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Name the Note - 2

For Teachers 5th - 12th
In the note recognition sheet music worksheet, students read the sheet music and identify the note names that belong in the 30 blank spaces.
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Name the Note - 3

For Teachers 5th - 12th
In the note recognition sheet music worksheet, young scholars read the sheet music and identify the note names that belong in the 30 blank spaces.
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Name the Note - 1

For Teachers 5th - 12th
In the note recognition sheet music worksheet, young scholars read the sheet music and identify the note names that belong in the 30 blank spaces.
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Understanding Story Elements-Who, What, Where

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a rap using story details.  In this creative writing lesson, students examine the use of rap lyrics to list important details of stories.  They view a video example, and use their notes to create their own raps...
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Mango Walk

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils sing music representing the Caribbean culture in the calypso style. They discover the role that the event of African slavery and the history of Carribean culture played in generating calypso music.
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Makeshift Tambourines

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use everyday materials to make their own tambourines. As a class, they play the tambourines and discover beats and rhythms. They work on creating their own song and beat and play to the rest of the class to end the lesson plan.
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Tetrachords and Major scales

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore and analyze the structure of a tetrachord and major scales along with their origins and functions in music. They recognize tetrachords and major scales in the context of the music they are practicing at this point in...
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A Pedal for Your Thoughts

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
In this harp music worksheet, students read a brief piece pertaining to the use of pedal diagrams in harp music. Students then match 3 key signatures on the left to the 3 pedal diagrams on the right and complete 4 pedal diagrams.
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The Story of Carmen

For Students 4th - 7th
In this music history instructional activity, students will read a 6 paragraph essay about the opera, Carmen. Then students will answer 7 short answer questions on another sheet of paper.
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Circle the Missing Note

For Students 5th - 12th
In this reading musical notes activity, students read the notes in 8 different lines and then select what the missing note in each line from the possible answer choices.
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Draw the Bar Lines

For Students 5th - 12th
In this bar line recognition sheet music worksheet, students read the sheet music provided and draw the bar lines that are missing.
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Draw the Bar Lines

For Students 5th - 12th
In this bar line recognition sheet music activity, students read the sheet music provided and draw the bar lines that are missing.
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Draw the Bar Lines

For Students 5th - 12th
In this bar line recognition sheet music worksheet, students read the sheet music provided and draw the bar lines that are missing.
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Identify Time Signatures - 2

For Students 5th - 12th
In this identify time signatures worksheet, student determine the correct meter signature for each of 8 lines of music when they identify the correct answers by circling them.
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Write the Interval Number - 1

For Students 5th - 12th
In this identifying musical interval numbers activity, student imagine the bottom note as 1 and count up each line and space from 1 to fill in the blanks with interval numbers learning how to recognize distances quickly.
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Intervals

For Students 5th - 12th
In this identifying musical interval numbers worksheet, student imagine the bottom note as 1 and count up each line and space from 1 to fill in the blanks with interval numbers learning how to recognize distances quickly.
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Identify Time Signatures

For Students 5th - 12th
In this identify time signatures worksheet, student determine the correct meter signature for each of 8 lines of music when they identify the correct answers by circling them
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Newspaper Article

For Students 5th - 6th
In this newspaper article worksheet, students read the newspaper article, "The Bears Beat the Sharks", answer 10 questions with multiple choice answers and put 8 events from the article in chronological order.
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One Word Posters

For Teachers 2nd - 11th
Students explore the universal themes they find in the complete set of One World Posters, including art, history, literature and music.
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The Joy of Friends

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students begin to build friendships with people of all ages. They identify their misconceptions about people when they first meet them. They interview an elderly person and draw a picture of them. They develop a slideshow of the person...
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Wagon Train

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Students use educational software to examine the hardships and problem solving skills needed by the pioneers as they endured frontier life. They work as teams while using the game simulation. They work a number of project while not on...
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Myths

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students complete activities using a software program that allows them to read about myths, magic and monsters, and answer multiple choice questions about main idea, prediction clues, details and sequencing. They participate in a number...
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An Introduction To The Instruments Of The Orchestra

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore a variety of instruments to discover their sound. After watching an orchestra play, students discover the categories of instruments such as woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion. In teams, they listen to music and...
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Compose Your Own Melody

For Students 4th - 5th
In this music instructional activity, learners compose their own melody. Students read and play two lines of an example melody and simple bass part.