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Do you have self-contained classes of children with special needs including autism? Are you at a loss on how to run this class, or even how to teach music to these special children? This handbook will give you ideas on how to set-up and run this class, how you can adapt materials and concepts to suit your children's needs as well as your content standards/curriculum (2011 standards) and how to address other social and classroom learning goals within your music classroom.

Tired of confusing music worksheets from expensive books? This is an easy to read worksheet for elementary students to review the pitches on the lines and spaces of the treble clef. This 2 page worksheet is clearly laid out and the directions are clear cut and easy to follow. This is a great assessment for beginning music readers!

Here is a listening chart for your students to follow along to while listening to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee. I have used it with my 1st grade students with great success to discuss the melodic themes and contour. Using a listening chart also makes it easy to assess the students. For example, you can ask if the little bees were loud or soft, short detached sounds or long connected ones, etc.

Tired of confusing music worksheets from expensive books? This is an easy to read worksheet for elementary students to learn/review the pitches on the lines and spaces of the treble clef. This 3 page worksheet is clearly laid out and the directions are clear cut and easy to follow. Combine with a pitch identification exercise and your students will be able to read the pitches on the treble clef staff in no time! This worksheet was originally created to differentiate learning for my special n

This Kindergarten lesson uses the Russian Folk song "May There Always Be Sunshine" to give students the opportunity to create a book (and compose a song) through writing & illustrating verses of the song that they create. Students will get to compose, illustrate, write, and create in this cross-curricular lesson plan! Includes the book coversheet & blank "May There Always Be.." sheets that they will use to create their own verses.