Description
This resource is a lesson plan and material package that accompanies Zachary Himelhoch and Otto Gross’s The Night the Music Room Came Alive Flipbook! Bundle this resource with the Flipbook and use the code “ALIVE” at checkout to receive $2.50 off.
The teaching guide for The Night the Music Room Came Alive aims to help parents and teachers connect with their young learners and to bring the music room beyond the page to create a holistic literary experience. This teaching guide is aimed at serving a wide range of students and can be easily adapted to be engaging for younger and older students simultaneously.
Teaching guide includes:
• Instrument Identification Sheet
• Discussion Questions for each of the main themes
• Reflection Question Worksheet
• Music-based activities
• “Music Room” Instrument Matching Game
• Word Search
• Crossword Puzzle
The Night the Music Room Came Alive tells the story of a magical school music room that comes to life at night. Throughout this story, instruments commonly found in the general music, band, and orchestra classrooms come alive and work together to create a completely unique musical performance. The story explores the traditional sounds made by each instrument and how each instrument’s sound fits together to create an ensemble.
About the Author
Zachary Himelhoch is a music educator, performer, producer, author, and clinician based in Chicago, Illinois. In all of his work, Zachary aims to build community and connect people through music. Zachary is an adjunct faculty member in the MECA program at VanderCook College of Music and regularly consults for Quaver Music. Zachary created and directed The DrumHeadz, a multi-school world percussion program in Metro Nashville Public Schools. Read more here…
Otto Gross, a Cum Laude graduate
(Music Education) of the prestigious Berklee College of Music is proof, having performed with artists including
multi-Grammy® Award legends Bobby McFerrin, David Sanborn and CeCe Winans. Read more here…
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.