Getting Started Why are you even doing this???
Teachers make a difference Top 10 Tips for Student Teachers http://www.tmea.org/ |
| Finding a Job
MENC Career Guide
Scroll down to Career information and job boards
Texas Academic Excellence Indicator Provides statistics on Texas school districts. Know what you're getting into!
NAfME Job List
Posted jobs for music
educators Woe Is I Get this book and clean up your speaking and writing grammar; a painless way to sound like an educated adult
in your interview. Get Training!
AOSA Approved Courses Orff training OAKE Kodaly links |
First Year MK8 List Whatever you do, subscribe to this list for great ideas and advice. Check out their
Idea Bank. Someone has already done what you need and they
will share. Teacher Tools Scroll down to the very bottom of this page Tips for New Teachers very helpful links from TMEA Six Ways to Be a Bad Teacher Music resources for teachers just starting out Actually, these are great for any experience level! |
General Music Education Sites |
Music Ed Resources Idea Library
Music Educators
Toolbox
Many activities from
Carnegie Hall | General music education links everything you ever wanted to know!
Music at School
from the UK |
| Classroom Management |
The Really Big List of Classroom Management Resouces
Over 400 sites, but no longer updated, so some broken links
The Really Best List of Classroom Management Resources
A pared-down version of above, again, some broken links. The Teacher's Guide to Class Management Many articles, hints and resources
Concert Etiquette |
Music Sites for Kids
Easy navigation for kids, but great resources for you also. Music K 8 Home site for mk8 forum. Check the
Idea Bank as well as supplies and materials to purchase. |
| Assessment |
RubiStar a free tool for making rubrics Rubrics Rubric construction set | Teacher's Tools Scroll down on this page toward the bottom to "Teacher Assessment Tool Sites" Education World 99 ways to say "Very Good!" Teacher-created Rubrics |
| Templates/Forms |
Brainybetty.com Make your own PowerPoints with these great templates Teacher Tools Include bookmarks, puzzle-maker, flashcards, worksheets and another list of even more links. Latitudes Behavior modification charts and coupons | Teacher Vision Charts, forms and contracts for use with behavior management Game Templates Jeopardy Template Jeopardy Template II Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Template Family Feud Template Hollywood Squares Template Pyramid Template Question Gameshow Template Weakest Link Template Wheel of Fortune Template |
| Pedagogy |
Core Music Standards | Organization of American Kodaly Educators
Kodaly in a nutshell
Orff in a nutshell
Orff instruments
Curwen hand signs
Kodaly rhythm syllables |
| Lesson Plans |
ilearnmusic.com
1001 Free Lesson Plans for the General Music Classroom Lessonplanspage.com/Music Choose your level and plan to spend some time browsing.
JazzSmithsonian
Jazz lessons from the Smithsonian.
Find more resources by clicking the "Teacher Lesson Plans" link at the top of the page. Edmusic Lesson Plan links Teach-nology.com Lesson plans
Rock Hall
Rock & Roll lesson plans geared toward interdisciplinary learning.
Mrs. Lukow's Plans
Scope and sequence for K-6 |
MENC Guide Index
Online searchable lesson plans, also often geared toward interdisciplinary learning.
Keeping Score
San Francisco Symphony site; Lesson plans cross-curricular ArtsEdge Arts-Integrated Lessons which focus on music.
Teachers.net
The music section of their Lesson Bank The Educator's Reference Desk Music Lesson Plans Beacon Learning Center Lesson plans from Florida
Lessoncorner.com
Lesson plans and worksheets |
Teaching Materials |
MusicTechTeacher
Music Quizzes, Games,
Worksheets, and Theory
whackydoremi Boomwhacker cards - single measure cards for ostinato or flashcards Songstory List of children's song storybooks with lesson plans |
BooksforMusicEducators
List of children's books for music educators - that they can read themselves, or that you can read to them Music worksheets Web-based Musical Activities |
| Ideas |
Music K-8 Idea Bank Search this archive for ideas on EVERYTHING
Music Bulletin Boards Bulletin board ideas for the music classroom
Felt Board Templates
Theatre on a
Shoestring Have to do a program? Lots of ideas, costumes, etc. |
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| Songs |
Kididdles Many many children's songs and midi files. Also a good resource for printed material.
