Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Family Time: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 5)
Support English language development with a family-themed unit consisting of a series of lessons designed to get your scholars moving, looking, speaking, writing, and listening. Conversation topics...
Penguin Books
Up Close: Ella Fitzgerald
A reading of Tanya Lee Stones' biography of Ella Fitzgerald lets middle schoolers get up close and personal with the First Lady of Jazz. Stone recounts details of Fitzgerald's life from her early days through her experiences as a teenage...
Curated OER
The Choir
In this music worksheet, students read an excerpt about the choir, the oldest of all musical groups. They identify that human voices vary in pitch, some high and some low, making it possible to sing harmonies in different layers.
Curated OER
Fearless Fables: Wee Little Chick And the Magic Apron
In this reading worksheet, students investigate the fable form of storytelling by reading a 3 page fable about a chick who is being bullied. There are no questions on this worksheet.
SingWise
Sing Wise: Understanding Vocal Range, Vocal Registers, and Voice Type
Clear explanations of many terms used in evaluating and describing singing voices. Learning these explanations should help students find their comfortable singing ranges.
Other
Science Frontiers Online: Throat Singing
This site has an interesting discussion of how humans shape their voice to produce a variety of sounds. Discussion focuses upon the technique of "throat-singing," a method of creating vocal sounds unlike any other.
Other
Music Teacher's Resource Site: Rounds for Voices or Instruments
With the focus on the classroom, this page provides a few fun rounds to use with children.