The Nutcracker Virtual Field Trip Christmas Unit for Elementary Music

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Becca's Music Room

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Grade Levels

3rd - 5th

Subjects

Music, Vocal Music, Holidays/Seasonal

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Lesson

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Google Slides™

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86 pages

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This worked great right before winter break, the kids thought it was interesting and then we watched clips of the ballet afterwards.

— Jessica S.

Rated 5 out of 5

I love that everything is in one place and it so nicely done. The students loved all the different characters and going through the story with them.

— Lauren N.

Rated 5 out of 5

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Looking for a FUN way to teach your students all about The Nutcracker? With this Virtual Field Trip, students will experience 7 of the pieces from the ballet. They will be able to interact with it through rhythm play alongs, movement activities, and more. Plus-- everything is included which means there is little to no prep for you-- the busy music teacher balancing lessons, concerts, and holiday activities!

This Google Slides lesson has 7 different adventures. In these students will learn about instruments, play along with songs, move along with songs, learn about the story, and learn about Tchaikovsky.

All of the movement and play alongs are embedded YouTube videos from my YouTube channel (Becca's Music Room), so all you need to do is press play and have the students go for it! All pieces are included, and I do own the rights to all of the pieces.

This can be done whole group or individually (or both!). Students will need to be able to EDIT for the dragging and typing features. If you want students to do it alone, they will need their own copy. You can do this via Google Classroom or forcing a copy and having them share it with you. I talk about this and other Google Slides questions in this video.

This Virtual Field Trip is intended for upper grades (3-5), although pieces of it can be used with the younger students as well. The March section includes rhythms like triplets and dotted eighth sixteenths, so you can skip that part if you haven't reached those yet. The only other section with rhythms is the Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies, which includes quarter notes, quarter rests, and eighth notes.

Includes:

-Story

Students will learn about the characters and the story of The Nutcracker

-Tchaikovsky

Students will learn facts about Tchaikovsky

-Trepak/Russian Dance

Students will learn the form of Russian Dance/Trepak
Movement activity (embedded Youtube video)
Instrument activity (embedded Youtube video)

-Tea/Chinese Dance

Learn about the Flute
Scarf movement activity (embedded YouTube video)

-Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy

Learn about the celesta
Rhythm play along with embedded YouTube video (quarter notes, eighth notes, quarter rests)

-March

Body percussion movement activity (embedded YouTube video)
Rhythm play along (embedded YouTube video) (triplets, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth sixteenth)
Cup routine (embedded YouTube video)

-Listening + answering questions