3rd grade
Down the River / Down the Ohio
Lyrics (American folk song) The river is up and the channel is deep,The wind is steady and strong.Oh won’t we have a jolly good time as we go sailing along.Down the river, oh down the river, oh down the river ...
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Lyrics (African American Spiritual) RefrainFollow the drinking gourd,Follow the drinking gourd,For the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to freedomIf you follow the drinking gourd. 1. When the sun comes out and the first quail callsFollow the drinking ...
Curricular Charts
Curriculum Maps (See downloads at bottom of page. Each number has a corresponding button.) 1 1 2 3 4 Colorful Curriculum Chart / Blank Curriculum Chart (PDF & XLS) Curriculum Chart (PDF) Elementary Music Assessments (example) (PDF) Elementary Music Year Map (PDF) ...
Music Curriculum Newsletters
These examples for music curriculum newsletters can help you create your own, either printed or digital, so parents can see what their children are learning in your class. See also specials (Music, Art, P.E.) newsletters
Pentatonic Songs
Do pentatonic La pentatonic Songs Based on the Do Pentatonic Scale (d r m s l) d r m s l Bebe Moke Billy Billy Black Snake Bluebells Bow Wow Wow Built My Lady a Fine Brick House Button You ...
Do, Re, Mi Songs
Songs Based on a Scale of Do Re Mi (trichord) Ain’t Gonna Ring No More Agua de limón All Through the Night Allison’s Camel Amina Tolé Au Clair de la Lune Awe bebëe Babylon’s Falling Can nənə Closet Key Down ...
Bubbles
I use the term: “bubbles” to describe when students use personal space. We pretend to turn on our bubbles around our bodies by snapping above our heads. When I play music or sing, students may move around the room with ...
Staff Manipulatives
I use a couple of different manipulatives for staff notation. In 2nd grade, we begin using 3 lines. We practice putting round felt notes (see example below) on lines and spaces. We get to know which line is 1 and ...
Xylophone Visual Aids
Visuals / Handouts (See downloads at bottom of page. Each number has a corresponding button.) 1 2 Other Visuals / Handouts / Worksheets (Available on other pages. Click each image to access.) See also Melody: pentatonic Xylophone Visuals ...
Oy Chanukah oy Chanukah (Oh Hanukkah)
Lyrics – Transliteration (Jewish folk song, Yiddish) Oy Chanukah oy ChanukahA yontif a sheyner,A lustiker a freylekherNisht do nokh azoynerAle nakht mit dreydlech shpiln mir,Frishe heyse latkes, esn on a shir. Geshvinder, tsindt kinderDi Chanukah likhtlech on,Zogt “Al Hanisim”, loybt ...
