus, with the included answer key, you’ll save time and ensure accurate grading. Add this resource to your teaching toolkit and watch as your students' speed, accuracy, and confidence with rhythm notation soar!

Tap away your finger number problems with these tapping pages we call FINGER TAPZ!

Finger Tapz is a set of exercises you can assign students to work on learning their finger numbers as well as finger dexterity.

Finger Tapz Set 4 includes 125 exercises on 25 pages that all start with Finger 4.

Each page in the set features 5 rows each colored differently so students know which row to play. The fun of Finger Tapz happens when you choose a random starting point and tell students to play up and down, side to side, diagonally, or in whatever direction giving students a variety of ways to tap through the page.

Here's how the exercises work, you place the selected page(s) in front of the student and have them tap those fingers either on a solid surface, their lap, or even on the keys! You can also keep these digitally and pull them up on a tablet if you so choose!

A built-in bonus with these exercises is the possibility of using these to introduce composing with your students by having your students place their hands on different spots on the keyboard!

If this sounds like a solution you've been needing, be sure to download Finger Tapz today and get working with your students' fingers!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-FTS4-DG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Help your students master intervals with the Intervals Speed Test! This engaging and challenging resource is designed to reinforce interval recognition, ensuring that students can quickly and accurately identify both the interval number and its quality.
What’s Included:

1. Interval Number Speed Test:

• Students identify the interval number (e.g., 2nd, 3rd, 4th) for each given pair of notes.
• Covers all intervals from Perfect Unison to Perfect Octave.

1. Interval Number and Quality Speed Test:

• Students identify both the interval number and its quality (e.g., Major 3rd, Minor 6th, Perfect 5th).
• Includes all interval types from Perfect Unison to Perfect Octave.

Bonus:

• Answer Key Included: An answer key is provided for both speed tests, making it easy for teachers to quickly check students’ work and provide feedback.

How It Works:

• Interval Recognition Practice: These speed tests are perfect for drilling interval identification, helping students to internalize interval patterns and improve their sight-reading and aural skills.
• Two Levels of Difficulty: Start with the Interval Number Speed Test to build a solid foundation, then progress to the Interval Number and Quality Speed Test for a more advanced challenge.
• Flexible Use: Ideal for timed quizzes, classroom competitions, or individual practice.

Why You’ll Love It:

• Boosts Speed & Accuracy: Designed to help students quickly and confidently identify intervals, a crucial skill in music theory and performance.
• Simple & Effective: Easy to incorporate into your lessons, with clear instructions and a focus on essential interval concepts.
• Versatile Resource: Suitable for students of all levels, from beginners who are just learning intervals to more advanced students who need to refine their skills.

Perfect for:

• Music Classrooms: An excellent tool for reinforcing interval recognition in a group setting, encouraging friendly competition and rapid learning.
• Private Lessons: Use these worksheets as a quick warm-up or challenge to keep students engaged and focused.
• At-Home Practice: Parents can use these speed tests to support their child’s music education in a fun and interactive way.

With the Intervals Speed Test, your students will develop the skills they need to recognize intervals quickly and accurately. The included answer key makes it easy to assess progress and ensure accurate learning. Add this resource to your teaching toolkit and watch as your students' interval recognition skills soar!