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Steady Beat

Entry Kentry | A Passing Game/Grade 2-6
Jump the Hoop | Steady Beat Game/Grade 2-6
Touchdown | Steady Beat/Math Fact Game/Grade 2-6
The Wee Little Scare | Steady Beat/Grade 2-3

Tempo

Pick a Bale of Cotton | Tempo Terms/Grade 1-3

Rhythm

Battle of the Bands | Rhythm and Ensemble/Grade 4-6
John Kanaka | Quarter Note, Quarter Rest and Eighth Note/Grade 2-4
I Caught a Fish Alive | Quarter Note and Eighth Note/Grade K-2
Mystery Message Game | Quarter Note/Rest and Eighth Note/Grade 2-6
Run From The Farmer | Syncopation/Grade 2-3
Slap Happy Music Math | Rhythmic Value Game/Grade 2-6
Tic-Tac-Toe | Basic Rhythms and Rests/Grade 2-6
Who Has the Candy in Their Pocket | Rhythms and Rests/Grade 2-4

Pitch

I Know an Old Lady | Introduction to Intervals/Grade 2-5
CodeMaker! | Note Naming Lesson Plan/Grade 4-6
Melody Map | An Introduction to Melodic Contour/Grade 2-4
Mi-Do-Do Game | An Introduction to Solfege/Grade 2-4
Mortimer | An Introduction to Solfege/Grade 2-3
Mystery Message Game | Pitch Compare and Contrast/Grade 2-6
Name That Tune! | Music Game and Worksheet/Grade 4-6

Texture

Nothin' yet... bummer!

Musical Symbols

Music Symbol Swat | Music Symbol Swat Game/ Grade 3-5

Form

Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks | ABA Form/Grade 1-2
Bow, Wow, Wow | Round/Grade 2-6
Hungarian Dance No.5 | AABBCDAB Codetta/Grade 2-6
In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) | Form/Grade 2-6
Messiah/Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) | Listening Map/Grade 2-6
Michael Row the Boat Ashore | Call and Response/Grade 2-3
Rhythm Go "Round" | Round/Grade 3-6
Skittle, Skittle, Skittle, Ski | Canon/Grade 2-6
Trashin' the Camp/Tarzan | AABA Form/Grade 2-3
Twinkle, Twinkle, Changing Star | Theme and Variations/Grade 2-4
Viennese Musical Clock | Rondo/Grade 2-3

Meter

Beat Tag | Meter Game/Grade 2-5
Meter, Meter, 3-4-5 | Meter Activity/Grade 2-4

Dynamics

Boom Chicka Boom | Piano and Forte/Grade K-1
Musical Easter Egg Hunt | Piano, Mezzo Piano, Mezzo Forte, Forte/Grade 1-6

Music from Diverse Cultures

Aiken Drum | Unit Wrap-Up Activity/Grade 1-3
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks | ABA Form/Grade 1-2
Hungarian Dance No.5 | AABBCDAB Codetta/Grade 2-6
In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) | Form/Grade 2-6
Messiah/Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) | Listening Map/Grade 2-6
Haydn Surprise Symphony | Listening Map and Lesson/Grade 3-4
Peter and the Wolf | Leitmotif/Grade 1-3
Viennese Musical Clock | Rondo/Grade 2-3

Listening

O Danny Boy | Compare and Contrast/Grade 2-4
Haydn Surprise Symphony | Listening Map and Lesson/Grade 3-4
In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) | Form/Grade 2-6
Messiah/Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) | Listening Map/Grade 2-6

Movement

John Kanaka | Eighth Note, Quarter Note and Quarter Rest
Run From The Farmer | Syncopation/Grade 2-3
Trashin' the Camp/Tarzan | AABA Form/Grade 2-3
Viennese Musical Clock | Rondo/Grade 2-3

Instruments of the Orchestra

Zin, Zin, Zin A Violin | Musical Instrument Identification Game/Grade 2-6

Musical Style

Nothin' yet... bummer!

Meet the Composer

Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Mussorgsky) | ABA Form/Grade 1-2
Flight of the Bumblebee Game (Rimsky-Korsakov) | Unit Wrap-Up Activity/Grade 1-3
Gymnopedie (Erik Satie) | Movement Activity/Grade 1-3
Hungarian Dance No.5 (Brahms) | AABBCDAB Codetta/Grade 2-6
In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) | Form/Grade 2-6
Messiah/Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) | Listening Map/Grade 2-6
Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev) | Leitmotif/Grade 1-3
Surprise Symphony (Haydn) | Listening Map and Lesson/Grade 3-4
Viennese Musical Clock (Kodaly) | Rondo/Grade 2-3

Same/Different

Gymnopedie (Erik Satie) | Movement Activity/Grade 1-3

Lesson Review Games

Slap Happy Music Math | Rhythmic Value Game/Grade 2-6
Suck It Up! | Music Lesson Review Game/Grade 2-6
Tic-Tac-Toe | Basic Rhythms and Rests/Grade 2-6

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