General Music - 5th Grade

Music Class Contract 

Class Syllabus - Updated 2026.01.02

Recorder Procedures Handbook - Updated 2026.01.02

Recorder Playing Test & Rhythm Assessment Rubric  - Playing tests in music class are not designed to judge individual talent.  They are meant as a guide for feedback on how to get better, and monitor student growth.

Day One Questionnaire

Daily Schedule, Mr. Smith

Social Contract 

MusicTheory.net - An excellent resource for learning the fundamentals of music.

Piano Keyboard Study Guide

Basic Rhythm Labeling Study Guide

Basic Note and Rest Length Diagram 

Note Naming Study Guide

Rhythm Randomizer - What we use daily in our rhythm drills.

First Days Rhythm Charts & First Days Solfege

Supplimental Solfege

All Rhythm Charts

Chrome Music Lab

February, 2026 | January, 2026 | December, 2025 | September, 2025 | August, 2025 

Winter Medley - Full Score | Recorder | Mallets | Percussion 1 (Temple blocks/castanets/bongos/congas) | Percussion 2 (snare drum/bass drum/claves/woodblock) | Percussion 3 (cymbals) | Percussion 4 (triangle/sleigh bells/guiro/tambourine/shaker/cowbell) | Percussion 5 (boomwhackers/chimes/timpani) | Percussion 6 (mark tree/vibraslap/slapstick/wind chimes/ratchet/tam-tam)

Crazy Train - Full Score | Audio Recording | Recorders | Marimba | Boomwhackers

Baby Shark - Recorders

Jingle Bells - Recorders

Korean Folk Song Melody - Recorders/Marimba/Suspended Cymbal/Bass Drum/Gong/Timpani

My Heart Will Go On - Recorders

Percy Grainger Melodies - Recorders

Theme from Pirates of the Caribbean - Recorders

Silly Recorder Stuff - Recorders