Teaching music

A fun body percussion play along and a rhythm play along in one activity? Yep! It’s perfect for elementary music classes. Students will love playing rhythms using body percussion moves. TIP #1 PROVIDE MULTIPLE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Teaching rhythms doesn’t have to be all about clapping! Rhythm activities can include many different learning opportunities like; SAYING […]

It’s said that having a musical education can help your brain to develop stronger in other educational areas as well. While I whole-heartedly support that, I know firsthand how difficu…

Learn how to practice rhythms with this budget-friendly and fun rhythm game in your elementary music classroom.

So, I absolutely LOVE the anchor charts I’ve been seeing on blogs and on Pinterest. Apparently, anchor charts are supposed to be minimalistic so as not to confuse the children with extra inf…

The next step to our rhythm lessons is to add rests to the icons we know how to read. We are only going to use quarter note rests that get one beat. They will be named "rest" for the purpose of reading and clapping the rhythm. Instead of clapping on the rest we will take our hands and give a beat into the air. We do want the children to feel that beat and not to do nothing on the rest. Even a rest gets a beat! For example, if we were reading and clapping Ta Ta Ti-Ti Rest it would look like…

Description Treble clef note identification music worksheets ready to print and go! Great for distance learning and assessment of note identification for music class. TpT Digital Activity included. Students can type answers onto the music worksheets. Music assessment for students learning to identify note names on the treble staff. These are great printables and perfect to use to collect data for SLOs. Simple NO PREP assessments for elementary music teachers like me who see their classes…

These simple Fall/Autumn themed worksheets focus on note and rest length, printing practice, music math, bar lines, time signatures, composing rhythms and much more. This set contains 30 pages + 30 pages with answers. #elmused #music #musicworksheets#musiceducation #Fall #Rhythm #AMStudio

Worksheets: How to Read Music. I guess I need to learn how to read music in order to learn how to play the piano (and the guitar.)

Whether you’re a new teacher or a returning teacher, there’s always a core set of materials you need to be effective. When I first began teaching I had a guitar and a schedule. Then I was given the Making Music Series- but no scope and sequence. It was difficult to organize all of the materials […]

It is now time to add rests to our music. This is basically the same lesson as lesson 8 but it includes the quarter rests. The addition of the rest means there are a lot more options for grouping the notes in sets of 4. Just a reminder that the rest gets one beat just as the quarter note does. Whenever the children are reading and clapping music it is important that the rest be "felt" even though there is no sound. For this lesson you may want to add instruments for variety. I always told my…