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Academy of American Poets
Teach This Poem: "Violin" by Nikki Wallschlaeger
Nikki Wallschlaeger's Violin is the featured poem in a lesson that uses music and multiple readings to delve deep into its analysis. After a writing warm-up, learners watch and listen to a video that showcases Regina Carter...
K5 Learning
Musical Instruments to Play
Bring some music to your language arts lesson with a reading comprehension activity. Learners read an informational passage about different musical instruments before answering a series of comprehension and vocabulary questions.
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Key Points about English Folk Music Worksheet
In this music worksheet, students read key points about English folk music including what it is, what instruments are played, its history, and two of its important styles. They answer 10 questions using full sentences before writing a...
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Topic Books: Musical Instruments
In this ESL musical instruments activity, students assemble the booklet and read about various musical instruments. Students then respond to 6 fill in the blank questions and 4 matching questions regarding the information they read.
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Music During the Civil War
For this word puzzle, learners identify seventeen words related to music during the Civil War in a word puzzle. Examples include: Lincoln, rebels, and ballad.
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Blues and Folk Music Workshop
In these informational texts worksheets, students read the detailed flyer for the Blues and Folk Music Workshop. Students then answer 8 multiple choice questions about the text.
Canada's National Arts Center
Vivaldi and The Four Seasons: Teacher Resource Kit
Did you know that Vivaldi wrote "Winter," the final concerto of his The Four Seasons, in the key of F minor to echo the sleigh ride pieces popular at the time? A teacher resource kit, designed to support a study of the work, is packed...
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Swing Your Partner!
This was written for ESOL learners, but could work for any elementary class. Learners read about the American dance style known as Square Dancing. They explore its use in literature, write a friendly letter about it, and then use their...
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Instruments
In this musical instrument word map worksheet, students study the names of 12 musical instruments. Students place these names in word maps. The instruments all begin with capital letters even though they are common nouns.
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American Music Advocacy - Lesson 7
Students identify various uses of music in their daily experiences and describe characteristics that make certain music suitable for each use. They explore some of the ways that music study contributes to their lives.
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Peter and the Wolf
First graders integrate music and fairy tales to improve their listening and analytical skills. In this music and fairy tales lesson, 1st graders view and listen to the musical fairy tale 'Peter and the Wolf' using a SmartBoard. Students...
K12 Reader
The Pitch and Volume of Sound
Primary graders are introduced to the concepts of pitch and volume with a reading comprehension worksheet that focuses on the physics of sound.
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La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Students are introduced to the composer, Gioacchino Rossini, and discuss his life and musical culture.
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Johan Sebastian Bach
After reading a selection on the life of Johann Sebastian Bach, pupils utilize worksheets embedded in the packet in order to write a synopsis of his life's story. There is also a quiz on his life with questions such as: What instruments...
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Responding To Statements
In this conversation worksheet, learners share 20 statements with a partner. Students write their partner's response next to each statement.
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Comprehension Questions for Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear
In this comprehension questions for Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear instructional activity, students read the book, then answer 12 comprehension questions
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Wolfgang Mozart
For this famous people worksheet, students read a selection about the life of Wolfgang Mozart, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Celebrate The Four Seasons
Students investigate cause and effect and compare and contrast how recurring cycles are evident in multiple aspects of their education. They answer questions in the chosen field. Students model each aspect by interpreting, perceiving and...
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Experimenting with Sound
Young scholars explore physical science by completing a worksheet. For this sound perception lesson, students collaborate in small groups to research sound properties on the Internet and in libraries. Young scholars conduct a listening...
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Let's Summarize!
Learners discover the six steps to use when reading to help know what is important. They then listen to the book, Tambourine Moon focusing on the important information and discarding unnecessary or repeating information. They then break...
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How Often?
In this ESL worksheet, students ask each other about how often they do a variety of activities. Each partner is given a different set of questions.
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They or There and Where or Were
In this homonyms worksheet, students complete 10 sentences with either "they" or "there". Students then complete 10 sentences with "where" or "were".
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Beginning Sentence Completion Exercise 34
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to complete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Student answers are scored...
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Parts of Speech
In this grammar worksheet, learners focus on the various parts of speech. Students respond to 10 multiple choice questions in this online interactive worksheet.