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- Pre-K - 1st
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Students create musical plates out of items like popcorn, seeds, beans, or sand. Use a cassette or cd with active children's music on it for them to dance and play along with
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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students demonstrate an awareness of music as part of daily life. They recognize that music is found throughout their neighborhood and see that music is found in neighborhoods of other cultures. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students examine the Caribbean in terms of its music, art, and folklore. As a class, they listen to a folktale and discuss the difference between telling a story and reading a story. In groups, they write their own folktale and share it with the class. They use the internet to research what it was like to grow up in Cuba during the 1970s. To end the lesson, they view examples of artwork and reflect on them in their journals. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students use recyclable material they bring from home to create a musical instrument. They play their instrument for the class and work as a class to play as in a band or orchestra. Students discuss recycling, and other uses they can put to their rubbish before discarding it. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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As music is played in the classroom, students dance with the music and listen to the directions. They use different body parts throughout the song and after the song is finished they brainstorm other body parts they could have used. Full Review »
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Students study about the holiday season in Mexico. Next students use tennis ball or potato chip cans with plastic lids, colored paper, and sequins to decorate the cans to make their own maracas. Finally, students fill the cans with small stones, tape the lid and shake the can to music. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students sing "Three Little Pigs", the "Pony Song", and "The Animal Blues" in this elementary school music lesson. National and State Standards are addressed. Assessment rubric is included for grading and student evaluation. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students investigate a variety of sites to gather relevant information for a presentation about African American musical forms in this general Music lesson for middle school and high school. Resource links are provided to aid instruction. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students explore how to make music with water-filled bottles. Using internet instructions, children read music and tap their water-filled bottles to play songs as "Mary Had A Little Lamb," "Jingle Bells," and more. They participate in interactive games and create their own music. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students participate in a musical chairs type game that focuses on learning their classmates' names. Each student marches around the circle of chairs holding a photo of another student, and when the music stops they find and sit down in the chair that has the same picture they are holding. Students take turns saying the name of the student whose picture they have. Full Review »
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