Instructional Video6:26
Music Matters

Choral Music Notation - Music Theory

9th - 12th
How are the voice parts written in a score of a piece for Choir and accompaniment? Using an example by Rossini this music theory lesson shows you why it’s necessary to write the vocal parts in open score and how it deals with word...
Instructional Video20:38
Music Matters

Realizing Figured Bass - Inside the Mind of Bach

9th - 12th
We delve inside the mind of Bach and examine one of his Chorales employing a Chorale melody and a Figured Bass. The video covers the meaning of the figures used alongside the bass line, after which there is a demonstration of how to play...
Instructional Video3:16
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Sheena Graham Teachers Make a Difference - Mrs. Donna MaGrath & Mrs. Wilhemenia Christon

Higher Ed
Sheena Graham was educated in the Public School System of Ansonia, Connecticut. She received her B.S. in Music Education from Western Connecticut State University, and 30+from St. Joseph's and Southern CT State Universities. She became...
Instructional Video2:39
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Sheena Graham - "This World is Mine"

Higher Ed
Sheena Graham was educated in the Public School System of Ansonia, Connecticut. She received her B.S. in Music Education from Western Connecticut State University, and 30+from St. Joseph's and Southern CT State Universities. She became...
Instructional Video6:01
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Sheena Graham "The Creation vs The Creator"

Higher Ed
Sheena Graham was educated in the Public School System of Ansonia, Connecticut. She received her B.S. in Music Education from Western Connecticut State University, and 30+from St. Joseph's and Southern CT State Universities. She became...
Instructional Video3:29
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Sheena Graham - "As a Woman: Life is Challenging"

Higher Ed
Sheena Graham was educated in the Public School System of Ansonia, Connecticut. She received her B.S. in Music Education from Western Connecticut State University, and 30+from St. Joseph's and Southern CT State Universities. She became...
Instructional Video6:13
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Sheena Graham - Music is Powerful

Higher Ed
Sheena Graham was educated in the Public School System of Ansonia, Connecticut. She received her B.S. in Music Education from Western Connecticut State University, and 30+from St. Joseph's and Southern CT State Universities. She became...
Instructional Video8:04
The Art Assignment

Try these proposals! | Peter Liversidge | The Art Assignment

9th - 12th
We drop in on London-based artist Peter Liversidge, who gives us proposals in the place of assignments. Do one or do all three and show us your good work!
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EngageNY

Developing Reading Fluency: Criteria for Reading Aloud

3rd Standards
Third graders develop their reading superpowers in a lesson plan on fluency. After first listening to an audio recording or teacher read aloud, the class works together identifying criteria for fluent reading, focusing on phrasing, rate,...
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Curated OER

Fluency: Read Regular Words

2nd
Second graders engage in a timed choral reading activity to practice reading with accuracy and fluency. The teacher starts the timer and taps a reading rhythm on the desk as the class reads a series of words in unison. When the time is...
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Curated OER

Reading Strategies for Decoding Tricky Words

K - 2nd
Help primary school pupils learn valuable reading strategies. As they choral read a poster or big book, they predict covered words and learn various reading strategies for figuring out an unknown word. This will help them gain an...
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Teacher Created Materials

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

9th - 12th Standards
Bring Julius Caesar to life with a reader's theatre approach that engages the entire class. The opening exercises model the importance of reading with expression while choral reading exercises permit class members to practice their...
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Curated OER

Do You Want to Be My Friend?

K - 1st
Learners participate in a variety of emergent and early-literacy activities based on a "friendship" theme. Learners listen to the book Do You Want to Be My Friend by Eric Carle, then echo read, choral read, and independently read...
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Curated OER

Interpreting Choral Music

9th
Budding musicians determine the differences in style between the various periods in choral music. They engage in a class discussion, read one of the suggested materials, then perform a choral piece from a specific time in history.
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Curated OER

Lesson Plan for "The Ballad of Dirty Joe"

4th - 6th
Upper elementary learners explore and practice identifying poetry in the ABAB rhyming format. In groups, they participate in choral reading of the poem, "The Ballad of Dirty Joe," emphasizing words appropriately and speaking in the...
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Curated OER

Oral Reading Fluency: Reading Text with Proper Expression

K - 1st
Kids practice reading fluently with expression. They listen closely as their teacher reads a short paragraph, take note as she points out how she read each sentence, and then read along with her. They read to passage several times until...
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Curated OER

WHAT DO BEARS EAT AND HOW DO THEY WALK?

K
Students listen to the poem "Five Bears" read aloud several times, and study what bears eat by naming the foods (mentioned in the poem) out loud. They draw a picture to illustrate one line of the poem and practice choral reading.
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Curated OER

Literature Book: Rat-a-tat-tat

Pre-K - 1st
Students explore choral reading.  In this oral reading lesson, students listen to the book Rat-a-tat-tat by Jill Eggleton and participate by reading certain parts chorally and adding sound effects with instruments and noise makers.
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Curated OER

Reading Comprehension: History of the Periodic Table

7th - 9th
Although the article that launches this lesson is about the history of the Periodic Table, the objective is reading comprehension. Using the eight-page informational text, learners answer five comprehension questions and craft one essay....
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Curated OER

Reading Pattern Books

K - 2nd
Students investigate pattern books. In this literature activity, students read the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? and use echo and choral reading strategies. Students identify the pattern in the text and write about the...
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Curated OER

Families Eat Rice - Lesson Plan

K - 1st
Learners participate in a shared writing experience about rice. In this writing lesson, students listen to  Norah Dooley's, Everybody Cooks Rice. They write about, and discuss different ways their families and those in the book use...
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Curated OER

Guided Reading "In the Night Sky"

1st - 5th
Young scholars participate in a variety of reading exercises, such as choral reading and reading response journal, to reinforce concepts about space and nocturnal animals.
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Curated OER

Reading and Responding: Lesson 9

8th
Eighth graders listen to a read aloud of Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken." They examine the attributes of poetry focusing on stanzas, imagery, and punctuation. They participate in choral readings before completing the associated...
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Curated OER

Legend Reading With Rain Sticks

4th - 6th
Students study copies of the Wy'East legend. They use these as a choral reading, take a different paragraph and read them in unison. They assemble their rain sticks and use the rain sticks and percussion instruments with the reading...

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