Here's a fantastic resource for busy music teachers everywhere – a curriculum teaching the basics of music theory in a practical, easy-to-use reproducible kit that's ideal for choirs, bands, general music classes and orchestras.
Each of the thirty lessons includes basic music concepts presented in a logical sequence with explanation, vocabulary, activity and practice, all correlated to the National Standards. There are even games and extension activities to encourage creativity and composition. Can be used for whole group, small group or individual study. For Gr. 4-8.
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Learn basic drumming technique with this tasty and creative introduction to the popular World Music Drumming curriculum. Students will experience calypso, rock, swing, Middle Eastern patterns and much more! Eight multicultural songs and ensembles reinforce the drumming patterns in a sequential, easy-to-teach approach. The 128-page Teacher Edition comes complete with score, reproducible student parts and lesson plans with objectives, teaching process and supplementary strategies. For added fun, a performance/accompaniment CD is available separately to help learn the songs and percussion parts. Jammin' that goes from smooth to crunchy! Suggested for grades 2-5.
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Now you can use technology with FIRST, WE SING! Here are easy-to-use digital tools to help you implement this practical, creative and flexible resource for bringing Kodaly's approach into your elementary music class! No special software is needed. DIGITAL TEMPLATES FOR PLANNING & ASSESSMENT: Planning tools to use “as is” or customize the templates for grade level objectives (yearly plans), daily lesson plans and checklists; Assessment templates that are easy to use for efficient assessment for group and individual progress. Use rubrics and checklists to modify the sequence, keep track of students' progression through the three-step process, track students' growth and development of musical skills, record individual and class progress from thescope and sequencefor each grade. DIGITAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR TEACHING STRATEGIES: Create student activity slides for preparation, presentation and practice lessons. Each file contains music notation “snips” and graphics designed for use with your tablet, computer or interactive whiteboard. Teacher-friendly, step-by-step instructions make it easy to customize the content. DIGITAL ACTIVITY CARDS: Now in digital form, individual activity cards can be sorted, selected and saved for easy access. Copy, drag and drop the .pdf or .png files into folders for specific lessons, or just browse the digital card file for ideas. Suggested for grades K-5.
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Spiders! Snakes! Bats! Worms! EWWW!! AHHH!! Join the wiggles and squiggles as the Itsy Bitsy Spider, Daddy Long Legs, Hook Worm, Snake, and a host of other critters take over the stage. But wait! No need to scream . . . just listen carefully and you will learn how things that make us squirm can be A-OK! Showcase your young Gr. K-3 performers in this 20-minute squirmy musical featuring the popular writing team of John Jacobson and John Higgins. The easy-to-learn songs and creative rhyming dialog with 45 speaking parts will make your show a hit with any audience, whether it be a general assembly, a community program, a class project or evening concert. The enhanced Teacher Edition/Singer CD-ROM includes piano/vocal arrangements with choreography, helpful production guide with staging and costume suggestions, teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song, PLUS reproducible singer parts on the enclosed data disc. For the best value, the Classroom Kit offers the Teacher/Singer and Performance/Accompaniment CD. Available separately: Teacher Edition/Singer CD-ROM, Preview CD (full performance with dialog), Preview Pak (Preview CD and sample pages), Performance/Accompaniment CD, Classroom Kit (Teacher/Singer CD-ROM and P/A CD).
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Grab your hat! It's time to party! Hats of all shapes and sizes take over the stage when a group of milliners help Hatless Hank find the perfect hat. Clever rhyming script and song writing explore all kinds of hats, their uses and the people who wear them. A surprise awaits the audience when Ima Milliner appears in her own remarkable, stupendous, contagious hat of all hats! Discover that it's not the hat that makes a person special, but what's underneath! From hilarious to heart-warming, this 20-minute musical, for young performers in Grades K-3, entertains and educates with five original songs and a script featuring over 30 speaking parts. The enhanced Teacher Edition with Singer CD-ROM includes piano/vocal arrangements with choreography, helpful production guide with staging and costume suggestions, teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song, PLUS reproducible singer parts on the enclosed CD-ROM. Available separately: Teacher/SGR CD-ROM, Preview CD, Preview Pak, Performance/Accompaniment CD, and a Classroom Kit with Teacher/Singer and Performance/Accompaniment CD for extra value! Duration: ca. 20 minutes. Suggested for grades K-3.
