Kari Kaps

Vocal timbre can be a challenging concept, but younger singers have the capability to shine in identifying timbre! Use "Big Yellow Taxi" to teach singers descriptive words for each cover artist's voice. This Resource Includes:A complete lesson plan from introduction of "Timbre" to creating an anchor chart of descriptors to applying the knowledge in "Big Yellow Taxi."Links to YouTube recordings.Printable worksheet.Digitally fillable worksheet option (select "Make each student a copy" on Google Cl

Star Wars fans, rejoice! Bring your favorite movie themes into your digital classroom with these exciting, eye-catching choice charts or agendas. Put them in your Google Classroom at the top of the stream or project them on your interactive whiteboard. Use them as a shared screen when recording on Zoom to discuss your students' options. Use them for as long or short of a time period as needed. **These are blank templates that are themed for Star Wars Day. You will need to input your own curricul

Bring spring into your digital or physical classroom with these beautiful, eye-catching weekly agendas. Put them in your Google Classroom at the top of the stream or project them on your interactive whiteboard so students know what to expect every day. Details11 different slide images to meet your students' needs and your classroom theme.Editable text including: Your name, Class details (subject, period, etc.), very flexible daily breakdown.Google Drive file shared directly to your drive.Source

Winter-themed composition cards allow your students to practice using tika-ti and ti-tika with fun words. A blank page is also included so that your students can create their own themed words if they choose. Suggestions for use: Print a few sets of cards on colored paper and laminate. Number each set and put in containers (I use baggies) so that students can easily put things away. Have students create 4-8 beat rhythms to perform. Alternate with a short Halloween song A-B-A style. Print and go.

Get to know your students better through music while having them work together with their family members! This great SEL activity connects students with family members who can be a strong support system for them. Getting to know more about their family's experience with music can empower our kids to have great experiences themselves. This Resource Includes:Google Slides presentation with eye-catching colors and simple to read questions.Editable text boxes for students to write their responses in

Halloween-themed composition cards allow your students to practice using tika-ti and ti-tika with fun words. A blank page is also included so that your students can create their own themed words if they choose. Suggestions for use: Print a few sets of cards on colored paper and laminate. Number each set and put in containers (I use baggies) so that students can easily put things away. Have students create 4-8 beat rhythms to perform. Alternate with a short Halloween song A-B-A style. Print and g

FULLY EDITABLE PRODUCT! Use this Music Jeopardy game to engage kids. Whether your district has asked for enrichment-style activities or you just need to give families options to get their kids engaged, this game will help! Some ideas to keep kids coming back: • Get a leaderboard going on your classroom website • Have parents initial each box to show that students completed the activity • "Unlock" extra activities by completing a certain dollar amount This file will download as a .pptx file. You

Standalone Sight Singing LessonTopics: Melodic: Perfect 4ths (P4)Rhythmic: Dotted Quarter + Eighth Notes (in Quarter Time)Sight singing doesn't have to come straight from the textbook!Use Standalone Sight Singing lessons to enhance what you already do in your choral rehearsals. Spend time focusing on specific skills that translate to everyday literature in 5-10 minute increments daily. We know our students learn best when it is 1. Focused and 2. Fun. Choose as much or as little of the lesson to

Bring spring into your digital classroom with these beautiful, eye-catching choice charts. Using the National Arts Standards, you are able to adapt any choice chart for grades K-12. Create. Perform. Respond. Connect. Put them in your Google Classroom at the top of the stream or project them on your interactive whiteboard. Use them as a shared screen when recording on Zoom to discuss your students' options. Use them for as long or short of a time period as needed. Details11 different slide image

Bring the wild into your digital classroom with these beautiful, eye-catching choice charts or agendas. Put them in your Google Classroom at the top of the stream or project them on your interactive whiteboard. Animal prints are great to partner with classroom themes, science units, or just getting your inner wild child out! Use them as a shared screen when recording on Zoom to discuss your students' options. Use them for as long or short of a time period as needed. Details9 different slide ima

"My Musical Family" allows us to get to know our students a little better at any point in the year! I use it with the Grade 3 Silver-Burdett "Making Music" curriculum's "Family Tree" (Tom Chapin) song. The uses are endless! If you enjoy including purposeful SEL activities, this can help you and your students illuminate how music brings families together. Print and go. Partner activity. SEL.

Distance & E-Learning Composition ActivityHousehold Sounds Compositions Encourage your students to keep hearing and dictating the music around them! Students listen for sounds in their everyday life using a pictorial sound bank. Then, students dictate 2 measures of the sound. What does the washing machine sound like? tika tika tika ta | tika tika ta ta || What does the baby sound like? ta-ah z z | z z tika ta || For younger students or an adaptive experience, encourage students to use non-trad

Get great feedback from your elementary students! Have them use this fun to fill out "story" about their year in your music classroom. Illustrations, "about me" style story writing encourages students to write and answer candidly. This Resource Includes:Google Form that is TOTALLY EDITABLE!Multiple choice and free response options.*** Asterisks signify where you personalize the given story for your school's name.You will receive:In this resource, you receive a Google Drive folder including mult

Encourage your students to choose songs that describe a feeling, situation, or other part of their lives with this activity! Useful either online or off, students can practice emotional awareness by creating a mixtape of songs that make them feel exciting/angry/sad/calm. Alternately, students can pull from memories or interview someone else to create a mixtape as a gift. This Resource Includes:Google Slides that can be edited for your needs, including teacher instruction boxes.Eye-catching colo

Using a "Brites" theme in your classroom? You must have these 2-inch numbering circles to label book bins, shared classroom resources, and any other number of things! These super cute numbering circles have an ombre, dotted border and easy-to-read, pretty colors. To print: - Make sure you have the page size set to Letter or 8.5x11 Portrait - Do not scale the image - I recommend using slightly heavier paper to keep these resources useful the whole year! Add velcro dots to the back and they a

Use this large treble staff and traceable treble clef sheet to help early learners of the treble clef master a resource they already have - their hand! By encouraging them to trace their own hand, we reinforce that space notes are in between the fingers and line notes are on the tips of fingers. Worksheet is printable in PDF format. Two options are offered - one with instructions and one without. You may add a text box to include your own instructions if you prefer!

These "I Can" statements are great assessments for treble clef lines. Print them on colorful paper and display for locker decor, parent-teacher conference discussion pieces, or anything else you can imagine. Assessment. Simple. Print and go. Display.

Found Percussion Discovery Journal This journal allows students to log their "found percussion" instruments while at home. Students practice identifying pitched and un-pitched percussion through this activity. Encourage students to watch videos of "Stomp!" or other found percussion ensembles to partner listening with this activity. Printable. E-learning. Digital Distance Days.

Creating CD's or DVD's of your school's concert? Students love coloring in these album covers and cutting them out for CD jewel cases. If you already plan on using jewel cases, these can add a cool personal touch. Need an end-of-semester activity? Have a "wrapping party" and wrap up the CDs in colorful paper or add bows! DISCLAIMER: This CD case does not fit every jewel case which is why it is a free resource. You may have to cut the square down further. This is worth warning your kids about "b

Woodwind Family Interactive Choice BoardGet your kids interacting with the woodwind family! This choice board shares direct instructions with your students on how to interact by singing, watching, listening, and sharing opinions on instruments of the woodwind family. This choice board works best for 1:1 or eLearning certified schools. Below are some "alternate," uses for the board. How to use the product: Google Classroom: Create an assignment and be sure to select the "make a new copy for each