September 2008 Activity - Get Funky from Music Room Book5 - Middle Primary

The activity comes from Music Room Book5 - Middle Primary

The activity is ...GET FUNKY

Book 5 of Music Room introduces students to 4 roots feels: funk, calypso, hoedown and boogie-woogie.
This fun song is from unit 1 lesson 1 and students can learn the song, write their own lyrics and use instruments to join in with some easy funk riffs.

We have the free lesson plan including music, lyrics, arrangement and activity notes, a copy of the accompanying chart and the vocal CD track for you

You can download the activity by following the links from here

August 2008 Activity - from Music Craft Preliminary Book B

Music Craft
for Cool Cats
by Deana Dodds
illustrated by Jock Macneish
from Bushfire Press
Music Craft For Cool Cats
Deana Dodds
Preliminary Book B

We have ANOTHER two free sample activities available from this book.
You will find them here

Compatible with all major theory syllabuses:

• The AURAL component of the Music Craft Preliminary level; each book contains
  2 audio CDs.
  
• Complements Preliminary Book A
  
• Fun activities that challenge children to think
  
• Whilst being geared towards the AMEB exam, the book is still perfectly
  suitable for general classroom tuition.
  
• Activities are child friendly and fun to do.
  
• Complete FREE teacher notes are available on the website - suggestions for
  getting the most out of this resource; suggestions for exam preparation and
  for how to take students beyond the syllabus.
  
• The Cool Cats series of music books now being utilised by thousands of students across Australia.