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Type: Video social media
Component: Imagery
Citation: "Danzon from Fancy Free" Youtube.com
Description: I used this video in order to show the students the setting in which the piece they were playing came from. (i.e. Danzon is from an American ballet and they played one piece from that ballet) This allowed them to visualize the music they were playing.

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Type: Acvitity/Assessment tool
Component: Fluency
Citation: Used as an assessment tool or a homework tool for students. I used it to assess a playing assignment for a piece called Lion City.
https://admin.flipgrid.com/manage/grids/458629

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Type: Website
Component: Expository (like a concert report)
Citation: Naxos Music Library. Retrieved April 27, 2018. https://www.naxos.com/Description: This is a great tool for students to access thousands of pieces of music.

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Type: Website
Component: Sequencing, Fluency, Narrative, Imagery
Citation: PBS Kids. Retrieved February 30, 2018. http://pbskids.org/games/music/.
Description: This website has been a great tool for me in the elementary music classroom for various reasons. This website allows students to access music reading exercises, informational videos, games, etc.

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Learn about music and play games with your favorite PBS KIDS characters like Elmo, Arthur, Pinkalicious, and Daniel Tiger!

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Type: Website
Component: Sequencing
Description: Putting musical knowledge into context by creating/composing musical sequences

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Incredibox is a music app that lets you create your own music with the help of a merry crew of beatboxers. Choose your musical style among 9 impressive atmospheres and start to lay down, record and share your mix.

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Type: Music Software
Component: Sequencing/Phonological Awareness
Description: Allows students to hear and manipulate sounds in music by creating musical sequences

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Type: Notation Software
Component: Sequencing
Description: Putting musical knowledge into context by creating/composing musical sequences

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Type: Website
Component: Retelling / narrative
Citation: Free Songs for Kids. Retrieved november 27, 2017. http://freesongsforkids.com

Description: This could be used in a general (or exploratory) music class in a variety of ways; narrative stories, learning a song, visual learning with videos, fluency of reading, etc.

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Type: Music Software
Component: Sight Identification / Fluency
Description: Used in instrumental classrooms for performance, assessment, sight reading practice, visual cueing systems, and to gain fluency at the beginning stages of learning.

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Type: Website
Component: Cueing systems
Description: I use this website with my students as a drill activity; learning how to identify chordal structure, notes, rhythms, and gaining the ability to identify intervals.

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Type: Music Software
Component: Sequencing/Phonological Awareness
Description: Similar to Garage Band, this software allows students to hear and manipulate sounds in music by creating musical sequences

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"Curriculum Writing 101: Assistance with Standards-based Music Curriculum and Assessment Writing for Band, Orchestra and General Music"

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"Curriculum Writing 101: Assistance with Standards-based Music Curriculum and Assessment Writing for Band, Orchestra and General Music"

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Type: Book
Component: Reading to inform
Citation: Denese Odegaard, Curriculum Writing 101: Assistance with Standards-based Music Curriculum and Assessment Writing for Band, Choir, Orchestra and General Music (GIA Publications, 2009)
Description: If I am ever a general music teacher, this resource is a great tool in tying national standards into the curriculum which is something a lot of new educators struggle with.

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GIA Publications - Music Curriculum Writing 101: Assistance with Standards-based Music Curriculum and Assessment Writing

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A sequenced music curriculum is the ultimate win-win for your program: it gives direction to your teaching, builds cohesion among your colleagues, engages students and parents in goals you set, and builds awareness and support from your school's administrators.

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Type: Bulletin Board/Print
Component: Vocabulary
Description: Using a word wall in the classroom is a great way for students to be reminded of vocabulary, learn, and always have a resource available in the classroom

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"Basics in Rhythm: an instrumental text for all instruments and voice"

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"Basics in Rhythm: an instrumental text for all instruments and voice"

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Type:  Instrumental Repertoire
Component: Sight Identification /Fluency
Citation: Whaley, G. “Basics in Rhythm: an instructional text for all instruments and voice” Hal-Leonard publishing Corp. Meredith Music Publications.
Description: Similar to sight reading, this tool could be used as a warm up incorporated into the beginning of every rehearsal.

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Type: Activity Book
Component: Expository / Sequencing
Citation: Ammons, M. "Great Artists and Musicians" Mark Twain Media/ Carson Dellosa Publishing Company, Inc. 1996.
Description: This book travels through the timeline of music and great artists that were significant to the culture of music. Word searches and timelines allow students to learn vocabulary, terms, as well as sequence events together in relation to musical history.

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"The Sight Reading Book for String Orchestra"

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"The Sight Reading Book for String Orchestra"

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Type: Instrumental repertoire
Component: Fluency/graphophomenic
Citation: West, J. “The Sight Reading Book for String Orchestra.” Wingert-Jones Publications. Exton, PA. 2010. Revised 2015.
Description: I incorporate this book into my rehearsals on a daily basis. This gives the students a chance to see new music everyday and use their decoding skills to sight read music.

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Type: Instrumental repertoire
Component: Fluency
Citation: R. Williams, J. King. “Foundations for Superior Performance.” Neil A. Kjos Music company publisher.
Description: Warm up tool for large or small ensembles.

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"Treasury of Scales for Band and Orchestra"

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"Treasury of Scales for Band and Orchestra"

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Type: Instrumental Warm Up Book
Component: Phonological awareness/ Cueing Systems (what sounds right)
Citation: Smith, L. “Treasury of Scales for Band and Orchestra.” Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. Alfred Music. 1952. Renewed 1980.
Description: This is a compilation of chorals in different major and minor keys for band or orchestra. This allows students to listen and engage in what they are playing, as well as warm up.

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Type: Instrumental repertoire
Component: Sight Identification
Citation: L. Bernstein, Arr. R. Longfield. Danzon from  “Fancy Free”, . Boosey & Hawkes. Hal-Leonard Incorporation. 1950. renewed 2012.
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Type: Instrumental repertoire
Component: Sight Identification
Citation: Brubaker, J.Zimmerman C. Arr. Anchors Aweigh. Alfred Music publishing. Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. 2008.
Description: This march is a fantastic choice for secondary instrumental students due to it's traditional march style, repetitive themes, and challenging musical lines. I taught this piece at my secondary placement for a concert and it was a great way for the students to be exposed to forms and musical elements.

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Anchors Aweigh arr. Jerry Brubaker| J.W. Pepper Sheet Music

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Buy Anchors Aweigh arr. Jerry Brubaker at jwpepper.com. Concert Band Sheet Music. This rousing march setting of the official song of the U.S. Navy will be

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Type: Book
Citation: Bowen, M., Bowen, R., & Frost, D. (2017). The school of music. New York, NY: Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of Quarto.
Description: A whimsical and factual book about the ins and outs of music. This book is fantastic for beginning students just beginning to learn about music.

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Type: Book
Citation:  Krawl, K. (2009). M Is for Music. San Diego, CA: Harcourt
Description: This book would be a great resource for the general music classroom. Incorporating the alphabet into music is a great way for students to cross disciplinary skills in the classroom; literacy/English and music combined.

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M Is for Music by Kathleen Krull | Scholastic

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Explore the world of music with this alphabet book that includes music terms, musicians, and instruments.