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Fourth & Fifth Grade Curriculum Design: Using the Same Repertoire for Many Purposes

Objectives: Improvisation: Students will use a blues scale to improvise melodies in question and answer form. Students will improvise 16 beat phrases over a moving bass line. Form: Students will…

Fourth Grade Curriculum Design: Using the Same Repertoire for Many Purposes

Objectives: Students will improvise movement that reflects a variety of positional levels, weighted movements, and space. Students will respond to the formal structure of a folk dance through choreographed and…

Third Grade Curriculum Design: Using the Same Repertoire for Many Purposes

Objectives: Vocal Development: Students will explore their head voice through a vocal exploration activity with a ribbon wand. Melody: Students will sing, decode, and read solfège notations do, re, mi,…

Second Grade Curriculum Design: Using the Same Repertoire for Many Purposes

Objectives: Students will echo sing on so-mi. Students will create quarter note (ta), eighth notes (ti-ti), and quarter rest rhythms using popsicle sticks. Students will respond to music using a…

First Grade Curriculum Design: Using the Same Repertoire for Many Purposes

Objectives: Students will identify and label rests in a familiar song. Download this resource to learn more.

Hill Day 2025 Participant Graphics

Downloadable graphics (Click on link and right-click on image to save to your device) Facebook: Option 1 Option 2 Instagram feed: Option 1 Option 2 Instagram story: Option 1 Option…

Hill Day 2025 Shareable Graphics

Downloadable graphics (Click on link and right-click on image to save to your device) NAfME Virtual Hill Day Social Media Toolkit Title I: Facebook Instagram Title II Facebook Instagram Title…

Two Documentary Films and Lesson Plans: Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius and Awadagin Pratt: Black in America

Access Two Documentary Films and Lesson Plans: Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius and Awadagin Pratt: Black in America NAfME is very pleased to be able to provide access for music…

Innovations in Music Education Podcast: Episode 1 with Andrew Thompson

Episode Description: Episode 1 with Andrew Thompson: Dr. Shane Colquhoun and Brett Barker sit down with Andrew Thompson, who shares insights about his unique music program at Aloha High School.…

2024 Jazz Appreciation Month Interview Series: Sammy Miller

NAfME Chair of the Council for Jazz Education Bethany Robinson talks with performer Sammy Miller about his experiences working with students through the Jazz at Lincoln Center program and his…