Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Duration: Notes Lengths in Written Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Read everything there is to know about the basics of notes. From their durations, their shapes and their stems, you will learn how notes are used in music.
Handout
Music Education

Learning to Read Music: Types of Notes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the different types of notes in music--the whole note, half note, quarter notes, eighth note, and sixteenth note--and listen to midi files of music samples.
Website
Other

The Basics of Reading Music

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an overview of how to read music. The basics of notation such as note and rest values, the names of lines and spaces of both treble and bass clefs, etc. are covered. Includes downloadable audio files.
Handout
Music Education

Learning to Read Music: Basic Counting, Part 2

For Students 3rd - 8th
Beginning musicians can practice reading notes and counting beats using this resource that also provides several lines of music with different types of notes, rests, and time signatures.
Website
Music Theory

Music theory.net

For Students 9th - 10th
An online beginning music theory and ear training site. This site is for students to use at home to reinforce what they learn in class.
Handout
Music Education

Learning to Read Music: Basic Counting

For Students 3rd - 8th
Apply basic knowledge of reading music by counting beats and reading notes. Here are some simple lines of music which incorporate different types of notes and patterns in common time.
Lesson Plan
PE Central

Pe Central: Classroom Teacher Integrated: Note Bowling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students familiar with musical notes and their values can participate in "note bowling." The simple physical activity described at this website can take place in both gym class and in music class.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Dividing Notes

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create an altered musical melody by dividing fractions. They compute the value of notes in terms of fractions and make their sum equal to the time signature.