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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sounds Like Science- Jamboree

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students explore sound, pitch, volume, frequency, and musical notes. In this homemade instrument lesson, students use materials such as jars, buckets, strings, rackets, rubber bands, and bottles to create their own unique instrument....
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Lesson Plan
Global Oneness Project

Flamenco: A Cross-Cultural Art Form

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Notes of pride and persecution, exclusion and isolation resonate in flamenco. Introduce this musical art form to your social studies or Spanish language classes with a resource that follows a young flamenco guitarist as he...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Food Rhythms

For Students 4th - 8th
Kids note the rhythm of 12 words and then list each word in the appropriate box on a worksheet.
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Activity
Quaver

Large Coffee Can Bongo

For Teachers K - 8th
Want to make some music but you don't have the instruments? Get a start on your percussion section with a creative bongo drum project! Young musicians use a coffee can, packing tape, and colorful paper to create the perfect percussive...
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Assessment
New York State Education Department

English Language Arts Examination: June 2017

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Plants prefer classical music to rock and roll. That's one of the claims in an informational passage that makes up part of a set of standardized assessment questions. The set is part of a larger collection of English language arts tests...
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Worksheet
MakingMusicFun.net

Ready, Set, Go! Note Name Speed Test II - Music Theory Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this music notes instructional activity, students name 10 notes in a timed activity. Students then repeat the activity and try to better their times.
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Worksheet
MakingMusicFun.net

Intervals! (Fifth) | Free Music Theory Worksheet (Digital Print)

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this music intervals worksheet, students study the music notes in fifths. Students write the fifth notes up and down in the treble and bass clef. Students label the two notes with the correct alphabet letter.
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Worksheet
MakingMusicFun.net

Ready, Set, Go! Note Name Speed Test IV - Music Theory Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this music notes instructional activity, students name 10 notes in a timed activity. Students record their times and try multiple times to improve their scores.
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Worksheet
MakingMusicFun.net

Ready, Set, Go! Intervals (Unison-Octave) Speed Test | Music Theory Worksheet (Digital Print)

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this music activity, learners identify 10 musical intervals based on the musical notes they see.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Visual Art and Music

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine how pop art compliments music. In this arts lesson, students explore the elements of pop art and replicate those elements in their own piece of art.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ornament Notes

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this recognizing the musical notes on a staff worksheet, students identify and color the notes according to the accompanying code. Students color 9 ornament notes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning AB Form: Music

For Teachers 3rd
Third grade musicians play Orff instruments while they learn about the AB Form. First they learn part A of a song, then they listen to when the song changes. After they understand the concept of AB form, they learn to play part B. Note:...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Grade 2: Music/Valentine's Day

For Teachers 2nd
Play and sing a Valentine's song with your second graders. They'll follow along allow as you demonstrate how to sing and keep a steady beat on non-pitched percussive instruments. While the music instructional activity has a Valentine...
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Activity
Wordpress

Behind the Music Project

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Authors write about what they know, and that does not exclude songwriters. Invite partners to explore the story behind a song. They analyze and discuss the lyrics, conduct research online, create a poster, and put together a two-minute...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Syncopated Duet

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners work in pairs to compose a duet (with percussion instruments) that contains syncopated rhythm sequences. Each student will research a piece of music that they feel uses syncopation and will give a persuasive speech to the class.
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Worksheet
MakingMusicFun.net

I Thought That I Was Crazy | Free Music Theory Worksheet (Treble Clef Note Names)

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this music poem instructional activity, learners spell out the music words using the music notes instead of alphabet letters. They also determine the 10 note names and write them in the blanks to solve the puzzle.
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Worksheet
MakingMusicFun.net

CodeMaker! | Music Theory Worksheet - Bass Clef Note Names

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this music notes activity, students create as many words as possible using only the letters in the musical alphabet. They then turn the letters into code by writing the words in music notes on the staff above the word.
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Worksheet
MakingMusicFun.net

It All Adds Up | Free Music Rhythm Worksheet II

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this music note activity worksheet, students identify the music notes and add them together to complete the music note equations.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Clef music note

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this clef music note worksheet, students view a picture of a clef music note and trace and write the word clef. Students trace and write the word 1 time each.
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Lesson Plan
Film English

Music

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Some emotions are indescribable, but sometimes you have to try! After brainstorming adjectives that describe emotions, pupils watch a quick film, at first with no sound. Partners share their adjectives and come up with descriptions for...
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Lesson Plan
VH1

Lessons for Hight School Music Classes: Lesson 2

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Art and music have been vehicles for statements of civil unrest for hundreds of years. Upper graders critically analyze several pop songs or music movements from the 1980s that exemplify politically charged motives. They...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Down a 4th, Up a 5th

For Students 3rd - 8th
It's time to practice those sharps. Young musicians write the order of sharps by counting down a fourth and up a fifth. This is a great way to teach sharps to emergent musical note readers. 
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PPT
Curated OER

Music: The Circus

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Introduce youngsters to the purposeful way in which they can use music. After listening to a circus song and view circus pictures, they hear sounds that introduce, create suspense, and set a tone. This is a good introduction for younger...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Covering the Issue

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Examine how art and music can be powerful tools for conveying a political or social message. After considering the issues surrounding rapper Paris, students design their own album covers that reflect their political and/or social...