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Soundtrack of My Life | Writing Project Imagine your life is a movie. What music would be heard while watching and what would be chosen for the final soundtrack? This four page project will allow help students share their most important memories related to music and is a great way to end music class for the year. Students will make their knowledge of music personal by identifying title, artist, genre and instruments and then describing the song and why they would include it in their Soundtra

Now available as a lesson and template for Google Slides! There are directions and a link to the Google Slide version included in the folder when you download this product. ___________________________________________________ Practice creative writing and composition with this Twelve Days of Christmas Parody. Students can choose the theme for their parody, like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Birthdays...the possibilities are endless! Use the boxes page to illustrate each day and the final list copy to

Students can cut, sort and glue instruments into the percussion classifications of: -Hit, Shaken or Scraped -Woods, Metals, Shakers or Skins This product comes with full color or black and white instruments for your printing preferences. Check out my other sorting activity: Instrument Sort - The OrchestraFor other instrument family activities for upper elementary to middle school aged students, check out my Instrument Families Guided Notes. Be sure to leave a review for TPT credits towards you

Work on student's memory of the national anthem by putting these colorful cards in order. You can differentiate for different students by assigning them phrases that are kept together or separated into smaller sections, making it more difficult. For an added challenge, the word "beaming" is included as an option to choose from, along with "streaming" and "gleaming" Make this even more engaging by turning it into a competition between groups to see who can arrange the words correctly the faste

Get to know your students with this music focused survey. It's a great way for students to share with you in a way that feels safe, especially for those students with social anxiety. This general form is designed for students 3rd-8th grade.

Reflect with your students after a performance, focusing on what went well and how everyone can improve for the future. There are options depending on how you want to focus your discussion. Some forms are focused just on the songs while others have discussion questions to extend learning and reflections. This product is a growing collection. By purchasing now, all future updates will be free! Updated September 2019! -Choir Concert Reflection for High School students with questions specificall

Have students learn independently about instruments of the orchestra with these full color Instrument Family fact sheets. Students can take fill out the guided notes worksheet or use the fact pages to create brochures, posters or presentations of their own. Included in this product: 1 Woodwind fact sheet 1 Brass fact sheet 1 Strings fact sheet 1 Percussion fact sheet 1 Guided notes four square page

All the resources you need to incorporate writing into your music class in a meaningful way! Help students make the connections between music, their everyday life and the world around them with prompts covering a variety of music topics, compare and contrasts, hypotheticals and free writes. This growing bundle includes 100 Writing Prompts for fall, spring and any time throughout the year, including Christmas themed prompts30 Task CardsPrintable Music Writing Journal with coversA printable prompt

What a sweet way to practice rhythm and compose with your class! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This food themed rhythm set allows you to work on simple and compound meters using the same words. In simple meter, practice quarter notes, eighth notes and triplets. In compound meters, those same words shift to dotted quarter notes, Quarter and eighth pairs and groups of three eighth notes. This set includes includes: 12 note cards

Practice rhythms and compose with students throughout the year. All the rhythm cards include the rhythm used, an image and the word to match the image. They are great for reinforcing, reviewing or previewing rhythms with students and the visual is great for your students that benefit from visuals. This bundle currently includes cards for the following themes/events: Halloween Thanksgiving Winter/Christmas Sweets and Treats Space All additional rhythm card products will be added the bundle and e

Get students writing about music with this simple print-and-go journal! Use the general music prompts for weekly or bi-weekly writing with general music classes, or write more often with seasonal writing prompts. These prompts are great to review previously learned content, get students thinking about new topics and help make connections between music and other aspects of their life. Included in this product: 1. Journal Covers in color and black and white for printer friendly use 2.General Music

Get creative with this Thanksgiving Parody version of Frosty the Snowman! Students name their turkey character and fill in the blanks to create a fun and unique story all about their turkey. This is great for music teachers, creative writing time, morning work or whenever you need to fill just a few minutes around Thanksgiving. Check out my 12 Days of Christmas parody for more creative writing fun!

Put a winter or holiday spin on composing with ta, ti-ti and rest. Print and go with these full color rhythm cards, connecting winter and Christmas images and words with rhythm. These are great ways to get students composing in small groups or as a center. Put their compositions together in class or for a performance. All cards come in a winter theme and a Christmas theme to best fit your students. 30 Winter Cards 30 Christmas Cards JPEGs of all cards for digital learning activities Check out my

Listen, Reflect, Respond Give students a structure with which to reflect on recordings of your choice. There are options for daily logs with a reflection at the end of the week, a full page log great for the occasional listening activity or half page logs as a quick evaluation of responses to music.

Dice aren't just for math! Students will compose four beat rhythms based on what number they roll. It's a great way to teach Chance Music, begin a larger composition project, or just get students to begin creating their own music. For more ways to compose with sixteenth notes, check out my Thanksgiving Rhythms cards. Be sure to leave a review for TPT credits towards your future purchases! Follow me on Instagram @caffeinatedchorus

Students can cut, sort and glue orchestral instruments into families: -Strings -Woodwinds -Percussion -Brass This product comes with full color or black and white instruments for your printing preferences. Check out my other sorting activity: Instrument Sort - Percussion FamilyFor other instrument family activities for upper elementary to middle school aged students, check out my Instrument Families Guided Notes. Be sure to leave a review for TPT credits towards your future purchases! Follow m

Get all of my printable Instrument Family Resources in one place! Sort instruments from the percussion family and the orchestra by images! Bring some spring into your classroom with the Instrument Family Egg-Cellent sorting activity! Guide your students through independently learning about each instrument family! As I add new instrument resources, you'll get them for free in the bundle!

Add a Halloween spin to your rhythm lessons, in person or digitally! Students can put together rhythm patterns using Halloween words that fit with rhythms of triplets, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes with fun visuals to help younger students. This product includes: 18 Pre-made, full color cards 2 Blank cards for students to use their own words JPEGs of each pre-made card for digital product use Lesson ideas and tips Check out my Thanksgiving Rhythms product to continue in November!

Get hands on in music class with Legos! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Students love this station spelling out instrument names with legos. It's a simple, easy prep station that can be reused over and over and is great for any time of the year! Check out my other instrument family resources on my page Don't forget to leave a review! Instagram: @caffeinatedchorus

Get your students composing with these space themed rhythm cards! Print sets for small groups/centers or a full class set for whole group instruction. For increased durability, I recommend printing on cardstock and laminating so you can use them year after year. OR Use the JPGS to create digital manipulatives in your favorite LMS, such as Google Slides, Seesaw, Nearpod and more!