The Lesson Zone
from the MMF! Music Library

Find lesson plans for the music classroom that will send the fun into overdrive!

Steady Beat

Entry Kentry | A Passing Game/Grade 2-6
Touchdown | Steady Beat/Math Fact Game/Grade 2-6

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

Pitch

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 Listening/Activity Lesson/Grade 1-2
Bow, Wow, Wow | Round/Grade 2-6
Hungarian Dance No.5 | AABBCDAB Codetta/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

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

Listening

O Danny Boy | Compare and Contrast/Grade 2-4
Haydn Surprise Symphony | Listening and Activity Lesson Plan/Grade 3-4
He Won't Bite You | Speaking and Singing Voice/Grade K-2
Peter and the Wolf | Leitmotif/Grade 1-3

Movement

John Kanaka | Eighth Note, Quarter Note and Quarter Rest

Instruments of the Orchestra

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

Musical Style

Nothin' yet... bummer!

Meet the Composer

Flight of the Bumblebee Game | Unit Wrap-Up Activity/Grade 1-3

Same/Different

Erik Satie, Gymnopedie | Movement Activity/Grade 1-3

Lesson Review Games

Suck It Up! | Music Lesson Review Game/Grade 2-6

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