Snap Clap Patterson Music

This product is a PDF of a simple Orff arrangement I wrote to accompany the children's book We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell. It is a wonderful book to use anytime of the year, but especially in November in honor of Native American Heritage Month since it shares about the Cherokee Nation. It is also great to use around Thanksgiving time and have discussions about gratitude. The simple three part Orff arrangement could be easily adapted to use with different grade levels. For exam

Mr. Music is a fun instrument activity sung to the familiar tune of BINGO, making it an instant hit with Grades PreK-2! The first time through, have your students sing in unison, clapping out the rhythm and becoming familiar with how to spell the word "music". Discuss the various classroom percussion instruments that will be used and how to correctly play them. Then divide your class into small groups and have everyone play their assigned instrument at the right time. I like to have everyone s

Why just say the classroom rules when you can sing them? I wrote the STAR song years ago as a way to make reviewing our music class expectations fun and engaging. Since I only see my students once a week, we sing this song every time they enter the music room. It only takes a minute and it gets them singing and focused right away on shining like the stars they are! Not only are we reviewing our classroom rules but we are also consistently reviewing several important music concepts like beat ve

Movement awakens the mind and body and has been proven to help students internalize music better! Here are three fun movement ideas to try with your students when listening to Edvard Grieg's exciting piece "In The Hall of the Mountain King"!

This product contains several of the teacher made items I use when teaching my Ukulele Unit each year. Included are our Learning Intentions, Success Criteria Checklist, Peer Feedback Glows and Grow Sentence Stems and an Assessment Rubric.

Los Machetes is a traditional folk dance from the Jalisco region of Mexico. This free resource lists the choreography steps I used when teaching it as a rhythm stick routine to my elementary students for Hispanic Heritage Month. Enjoy!