It works great as a class activity on the smartboard, or can be assigned to individual students as a center activity or while working remotely. My primary classes love them and they have sparked some great conversations about different instruments.Ĭarnegie Hall Listening Adventures – The Young Person’s Guide To the Orchestra – This online game features the entire Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten and teaches lots of great details about different instruments and the instrument families. Each one shares a story featuring accompaniment by an instrument from the orchestra, followed by a Q&A with the instrumentalist and a demonstration. Symphony Storytime – These adorable 10-min episodes are perfect as either an introduction or ending to your music class – they’d also be great as edutainment during snack time.
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Try using movie scores – If you’re looking for some trendier music samples to listen to, try looking up movie scores. A quick search will find you tons of great examples.
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There are tons of amazing orchestras with surprisingly full YouTube channels, many with performances geared especially to children. Use video of orchestras playing – Elementary students love watching the instruments in action. Teach Conducting – Conducting is a wonderful skill that ties learning about tempo, dynamics, and steady beat into your families of the orchestra lessons for a more complete music unit. Pitch – Identifying the correlation between the size of an instrument and the range of notes that it plays.Sound Production – Identifying how instruments are grouped based on how their sound is actually produced.Timbre – Learning to identify different instruments by their sound.There are many aspects of the instruments of the orchestra that will help students learn other aspects of music: If you’re planning a teaching unit on the instrument families, be sure to bookmark this page for quick access to all the links and ideas! Instrument Families Lesson Plan Ideas & ActivitiesĮlements of Music – Teaching about the orchestra instruments is so much more than just being able to identify the instruments by sight. I have offered a YouTube link for your convenience.Elementary students love learning about different instruments! Whether you’re teaching in person, hybrid, or online, here are some great resources for teaching timbre and the instruments families of the orchestra. It also does not include the audio CD which is not required, but offers a great addition. NOTE: This does NOT include the book, The Remarkable Farkle McBride book and is required for this lesson. This is so your sub has something to reference when reviewing instruments with students. Posters for you to print and laminate to put in your sub tub or sub binder.A worksheet for you to copy and put in your sub tub or sub binder.EDITABLE lesson plans to put in your sub tub or sub binder.Students will listen to a recording of the book and then complete a fun worksheet to go along with it.
Students will read a book about a little boy who performs on instruments and then destroys them till he realizes he wants be a conductor. This is a great print and go plan for K-2.
Writing sub plans and preparing sub tubs and sub binders are so hard, especially in music and other specials! Most teachers would agree taking a sick or person day is harder than actually being at work.
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