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Music Lesson Plans - Grades 2-3
- Bullying Skit with Music
- Using rhythm instruments with a story!
- Music - Piano Singing Game
- Musical Instrument Fortune Tellers
- Listen, Listen for a clue
- A reinforcer between lessons
- Music Tag
- Science Lesson Plans - Grades 2-3
- Music Lesson Plans - Grades 2-3
- Instrument making
- 8 days on Deafness and American Sign Language
- Fruit and Vegetable Song (sing to Lou Bega's Mambo No.5)
- "We're Just Like Crayons" by Stephen Fite is the centerpiece for this diversity lesson
- This multidisciplinary plan is called Music Basketball and deals with Note Values
- This lesson teaches accents using The Russian Dance from "The Nutcracker"
- This lesson involves squishy balls, keeping a steady beat and Edvard Grieg'sPeer Gynt Suite
- The Get-Acquainted Rhythm Game illustrates the difference between rhythm and beat
- This game idea is called music concentration and can be used for about any musical Ttopic
- In this "Teacher May I" game, students take steps relating to note value, beat, rhythm, etc.
- A Music lesson on rhythm
- Put your students in the driver's seat with this 'Bus Driver' flashcard idea
- This is an Ode to Thanksgiving Poem Song which can be expanded as a writing activity
- This Vivaldi's "Spring" lesson correlates music with weather and history
- "On the first day of Christmas, my parents gave to me __" involves spelling, ordinal numbers, and memory practice
- A Music Relay Race to teach Note Values and how they fit into Measures
- These ideas use UNO cards to identify instrument families
- This lesson is on distinguishing between Same or Different Sounds
- In this lesson, students compose an instrumental piece using pictures
- A Music lesson on Poetry and Rhythm taught using Music
- In this lesson, jazz inspires students to create a Romare Bearden style collage
- Careful here, this one is on Rock Throwing
- Here are several Multidisciplinary ideas for teaching about Old Rock 'N Roll
- Here music symbols are turned into characters the kids will remember
- A lesson on Adjectives taught with Music
- This is an excellent "draw what you hear" lesson
- A lesson on Rhythm called "Moving Like Waves"
- This learning to whistle idea teaches the value of fortitude
- This is an active Four-Corners Musical Instrument Family game
- This lesson teaches adjectives with music and mystery objects
- This is a note/rest 5-up flashcard game idea
- Here classes compose their own concert songs about frogs or other themes
- Rock Sculptures are the subject of this lesson
- Click here to play Wheel of Fortune Hangman with song lyrics: TW_NK_E TW_NK_E __TT_E ST_R
- Click here to celebrate Chinese New Year with oriental music and lanterns
- Using a jump rope rhyme is an effective idea to teach note values
- This math and music idea instills numeracy without using number symbols
- Here is a review day or substitute teacher activity idea
- Here's a Music lesson on the speeds of Notes called "Musical Speed Math"
- Here is a filler from a music teacher
- This outdoor idea combines sidewalk chalk with music symbols
- This is an "Around the World" note teaching game using "Boomwhackers"
- This is an African-American music history awareness lesson
- A lesson on Rhyme in Poetry using Music
- "Rhythm Board Race" is a game for teaching Notes and Rests
- Here are some songs appropriate for Back To School time
- These percussion activities help dyslexic children identify rhythm patterns in written text
- Here's a lesson idea on the Musical Styles
- Rhythm Canons are the topic of this brief Halloween (or other Holiday) lesson idea
- Here's an idea on Notes that uses a Boomwacker Relay Race
- "Where in the World is Mr. Maraca?" is a quarter-long exploration of world music
- This is a music rhythm filler activity
- Here's an interesting idea for keeping Pet Rock Journals
- This is an awesome and quiet rhythm relay game
- This is just a brief song to help with teaching circles, diameter, and radius
- This musical idea uses popsicle sticks to create a piece and keep the peace
- This is a fun way to learn math using the song, "Who Stole the Cookies"
- Here students express their emotions while taking a musical and artistic trip to the "Saint-Saëns" Zoo
- "The Twelve Days of Math" Christmas song is the basis for this lesson idea
- In this musical chairs idea, students sit when they hear the "magical" pattern rhythm
- Here's a 7-Up type game for teaching note values
- This is another music texture lesson
- This lesson called "Musical Terms" actually teaches Language Arts Terms
- "Peter and the Wolf" introduces orchestra instruments in this lesson
- Here is a Veteran's Day Thank You Song plus other activities
- This is an idea for teaching notes and chords with boomwhackers
- This game helps students learn about songs of the Armed Forces in a fun way
- This idea makes use of a Columbus Day Song.
