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Be An Incredible Songwriter

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students write songs about something incredible they have experienced or know about. They consider topics of events, dreams, ideas, feelings, or animals. They accompany themselves with small musical instruments while performing the songs...
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Beat Or No Beat

For Teachers K
Students keep a steady beat by body movement exercises, improvise, identify a beat/no beat sequence and sing a nursery rhyme from Portugal in this Kindergarten General Music lesson plan. The use of simple rhythmic instruments is required.
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Shoes And Singin

For Teachers K
Students analyze rhythmic patterns (beat versus no beat), sing an echo song on Solfege syllables, improvise melodies, and express music through creative movement. This activity is written to meet State and National Standards for the Arts.
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Percussion Family Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students gain an appreciation for percussion instruments. They can identify the instruments by sight and sound and associate them with different musical styles. Using Microsoft Musical Instruments, students hear other percussion...
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Cinco De Mayo Bingo

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Cinco De Mayo game activity, students use a card with words and phrases about the holiday to play Bingo. Students play with 1 card.
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Cinco De Mayo Spelling Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Cinco de Mayo spelling worksheet, students analyze the four words in a line in each of 12 questions. Students circle the word in each row that is spelled correctly. All words relate to Cinco de Mayo.
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Marigold Sculptures

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students design paper sculpture. In this visual arts lesson, students follow the provided steps to create their own marigold sculptures from paper products and paint.
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Instruments In Action

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read and demonstrate eight measures of four beats. In this music reading lesson, students read and demonstrate through movement their mastery of eight measures of four beats. Students also classify instruments.
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Mexican Charades

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore communication by participating in a game of charades. For this visual storytelling lesson, students utilize their acting abilities and physical prowess to communicate Mexican imagery to their classmates without the use...
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Music of Puerto Rico

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study about the musical rhythms and instruments of Puerto Rico. Then they construct their own instruments using recycled products. Students listen to different genres of music and define them. Students focus on the...
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Five Fat Turkeys

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students sing a Thanksgiving song called "Five Fat Turkeys." In this holiday lesson, students create a Turkey acrostic poem then memorize and sing a turkey song. Students will focus on singing on key, pitch , and seeping a steady...
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Sounds You See, Hear, and Feel

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore and create sound wave vibrations using musical instruments and common objects. They compare/contrast and describe actions that cause sound wave vibrations that can be seen, heard, and felt.
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Como se dice 'huevos'?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research about the preparation and ingestion of eggs and egg dishes in foreign cultures. Students gain introductory foreign languages mastery. Students also exert their creative skills and acquired knowledge in the creation of...
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Baby And I Were Baked In A Pie

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils read a story and then sing a song while focusing upon the vocabulary. The words are identified as rhyming when singing is done and words are filled in the appropriate blanks. Reading comprehension is increased with the repeating...
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Cinco De Mayo Vocabulary "Quiz"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Cinco De Mayo vocabulary worksheet, students match vocabulary words on the left with definitions on the right. Worksheet includes a link to additional activities.
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World Percussion Instruments

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study percussion instruments from various world cultures. In this percussion instruments lesson plan, 4th graders listen to percussive sound sources, learn playing techniques, and create compositions for instruments they...
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Island Maracas

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A great multicultural art lesson that also connects visual art to music. Students create a set of paper mache maracas emphasizing rhythm and expression in the painting details. Upon completion students will have the opportunity to try...
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Listening Library

For Students 3rd - 5th
At this resource listen to a selection of audio clips that feature the works of a full range of composers and a full orchestra of instruments. Scroll down an alphabetical list to find the composer or instrument you want, then choose the...
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Mexican Activities for Kids

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students of all ages will enjoy these creative art projects and recipes! Provides photo examples and step-by-step instructions.
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Wikipedia: Percussion

For Students 9th - 10th
A basic article on percussion instruments lists several examples of percussion instruments, provides a distinction between membranophones and idiophones, and lists instruments that are tuned vs. ones that are not.

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