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Musical Alphabet- Skipping Up

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore the musical alphabet. In this music lesson, students are introduced to the concept of skipping up and stepping up. Students complete a worksheet to reinforce the concepts taught.
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Movement And Rhythm In Modern Art

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners gather around the three selected paintings. The teacher guide students in looking at different elements of the paintings and help learners make the connections between the visual art and movement skills.
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Note Identification – Grade 1

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this musical note identification worksheet, students examine 8 musical notes and then respond to 4 questions that require them to identify notes and notes in common time.
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Winter Waltz

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students pretend their room is an imaginary frozen pond. In this performing arts lesson, students create the illusion that they are skating on the pond by using wax paper on their feet. Finally, students get in the winter mood by...
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Giants of American Music and Quarter Notes

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this music worksheet, students are asked to "name a Giant among Musical Monsters." Students also draw quarter notes in the space provided.
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Watch Your Conductor Like a Hawk

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars focus their eyes on the conductor in music class. The teacher uses a music sheet to isolate the musical elements of tempo, balance, and blend.
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Low Brass: Tibet, Switzerland and Haiti

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify sounds played on instruments from around the world. For this music lesson, students listen to music played on various low brass instruments from Tibet, Switzerland and Haiti to determine the differences in pitch...
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Metallic Sounds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars differentiate between metallic and non-metallic sounds. In this music lesson plan, students listen to the audio clip of "March" and march in time with the music. Young scholars identify the metallic sounds in the music...
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The Heart of Human Experience: Cultura Azteca

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore Aztec culture to gain understanding of relationship between music, recreation, and culture. Seven lessons on one page.
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The Nutcracker

For Teachers 1st
First graders define a ballet as a story told through dance. They listen to melodies and demonstrate beat and accent through body movement. They watch the ballet.
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Celebration and Satire- Beginning Level

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine art elements in a late-19th-century self-portrait painting. In this visual arts instructional activity, students analyze the painting "A Centennial of Independence" and identify the color, shape, and symbols in the art...
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Low and High with Ives

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the Poem "The Elephant" by Shel Silverstein and create a descriptive web in the shape of an animal. In this cross curricular music lesson plan, 1st graders recite a poem with rhythm, then listen to the song...
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Quarter Rest Lesson

For Teachers 1st
First graders indicate the silent beats (rests) with an outward motion of the arms. They indicate a measure clapped out with a quarter rest, and a measure clapped out without a quarter rest.
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Patriotic Songs

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize patriotic songs of America. In this historical music lesson, 1st graders discuss the historical background of the song "Yankee Doodle" and repeat the lyrics after the instructor. Students read the lyrics to the...
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Folk Dancing Fun

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss different kinds of music they have heard. They listen to a short selection of folk music and discuss where they think it is from. Using a globe, the teacher shows students where the music is from. They spread out on...
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Que Llueva! It's Raining, It's Pouring!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students learn to sing a song in another language.  In this music instructional activity, students learn a song about rain in English and Spanish.  Students listen to the song Que Llueva in Spanish and It's Raining, It's...
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Moving and Grooving with Tempo:

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are able to repeat various movements. They are able to state the definition of tempo. Students are able to distinguish between a slow temps and a fast tempo. They form a circle and play the music detective game.
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Found Instruments

For Students K - 1st
In this music worksheet, students analyze a picture of a key chime. Students also solve a maze called "the Junk Yard of Found Instruments" and draw a picture of a pretend instrument.
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Bookmark Babies

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make bookmarks by cutting cardboard into strips about 5 inches long by 1 1/2-2 inces wide. In this art lesson, students then glue their pictures on the strip.
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Music In Your Neighborhood - Lesson 6

For Teachers K - 4th
Students demonstrate an awareness of music as part of daily life. They recognize that music is found throughout their neighborhood and see that music is found in neighborhoods of other cultures.
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Instruments In Action

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read and demonstrate eight measures of four beats. In this music reading lesson, students read and demonstrate through movement their mastery of eight measures of four beats. Students also classify instruments.
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Joe Trio

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this music worksheet, students answer 6 questions about classical music and do one piano keyboard labeling activity. Student watch a Canadian show in order to answer the questions.
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Jazz: Boombox Classroom

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this music worksheet, students read about improvisation. Students choose their favorite instrument, a saxophone or a bass, and draw a picture of it. Students can then do a small maze.
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Boombox Classroom: Joe Trio

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this music worksheet, students listen to the Boombox Classroom radio broadcast. Students then answer a question about the piano trio.