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Music in Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Your class can build strong, well-represented opinions about the music they hear. They listen to, and share thoughts about, a piece of classical music. Then they write a piece of music or a poem, and analyze their peers' work and their...
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Musical Families

For Teachers K - 5th
Planning a trip to the symphony? Prepare first-time attendees for the experience with overheads that identify the roles played by the concertmaster, conductor, musicians, and even the audience. The musical families are introduced...
Unit Plan
National Center for Families Learning

The Summer Fun Summer Learning Music Unit

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
Take note. Soul music. Gospel music. Country music. Summer comes alive with the sounds of music as program participants learn about various genres of music, create instruments, and write and perform songs about the facts and traditions...
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Fun Music Company

The Treble Clef

For Students 2nd - 12th
Gee, your young musicians should have no trouble tracing the treble clefs on this instructional activity. Once they have mastered this tricky signature, they place it correctly on a staff.
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Hookshot Creative

Compose Your Own Music

For Students K - 12th
Channel the masters with an interactive music composition activity! Learners use the online tool to create their own masterpieces one measure at a time.
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Outline: Notes of the Bass Clef Staff

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young musicians demonstrate their knowledge of the bass clef staff and prepare for an assessment  by completing a fill-in-the-blanks worksheet
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Outline: Notes of the Treble Clef Staff

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Score one for test prep. Young musicians are encouraged to create their own mnemonic devices to prepare themselves for a test on the treble clef staff. Using the provided worksheet, individuals record, in order, the names of the lines...
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Music Review Test

For Students 5th - 9th
Wow this is a really thorough music quiz. There are a total of seven tasks for the class to complete. They must, write the C major scale, identify notes on the staff, write four major keys based on the information provided, identify...
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Music Composition

For Students 6th - 12th
Are your learners ready to compose their own music? If so, this activity will help them do it. The sheet is broken into several staffs where they write the tune, riff, and chords. They can put them together to create a unique piece. Tip:...
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Notes in the Fast Lane: Quiz

For Students 2nd - 8th
Here are four quizzes that cover note identification on the staff. Each page contains four sections, where the timed learners must identify and fill in the name of each note. These are titled as level 5, 6, 7, and 8, which implies that...
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Fun Music Company

The Bass Clef

For Students 2nd - 12th
Every Good Boy, and girl for that matter, will do just fine with this activity as they are asked to correctly trace and then draw bass clefs on the provided worksheet.
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Using Harmonic Vision’s Music Ace Software to Reinforce Basic Music Skills

For Teachers K
If you have access to Harmonic Vision’s Music Ace Software, then this lesson could work for you. Kindergarteners use the video music software to place, identify, and read musical notes. They listen in and identify both high and low...
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Music Teaching Resources

Note Naming Worksheet 1

For Students 3rd - 6th
Can you name this note? Young musicians are asked to name each of the notes pictured on a music worksheet and then to place these notes on a staff.
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Keyboard and the Grand Staff

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the treble and bass staffs, naming the lines, spaces, and locating middle C. Individually, students complete a word game and then compare their answers with a partner. They sight-read the grand staff and explore ways...
Organizer
Fun Music Company

Writing Major Scales

For Students 2nd - 12th
Designed as an assessment of understanding, this one-page worksheet asks musicians to demonstrate their understanding of scales by drawing C, G, and F Major scales on the provided staffs. 
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Easter Egg Musical Notes

For Students 2nd - 6th
Pastel Easter Eggs are all over this staff, and it's up to your young musicians to analyze each one. They write the name of the note in each egg to practice identifying notes while reading music. 
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Musical Notes on a Score

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this music notes worksheet, students cut out 9 music notes and paste them correctly on the lines and spaces of a music staff. There are hints for where to place each note.
Organizer
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Music: The ABC's

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this music reading learning exercise, students study a diagram of the notes on a music staff and draw the 3 groups of notes on a blank staff included at the bottom of the learning exercise.
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Haunting Music

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover music that was inspired by the spooky and bizarre. In this music of Hector Berlioz and Camille Saint-Saens lesson plan, students identify elements of music and listen to the Symphonie Fantastique and Danse Macabre....
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Melodies and Math: Creating Music with Non-Traditional Instruments

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Review the 4/4 and 2/4 time signatures in music with a helpful music theory lesson plan. Young musicians experiment with electronic sounds and create their own musical performance using instruments made from materials found in the...
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Exploring Music and Movement

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars explore a variety of music types and movements with an emphasis on moving "with" or "against" the music. They move with and against the music, complementing or contrasting the music, and discuss their connections with the...
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JSplash Apps

Music Tutor (Sight Reading Improver)

For Students 1st - Higher Ed
Elegant in its simplicity, this app accomplishes precisely what it sets out to do: improving the user's sight reading of musical notes. Taking the concept of flashcards to the next level, the designers also add in the element of sound so...
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Alicia Keys, Songs in A Minor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Need a musical lesson plan for your drama or performing arts class? VH1 has put together a really neat lesson plan, in which learners use biographical information about Alicia Keys to write and perform a one-act musical related to her...
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Grand Staff - 3

For Students 6th - 12th
In this grand staff worksheet, students read the sheet music and identify the musical notes that are missing as they fill in 94 blank spaces.

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