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Need a DIGITAL assignment or activity to assess your students on counting rhythms? LOOK NO FURTHER! :) This Google Slides activity is compatible with Google Drive and Google Classroom. It includes 10 measures of basic rhythms including quarter notes, quarter rests, and eighth notes. Students will click the pre-made numbers and & 's to the gray boxes. It's so simple! Hint for grading - just change the color of the number or box to mark incorrect counts! Great for elementary music, middle school

Get all of your DIGITAL EDITION note reading quizzes in one quick bundle! Compatible with Google Slides, Google Drive, and Google Classroom. What could be easier (for such a low price)?! Includes A string notes, D string notes, G string notes, and C/E string notes quizzes for your violin/viola/cello/bass students! Intended for beginner string orchestra players, but also a great review or quick check for your older students! Treble clef, Alto clef, and Bass clef all included. Would you rather ha

This is the best, simplest, most complete music theory lesson you'll ever do with your students. This is a Google Slides presentation with teacher tips included to help kids study and assess their understanding. It was created with intermediate string orchestra students in mind, but can be used for band, chorus/choir, piano, guitar, percussion, or any other ensemble/theory class you teach! The presentation defines minor scales, gives musical examples, reviews order of sharps/flats, and then e

Need a DIGITAL assignment or activity to assess your music students on intermediate rhythms? Includes 10 measures of 16th note rhythms (1 e & a / 1 e & / 1 & a) combined with quarter notes, quarter rests, and eighth notes. Counts are already done for the students, they just need to drag it into the box above each note head! Perfect for your online/hybrid/asynchronous/digital band, string orchestra, chorus/choir, piano, music theory, guitar, or any ensemble you teach! Compatible with Goog

The DIGITAL FINGERING CHART BUNDLE SET for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass is here!ALL of your fingering charts for the first 2+ years of instruction is DONE! Say what?! No-brainer! :) :) :) One-octave scales for D Major, G Major, C Major, A Major, F Major, and Bb Major included for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass. Multiple variations of those one octave scales included in each set! (Ex. Upper and Lower octaves of D major for viola & cello.... Upper & lower octaves of G major for Violin, etc.

An AMAZING activity for intermediate music students to demonstrate their knowledge of minor scales. Use in your music class during theory lessons! There are 3 tasks for students to complete - finding the relative minor, finding the parallel minor, and adjusting minor scales to create natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales. Intended for intermediate to advanced string orchestra students, but can be used for band, chorus, piano, or any other instrumental ensemble you teach! This assignment i

Viola fingering charts are HERE! Enjoy this DIGITAL edition of FILL-IN-THE-BLANK fingering charts for SIX Beginner to Intermediate one-octave scales. Includes C major (upper & lower octaves), G major, D major (upper & lower octaves), A major, F major, and Bb major. This is a resource you can't afford to pass up! Finger "tapes" and numbers included on each one. What a great reference for your viola students! Also use as an assessment for that finicky fingerboard geography. I use this while te

Look at this FULLY EDITABLE weekly lesson plan outline compatible with GOOGLE DRIVE and GOOGLE SLIDES! Change the subjects, add times, insert text, and even take notes! Beautiful rainbow colors and cute fonts will keep your planning HAPPY :) And for only $2, it's SO MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE than most of those other big-package online lesson templates and teacher planners. I use this all the time - and being a middle school connections teacher, none of the elementary planners ever really "fit" what

Quickly and easily assess violin, viola, and cello students on their A-string notes (G-string for Bass). Includes a 50-note quiz for each instrument plus a bonus (open E/equivalent). Works well for first-year players learning to read music or as a review for older students. Finally - an activity that includes alto clef! This is PERFECT for hybrid in person/face-to-face vs. online learners. Works great as an asynchronous assignment as well! Compatible with Google Slides, Google Classroom, and Go

Cello fingering charts are HERE! Enjoy this DIGITAL edition of FILL-IN-THE-BLANK fingering charts for SIX Beginner to Intermediate one-octave scales. Includes C major (upper & lower octaves), G major, D major (upper & lower octaves), A major, F major, and Bb major. This is a resource you can't afford to pass up! Finger "tapes" and numbers included on each one. What a great reference for your cello students! Also use as an assessment for that finicky fingerboard geography. I use this while te

