Annotated web list

Web site address: Jazz Lesson Plans
Category: Teacher Lesson Plans
Audience: Teachers
Grade Level: K-8
Subject area: Music - Jazz
Description: A list of five different units about jazz put together for the general music classroom. Each unit is also connect to other subjects (Math, ELA, or Social Studies). Each lesson on unit covers topics including the history of jazz, the contributions of Duke Ellington, and musical forms of jazz styles.

Web site address: Sphinx Kids
Category: Student Interactive Learning
Audience: Students
Grade Level: 2-8
Subject area: Music
Description: There are a variety of facts and games about different instrument, composers, and performers. Students can hear the sounds each instrument makes as well as read facts about the instrument. There are galleries of instruments and composers with interactive content as well as games about composers, pieces, and instruments.

Web site address: SFS Kids
Category: Students Interactive Learning
Audience: Students
Grade Level: 2-8
Subject area: Music
Description: There are a variety of activities for students including basic note reading, music theory, composition, and instrument families. It also includes a calendar of family friendly symphonic concerts in the San Francisco area. 
 
 




Web site address: Florida Orchestra Association Assessment
Category: Teacher Resource
Audience: Teachers
Grade Level: 5-12
Subject area: Music - Orchestra
Description: A collection of various assessment tools for the orchestra class. There are rubrics for various grade levels, ideas for midterm and final exams for high school level, as well as ready made study guides for tests on key signatures or scales.

Web site address: K-12 Resources for Music Educators
Category: Teacher Resource
Audience: Teachers
Grade Level: K-12
Subject area: Music - Choral, Instrumental, General
Description: A list of various web resources related to music and music education. The list is organized by subject area, Band, Orchestra, Choral, and General with short descriptions of each page.

Web site address: Alternative Strings
Category: Teacher Lesson Plan Sites
Audience: Teachers
Grade Level: 5-8
Subject area: Music - Orchestra
Description: A ready made unit of 12 lesson plans and accompanying materials for Rock Strings. The unit costs between $19.95 and $24.95. The unit is written by Julie Lyonn Liberman and includes hand outs and listening materials as well as lesson plans.

Web site address: Virgina Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary
Category: Student Resource
Audience: Students
Grade Level: 7-12
Subject area: Music
Description: Interactive dictionary of musical terms including pronunciation, language of origin, definition, and suggested listening examples.

Web site address: Metronome
Category: Students Resource
Audience: Students
Grade Level: 6-12
Subject area: Music
Description: Free online metronome. 

 
Web site address: 8notes
Category: Teacher and Student Resource
Audience: Teachers and students
Grade Level: 6-12
Subject area: Music
Description: Free sheet music for various instruments and small groups. The music is organized by instrument and by category.  

Web site address: NAfME
Category: Teacher Resource
Audience: Teachers
Grade Level: All
Subject area: Music
Description: National Association for Music Education home page. There is where teachers can find the most up to date research in the field of music education as well as find other resources such as books, lesson ideas, and future events.