Middle School Music Interactive Notebook – middle school music lessons

(322 customer reviews)

This interactive music notebook gives middle school (5th and 6th grade) students a place to take notes, reflect, and create as they learn each concept. You can use the pages as notebook pages, worksheets, assessments, or evidence of learning, and you can edit the directions and music terms to fit the way you teach.

Teaching on devices? See the digital version.

What’s included

  • A printable interactive notebook (PDF)
  • An editable version (PowerPoint)
  • A student checklist to keep track of every concept covered
  • Input pages where students take notes, with space for extra notes
  • Output pages where students apply, analyze, evaluate, and create with what they learned
  • Foldable flaps students lift to test themselves, with printable cutouts
  • A completed example of each page
  • Instructions for use

Concepts covered

  • Tempo, rhythm, pitch, dynamics, form, timbre, texture, and harmony
  • Staff and symbols
  • Instruments
  • Composers
  • Conducting
  • Listening reflections

Formats

  • PDF
  • PowerPoint: The text is editable, so you can change the directions and music terms.

Important

  • The notebooks are spiral sequenced, so some terms repeat from one grade level to the next.

Ways to use it

  • No glue needed, so students only need scissors and pencils or crayons
  • Interactive notebook pages students keep all year
  • Worksheets or quick assessments after a lesson
  • Evidence of learning for open house or observations
  • To plan which concepts to teach each year, pair it with the free Music Concept Checklist.

Standards (NCAS)

  • Creating: Anchor Standard 1 (generate and conceptualize artistic ideas)
  • Responding: Anchor Standard 7 (perceive and analyze artistic work)

License & help

This purchase is for one teacher to use with their own students. Each teacher needs their own copy. See the full terms of sale β†’

Questions about downloading, printing, or Google Slides? Visit the FAQ β†’

Try it free

Not sure interactive notebooks will work in your classroom? The free Music Interactive Notebook Sampler has a page from every grade level. Download the free sampler β†’

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322 reviews for Middle School Music Interactive Notebook – middle school music lessons

  1. Kandace W. –

    My kids loved these and I love that I can edit the files to the specific things we are learning.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  2. Leah B. –

    Love this! So helpful for my class!

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      Thanks!

  3. Lynette Q. –

    Great resource for my music class. Would have liked to have a little more clear instructions on the use of some of the activities.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you Lynette! It is on my to-do list to create more examples, but I can’t make any guarantees as to when I would begin work on them. However, it is on my radar πŸ™‚

  4. Dylan B. –

    This is going to be a great resource for my choirs and my general music classes.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  5. Kassidy B. –

    I love to use this to supplement my students 1:1 devices or if the internet is down at school

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  6. Kailey W. –

    This is a wonderful resource to increase student interaction in band!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  7. Music with Mrs Morneau –

    I’m starting in a new district, so I don’t think I’ll be using it sequentially as a “notebook” but I am very excited to see how the students respond to the activities within the notebook! Thank you for such a thorough product πŸ™‚

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  8. Antoinette H. –

    Awesome!

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      Thanks!

  9. Janice G. –

    :o)

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      Thanks πŸ™‚

  10. Christy M. –

    Great!

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      Thanks!

  11. Joyful V. –

    Excellent resource! Cant wait to put it into action this year.

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      Thanks!

  12. Mari Zayas –

    Excellent Resource!

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      Thanks!

  13. Albertos Benito Francisco Jose –

    Excellent resource! All important issues are addressed in this resource.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks so much! I appreciate your feedback πŸ™‚

  14. Jenny W. –

    Thanks

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      You’re welcome πŸ™‚

  15. Alyssa B. –

    I love interactive notebooks!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  16. Robin D. –

    I am SO excited about this purchase!

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      Thanks!

  17. Allyson Moore –

    Very helpful especially for end of year review and substitutes and after concert season.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  18. Meagan J. –

    This is a great resource for my choir kids!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  19. Music With Mrs Lynch –

    Great addition to my classroom

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  20. Jennifer H. –

    Thank you!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      You’re welcome πŸ™‚

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