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Magical Musical Tour: Using Lyrics to Teach Literary Elements

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Language arts learners don't need a lecture about poetry; they listen to poetry every day on the radio! Apply skills from literary analysis to famous songs and beautiful lyrics with a lesson about literary devices. As class...
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Classroom Builder

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore music theory by discussing a classic song. In this musical notation instructional activity, students listen to the song "My Favorite Things" and discuss and share their personal tastes with the class. Students practice...
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Medieval Music

For Students 4th - 5th
In this music worksheet, students answer 3 multiple-choice questions about Medieval Music. Students also read about and see a picture of a Medieval instrument called a crumhorn.
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Giants of American Music

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this music worksheet, students match a description with the following composers: George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, John Philip Sousa, Leonard Bernstein. Students also reflect on why they are called Giants of American Music.
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Giants of American Music

For Students 5th - 6th
In this music worksheet, learners answer questions about composers George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, John Philip Sousa, and Leonard Bernstein. Students also reflect on why they are called the Giants of American Music.
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Enjoying Latino Music

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners view different musical instruments from around Latino world, predict what sounds instruments will make based on their appearance, listen to and evaluate music from different Latino genres orally or in writing, and make...
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Writing a Music Review

For Students 7th - 10th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students read a music review, watch a traditional music performance or listen to a sound recording from the "Louisiana Folklife Program" website, and review notes about careers in music. Students...
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Jazz and Math: Rhythmic Innovations

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students watch a segment of the PBS Ken Burns JAZZ documentary about Buddy Bolden creating the "Big Four." They compare and contrast the rhythms of marches and jazz based on the examples in the film, and explore notation, subdivision of...
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Sharing Your Music - Lesson 5

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe that music can communicate positive social messages. They create a theme concert with a positive social message after watching a video of famous artists playing on Sesame Street.
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Sounds Like Music

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students define and examine the connections between sound and music and how engineers design instruments. They listen to examples of musical instruments, view a demonstration of a tuning fork and bottles filled with varying amounts of...
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Turn Down Music to Save Hearing

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students participate in a informal survey of their listening habits, then read a news article about the possibility of portable music players harming kids hearing. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a...
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Energetic Musical Instruments

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students apply the principles and concepts associated with energy and the transfer of energy in an engineering context through the designing and making of a musical instrument. After the accomplishment of the design, students must...
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Mozart and Music

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders experience performing arts by participating in a music performance. In this music history lesson, 5th graders practice playing notes on an instrument in class and discuss the challenges associated with making music....
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Bass Clef Lines-3

For Students 5th - 12th
In this bass clef lines activity, students read the sheet music and identify the letter names of the notes that are missing as they fill in 82 blank spaces.
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Bass Clef Spaces-2

For Students 5th - 12th
In this bass clef spaces worksheet, students read the sheet music and identify the letter names of the notes that are missing as they fill in 70 blank spaces.
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Tradition through storytelling and music

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover how storytelling can shape a person's tradition.Students examine different methods of storytelling such as music, biographies, and African folktales. They then demonstrate their knowledge of storytelling by writing...
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Grand Staff - 3

For Students 6th - 12th
In this grand staff worksheet, students read the sheet music and identify the musical notes that are missing as they fill in 94 blank spaces.
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Grand Staff - 4

For Students 6th - 12th
In this grand staff worksheet, students read the sheet music and identify the musical notes that are missing as they fill in 94 blank spaces.
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Grand Staff - 5

For Students 6th - 12th
For this grand staff worksheet, students read the sheet music and identify the musical notes that are missing as they fill in 94 blank spaces.
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Grand Staff - 1

For Students 6th - 12th
In this grand staff worksheet, learners read the sheet music and identify the musical notes that are missing as they fill in 98 blank spaces.
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Grand Staff - 2

For Students 6th - 12th
In this grand staff worksheet, students read the sheet music and identify the musical notes that are missing as they fill in 98 blank spaces.
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Ah, Music!: comprehension skills

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this comprehension skills worksheet, students read the book Ah, Music! and complete comprehension activities. Students complete 5 activities including note taking, locating information, theme, speculating, and cause and effect.
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Musical Teddy Bears Number Cards 1-12

For Students Pre-K - K
In this musical teddy bears number cards activity, students cut out and color 12 cards. Each card has a number on the hat of a teddy bear. Coming out of the bear's trumpet are the correct number of music notes to match the number....
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Pictures at an Exhibition

For Teachers K - 8th
Students discuss how the musical composition was created. They listen to "Pictures at an Exhibition." Students discuss how the Promenade in the beginning of the opus is based on Mussorgsky walking through the exhibit of paintings....

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