- This lesson connects melody, pitch, and rhyming words "Down by the Bay"
- Many creative kinesthetic devices are used here to help students learn the planets and their characteristics
- Although not a lesson plan, this collection of Halloween Songs are great for teaching Halloween Safety
- This 4/4 rhythm activity is a good introduction to canon and part-singing
- This lesson is on "Math Through Rhythm"
- With Kidspiration and some rhyming skills, students create a multiplication rap video here for "The Fours"
- This game idea is played like 20 Questions, but for musical instruments
- Here students take rhythmic dictation with the help of some special cards
- Students have a "Musical Easter" by playing notes marked on eggs
- Dance your way into learning about Earth Day with the book "Earth Dance"
- This lesson involves using phone calls to learn musical notes
- This tasteful idea uses Kit-Kats to teach 8th notes
- To integrate Music, this section is on making "Rocky Music"
- The "Freeze, Pair and Share" strategy is practiced here for note value, addition, etc.
- This is a neat idea where students help make a real "Rhythm Pizza"
- Here is an idea to use songsheets to display student artwork as well as singing skills
- This is a lesson on dynamics
- This section is meant to be a general Exploration of Rocks in general
- Here is a little musical introduction song game idea
- This brief idea suggests teaching Beethoven'sOde to Joyduring the Olympics
- Engine, Engine, Number 9, this "Tempo Train" lesson helps you keep time
- This is a "Note Name Sparkle" game idea
- This is a Rhythm Face-Off Game
- This is a great staccato lesson
- In this game, students use their bodies to represent rhythms
- In this lesson, students compose a sound map with classroom instruments
- The dynamics in the William Tell Overture are the focus of this lesson plan
- This lesson is on Musical Rhythm and Patterns
- This is a fun idea for introducing school staff to students
- This is a low stress spelling game for music and other words
- Here is a music lesson plan using games
- Math manipulatives are used here to show how fractions apply to note values
- This lesson appropriately uses Lego blocks to illustrate note rhythms
- "Musical Twister" is game idea for reviewing the names and symbols of notes and rests
- This activity idea is for learning composers
- This part is on Weight and Balance with Rocks
- Here are instructions for creating the Hawaiian 'Uli 'Uli musical gourd rattle instrument used in hula dances
- A music lesson plan on Rhythm and Dynamics
- This lesson idea is called "Fly Butterfly, Fly" and involves Dramatic Student Movement to music by Chopin
- Students create a rainstorm with this dynamics idea
- This lesson is for visualization of rhythm
- Similar to the one above, this one is on Native American Rock Designs
- A Christmas time Music idea that involves Caroling to the other classes
- Here's a great lesson/game for learning musical elements
- In this lesson, students create a brochure about a composer
- This is a quick lining up song idea
- This one is on dynamics and accents
- It's "Peanut Butter Jelly Rhythm Time" up in here...
- Teaching rhythms is a "cakewalk" with this activity
- Here "The Magic School Bus' takes us through a unit on sound
- "Let's Give a Medal to Mama" is a medal presentation idea complete with a song
- You can use these adapted song lyrics for a Veteran's Day March
- "Oy! Hanukkah!" is a great collection of Chanukah resources and ideas
- Young students make and decorate bean-filled coffee can shaker instruments here
- This marching in time lesson also teaches left-right, left-right...
- Here are some sound awareness activity ideas
- In this "delightfully fun" but challenging lesson, students "Step-Clap-Kick" quarter note/rest rhythms
- This sound story for "Danny and the Dinosaur" combines language arts with music
- A Music lesson on rhythm through creative movement
- A Class Management technique for getting students to Line Up appropriately and also teach the Staff
- Staff Game is a kinetic activity idea for reinforcing the fundamentals of music
- "Name Game with a Beat" is a musical version of a previous name learning activity
- This Bean Bag game idea deals with the Names of Musical Notes
- This is an idea for a game called Match The Sound
- Here's a filler idea for Music called "Freeze Dance"
- A giant keyboard is "key" to this "note" worthy idea
- This one is on Rocks from an Ant's Eye View
- Here are song lyrics for a Veteran's Day assembly
- This coping with terrorism idea involves making song "puzzles" out of the words from patriotic songs
- Here is a great, musical game that also teaches about nouns, adjectives and verbs
- Here's a quick activity idea for showing understanding of musical phrases through movement
- This is a lesson on classical instruments
- Here are 2 brief ideas for teaching Note Values / Lengths
- "Go Fish" is used to help teach Musical Notes in this brief lesson
- "Onomatopoeia Rita" is an active percussion poem for kinesthetic and auditory learners
- Here's an outline of an introduction to band instruments lesson
- A Music lesson to help teach memorization
- This football flashcard scoring game can be used by any subject
- Here are a few good ideas using a floor staff to teach pitch/letter names
- This is a beginning ballet lesson idea
- This is a "Name That Tune" game filler idea
- This Music lesson is on proper Posture
- After this activity, students will be able to recite the names of their classmates in rhythm
- This is a game called Rhythm Baseball
- This lesson uses Music to help teach Latitude vs Longitude
- This Music lesson plan is on Easter Rhythms
