This week, I'm blogging about my playlists for each grade level, in my music room. For more information about how and why I'm using playlists, check out this post. Today, let's talk about third grade!

Here are three recordings from my third grade playlist:

#1: Sasha!

This is one of my absolute favorite folk dances! It is a really fun mixer that students LOVE. It looks like it's not available as a single track on iTunes, but can be purchased with this resource, which is a really wonderful book of folk dances.

#2: Wau Rauh by Sekaha Angklung Murni

from the album "Bali: Balinese Music of Lombok"

This summer, I read "World Music Pedagogy, Volume 2," by Amy Beegle and my friend Christopher Roberts. It is a really wonderful read for any elementary music educator. A lesson for this track, "Wau Rauh," was laid out in the book, and I'd like to try this with my third graders, to raise awareness of another culture, to have students think critically about instrumentation and melody, and to practice re.

#3: Kodály's "Musical Viennese Clock"

This is one of my favorites by Kodály! I use this in third grade after students learn 4-beat meter, or 4/4, so they can practice the conducting pattern. I've also used it in younger grades, to have students make up a story around a particular theme and then act it out.

If you haven't yet, check out these playlist posts from earlier this week:

• Kindergarten playlist
• 1st grade playlist
• 2nd grade playlist

Stay tuned for fourth grade tomorrow, and if you haven't entered the giveaway for an iTunes gift card and credit to my store, check it out here! Also check out my Instastories this week for snippets of each song!

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What is on your third grade playlist? Feel free to comment below. Happy listening, and happy teaching!