Grade 5 music lessons

Fun and easy composition game for third grade and beyond with die cuts from the dollar store! Simple to make and use!

Free Music Substitute Lesson Plan (for a non-music sub). Teach meter with short, fun video clips, "script" for the teacher and movement activities for kids.

Check out these 5th grade music lessons to save yourself some stress in planning with this tricky yet fun age group. [DETAILS]

My 15-Minute Music Lesson Freebies are some of the most popular here at Music in Our Homeschool. See links to all of them here.

Do you teach elementary music to fifth graders? Are you struggling to teach fifth graders? Here are some tips and tricks to help you out!

Hello friends! As a part of my “Back-to-School” series, this next post will be about FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL lesson ideas for 3rd-5th grade. I remember my first year of teaching, I was so nervous about what I would do with my students once they walked into the classroom! So I am going to go...Read More

The 6th graders have just finished up a unit project on Musical Styles. The goal of this project was to get the students to explore music outside of the country/pop/rock bubble that we tend to be in in our small town. I also wanted them to listen to music more closely to analyze things like the meaning of the lyrics, why & how music is used in different situations, and where they hear music. I gave the students 4 projects to choose from. The project was to be done mostly at home, but after…

We are finishing up Unit 1: Rhythm and I feel like I have brought out all the "old material," already tried some cool new material (like centers!)

Five fun and action-filled circle games to practice rhythm, pitch, and more with your elementary music students.