Quickly and easily assess violin, viola, and cello students on their A-string notes (G-string for Bass). Includes a 50-note quiz for each instrument plus a bonus (open E/equivalent). Works well for first-year players learning to read music or as a review for older students. Finally - an activity that includes alto clef! This is PERFECT for hybrid in person/face-to-face vs. online learners. Works great as an asynchronous assignment as well! Compatible with Google Slides, Google Classroom, and Go

Violin fingering charts are HERE! Enjoy this DIGITAL edition of FILL-IN-THE-BLANK fingering charts for SIX Beginner to Intermediate one-octave scales. Includes C major, G major (bonus upper octave), D major, A major (bonus upper octave), F major, and Bb major (bonus upper octave). This is a resource you can't afford to pass up! Finger "tapes" and numbers included on each one. What a great reference for your violin students! Also use as an assessment for that finicky fingerboard geography. I use

Do you LOVE my Click-N-Drag Marble Jar Incentive? It's one of my most downloaded resources! But in the asynchronous/digital/hybrid/crazy world we teach in now, we need a DIGITAL EDITION! And guess what - it's FREE!!! Directions on how to link/embed into your class website included! If students EVER needed an incentive to get work turned in, turn on their cameras, earn a reward, IT'S THIS YEAR FOR SURE. Please follow me for more resources you'll love!

Quickly and easily assess violin, viola, and cello students on their G-string notes (G-tetrachord for Bass). Includes a 50-note quiz for each instrument plus a bonus (open E for violins & bass, open C for violas & cellos). Works well for first-year players learning to read music or as a review for older students. Finally - an activity that includes alto clef! This is PERFECT for hybrid in person/face-to-face vs. online learners. Works great as an asynchronous assignment as well! Compatible

THIS IS NOT THE LESSON PLAN, THIS IS THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO THE LESSON PLAN. The lesson plan is available here: Minor Scale Lesson PlanThis resource along with the Lesson Plan, Quick Assessment (exit ticket/quiz), and Google Slides activity is available as a bundle here. Have students take notes on their own Google Drive with this easy-to-follow guided notes sheet! It will help keep students engaged during the lesson, as well as serve as a study guide if you plan to assign the Minor Scale

Double Bass fingering charts are HERE! Enjoy this DIGITAL edition of FILL-IN-THE-BLANK fingering charts for SIX Beginner to Intermediate one-octave scales. Includes C major, G major, D major, A major, F major, and Bb major. This is a resource you can't afford to pass up! Finger "tapes" and numbers included on each one. What a great reference for your Bass students! Also use as an assessment for that finicky fingerboard geography. I use this while teaching a new scale, sometimes assign it for hom

Assess your orchestra students on their ability to read NOTES ON THE D STRING. Great for first year violin, viola, cello, and bass players (or review for the older kids)! Finally - an activity that includes alto clef! This is the new DIGITAL EDITION of my already loved D string notes quiz (print edition). Compatible with Google Slides, Google Classroom, and Google Drive! A string notes quiz DIGITAL EDITION!G string notes quiz DIGITAL EDITION!C and E string notes quiz DIGITAL EDITIONFingering C

Have your string orchestra students fill out this simple yet effective 1 octave G MAJOR SCALE fingering chart for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass! Directions on slide 1 make it easy to understand - students are to change each "?" to the note on the fingerboard! Violin/Viola/Cello is on slide 2, Bass is on slide 3. Different color "finger tapes" makes it easy to differentiate the fingerings! Makes for a great quick check, homework, assessment, sub plan, or even reference! Also check out my D Major

Need a visual aid to teach the F Major scale to your string orchestra kids? (Those low-1's are a bear!) In our digital/hybrid/asynchronous/online world - this is the perfect fit! Includes one slide per instrument (violin, viola, cello, and bass). This F scale puts basses in 1/2 position - finger "tapes" and number helpers are there to assist! Compatible with Google Drive, Google Slides, and Google Classroom. *Bonus teaching tip!* Can't get that low 1 in tune? Tell them they should "feel the nut

Need a visual aid to help you teach the B flat (Bb) major scale in your string orchestra class? In our hybrid/digital/asynchronous/online learning world we live in, this is a perfect fit! Compatible with Google Drive, Google Slides, and Google Classroom. Includes one slide per instrument (violin, viola, cello, and bass). Basses are in 1/2 position for this, but fingerings are added for extra support. *Bonus teaching tip!* Having trouble getting low-1's in tune? Have the students "feel the nut"