Category Archives: Teacher Resources

PDF Downloads

Teacher Guide Fall 2020 ↓ Download the Fall 2020 Musical Explorers Teacher Guide   Student Guide Pages ↓ Download all SG pages in one PDF ↓ SG1 Welcome to Our Musical Trip! Introduction ↓ SG2 Musical Explorers World Map Introduction ↓ SG3 Musical Explorers World Map Introduction ↓ SG4 Explore the Sounds of Our City…

Glossary

12-bar blues: a common musical form of the blues where the music and lyrics follow an A-A-B format accordion: a musical instrument with a keyboard and/or buttons where the sound is produced by squeezing metal bellows in and out Ahava raba: a specific mode used in klezmer music alegre: middle-pitched hand drum, used in cumbia…

Vocal and Body Warm-Ups

Start each lesson with warm-up activities in order to establish a routine that fosters healthy vocal technique, kinesthetic learning, and active listening. The following warm-ups are designed to work as a sequence but can also be used as stand-alone activities, depending on time, objective, and teacher preference. Finding Your Breath Smooth and Bouncy Breath: Breathing…

Video Index

Unit 1: The Music of India Unit 2: Cumbia Unit 3: Calypso Unit 4: Blues

Professional Development Resources

Unit 1: Music of India     Unit 2: Cumbia     Unit 3: Calypso

Standards for Music Education

Georgia Standards of Excellence in General Music – Elementary Creating ESGMK-2.CR.1: Improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments. ESGMK-2.CR.2: Compose and arrange music within specified guidelines. ESGMK-2.CR.3: Share creative work. Performing ESGMK-2.PR.1: Sing a varied repertoire of music, alone and with others. ESGMK-2.PR.2: Perform a varied repertoire of music on instruments, alone and with others. ESGMK-2.PR.3: Read…