One great way to re-enforce ideas from a particular unit is with a well planned bulletin board. I have included three recent bulletin boards in this post: one for an instrument unit, one for music around the world and one to illustrate musical meter. I will include templates for these in later posts!
Can You Solve This "Case"?
Each year, I review the instrument families with students. I created this bulletin board to give students the chance to play "detective" and solve the "case". On the bulletin board, you will notice red folded cards with "case" numbers. Each card gave clues for solving the "cases". Students were asked to match each card with the appropriate "case". Along with the bulletin board, I set up numerous centers around the classroom so that students could rotate through different activities each giving them the opportunity to study the instruments.
Music Is A Language the Whole World Speaks
I used this bulletin board when presenting a unit on world music and instruments of other cultures. As we moved through the music of different countries, we added laminated people (1 inch die cut with velcro attached the back) to the cultures we visited. During the unit, I also posted music translated into many other languages.
(Ex. muziki, موسیقی, müzik, เสียงเพลง, musik)
Fish in Time
As my choir students were advancing in their choral sight reading, questions came up regarding time signatures and pulse/beat. This bulletin board was created as a visual aid in our exploration of musical time. The board was a great springboard for conversation with my general music classes.
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