Description
Teach your kids about Vince Guaraldi, Jazz, and Rondo form while you talk about one of their favorite cartoons, Peanuts!
A perfect composer of the month for December!
Offers two themes so you can teach during the holiday season, or if you need a non-seasonal version.
You will get:
♦Pages about the composer
♦A blank page to add an image or your own content
♦Links to images for Vince Guaraldi and the Peanuts characters (just in case your kids don’t know who they are)
♦2 worksheets
♦One editable page for each presentation (Also works as a Bulletin Board Page)
♦3 Bulletin-board posters: Jazz, Rondo, Trio
♦Links to 4 different songs by Vince Guaraldi to play in the classroom, including the song for the page on Rondo Form.
♦Slide explaining Rondo Form
♦Overview of records and how they worked
♦Overview of jazz music and a little about it
There are NO actual images of Vince Guaraldi or Peanuts characters in this slideshow. This has to do with copyright protection on those images. However, I have found images for you to show and provided links to those in the slideshow.
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Elementary Etudes –
So unique! I love modern composers for children to learn and associate with. Plus, it’s a wonderful tie-in to jazz and form. Thank you!
Shelley –
Thank you! I’m a HUGE jazz person, and a HUGE Peanuts fan. I really wanted to have a fun composer for the students this month! I think it’s important to talk about people that they don’t hear about on TV shows too!
Brianne Gidcumb –
Great resource- my kids loved it! Thank you!
Mistyn J K. –
Thanks! My students love this tune! Great addition to my jazz and musical form units.
Shelley –
Yay! 🙂
Catherine C. –
Thank you! This will be great for next school year!
Shelley –
🙂
Susan B. –
Great idea!
Shelley –
Thanks!
Technology Tidbits –
beautiful presentation and good information. Thanks for including the useful links. Loved how you connected the information about this person’s life to key musical components like jazz music, form, trios, etc.
Shelley –
Thank you so much! 🙂 I’m glad you love it!
Holly S. –
great resource
Shelley –
Thank you!
Morgan L. –
I used this as an introduction, and then we learned to play “Linus and Lucy” on our recorders (Yay BAG), and danced like the peanuts characters in the B, C, and D sections. My kids love learning about the composers of music they know 🙂
Shelley –
Cool idea!
Rebecca G. –
Great resource! I’m looking forward to using it in my classroom!
Shelley –
Hope your kids love it!
Cincere Fazekas –
Thnx 😉
Julie W. –
I love integrating this with Linus and Lucy in my beginning band class. It was great to provide context and variation to learning music! 🙂
Shelley –
🙂 Awesome!
Music with Mrs K –
Thanks
Shelley –
🙂
Kristen B. –
What a great resource!
Nicole Z. –
Awesome!
Shelley –
Thanks!
sara M. –
A great resource to accompany (and justify using) Charlie Brown Christmas
Shelley –
🙂 Thanks!!
Angela D. –
Thank you for a great resource!! It worked great for my students, and they really enjoyed it!! 🙂
Shelley –
Thank you!
Jennifer B. –
My favorite composer! Thank you for the word search. I put them out for students to take as they leave class after we learn about Vince.
Carrie J. –
Fantastic resource to go along with the Peanuts cartoon series!
Andrea G. –
Great resource and kids LOVE the music of Vince Guaraldi so this is a win-win.
Kara N. –
Just what I needed!
Music In The Meadow –
I love teaching about this important composer. Thank you for creating this helpful resource!
Alyssa H. –
I left this powerpoint with a substitute. My fifth graders were able to read through the slides and complete the attached activities. The sub didn’t need to know anything about music.
Joy S. –
Students (and teacher) will love learning more about this awesome composer.
Mrs Cookie’s Music Room –
This resource is so helpful! I’ve never covered Guaraldi before, so this was just what I needed. Thanks!
Shelley –
Glad you love it!
Music with Miss Walker –
Great way to introduce Vince Guaraldi to my students.
Pamela Tehuiotoa –
The information shared in this resource helped me to develop a lesson plan for a class I was taking. At first I was doing it to complete the assignment, but now I plan to use this resource in my classrooms! Thank you for creating this.
Jennifer H. –
I am excited to use this to help me create a lesson on Vince Guaraldi. Thank you for creating such a wealth of information in this resource.
FLAVIA F. –
The students really enjoyed this resource. We used this as part of our Peanuts Unit along with the study of Charles Schultz and Vince Guaraldi.