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Musical Families
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...
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The Spread of Enlightenment Ideas
Looking for a simple and straightforward reference on the Enlightenment for your young historians? Check out this list of key terms and important figures from the period, followed by a traditional assessment where your learners will be...
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Student Opinion: Do You Spend Too Much Time on Smart Phones Playing 'Stupid Games'?
This versatile resource from The New York Times website provides a short opinion piece on smart phones and the amount of time we spend playing games on them as well as several possible writing prompts pupils could consider in response to...
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Silent Practice
Don't have a keyboard in the classroom but still want to teach piano theory? No problem! Learners engage in "silent practice" as they play classic songs like "My Country 'Tis of Thee" on a printed keyboard image. Use the images on the...
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The Enlightenment: Matching #2
Quiz your scholars on key figures of The Enlightenment using this matching worksheet. Ten descriptions and eleven answers are provided, which learners match with one left over. Figures include Francisco Javier Clavijero, Franz Josephy...
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Mississippi Vocabulary
In this vocabulary activity worksheet, students read the phrases associated with the state of Mississippi. Students use the word bank to complete the 10 statements.
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Mississippi Challenge
For this state facts worksheet, students read the statements about Mississippi. Students select the correct answer to complete the 10 statements.
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Classical Period
In this music worksheet, middle schoolers find the vocabulary terms that are describing the classical period of music. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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The Life of Mozart
In this Mozart instructional activity, 9th graders read a one page biography about the composer. They answer 10 short answer questions and are encouraged to listen to Mozart's music.
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Things People Couldn't Do
In this things people couldn't do instructional activity, students read context clues about famous people to determine which words in a word blank complete sentences. Students choose four answers to fill in the blanks.
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Reading: I Have a Dream: Speech by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963
In this future time reading comprehension worksheet, students read an excerpt from "I Have a Dream" and then respond to 3 multiple choice questions.
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Simile Practice
Inspire creative writing by studying similes. This sheet provides learners with 10 different topics, and they must create a simile for each topic. Example topics include: favorite teacher, the waterfall, a parrot, the first day of...
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Sentence Completion 17
These words are tough! Very advanced English language learners or native speakers will still be befuddled by some of these vocabulary words. For each of the six sentences provided, learners must choose the correct word to complete the...
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Characteristics of the Classical Period
In this music instructional activity, 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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Science and music
In this science and music worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about how science and music are related through the brain and animals. Students complete 4 questions.
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Orchestra: Wordsearch
In this word-search worksheet, student search for twenty-nine music terms having to do with instruments of the symphony orchestra.
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Which Word Doesn't Belong?
In this recognizing categories worksheet, students read groups of four words and identify the one that does not belong in each group. Students choose 10 answers.
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Arithmetricks
In this math learning exercise, students answer word problems based on previous knowledge or given the clues in the sentences. There are 14 questions with an answer key.
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Verbs: Present Tense
In this present tense verb worksheet, students read about occupation activities in sentences with bold print nouns. Students complete seven sentences inserting the verb that goes with the bolded noun in the first sentence.
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Mahler
In this music instructional activity, students read a short piece about Gustav Mahler, the composer. They write responses to 10 questions about this romantic composer. Students are asked to comment on Mahler's interests, techniques, and...
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Which Word Does Not Belong in Each Group
For this word classification worksheet, students examine 10 sets of three words. They determine which word does not belong in each group and bubble in the circle next to that word.
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Fun With Irregular Verbs
In this irregular verbs worksheet, learners choose which of the three verbs in parenthesis is the best form of the verb to make each grammatically correct. Students choose the correct verb in fifteen sentences.
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Verbs: Occupation Activities
In this verbs worksheet, 3rd graders practice their verb usage skills. Students complete seven sentences about occupations by placing a verb in the blank provided.
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Anton Bruckner
In this music learning exercise, students read the biographical sketch of Anton Brunkner and how he was an influence upon the world of music.