New Lesson

We appreciate your willingness to contribute an Instructional Idea that may ultimately have a positive impact on many other music educators. We are glad to assist in any way. A member of the NYSSMA Curriculum Committee will work with you before including your idea in NYSSMA Lesson Bytes. Typically, we help with format, assessments, and other general input.

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Instructional Idea
  • State Lesson Objective (The Student...)
  • Procedure (short bulleted statements)
  • Describe how you measure student achievement
  • Specific assessment tools for this Lesson Idea may be attached in 'Files' section

May include...

  • extensions
  • adaptations for students with special needs
  • interdisciplinary applications
  • additional information
  • Include reference information utilized
  • Other helpful / related resources such as: songs, books, titles, author/composer, publisher, location, copyright date, web sites, software, recordings, videos
  • File uploads are limited to PDF and DOC documents.
  • File size must not exceed 3mb per document.