Elementary Elvis

Sort your candy by the rhythm of their name! Put each piece in the correct bag. Cut out the candy pieces and place the bags on floor. Have students match the candy to the correct bag!

Students will learn a little about Elvis Presley's life through a short biography. There are 10 questions to assess them on what they just read.

An instrument is hiding on each slide. A few clues are shared. Your students can guess which instrument is hiding! Click the Halloween images to reveal the answer on each slide!

Great for Christmas parties! Players try to guess the Christmas carol based on the picture shown. Answers are included.

This is a great activity for older elementary school to middle school students. They will get to perceptively listen to scary themes (Jason, Michael, Freddy) and then create their own villain and theme song. Students can even upload a drawing if you wish. They can create their theme using Beep Box (or you can edit the slides to use chrome music lab, splice, etc of your choice). Be sure to "make a copy for each student" when sharing on Google Classroom.

Your music students will answer Christmas questions to notate a Christmas song. Once they've notated it, they can play or sing it to figure out what tune it is.

Younger students will enjoy this coloring activity in the spring! This sheet features quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, whole notes and quarter rests.

Students will love this energetic game! Divide your class into two teams (personalize it yourself with you school colors if you wish!) One black team, one gold team. One member from each team will come forward to your interactive board or projector. A note will be displayed and the first one to shout out the correct answer gets a point for their team! The answer will also be displayed after they answer so this would be a good thing to leave for the sub or to assign for practice at home. Don't ha

Students will compose their own body percussion rhythms with this template. Great to leave for a sub or a good time filler. They can have fun performing for their classmates.

A great game to play close to Valentine's day in music class or in your Valentine's Day parties in your classroom. You will need a way to play these songs (I use Spotify) Amazon music or YouTube would work too. Students will write their answers on the sheet of who they think sang the song. Project the musician bank on your smart board or print it off.

Students will love this energetic game! Divide your class into two teams (personalize it yourself with you school colors if you wish!) One black team, one gold team. One member from each team will come forward to your interactive board or projector. A note will be displayed and the first one to shout out the correct answer gets a point for their team! The answer will also be displayed after they answer so this would be a good thing to leave for the sub or to assign for practice at home. Need ex

A great game to play close to Valentine's day in music class or in your Valentine's Day parties in your classroom. You will need a way to play these songs (I use Spotify) Amazon music or YouTube would work too. Students will write their answers on the sheet of who they think sang the song. Project the musician bank on your smart board or print it off.

Students will be ready for summer with this quick time signature worksheet. Students will match each rhythmic example to the correct bucket (time signature). Take it a step further and clap each rhythm together in class.

This is a great activity for a Christmas party or substitute or just some fun in your classroom. You'll find 8 Christmas carols and their notations. Students will draw a line to match each carol to the correct notes. This can be used by ear or playing an instrument. This would be a great online resource as well to use with a virtual piano.

Students can become super creative with this project! This is a good lesson for the end of the year or anytime! Research a composer. Look for details about his/her life. Select an image (Croc charm)  online that can be used to convey their life. For example, if the composer was from France, use a French Flag or an Eiffel Tower charm! Get creative!

Students can work alone or with a partner to create spooky rhythms. They can perform them for their class! Students need to think of something having to do with Halloween (skull, bat, skeleton, jack-o-lantern) and think of the rhythm it makes (ex- "skull" = quarter note). They need to draw their item, notate it and print the word if you desire.

Music jeopardy! Categories are instruments, composers and folk songs!

Use Chuck Berry's legendary "Run Run Rudolph" to have your students play along to a rockin' Christmas song! Students keep the steady beat throughout the song. Only a few notes are used so this isn't too complicated. This would be great for an elementary music classroom and a beginning band mallet section to practice with. Slides include the words so you can sing along!

Students will have fun writing their own blues verses with this easy to follow template. File includes an example sheet. Have fun!

Students will match their candy to the correct bags in this rhythm activity. Perfect for Halloween time!