Resources for Music Educators
A Song a Day – Each day this week, students put a new twist on a song they know…patting the rhythm in a different way, making up hand motions for the words, and more! Family members can join in, too.
Benchmarks: meets Perform, Respond, or Connect of the Minnesota K-2 Standards in Music, with some English Language Arts Standards.
Technology needed: none
I am a Musician! Activity Board – Students choose one row and complete all of the activities. Multi-day activity.
Benchmarks: Minnesota K-2 Standards in Music
Technology needed: none
Music Class Charades – A charades game that allows students to share with others some of the skills they learn in music class.
Technology needed: none
Story Time – Sing a melody to tell a story. Technology needed: none
Move it! – Students create an 8-measure rhythm composition using the given instructions and perform it with steps, slides, turns, and jogging.
Technology needed: none
Descriptor-Emoji Cards-Elementary – Students can listen to and describe a variety of musical selections using the words and emojis on this page, listening to an excerpt multiple times.
Technology needed: Internet connection
https://content.thespco.org/music/concert-library/
The library includes many live concert videos of The St Paul Chamber Orchestra. Check out their diverse list of composers and performers.
Instrument Investigation – Students use this page when they are exploring various instruments or instrument families of the orchestra.
Technology needed: Internet connection
https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/community-education/teachers-students-and-parents/instrument-musician-guide
Learn about each instrument, hear and see them played, and meet musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra who play that instrument.
Choice Board 3 of 5 – Assign students a learning target—activities that give students choice in how they practice a concept or skill. Prompts are also included so students reflect on their work.
Technology needed: none
A New Instrument – Students imagine they are carrying a string or percussion instrument along the Silk Road, modifying the instrument with each trade.
Technology needed: none
Abstract Music – Give students a unique experience to create and perform music from an abstract image.
Technology needed: none
A Song a Day – Choose one row and complete all of the activities in that row. Another day, choose another row to complete.
Benchmarks: Minnesota K-2 Standards in Music
Technology needed: none
Music Class Charades – A charades game that allows students to share with others some of the skills they learn in music class.
Technology needed: none
That Zany Blue Man Group – Evaluate performances giving specific details.
Technology needed: Internet connection
New! It’s Good – Music Journal –
Technology needed: none
New! Pass It On! for Grades 3-8 – Share music with others.
Technology needed: none
Move it! – Students create an 8-measure rhythm composition using the given instructions and perform it with steps, slides, turns, and jogging.
Technology needed: none
Descriptor-Emoji Cards-Secondary – Students can listen to and describe a variety of musical selections using the words and emojis on this page. Have students listen to an excerpt multiple times.
Technology needed: Internet connection
https://content.thespco.org/music/concert-library/
The library includes many live concert videos of The St Paul Chamber Orchestra. Check out their diverse list of composers and performers.
Instrument Investigation – Students use this page when they are exploring various instruments or instrument families of the orchestra.
Technology needed: Internet connection
https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/community-education/teachers-students-and-parents/instrument-musician-guide
Learn about each instrument, hear and see them played, and meet musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra who play that instrument.
Choice Board 3 of 5 – Assign students a learning target—activities that give students choice in how they practice a concept or skill. Prompts are also included so students reflect on their work.
Technology needed: none
Make a Playlist – Students respond to and connect music to life as they create playlist for various scenarios.
Technology needed: streaming device/Internet connection optional
Rhythm Differentiation Tic-Tac-Toe – For students working on half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes; half, quarter, and eighth rests. Tasks were created and placed in the Tic-Tac-Toe according to levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy shown on the TIC TAC TOE! TEMPLATE on page 1. Use the TEMPLATE to organize learning towards learning targets.
Technology needed: none
Abstract Music – Give students a unique experience to create and perform music from an abstract image, discovering how to represent different shapes, lines, and colors in sound.
Technology needed: none
New! Girls Rock! – Connect musicians’ experiences to the music they create or perform.
Technology needed: Internet connection
America the Beautiful – Interpret and connect music to personal experiences.
Technology needed: Internet connection
That Zany Blue Man Group – Draw on musical knowledge and past experiences when responding to music.
Technology needed: Internet connection
New! Moods Through Music – Elements a composer uses to convey mood. Technology needed: none
A Hope for the Future – Connect music to personal experiences.
Technology needed: Internet connection
Lin-Manuel Miranda – Connect musicians’ experiences to the music they create.
Technology needed: Internet connection
New! Practice Reflection Sheet
Technology needed: none
Musical Inquiry – Use some of the questions and resources on this page to develop your own responses and/or connections to learning experiences.
Abstract Music – Give students a unique experience to create and perform music from an abstract image, discovering how to represent different shapes, lines, and colors in sound.
Technology needed: none
Descriptor-Emoji Cards-Secondary – Students can listen to and describe a variety of musical selections using the words and emojis on this page. Have students listen to an excerpt multiple times.
Technology needed: Internet connection
https://content.thespco.org/music/concert-library/
The library includes many live concert videos of The St Paul Chamber Orchestra. Check out their diverse list of composers and performers.
https://www.metopera.org/
Beginning March 16 and continuing each day for the duration of the Met’s closure, an encore presentation from the company’s Live in HD series will be made available from 7:30 pm EDT until 3:30 pm the following day.
Make a Playlist – Students respond to and connect music to life as they create playlist for various scenarios.
Technology needed: streaming device/Internet connection optional
Listener’s Tic-Tac-Toe – Students choose one row, column or diagonal of the board. Listen to a musical excerpt 3 times, listening for each element in the row. Students can collaborate or share their observations with others. Finally, have students research the composer, role and/or context of the music to know a bit of the story of the piece.
Technology needed: Internet connection optional
Rhythm Differentiation Tic-Tac-Toe – For students working on half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes; half, quarter, and eighth rests. Tasks were created and placed in the Tic-Tac-Toe according to levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy shown on the TIC TAC TOE! TEMPLATE on page 1. Use the TEMPLATE to organize learning towards learning targets.
Technology Needed: none
A Lesson from Evelyn Glennie – Use interpretation to convey meaning.
Technology needed: Internet connection
New! Music Feelings – How Music is a Part of Everyday Experiences.
Technology needed: none
Week 1 – Students improvise rhythms in 4/4 on one pitch. We’ll add more play-along tracks, bringing in more elements, in the coming weeks.
– Groovin’ from Home for Recorder – Grades 4-6
– Groovin’ from Home for Band – Grades 5-7
– Groovin’ from Home for Strings – Grades 5-7
Week 2 – Improvise rhythm on one pitch
– Groovin’ from Home for Recorder – Grades 4-6
– Groovin’ from Home for Strings – Grades 5-7
– Groovin’ from Home for Band – Grades 5-8
Week 3 – Improvise melody on two or three pitches
– Groovin’ from Home for Recorder – Grades 4-8
– Groovin’ from Home for Band – Grades 5-12
– Groovin’ from Home for Strings – Grades 5-12