NIEHS kids music Lyrics and midi files to songs for children. Childrens Songs the teachers guide Lyrics and midis Suzyred.com Curriculum songs and learning parodies Official state songs For all states with sheet music and midi Musicnotes.net Graded list of songs MsMillerRounds Quality rounds to teach your children | Elementary songs and poems Songs that teach Songs for Teaching A wealth of lyrics, CDs for cross-curricular teaching Nursery rhyme origin info Some you might share, others, maybe not!
Nursery Rhymes
Top 50 Nursery Rhymes of All Time |
| Listening Maps & Lessons |
Classics for Kids Links to radio show, but you can listen from the website | World Music The Teacher's Guide to World Music - a list of links |
| Symphony/Instrument Resources |
Monica Autry's Powerpoint on Instruments Elementary lesson including pictures and sound
Playalong accompaniments for recorder Students play with a cool track Intro to the Orchestra sfskids San Francisco Symphony – great site for kids, could also use in teaching situation if AV tools available
DSOKids
Sample
sounds by DSO musicians | rhythmweb.com Homemade instruments - how to make them and other instruction resources More Homemade Instruments Orff Level 1 Example Orff Level 2 Example Orff Level 3 Example Posted on YouTube |
| Composer/Musician Resources |
Classical-composers.org Classical Composer Database
DSOKids
Bios and
sample music by period
Famous Composers | Composer Gallery New York Philharmonic Kid Site
PBS Jazz Biographies of jazz musicians
Classics
for Kids
Many ways to
study them |
| Composition |
Creatingmusic.com Several different composition activities Folksong.org.nz/composing Writing story songs for older children Improvising Midi loops in various modes and scales designed for students to use while improvising Fraction Pie Rhythms Teaches rhythm and fractions while composing |
Christmas bells A Flash of handbells - kids could improvise on this set or just experiment with the sound Musearts.com A whole scale of guinea pigs to demonstrate scales, to play a tune or improvise A Musical Sketch Pad Drum keyboard make up your own drum part Jamstudio.com More complicated, but VERY cool |
| Games |
See Game Templates above under "Templates"
Music at Bangar
This music teacher has a great list of links of online music games that kids can play. There is also a curriculum check-list for every grade! Free Online Musical Games Try the Elastic Frog! Complete Guide to the Cup Song many videos |
Singing Games
Games to play with songs they know
Musictechteacher.com
Games and quizzes - awesome list!
PowerPoint Games
templates you can use
Parade of Games in PowerPoint |
| Cross-Curricular |
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Teaching With the Arts
Folkdance Resources | Integrating folk music |
Resources |
Music in Motion Music education resources and gifts
Peripole The best recorder and other instruments Music Fonts StaffWriter (type rhythms, notes, music symbols, etc. into Word docs) & SingASign(Curwen hand signs and stick rhythms) |
Music K-8 Wishlist Technology in the music classroom
Phillip Martin Clipart
best clipart ever! and free!
Why I Teach Music free poster
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| Miscellaneous |
Exploratorium Great site on the science of sound with questions, experiments, exhibits, etc. for children
Concert Manners Teach this to your students!!
Bloom's Taxonomy Holiday music activities Music Centers Set some up in your own classroom
PowerPoints
Kellyskindergarten.com PowerPoints
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Music Advocacy
Musick8.com If you ever find that you have to "officially" justify a school music program, here is a PowerPoint called "The Value of Music in our Schools".
It is at the bottom of the page on the left side.
Leading the Fight
Advocacy
resources from NAfME
Music Education Online Several resources in the fight against cutting music education
Analyzing the Situation
Evaluate
your program to standards Standards for Basic and Quality School Music Programs Resource prepared by the Texas Music Administrator's Conference Use these standards as a resource to justify improvement of your program
Music Education
Advocacy
TMEA |
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