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Welcome to Camp Runamok and the wackiest summer camp experience you could ever wish for! This musical has everything you love and fear about the summer camp experience, from the morning routine to corny camp skits and the ultimate talent show. Put away your technology and allow this nostalgic romp to take you on a journey of finding a place to belong, through the mighty highs and comic lows of Summer Camp! This 40-minute musical features seven original songs, and connecting script with over 50 speaking parts. The Teacher Edition is filled with quality performance material including piano/vocal song arrangements and choreography, script, helpful production guide and teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song. For added value, the ready-to-use student books include songs and script, and will enhance the musical experience for your young aspiring actors/singers! Available separately: Teacher Edition, Singer 5-pak, Preview CD (with vocals & dialog), Preview Pak (1 singer, 1 Preview CD), Performance/Accompaniment CD, and Performance Kit/CD (Teacher, 20 singer books, P/A CD). Approximate Performance Time: 40 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.
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If cold weather makes you shiver to and fro, you'll love our COOL show about friendship and SNOW! Hep 2 3 4! Hep 2 3 4! Here come the Shovelers, ready to go where shovels have never gone before. And now – a BIG round of applause for the stars of our show – those friendly, furry monsters – the Abominable Snowman, and his buddies Bigfoot and Sasquatch with their high-kicking dance moves! Don't judge a monster by its fur! Learn how real warmth starts from within and can spread like a blizzard when shared with a song! This 25-minute holiday musical features five original songs and easy-to-learn rhyming dialog with over 30 speaking parts. The Teacher Edition includes piano/vocal arrangements with choreography, helpful production guide and digital access to PDFs of melody sheets, lyric sheets and dialog. To perform with recordings, there are 2 options. A Performance/Accompaniment CD is available separately. For cost-saving value, the Performance Kit/Audio Access includes the Teacher Edition and digital access to performance/accompaniment audio recordings. Dialog not recorded. Approx. 25 minutes. Suggested for grades 1-3.
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Welcome to Elflandia - the land of Santa's elves - busy making toys and getting ready for Santa's yearly trip round the world to bring presents to all the deserving humans on the planet. But wait! Do human beings really exist? The reports the elves have heard are not very encouraging. Many are grumpy and stressed at holiday time, others are downright sour when they wake up from a nap, and some are just big and loud and hairy! Discover what the elves learn about humans when Santa shows up with a real living sample! The ensuing effort to get Elfie Selfies with as many humans as possible makes for a rousing closing to the musical! This 25-minute holiday musical features five original songs and easy-to-learn rhyming dialog with over 25 speaking parts. The Teacher Edition includes piano/vocal arrangements with choreography, helpful production guide and digital access to PDFs of melody sheets, lyric sheets and dialog. To perform with recordings, there are 2 options. A Performance/Accompaniment CD is available separately. For cost-saving value, the Performance Kit/Audio Access includes the Teacher Edition and digital access to performance/accompaniment audio recordings. 25 minutes. Suggested for Grades K-3.
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Explore the history of the great composers from a kid's-eye view! These attractive full-color 9“x12” laminated posters present 24 composers from the Baroque era to the 20th Century. Each poster comes complete with a photo or illustration on the front and a short biography on the back, including a list of representative works and interesting “fun facts” that will capture your students' imaginations. You'll find dozens of uses for this handy resource, including bulletin boards, class discussions, activities and much more! Featured composers include; Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Haydn, Brahms, Schubert, Handel, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, J. Strauss, Palestrina, Liszt, Chopin, Stravinsky, Vivaldi, Debussy, Rossini, Grieg, Beach, Still, Villa-Lobos, Chavez, Copland. For all ages.
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Come on, dudes and dudettes! Join us for a rollicking western adventure – ride the open range, have a rough 'n' tumble hootenanny, share a tale and a song or two, and sleep under the stars. This 35-minute musical adventure features seven songs with rhyming narration and 39 speaking parts adaptable to various cast sizes. The Teacher Edition includes piano/vocal arrangements with choreography, script, helpful production guide and digital access to PDFs of singer songsheets, lyric sheets and narrations. To perform with recordings, there are 2 options. For cost-saving value, the Performance Kit/Audio Access includes the Teacher Edition w/singer PDFs and digital access to performance/accompaniment audio recordings. The dialog is not recorded. Songs include: Yee-Haw, Home on the Range in Montana, Giddy-Up, The Cowboy Code, Billy the Bad, Under the Stars, Until We Meet Again. Approx. 35 minutes. Suggested for grades 1-5 (with opportunities for all grade levels).
