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Sylva, North Carolina, United States
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I am a k-8 music teacher and pianist with 23 years of experience teaching in the public schools as well as experience teaching in college and private piano. I hold a Master of Music degree in piano performance. I am also actively involved in church youth music ministry.
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First Grade Semester Music Curriculum | 20 Scripted Lesson Plans (NC 2024 Alig
First Grade Semester Music Curriculum | 20 Scripted Lesson Plans (NC 2024 Aligned) A complete, structured First Grade Music Curriculum with 20 ready-to-teach lessons, pacing guide, curriculum map, scope and sequence, and standards alignment. Are you tired of searching for random music activities that don’t connect? This complete First Grade Music Semester Curriculum gives you a fully structured plan for teaching music with confidence. Every lesson builds on the next, helping students de
K - 1st
Instrumental Music, Music, Vocal Music
Also included in:Â Music Curriculum K-8 Bundle. 333 Lesson Plans.
Music is Math Alive: Mathematical Principals of Rhythm
Energize and excite your students with this interactive, comprehensive power point on math and music integration. While designed for the music professional, this would be a valuable resource for any classroom teacher wanting to know more about math concepts found in music. This product would also be useful as a leadership tool for a professional development seminar for classroom teachers on math and music. This 354 page PDF/PPT is a multi-faceted instructional tool designed to guide students i
1st - 9th
Math, Music
Xylophone Coloring Sheets
The best resource ideas spring from the real-life everyday needs of the music classroom. This is a simple resource: a coloring sheet for Kindergarten, First Grade, designed to reinforce the color, letter, and solfege association of the handbells and xylophones. This activity helps students gain an understanding of the C scale family and the association between C, Do, Red. It helps with xylophone geography or finding the keys on the xylophones quickly. Tracing the Letters and Numbers helps wi
PreK - 2nd
Handwriting, Instrumental Music
Seven Essential Rhythm Patterns for Second Grade Music
Seven Exciting, Essential Rhythm Patterns for Second Grade curriculum! This is a zipped folder. The primary teaching resource is the ppt. I also included all of the sound files in the powerpoint. This resource is choose your own adventure. Choose from plain notation, Kodaly rhythm language, or counting method. Section 1 presents each pattern, including an audio loop of the rhythm. Section 2 is two pattern choice, great for a quick assessment. Section 3 is 4 pattern choice, presented as a
2nd - 3rd
Instrumental Music
Notating Music 3rd grade 1
Super Simple activity for first lesson of 3rd grade. This resource is a ready to print 1 page activity to prepare notating/composing music. The rhythm presented is Ta Ta Ti Ti Ta. Quarter Quarter Beamed Eighths, Quarter. 1. Students use the orff instruments and pitches D F A to improvise a 4 beat melodic ostinato using the above rhythm pattern. 2. Students use the worksheet to label the rhythms notes with the pitches they choose. 3. Students use the worksheet to TRACE the notation of
1st - 3rd
Music Composition
Magic Notes Seven: BAGE
Introducing Magic Notes 7! Designed for First Grade as a first introduction to musical pitch. This product teaches concepts of high low and lines and spaces on the staff. Note naming flashcards drill B A G E on the treble staff. Short melody patterns for first grade include colored notes matching the boom whackers for melodies using Sol La and Mi. Melody listening drill with included sound samples. The product is offered in a zipped folder containing a ppt with sealed graphics and a pdf.
1st - 2nd
Instrumental Music
Also included in:Â Magic Notes Bundle!
