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Can You Compose?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate musical notes. In this music lesson, 4th graders compose a short song while clapping the rhythm and singing the syllables using the appropriate notes or rests.
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"Musical Food

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners review the idea of healthy foods and examples of these foods. They play the game "Musical Food" performing a designated locomotor movement around the playing area until the music stops.
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Arranging Patriotic Music for Instruments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students arrange a short piano composition for a group of four to six instruments of their choice. The musical arrangements should be then demonstrated and analyzed by the class as a unit study.
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Bass Clef Lines and Spaces--2

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this music worksheet, students label the bass clef notes in 5 music staffs. Students observe that there are notes both on the lines and the spaces and put the correct letter name under each note. There is no information on the page.
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Treble Clef Lines

For Students 4th - 5th
In this music instructional activity, students name four treble clef lines. As an example, the first treble clef line is already filled out.
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Treble Clef Lines 1

For Students 4th - 5th
In this music worksheet, students name four treble clef lines. As an example, the first treble clef line is already labeled for the students.
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VH1 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll Lesson 3

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine female artists who perform in the genres of rhythm & blues, jazz, soul, and hip-hop/rap. They compose lyrics and melody in one of these genres.
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Music Activity at Family Math Night

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students work with a family member in placing all of the music notes on a staff board. They try to match the rhythm on the rhythm board and show their completed song to the teacher.
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Bass Clef Lines and Spaces--3

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this music worksheet, students label notes in the bass clef lines and spaces with the correct letter names. There are no examples on the page; prior knowledge is assumed.
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Treble Clef Lines and Spaces

For Students 4th - 5th
In this music worksheet, students name five treble clef lines and spaces. Each of the five lines contain from six to eight lines.
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How Do I Measure Up? (Intermediate)

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare the relationship between meter in music and measurement in math. They practice sightreading music by determining the number of beats per measure, clapping and counting the rhythm.
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Medieval Music (c500 - 1450)

For Students 8th
In this Medieval music worksheet, 8th graders read about the instruments and parts of the music, including harmony, melody, and unison. They answer 7 homework questions based on the reading.
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Performing Gospel Music (Keyboard or Piano)

For Students 5th - 6th
In this music worksheet, learners learn to play a piece of gospel music called "Siyahamba" on the piano or keyboard. Students examine the musical notes written on the staffs and read the helpful hits in the margins. Piano knowledge is...
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Bass Clef Lines--3

For Students 4th - 6th
In this bass clef lines worksheet, students, after being shown how to read five bass clef notes, decide what the next thirty notes are and place their answers on the lines provided.
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"Music Be the Food Of Love": Found Poetry with Shakespeare and Hip Hop

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create found poetry using lines from hip hop songs and Shakespeare's plays. They try to rewrite the words to music so that more people can explain Shakespeare's plays. They discuss the results of the activity.
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Note Names & Piano Games

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners identify letter names of notes, demonstrate simple rhythms, and use that knowledge to play short melodic phrases using the educational software called BugBand. Handouts and a quiz to assess student achievement are included.
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Lines & Spaces; Another Round

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders recall the letter names of the notes of the C-major scale and identify the names of the C-major scale. They identify the names of the lines and spaces on a music staff. They sing rounds.
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Unscramble the Letters - Music Terms

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars receive a worksheet on music terms. As a class, they unscramble a couple before attempt them on their own. They then write the meaning of each to research the meaning of the musical terms.
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Rhythm, Triads, Intervals

For Students 7th - 12th
Let the class show what they know about rhythm, triads, and intervals with this quiz. They complete the rhythm on staff one and two, identify the intervals on staff three, and identify the triads on staff four. This is a well-thought-out...
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The 1980's Series - Music

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students examine artwork by Keith Haring, and listen to music popular in the 1980s that influenced him. They develop storyboards, and film music videos for their favorite song.
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Name the Note- 2

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this musical notation worksheet, student name the bass clef notes using the lines that are placed below them They name 6 notes in each of 4 lines.
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Poetry Notes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Break this presentation into two or three days so as not to overwhelm your kids. Fifty-four slides is a lot of slides, but the PowerShow is well-organized, and terms are defined clearly and illustrated in examples provided. A general...
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Shoot the Whole Notes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice underhand throwing skills, identify values of musical notes, and add values of notes (adding fractions). students should be familiar with the names of notes and their values in 4/4 time.
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Singing II

For Teachers 4th
In this music worksheet, 4th graders study terminology associated with vocal music. Students are then asked to complete five multiple choice questions and provided with one extra credit option.