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Let's take a trip to see Farmer MacDonald! The whole barnyard is singin'... rooster's singin' tenor, the mule chimes in on bass, the chicks are pretty good altos, and the sheep are all over the place! But wait! Something's wrong with Madame Cow... she just can't moo! Join the fun as the animals all do their part to save the day!
This clever, original 20-minute musical features 5 songs in a variety of styles with easy-to-learn rhyming dialog. The Teacher's Manual comes complete with the accompanied songs, script, choreography, staging and costume ideas. The Singer's Edition is octavo-size and includes the script, singer pages, and choreography. If you're performing with a “cast of thousands,” you might choose the handy Reproducible Pak that is letter-size and also includes lyrics-only pages. The ShowTrax CD includes the spectacular orchestration by John Higgins to help you create a super performance! It will be Moooo-sic to your ears!
Available: Teacher's Manual, Singer's Edition 5-Pak, Reproducible Pak, Performance/Accompaniment CD. Performance Time: 20 minutes. For Grades K-4.
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The swamp is all a-buzz with party preparations galore! Naturally, the turtles are running late, and Bully the Frog is being a bully. The frogs have learned a new dance they want to share. The tadpoles are growing appendages (yikes!) and the dragonfly larvae need encouragement to spread their wings and fly. Lessons of friendship, tolerance, courage to face the future, and more, abound! This 25-minute musical party features five original songs and easy-to-learn rhyming dialog with over 40 speaking parts. The ENHANCED Teacher Edition with Singer PDFs includes piano/vocal arrangements with choreography, helpful production guide with staging and costume suggestions, teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song, PLUS REPRODUCIBLE and PROJECTABLE singer parts available via DIGITAL ACCESS. Also available: Preview CD (with vocals & dialog), Preview Pak (1 Preview CD and sample pages), Performance/Accompaniment CD, and a Classroom Kit with Teacher/Singer and AUDIO ONLINE for extra value! Approximate Performance Time: 20 minutes. Suggested for grades K-3.
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From Cheryl Lavender's popular Bingo series, here is a game designed to help students in grades 3-8 hear, read, perform and identify solfege melody patterns. By playing Solfege BINGO, your students will develop ear training and sight-reading skills - essential for music literacy and overall musicianship. Includes beginning to intermediate note-reading through 2 levels of play: Level A includes melody patterns based on the C pentatonic scale, and Level B uses the C major scale. The professionally-produced recording includes 8 different sound sequences ranging from easy to challenging, so you can play the game again and again! The game/audio pack comes complete with 30 player cards, a helpful Educator's Guide, Cutout Caller Cards, a Kodály Hand Sign poster and a code to access the recordings online.
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“We're off to sail the rollicking sea, pirates all are we!” But ARRRR, and shiver me timbers! There's a stowaway on board! Perhaps the King of the High “Cs” will know what to do. Join this salty crew of colorful scallywags when Bluebeard, Yellowbeard, Whitebeard, Purplebeard - well, you get the picture - along with the No Beards hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail for a mighty adventure.
Perfect for upper elementary and middle school performers, this 35-minute musical features six original songs for unison voices and some optional harmony, choreography, a helpful production guide, and a script with a minimum of 20 speaking parts easily adapted to casts of varying sizes. Available: Teacher Edition, Singer Edition 5-Pak, Preview CD (with vocals), Preview Pak (1 Singer, 1 Preview CD), Performance/Accompaniment CD, Performance Kit/CD (Teacher, 20 Singer, P/A CD). Duration: ca. 35 minutes. Suggested for Grades 4-8.
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Here is a companion edition with even more songs that are fun to sing. Developed in association with MENC, ACDA and other national music organizations, this publication includes over 40 songs which represent America's vast and varied musical heritage. Includes: All Through The Night, Auld Lang Syne, Both Sides Now, Camptown Races, (Oh My Darling) Clementine, and 40 more great songs.
Available: Piano/Vocal/Guitar, Singer's Edition, Singer's Edition 10-Pak. For all ages.
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