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This website has a huge library of music available for students to listen to.  I think this is a good website to assign listenings through.  Doing it over YouTube would work, but using this website I think there is less of a chance of distraction.
TSWBAT listen to music and make comparisons and contrasts to different genres.

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The world's best curated classical music site on the web. Hundreds of thousands of classical music files. Most composers and their music are represented. Biographies, reviews, playlists and store.

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This website does a good job of providing students with both listening and historical resources.  Students in some sections can also find visuals to help them see what composers or the music looked like.  I really like this as an educational tool.
TSWBAT reflect on the music through historical context.

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The Rhythm Trainer website is a website that allows students to test their skill with different note rhythms.  I would use this in my integrated music plans as an activity to formatively assess where every students it.  I'd have them right down their score and turn it in to me as an exit ticket.  This is working towards the objective TSWBAT: determine correct rhythms from wrong ones based on combining the senses of audition and sight.

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**Dec 29, 2020 update: The issue of multiple correct answers in B Mode has been corrected!

The Rhythm Trainer is a free website for learning and practicing rhythm. There are two types of exercises: A Mode where you click in the rhythm you hear, and B Mode where you see a rhythm and choose the sound that matches. At the end of your session, you can email your results to anyone (for example, your teacher) and they can see how you are doing! NOTE: Some email systems block the emails.

This site is the original since 2007 and is accessible (free!) from all devices.
There is no Apple or Android app (and never has been, though many have "borrowed").
Feel free to email me with comments, suggestions, questions or just to say hello! at john@therhythmtrainer.com

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rhythm trainer john blank practice exercise free music school beat beats html html5

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a free rhythm trainer created by John Blank

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This is a really fun looking game.  I think students would have a lot of fun with this and it is somewhat challenging.
TSWBAT listen and follow along with the beat.

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Bandimal is definitely aimed at the younger audiences.  It's a good app for developing children to create music with.  It works by using certain monsters/animals that produce correlating sounds.  Putting them together will create the students song.
TSWBAT identify sounds in a song and place them appropriately.

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Garage band is the perfect app for building the foundations of modern composition of music.  You don't need a ton of experience working with music to make something you enjoy and I'm sure students could have a lot of fun using it.
TSWBAT compose an original piece keeping mind of tempo and volume.

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This is definitely for the upper level students.  As they get older and progress into sight reading and what not this would be a great app to use to encourage the refinement of these skills.  Piano Practice with Wolfie offers a sleek design with a powerful package of resources.  Some of these include, recordings, sheet music visuals, and listenings.
TSWBAT read notes to varying degrees of success.

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When Calypsos were originating they were actually in a civil rights battle of their own.  The ruling class was forbidding them of making their kind of music, so the people had to get creative.  Walk around the classroom and find something you can use to make a unique sound.  Then we will all work together to improvise some music.
TSWBAT improvise music using materials around the room.

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Students will play Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star on the Xylophone.  Students will be discovering how it works together.  We will first play this piece together as a class after we practice for a while. Then we will listen to some of Mozart's later work and compare the two using some vocab words.
TSWBAT compare and contrast two different pieces of music using music terminology.

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Students will independently research songs in which they could use body percussion to keep the beat of the piece.  The song can be simple to complex and we will present in class with a short demonstration.  Ideas would range from "We Will Rock You" on the more simple side, to a little more complex like "When I'm Gone."
TSWBAT follow the beat and rhythm of the song to some degree of accuracy.

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Listen to this song. Music often comes in trends or popular styles of a time period. While listening try to think of a few aspects of this song that can help you define this style?

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1) Listen to this song, which is one of America's most recognizable tunes. 2) Write a paragraph or two describing the historical significance of this piece. 3) Write down an idea for a non music class that we could apply this song to.

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Frank Sinatra's - I've Got A Crush on You

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Frank Sinatra's - I've Got A Crush on You

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Listen to this Sinatra song and using at least TWO VOCAB TERMS write a brief paragraph discussing how Sinatra uses musical elements in this piece.  Make sure to include your name!

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Frank Sinatra ~ I' ve Got a Crush on You  [HQ]

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Finding ways to make music a part of my students lives and learning is a necessity. Allowing them to find a community in music, activate that right brain, and develop those critical thinking and compositional skills is beneficial to my students.

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As a child I had a problem with tone deafness.  However, I assure you this did not affect my the dynamics at which I sang.  I have always been the biggest fan of music and in particular, singing.  Around 3rd Grade I started playing piano and this helped me develop an ear and overcome my tone deafness.  Not only this, it also gave me an idea of tempo, rhythm, and made me more familiar with some musical terms.  Around highschool I would really explore some of those tempo and rhythm based themes as I became more of a musician.  It was a great outlet for me, I made friends who I would go on band trips with, I would look forward to sitting with my friends in band class, and it was a welcome break from the left-brained learning we would do all day.

Moving forward, I want to be sure to include some musical aspects into my classroom.  I remember one of my favorite time allotments in elementary was when we would gather around the piano in the room and sing some hymns with each other.  I would love to incorporate something similar.  That is pretty specific music time and won't always be an option.  I will also find ways to integrate and incorporate music in my lessons.  Just like any other strategy it won't be beneficial to all the students to integrate it every time, but finding a healthy mix between using it and other strategies will make use of Gardner's 8 Intelligences.