Make Music in the Middle

Help your students get to know a new piece of choral music by using this study guide, provided here in both a PDF and editable .doc format! A bonus "Terms & Symbols" document is included for students to keep track of what they have learned. All files are in a zipped file. --> Please note: This study guide is designed to work on iPads (large spaces to write), but can be customized to work for other devices or to print more optimally. They DO have color, unless edited! How to use the gu

General music teachers, have you ever had your students watch "STOMP" and thought about incorporating it into your curriculum? Here is a composition project that teaches form (call & response), the creative process (composition & revision), and has students perform their own creative work. You can use standard notation or just write out the words to represent what you are doing, and students will learn rhythm without even realizing it. In this project, students watch STOMP's "Just Clap Your

As we head into the Winter Olympics, use this project to help students get more familiar with another country of the world. The first half of this download is a TEMPLATE slide show. Make any changes you would like before you distribute - it is totally editable. Send a copy to each student through Google Classroom (or your management platform), and they have all the directions they need on their editable project. They can change backgrounds, add images and videos, and make it their own while sti

**Please note, this product is for Google Slides.****Please note, this product requires students to mark and highlight their music. A version without highlighting is coming soon!**This Score Study Guide is a digital, more guided version of my original Study Guide. It is suitable for any choral music, recommended for middle school and early high school level musicians, and is meant to be used routinely to analyze any new piece of music. Students will type in text boxes, drag and drop terms/symbol

This is an early school year (or semester/quarter change) activity. Students find one other person in the class with the quality on the paper, attempting to fill the whole paper first. Encourage conversation by having them ask one another questions. This document is editable. Not all categories will apply to every school (i.e. "find a student who went to your elementary school" may not work in every situation). Recommended for grades 4-8; an adapted version will be available soon for younger