Lesson Plan Template

This template offers a blank canvas for all your lesson planning needs. It includes space to outline state and national standards, clearly define the learning objective, make notes, and lay out a sequence of activities.

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High School

Teaching Sight Reading Throughout the Year

Advanced Sight-Reading Practice

Get students practicing sight reading using their ears, voices, and instruments.

Improving Intonation Using Singing

Instrumentalists who sing have better intonation and sight reading skills.

Lyrical Technique Using Etudes

Give students additional practice with phrasing and lyricism.

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Middle School

Using Differentiated Instruction in Music Lesson Plans

Differentiated Instruction

Work on dynamic contrast with your beginning band students.

Teach Your Orchestra to Improvise

Introducing Young String Players to Jazz

Adapt standard exercises for beginning string orchestra to jazz rhythms.

Gender Bias in Beginning Band Method Books

Method Books

Use Tradition of Excellence as a model for introducing dotted rhythms.

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Substitute Plans

From Ragtime to Rock

Activities tying popular music history to the National Core Arts Standards

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Sub Plan Template

This customizable sub plan has everything you need to outline a class for a non-music sub.