Category: assessments

High & Low / Up & Down Resources

Songs A My Name is Alice All Through the Night Alligator Chant Andy Pandy Animal Fair Apple Tree chant As I Walked Out One Holiday Baa Baa Black Sheep Babylon’s Falling Baker Bim Bum Bluebird Boom Chicka Boom By’m Bye ...

Voices – Resources

Songs / Chants that use at least 2 different types of voices A My Name is Alice Al pavo pavito Alligator Chant Allison’s Camel Alphabet Poem Amina Tolé Baby Bumblebee Balonku ada lima Betty Botter Bo Bo Ski Watten Tatten ...

Standards-Based Grading

Cons of traditional grading Inconsistency between teachers on what factors are included in grades Inconsistency between teachers on what weight each grade receives Achievement grades often include behaviors and efforts Essential Questions What do students need to know and be ...

Hallelujah Chorus / Handel

I enjoy teaching the Hallelujah Chorus to 5th graders in December – because they hear it in public places, movies, etc. during the holidays. We look at the Hallelujah Chorus listening map (see below) and learn about Handel. 2 Listening Maps (See downloads ...

Celebrations

Visuals / Worksheet / Assessment (See download at bottom of page.) Lesson Ideas For Pre-K / Kindergarten, you can teach a few lessons on Celebrations since they often include music and other recognizable sounds. Ideas: Discuss what “celebration” means. “Special ...

Melody patterns

These patterns can be used for warm-ups with recorders or practice with xylophones or other pitched instruments. The students can use these patterns to write their own pieces of music (see below or another one here). Visuals (See downloads at bottom ...