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Music Strikes a Soothing Chord
Students explore music therapy. In this health journalism lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "Music Strikes a Soothing Cord", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete an activity based on the...
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Phonics and Decoding Strategies for Struggling Readers Using Core Knowledge Poem
Students complete multiple activities to help them hear sounds, syllables, and spell words with vowel patterns, digraphs, or blends. In this word sounds lesson, students use letter tiles, sort words cards, analyze poems, and play a bingo...
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Understanding Fair Trade
Students write a ballad from a farmer's point of view on trade. In this farmer's lesson plan, students listen to a farmer speak about fair trade, have a dialogue about it, and write a ballad to interpret their point of view.
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Accelerando - Israel, Peru, Russia
Students complete activities to learn about the music concept of accelerando. In this accelerando lesson, students sing songs and learn tempo. Students use the Yiddish circle dance 'Bim Bam' to complete a circle dance. Students also...
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Hail to the Chief
Students examine the musical arrangement "Hail to the Chief". In this music history lesson, students listen to and compare jazz, samba, baroque, and march versions of the song. This lesson may be adapted to meet the needs of different...
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It all adds up!
For this musical facts worksheet, students play the musical notes while racing the clock. Students complete 30 musical facts in a set time limit.
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Character Education: Fairness
Students discuss issues related to fairness and the music industry with a variety of partners. In this character education lesson, students sit in a round formation and discuss five topics for one minute at a time before changing...
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Ready, Set, Go!
For this music worksheet, students identify intervals based on the musical notes that they see. Students identify 10 musical intervals.
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Color That Note!
In this naming musical notes worksheet, students analyze the five letter names of music notes on a treble clef staff. Students choose a different color to make each note. Using this color key, students color the notes on 4 treble clef...
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Color That Note!
In this musical notes worksheet, students analyze the names of the five notes shown on a bass clef staff. Students color each of the five notes a different color. In each of 4 lines of music, students identify the name of ten notes and...
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Color the Chanukah Gift
In this Chanukah coloring worksheet, learners color music notes according to the given key to make a picture of a present. Students color in 15 different notes.
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Ornament Notes
In this Christmas music activity worksheet, students examine 20 musical ornaments and mark each of them with the appropriate notes.
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Cryptogram
In this letter cryptogram worksheet, students use the letter code to spell the message in the sentence. Students complete 18 words.
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Code Maker!
In this musical alphabet learning exercise, students try to make as many words as they can only using the letters of the musical alphabet. Students try to make 16 words.
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Code Maker! Note Naming Activity
In this music notes learning exercise, students come up with as many words possible using only the letters in the musical alphabet. Students then turn the letters into code by writing the words in music notes on the staff above the word.
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Name That Tune!
For this naming the notes worksheet, learners name the notes that are displayed in the song and try to play the song in the end. Students name 63 notes.
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Intervals - First Year Piano
In this music worksheet, students work with thirds as intervals in sheet music. They write thirds up and down before labeling the notes with their correct alphabet letter. They complete 2 examples.
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Intervals!
In this music intervals worksheet, learners write fourths and name the two notes with their correct alphabetical order. Students name fourteen notes.
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It All Adds Up!
For this music note activity worksheet, students identify the music notes and add them together to complete the music note equations. Students complete 30 problems.
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Lullabies From Around the World
Students investigate lullabies from Ghana, Poland, and India. In this music lesson, students learn several lullabies from several countries and find the rhythm and pulse within each song.
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The Three R's: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
Young scholars understand conservation terms. In this three R's (reduce, reuse, recycle) lesson, students understand the importance of preserving a clean world and reducing waste. Young scholars sing a song which show importance of 3R's.
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You've Got to be Taught to Hate and Fear
Students explore themes of prejudice and acceptance. For this character education lesson, students listen and respond to several fiction books, poems, and lyrics with a similar theme. Students locate articles with the main idea of...
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A Melody Activity
Students explore melody. In this music lesson, students define "melody" and identify the melody line present in increasingly complex musical pieces. Students sing or hum the melody line after listening to an excerpt of music.
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Families of Instruments
Students identify families of instruments. In this music lesson, students read Berlioz the Bear and identify the families of instruments. Students sing "Mr. Gus Goes Goofy," and listen for the sounds of the instruments.