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Students will create a half self-portrait and write a poem about themselves in the background. Students can choose to write an 'I Am' poem, an Acrostic, or any other type of poem that they choose...
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Students will look at and discuss landscapes and seascapes and learn how artists create space. Students will use the Elements of Art; line, color, shape, texture, and space to create a tri-fold...
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This lesson introduces the proper musical terms for loud (forte), soft (piano), gradually louder (crescendo), and gradually softer (decrescendo). Students will learn that "dynamics" of sound make a...
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Students will use plastic cups to create their own compositions using symbolic notation and traditional notation of half notes, quarter notes, and eighth notes.
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Using the Cup Game to practice rhythm, ostinati and read duple notation
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A music lesson for elementary music students that engages bodies and voices while taking a trip to the farm!
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During this lesson, the 6th-grade student will learn the history of Chinese Shadow Puppet Shows. The student will participate in a shadow puppet activity where he/she will use voice to imitate a...
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This lesson will be the culminating lesson at the end of a unit on instruments, tone color, and how music can help tell a story. The students would have already learned about the families of the...
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Learn how to make a superhero mask. Check out HERO ELEMENTARY on PBS Kids.
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Georgia O’Keeffe created many charcoal art drawings during her time in Columbia, and her works eventually made their way to New York, earning the recognition of Alfred Stieglitz. O’Keeffe briefly...