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Get ready-to-teach music lesson plans for the classroom that are sure to send the fun into overdrive! From Solfège staircases to melody mapping with yarn, these fully-scripted lessons and games make it easy to help your students master note naming, intervals, and melodic contour. Use them "as-is" to save planning time, or make them your own to create unplugged musical moments your students will love!

I Know an Old Lady | Introduction to Intervals Grade 2-5 There Was an Old Lady Skipped... or did she step? Using the book 'There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell,' students play xylophone patterns to distinguish between step-wise and skipping motion in this fun, introductory lesson on intervals. Get Lesson
CodeMaker! | Note Naming & Notation/Cooperative Learning Grade 4-6 Operation: Note Name! Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to ask your music students to use only the musical alphabet (A–G) to create a list of words and then turn those words into code on the musical staff. The team with the most words wins! Get Lesson
Melody Map | Introduction to Melodic Contour Grade 2-4 This tall "yarn" tells the tale! Students work in pairs to "draw" the melodic contour of a familiar kids song on the classroom floor, making pitch direction hands-on and easy to understand! Get Lesson
Chatter with the Angels | Orff Orchestration (Ostinato/Rhythm) Grade 1-2 This Orff-inspired music lesson plan and orchestration for “Chatter with the Angels” gives students a hands-on music making experience while exploring the whole note, quarter note, quarter rest, and ostinato. Get Lesson
Mi-Do-Do Game | Introduction to Solfège Grade 2-4 I'm no Dodo... bird that is! This game uses a solfege staircase to introduce do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do. Repeat every solfege phrase you hear, but don't get caught singing Mi-Do-Do! Get Lesson
Mortimer | Introduction to Solfège Grade 2-3 Clang, Clang, Rattle, Bing, Bang! Students sing the solfege scale as Mortimer (Mortimer by Robert Munsch) goes up and down the stairs. Students accompany this story by loudly banging on pots, pans, and percussion instruments! Get Lesson
Mystery Message Game | Rhythm and Pitch Grade 2-6 It's hangman with a musical twist! Students decode a secret message in this fun race by comparing and contrasting challenging rhythm and pitch sets. Always a class favorite! Get Lesson
Name That Tune | Note Naming Grade 4-6 I Can Name That Tune! This cooperative lesson challenges students to name familiar kids' songs by labeling the treble clef notes on the free worksheet. The team that names every tune fastest wins! Get Lesson
Color-by-Note | Note Naming Grade K-3 SUB LESSON The Perfect Sub Tub Lesson! Engage every student in learning note names with this color-by-note music worksheet lesson. It’s a great no-prep lesson for subs and always a winner with students. Get Lesson