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Boombox Classroom: Ensembles

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this music worksheet, students identify types of ensembles. They order duet, quartet, solo, and trio by the number of performers in each. Students complete a word search, looking for ensemble related words.
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Songs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice singing the chorus of a Scottish ballad. They also sing two American folk songs in class. They are encouraged to use the correct pitch while singing.
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Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson - Lesson 2

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners use appropriate terminology to describe the instrumentation and style of a musical example. They identify common elements between musical styles and vocal styles.
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Agnus Dei--Rutter and Faure Requiems

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders complete a music listening log while listening to and discussing Faure Requiem and Rutter Requiem. They complete a two to three page essay comparing the Agnus Dei movements by Faure and Rutter.
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Ferde Grofe

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in three different activities centered around Ferde Grofe. The different lessons are used to introduce music and the artist to the class. They listen to stories that music tells, and create their own sand painting...
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Mahler: Ruckert Lieder: ‘Urn Mitternacht’ [1905]

For Students 10th - 11th
In this music instructional activity, student analyze an extract of the given piece of music by answering a series of 11 questions about the music in general. They then answer 16 questions about the structure of the two specified...
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LET'S PLAY

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore music, patterns, notes, and instrumentation. They practice the proper technique at a keyboard and perform a simple three note pattern.
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Melody II

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this music worksheet, students identify melody as a string of notes that has a rhythm. They identify which notes given are melody and/or harmony. Students also map the contour of "Sweet Georgia Brown."
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Characteristics of the Classical Period

For Students 6th - 9th
In this music worksheet, students identify the specific characteristics of the Classical Period in music. They define seven key terms related to the period and who the composers were of that time period.
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The Cay

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read The Cay as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan has many good activities across the curriculum to keep your students actively engaged in the story. They will do math, art, music, science and geography...
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Making Progress: From Chords to Melody

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review chord progression while listening to tracks of music. They write melodies to fit a given chord progression. They sing their melodies and analyze how it compares to the original melody.
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Alphabets And More Alphabets

For Teachers K
Students identify and phonetically pronounce the letters in the alphabet. They participate in a letter identification game, and play musical letters. Students then listen to the book "Alphabet Family" and discuss their favorite words...
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Mixed Media Weaving

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will demonstrate the ability to create the illusion of space by overlapping shapes.They will recognize the differences between art materials, techniques, and processes. Students will demonstrate the influence of personal...
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PBS Kids Go Buster Buster and Beatrice/ The Giant Pumpkins

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders visit San Antonio, Texas and Mt. Hood, Oregon in these two episodes of PBS Buster Go Kids. They examine the music and food that is local to San Antonio by looking at images and pretend to play instruments. They use...
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Rhythm Compositions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concepts that focuses upon the musical rhythms. They conduct class discussion and use questions in order to clear up any misconceptions. Students create art compositions that illustrate rhythm and then each one...
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Boombox Classroom: Melody II

For Students K - 1st
In this music learning exercise, students draw the shape of melodies. They represent low and high pitches by drawing lines that are low and high in elevation. They listen to a song, and circle the picture that represents what they heard...
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The New Kids on the Blog

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the role of a critic by creating top ten lists for arts-related topics and participate in a simulated blog activity. They write newpaper articles to accompany their top ten lists and submit them for publication.
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Alphabet Canon

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders recall the names of lines and spaces in music notation. They sing an alphabet song in unison and recognize the tune as that of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. They identify meter signature, quarter, half, and eighth notes.
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Lose the Lute!

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use Shakespeare's plays to add modern music to match the mood in the play. They assign adjectives to the original songs of the play and find a song with the same mood. They work together to role-play the play with new music.
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Identifying Major, Minor, Dominant 7, and Augmented 6 Chords

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of deciphering major, minor, dominant 7, and augmented through participating in listening exercises. Then students use the knowledge of cords to create their own music.
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The Death Car

For Students 7th - 8th
In this reading comprehension activity, students read a story called The Death Car. Students answer 10 multiple choice questions about the story. Note: The story contains references to murder and has a gruesome ending.
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Literature Soundtracks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Student choose ten songs to create a soundtrack for a novel read in class or as outside reading. In the liner notes, instead of lyrics High schoolers writes a rationale of why or how the song relates to the novel in terms of setting,...
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Trombone - Mary Ann

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students practice trombone skills while playing the song "Mary Ann" in this Music lesson for the beginning trombone class. The lesson emphasizes the use of proper techniques and should be used with students who have prior knowledge of...
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Palestrina's Alma Redemptoris Mater

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigates the concept of singing in a chorus and practice reaching certain notes. They sing correct pitches in four parts on a neutral syllable while also using correct phrasing for the lyrics to carry the tune. The students...