- This is a "Jin - Gle - Bells" musical hot potato game
- This portion is on Rock Streaking
- Here students learn dynamic terminology and demonstrate the levels with their voices and bodies
- This lesson idea is on the various types of Folk Music
- This multiple intelligence scavenger hunt can help you form cooperative groups
- Student art illustrates a patriotic song in this holiday slide show idea
- Here is an end-of-year music class idea: Sing around the Campfire
- "Who Wants to be a Music Master?" is the title of this lesson idea - Music Trivia
- A fun circle music game
- In this 2-session lesson, young children play percussion instruments softly and loudly while learning that pictures can represent sounds
- This lesson introduces Moh's Hardness Scale to test the Hardness of a Rock
- "Nutty Notes," sequel to "Musical Munchies," is another notable and eatable lesson
- In "Munchy Music and Musical Money", students compose with M&Ms; and pennies
- This is simply a song to use in your class for Flag Day, 4th of July, or other Patriotic times
- This part deals with "Pet Rocks"
- This is a Song that can be used to help teach about
- Notes on the Staff merge with Spelling in this neat lesson plan
- These acrostic classroom M-U-S-I-C-I-A-N rules, clap-pat-snap to a rap beat
- These songs are good to use at the end of the school year
- This is a 4 Part Unit on Music and Emotions
- A Math lesson plan that uses Music to help teach the Multiplication Facts
- In this game idea, students draw, identify and give facts about musical symbols
- Singing this song turns lining-up into a joyful activity
- This "Rhythm Pattern Game" uses M&Ms to help teach Notes and Rests
- A Music Lesson I wrote on Rhythm and Tempo
- Students learn the names of the stages of the U.S. Space Program in this musical lesson
- Here is another note value math game
- This game idea is called "Find The Sound"
- A lesson on sound that incorporates music and literature (The Magic School Bus)
- This lesson on Playing How You Feel is called "Little Mozarts"
- This learning music concepts idea is called "Getting Warmer"
- "The Ebeneezer Scrooge Music Experience" is a delightfully clever idea for presenting Christmas music past, present, and future
- "Musical Math" deals with the Values of Musical Notes
- This lesson explores music and color and our feelings about each
- In this multidisciplinary lesson, students form a beautiful bulletin board using rhythm and math
- "Look, Listen & Learn" is a composers and history lesson that can be taught without saying a word!
- Here students compose music to tell folktales
- Music students love to create these rhythmic syllable sentences
- Here you can teach Art Concepts using Rocks
- Here's a Christmas lesson plan that "S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-S" the song "Silent Night"
- A lesson on Texture in Music and Math
- This is a good art filler activity - Musical Chairs with Art at each chair
- This lesson plan involves emotions in music and srt
- "Scribble Music" is a great early year, break time or substitute plan
- This addition/absolute value lesson plan uses a song to help teach the concepts
- Abstract art as a visual metaphor for modern music is the hypothesis explored here
- This "Math through Music" lesson encourages mental math and quantity analysis while educating students musically
- Speaking of "Bang-Splat-Ring," are they sounds or music? Click here to find out
- This is a multi-disciplinary lesson on "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and sequencing of events
- "Quick Draw" is an old-west note value math game
- This rhythm game idea is called "Time Signature Scurry"
- This part is on Native Americans and their Rock Art
- Here's an idea for keeping your Music students occupied while waiting in line - "Rhythm Telephone"
- A brief Music idea to help in learning the Staff
- Essential Concepts and Vocabulary with a Fun Song That Helps Student Retention
- "Cowboys at Christmas" is a unique multi-activity lesson teaching us appreciation for the "big gifts" we often take for granted
- This idea uses several twister games to teach notes or rhythm patterns
- This 5-day friendship lesson integrates character education, language arts, math, music and a craft activity
- This is an integrated Aboriginal Dot Painting lesson plan
- Here's an idea for teaching about theme and variation in music
- Here students create and draw onomatopoeia sounds with instruments and "The Listening Walk"
- This musical notes game is called Note Pyramids
- A great lesson idea on teaching the Staff, using Twister
- Here is a collection of about 10 brief music lesson plans
- Movement and the "Shoo, Fly" song are used here to demonstrate recognition of a musical phrase
- This lesson teaches intervals and that each note has both a tone and time value
- This idea uses hide-and-seek to teach dynamics
- This introduction to vocal control is a hummmmm-dinger
- Compare the emotions and instruments of "Under the Sea"' and "Canon in D" in this lesson
- Here students add a sentence to the character development paragraph in front of them, and then switch chairs
- This lesson is on Ascending and Descending Scale and is great for use around Halloween
- Here is an instrument activity with an apple theme
- This lesson deals with Musical Vocabulary Links - Vocabulary from Songs!
- In this listening idea, students write an 8-page story booklet inspired by the mood of eight songs
- This note value idea is called "Whole Note Pizza"
- Topic: Sound... 3 lessons
- Human Composition
- Carnival of the animals
- Finding the Singing Voice: An Introduction to Vocal Control
- Cookie Jar
