Students work in groups to learn and perform a piece on non-pitched percussion instruments and develop rhythm reading and ensemble skills.

REMIX- Added accessibility enhancements Use the book Tanka, Tanka, Skunk! by Steve Webb to teach one or more of the following music concepts:  quarter notes and rests, beamed eighth notes, piano, forte and time signature.

This lesson invites students to learn and apply formal methods of visual arts analysis to investigate and understand Dan Namingha's Hopi Eagle Dancer They will then experiment with paints in an effort to get a sense of how the artist used different tools and thicknesses of paints to achieve varying effects in the painting.

Students will be able to: identify at least three different techniques/characteristics of the painting; discuss the impact of the artist's use of color in the painting; list and apply methods of formal visual analysis; and use trial-and-error methods to obtain different visual effects.

This activity requires students to select the rhythm they hear.  Each rhythm is 1 measure and there are 10 questions with audio.  This resource is a Google Form.  It is designed as a mini activity to be used within a larger lesson plan.  It can also be used in a virtual/distance learning situation.

This resource consists of 8 rhythmic patterns which can be used as mini activities within your lessons.  There are a total of eight rhythmic patterns for you to use as you see fit. This resource can be used in face to face or virtual/distance learning situation.

This lesson plan is designed to introduce students to the rhythms of poetry. The lesson focuses on two poetic forms: the Ballad stanza and the Blues stanza. Lesson includes notations to incorporate poetry analysis and recitation. The lesson also involves practice skills to recognize and understand poetic structures such as: iambs, measures and rhythm. It includes a link to applicable music files.

Students read various poems and explore why lines are broken where they are and how they affect rhythm, sound, meaning, and appearance in poetry.

Students write about present-day pop culture as well as learning about pop culture of the past by using Cole Porter's song "You're the Top!" (1934) to touch on many issues relevant to a language arts classroom, especially the literary technique of cataloguing. After an introduction and context information about Porter's song, students listen to the song and examine the lyrics. They look at the list of the pop culture items referenced in the song to see what they feel is still valid today, brainstorm replacements for other items, and create revised lyrics for the song. They then present their updated lyrics to the class.