3 4 Time Rhythm Pattern Posters/Flashcards
3 4 Time Rhythm Flash Cards/Posters. Engage your students with this super simple set of rhythm patterns in 3 4 time. Most common patterns to print are patterns 1-13. Pattern Slides 14 through 57 include sixteenths and combined sixteenth/eighths. These are meant to be printed on cardstock, trimmed, and laminated. Attach a velcro dot to the back for a hands on use material in the classroom, or use as a pdf with your smart board. The zipped folder includes an editable power point and a seale
Not Specific
Instrumental Music
Rhythm Note Name Flash Cards
Simple and purposeful! I use these in every grade, every lesson. I needed something incredibly simple that was easy to introduce names of rhythm notes. These minecraft themed flash cards grab, and keep attention. This set includes a picture of the note on one side of an 8 by 11, with the name of the note, beat value, graphic hearts to show the beat value, and the Kodaly sound. Print in color, laminate, then attach a magnet to the back. Easy to stick to the whiteboard to make patterns. I
K - 3rd
Instrumental Music
One Beat Rhythms Food Composition
Hungry!?? Entice your student's with One Beat Rhythms, Food Composition. This very thorough PDF product offers different activities centered on the idea of using Food language to help students understand musical notation. Use 1: Print the 1st set of 13 slides in color on card stock and laminate, add magnet stickers. Use as a colorful display of rhythmic notation or as a composing station. Use 2: Print the next set of smaller food hearts in color or black and white and add to a baggie f
2nd - 3rd
Music Composition
Graphic Course Organizer and Map for Chorus, Music, Content Literacy
A great way to keep students on track and motivated! These graphic organizers are being required by our school in place of lesson plans, as our school is participating in a Content Literacy Continnum Pilot. I created my own version in word because I wanted something more graphically pleasing to the eye and easy to use. These organizers are applicable to every subject area! Simply click in a text box and retype your information. The course organizer presents the basic information to the stu
6th - 12th
Music
Also included in:Â Tools for Music Classroom Management Bundle
Boat Song Note Name Traceable
Boat Song Traceable! This is a very simple resource! One page Drawing/Tracing sheet for the Boat Song, which I use in lesson nine of my no-contact socially distanced music lessons. Geared towards first grade, but might also be useful for 2nd or even kindergarten. The first page is traceable only, and the second page is traceable with some notes blank so students have to recall and match the note names. This is prep to reading on the staff. I print this directly from the ppt for the best r
K - 2nd
Instrumental Music, Music Composition
Animal Food Chain Sight Word Game
I am so excited about this game! This is a game for practicing sight word recognition in a really fun way! It is simple and easy to play. The inspiration for this game came from the animal food chain game that we used to play in high school, but this is a brand new spin. There are 15 sets of words, 20 words in each set. To play, a student lays the cards out in any random order in a tall stack. Then they name the sight words, starting at the bottom and working towards the top. If they miss
K - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.L.6
Rhythm Composing Handout
Value your time! This quick handout is for 3rd-grade music but can be used with all upper elementary, early middle school grades. Super Simple, One Page. Students are asked to do four tasks based. Decode, notate, translate, and compose rhythms. This could be an exit ticket, a station, a sub activity, or homework. This resource only uses quarter notes, beamed eighth notes, beamed sixteenths, and quarter rests. I use Kodaly rhythms in my classroom: Ta, Ti Ti, Ti-ka-Ti-ka, Shhh.
3rd - 6th
Music Composition
Super Simple Seating Chart for Music Class
Super Simple Seating Chart for Music Class. This resource is easy! It has been an organizational life saver. Fill out one editable ppt page per class. I use this to help learn student names, hand out instruments, prepare for concerts, and guide behavior. It is a classroom management must have. As I assign instrument parts, I hand write the symbols next to each student's name for what they are playing, or the letter name of their bell or boom whacker note. I also hand write dates they are
Not Specific
Music
Sight Words Without Distractions
Sight Word Without Distractions is a sight word reading program designed to enable reading by students with special needs. One of my children has autism and a chromosone deletion. He is thirteen now and a fabulous reader! When he was five and learning to read, he loved books but got lost in the pictures. I created this program for him and it worked beautifully. This program is designed to simplify the sight word process by empowering students with mega focus ability- all they see is a black
PreK - 1st
Reading, Reading Strategies
Color by Rhythm Shamrock, Differentiated Levels
