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JECamitzzi

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Cape May Court House, New Jersey, United States
About the store
I've been a middle school music teacher since January 2003. One of those years, I split my time and also worked at the high school teaching a music course (Music A-Z) for non-musical students. Now, I teach general music and choir to sixth, seventh, and eighth graders and love it.
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Preview of Beauty and the Beast  Bullying Worksheet

Beauty and the Beast Bullying Worksheet

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This worksheet pairs with the Disney version of Beauty and the Beast. It is a movie question worksheet to help students see how bullying is every where and how they can help stop it. It is a great way to start or end a bullying discussion.
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Wall-E Movie Worksheet

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This worksheet is to be paired with the movie Wall-E. Created in a cute, computer dot like font, the scenes are broken up on the worksheet just like the DVD, they are mostly titles of the underscore. Students write what kind of emotions they think the movies writers were trying to portray in each scene of Wall-E using hints from the underscore (much of it is from "Hello, Dolly!").
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Musical Passport

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Travel the musical world with this music passport (US). This mock United States passport allows students to keep a record of all the musical journeys they will take in your class! One marking period we go to one country/region every class in my 6th grade music classes. I pair this with "The World's Music Audio Program" by Holt McDougal, but you can use it with anything you do in class.
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Melody Writing Blank Manuscript

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This is a great blank manuscript paper for beginners to write simple melodies. Four lines for three measures each. Treble clef already on the first line so students can copy on the rest of the lines. Students can add their own time signatures, tempo, dynamics and even their own lyrics.
Preview of Music Elements PowerPoint

Music Elements PowerPoint

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Notes on the Music Elements- Texture, Timbre/Tone Color, Duration, Form/Structure, Dynamics, Pitch, Tempo, Silence Notes with examples if each- also included is basics like staff, measure, and time signatures. I have used this as a review for 6th-12th graders, depending on music knowledge level. A UEQ is a Unit Essential Question, and can be adapted to fit your lesson plan needs. Originally created in Keynote (Mac), this is converted to PowerPoint so you may need to change some of the build in a
Preview of Music Elements in Keynote

Music Elements in Keynote

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JECamitzzi
Notes on the Music Elements- Texture, Timbre/Tone Color, Duration, Form/Structure, Dynamics, Pitch, Tempo, Silence Notes with examples if each- also included is basics like staff, measure, and time signatures. I have used this as a review for 6th-12th graders, depending on music knowledge level. A UEQ is a Unit Essential Question, and can be adapted to fit your lesson plan needs. PowerPoint Version also available. Pairs with Music Elements foldable.
Preview of It's Elementary, my Dear Musician- Elements Bulletin Board/Word Wall

It's Elementary, my Dear Musician- Elements Bulletin Board/Word Wall

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I have a free bulletin board idea that can be used with these. This is 9 pages long. Each page is a different element of music and can be added to your word wall as you teach them. They do not have definitions with the idea that they can stay up and when students see them they are reminded of the information you want them to remember. Please leave comments about how you use this product in your room and rate this product. Also, follow me at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Jecamitzzi En
Preview of Sound Lab- Music Class Experimenting

Sound Lab- Music Class Experimenting

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This booklet helps students organize their findings as they explore music by experimenting with instruments, watching videos of both professional performances, and how science and music connect and finally by creating and performing music and critiquing themselves and their classmates. What they do, hear, and see is up to you. This just helps your students organize their thoughts in a way you can assess.
Preview of Elements of Music Word Wall- Bulletin Board

Elements of Music Word Wall- Bulletin Board

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This is a free bulletin board/ word wall idea for the elements of music: "It's Elementary, my dear musician!" Pitch, Duration, Dynamics, Structure, Timbre, Silence, Tempo, Texture Each element "vocabulary word" gets a page and you put words, symbols or images on that page to remind the students what each word is. For dynamics, there are the markings pp-ff and < and >. On the timbre page there is a list of adjectives the students can use when describing the tone color of pieces we listen to
Preview of The Composer is Dead- Listening Activity

The Composer is Dead- Listening Activity

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This worksheet pairs with the book and/or CD of Lemony Snicket's "The Composer is Dead." It is a great little story that allows an inspector to move through the entire orchestra interviewing instruments searching for the murderer of "the composer". It may seem scary, but it isn't, in fact it's quite silly. Listening skills are very important. This worksheet has students list the instruments within the section it belongs and write a funny fact about each. At the end the inspector quickly reviews
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Musicial Artist Report

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This is a guide to give students to create a project, mostly written, about their favorite musical artist. They are to include many details about the performers musical life- listed on the worksheet and add a few extras in for flavor. They must also provide an example of the performers music. It clearly states on the paper that this song should have no curses or inappropriate lyrics. I let students know they will have lunch detention AND I will call home if they do not take the time to listen to
Preview of Bookmark- New Words

Bookmark- New Words

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This bookmark is perfect for any age! While reading, we rarely want to stop the flow of a story to look up a word. One usually has an idea of meaning from context clues, but it would be nice to know what it means exactly. With this bookmark you can write down the new word with the page number it's on and look any new words when you are finished reading for the day. If a words meaning was totally different than what you expected, you can go back to the page and reread the section for better unde
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Duration Quiz

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Simple quiz where students to fill in the blanks for symbol, name, or duration of notes and rest when a 4 is on the bottom of a time signature. Whole, half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes and rest, as well as staccato, legato, and fermata markings.
Preview of Elements of Music Foldable

Elements of Music Foldable

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This foldable is for the elements of music: Dynamics, Tempo, Duration, Pitch, Texture, Timbre/Tone Color, Form/Structure and Silence. It folds into a brochure that makes it easy for students to look up information as they identify/use/manipulate the elements in your class! After listing all the elements at the top, this brochure has a header with the name of each element allowing students to take notes, write definitions and list examples for each element in a neat structured way. This foldable
Preview of Clef Quiz

Clef Quiz

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Ten Question Clef Quiz. Asks for both names and treble and bass clefs as well as three notes in each. A great way to find out what they know when they walk in your class, or a very short assessment afterword.
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About the store

Experience

I've been a middle school music teacher since January 2003. One of those years, I split my time and also worked at the high school teaching a music course (Music A-Z) for non-musical students. Now, I teach general music and choir to sixth, seventh, and eighth graders and love it.

Teaching style

Student centered. There is information that you have to sometimes get up in front of the class and explain or demonstrate, but the more the kids are active, in mind and body, the better. I want them thinking and figuring out rather than me showing and them simply regurgitating. I also want them to create music every chance they get (except creating a rhythm on the desk while someone is speaking). Doing, listening, creating, performing- helps them learn it.

Awards & shining teacher moments

My choir is a Music in the Parks and Festival of Music ratings "Excellent" or "Superior" winner over multiple years, as well as Espirit de Corp award winners for many of those years. We have performed at MLB games singing the National Anthem.

My own education history

Lebanon Valley College- B.S. Elementary Education Minor- Music

Additional biographical information

I play bass guitar, tin whistle, flute (amongst others) and sing on my church worship team.