Joel Rick

This is a worksheet designed to go along with the Disney movie/musical the Newsies, with an emphasis on qualities for the music classroom. The worksheet is split into 4 sections, each roughly corresponding with a half-hour of movie time and covers a variety of character and plot questions and questions about the music in the show and how it is used. It was designed for upper elementary students and junior high school students in the music classroom but could easily be adapted for a social studie

This is an activity for vocabulary review in the Elementary Music Classroom. This activity uses the basic setup of Wizard Dueling as described in the Harry Potter series and applies it to vocabulary review. This is a fun and exciting game to help students review music vocabulary and their definitions. The product contains rules and a list of items for the game, and a list of music vocabulary words for K-2 and 3-5 settings. When I use this game in the classroom I also include some of the spells f

This is a concert kit based on a holiday concert (Halloween) I did with my 3rd Grade class. Finding interesting and unique holiday concerts that fit the kids we teach can be tough, and this product is designed as a starting point for those who are looking for something a little different this holiday season. The kit includes: story description, character names/list, prop list, song list, and lines and stage directions split up by scene. Feel free to edit and change whatever you'd like on this;

This is a concert kit based on a holiday concert I did with my 4th Grade class. Finding interesting and unique holiday concerts that fit the kids we teach can be tough, and this product is designed as a starting point for those who are looking for something a little different this holiday season. The kit includes: story description, character names/list, prop list, song list, and lines and stage directions split up by scene. Feel free to edit and change whatever you'd like on this; sub in diffe

This is a basic worksheet to give students a place to start when creating their very own blues song. The three prompts I, Then, and End, are to provide a basic framework for lyrics that can then be put over a 12-bar blues chord progression. They are easy to understand and broad enough that kids can be creative and come up with whatever whacky story they want to!

This is an information worksheet for the recorder program I have developed, Recorder Tai-Kwon-Do. This is a derivative of the popular Recorder Karate series, but is in no way associated with or tied to that particular series. This product does not include the actual songs or sheet music for it, it simply provides the basic information about which belts go with which songs and how many errors students are allowed for each song. This also gives information on belt tests and when they can and canno

This is a simple form for students wishing to purchase a recorder from the school. It contains multiple spaces for including the school name, teacher name, and price for recorders.

This is a worksheet to go along with the Mozart's Opera the Magic Flute. It contains 17 questions about the Opera and it's characters split into two worksheets. It is suitable for mid to upper elementary grades and goes through basic questions about the plot and characters of the Magic Flute. This is a great resource for anyone doing a section on Opera or on Mozart and his works!

The long-awaited answer key for my popular worksheet created to accompany the 1992 Disney music, The Newsies.