Super Simple and fun resource! Student worksheet to color by rhythm. Three coloring sheets, K-1, 2-3, 4-5. Or you decide the level that is appropriate for your students. Level 1: Students color by recognizing the kind of note it is - green for all quarter notes (Ta). Blue for all paired eighths (Ti Ti). Brown for all Rests (Quarter rest only.) Level 2: Color by beat count of rhythm using only quarter, beamed eighths, half, and quarter rests. (1 beat rhythms, 2 beat rhythms, and res
K - 5th
Graphic Arts, Instrumental Music, Music Composition
Teacher Care Kit
Build a teacher care kit! Teachers always care for others, but sometimes forget to care for themselves. This resource is super simple! A pretty check-list for the well-stocked teacher desk. There are many ways to use this resource. Simply print the check list and stock your desk for the days when life may throw a curve ball. Thinking and preparing in advance will bring you much needed comfort when you need it the most. Or, if you have an intern, grab a pretty box and fill it with the che
Not Specific
Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning
3 4 Time Composing Activity Valentines Theme
3 4 Time Composing Activity, Valentines Theme, a Product intended for 3rd or 4th grade. This product is a step-by-step guide to composing a four-measure rhythmic composition in 3 4 time. I am intending to use this resource as a guided activity in the music classroom, but it could as serve as an assessment or a follow-up resource for students to take home. Students work through different levels of Blooms, including identification, labeling, beat values, composing from pre-created patterns, com
3rd - 4th
Music Composition
Instrument Sort
This is a simple quick assessment or guided practice activity for the orchestra instrument families. Students sort instruments into either brass family or woodwind family. They write the names of the correct instruments in the boxes, reinforcing both spelling, word shape, and correct sorting. Names of the instruments are provided in a word bank. I made this partially to practice new skills in adobe illustrator and found it to be quick and easy to make thanks to the awesome KG font- teacher h
3rd - 4th
Music
Music Alphabet Practice Work Sheet
Very simple one page worksheet! Print as a follow up or homework activity for your older elementary students. Reinforces music alphabet, including sharps and flats. Part one works concept of alphabet names on the piano. Part two includes a pitch wheel, where they are asked to write sharp/flat alphabet names. Part three is a picture of a dulcimer fret board, they are only asked to memorize the first seven pitches. This resource is not about note names on the staff, but rather just the orde
5th
Instrumental Music
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About the store
Experience
I am a k-8 music teacher and pianist with 23 years of experience teaching in the public schools as well as experience teaching in college and private piano. I hold a Master of Music degree in piano performance. I am also actively involved in church youth music ministry.
Teaching style
I have a very energetic teaching style. I prefer to be in front of my group, leading the students through a variety of very quick paced activities. I love to include technology into all my lessons and I enjoy including lots of movement for all of my learners. I believe that to learn music, one must do it! My lessons incorporate elements of Orff, Kodaly, Improvisation, and a lot of multimedia. "Life is a Song, Love is the Music."
Awards & shining teacher moments
Summa Cum Laude, graduate
Frank Henley Piano Competition 2nd place
Frank Henley Piano Competition, 1st place
University of Louisiana Concerto Competition, 3rd place
Gardner Webb Concerto Competition, 1st place
Western Carolina Concerto Competition, 1st place
Swain County East Elementary Teacher of the Year, 2024-2025
Boyce Deitz Honored Educator Scholarship, 2025-2026
My own education history
Formal Education
North Carolina Teaching Certificate, Western Carolina University May 2004
Master of Music, University of Louisiana, Lafayette. May 2002
Bachelor of Arts in piano performance, Summa Cum Laude Western Carolina University, 2000
High School diploma with a concentration in percussion. North Carolina School of Arts 1995-1996
Private Teachers
2001-2002 Dr. Alexander Dossin, University of Louisiana
2000-2001 Dr. William Chapman Nyaho, University of
Louisiana
1996-2000 Dr. Lillian Pearson, Western Carolina
University
1995-1996 Dr. Clifton Mathews, North Carolina School of
Arts
1992-1995 Ivan Gibby, Bryson City, NC
Master classes
2000 Dr. Nellie Ben-Or, London Guildhall
Conservatory
Additional biographical information
I am a married mother of three beautiful children living in rural Western North Carolina. We farm our own food in the summer and I am dedicated to home food preservation. My own children have taught me so much about teaching. My oldest two are academically gifted, and my youngest has severe special needs. They are a constant source of joy and inspiration. The most important thing in my life is my relationship with Jesus and serving God in any way that I can. I strive to be an example for my children in everything I am and do. I delight in seeing others learn and in sharing the joys that music can bring.
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