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Music of the Estuary

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners explore the sounds of the estuary. In this wetlands lesson plan, students discuss how to simulate the sounds of nature. Learners write and record a musical score featuring the sounds of the wetlands.
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Tony Bennett VH1 Storytellers for VH1 Save the Music

For Teachers K - 5th
Students listen to different songs and write in their journals about the song.
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Poems, Prayers, Promises, and Possibilities: The Music of Poetry

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders express themselves through poetry. They discover the connection between their music and the music of poetry and hear their work and how the sound of a poem or an analytical paper improves their written work. They...
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Music and Fairness in a Round

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss fairness. In this fairness activity, 8th graders meet together to talk about how downloading free music affects the common good. They talk about their own feelings of whether it is fair or not. 
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Ella Fitzgerald

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the life and music of Ella Fitzgerald. They participate in a matching game, explore an Internet website, and write in response to Ella Fitzgerald's music.
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Music from a Place Called Half Moon

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students read the novel, Music from a Place Called Half Moon. They are assigned chapters to analyze for literary elements and to assign titles to the book chapters.
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Quarter Note

For Students K - 2nd
In this quarter note worksheet, students observe a picture of a quarter note and trace and write the words "quarter note". Students trace and write the words 1 time each.
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A Bird's Eye View of the Caribbean: Art, Folklore, and Music

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the Caribbean in terms of its music, art, and folklore. As a class, they listen to a folktale and discuss the difference between telling a story and reading a story. In groups, they write their own folktale and share...
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Half Note: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition instructional activity, learners trace the word "half note", write the word independently, and color the picture of the half note.
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Whole Note: Print adn Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition instructional activity, students trace the words "whole note", write the words independently, and color the picture of the whole note.
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Music (ESL Writing)

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL worksheet, learners trace five questions pertaining to music. Students answer each question using the provided sentence beginning.
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A Penny For Your Thoughts: Cross-Curricular Journal Writing

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners are introduced to the importance of journal writing. After creating their own journal, they write their thoughts and feelings about different subjects. If they choose to they can share their writings with the class to end the...
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Class in the Media: Writing a Television Show

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students look at popular media presentations to determine what type of messages they convey about class and class-linked behavior. They listen to contemporary music to explore how the songs touch upon social class issues. They read...
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Sight Word Journal writing

For Teachers K
Students write an original journal of words they can read.  In this sight words lesson, students draw pictures and write words they recognize in their personal journal. 
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Writing Compound Sentences

For Students 6th - 7th
For this compound sentence worksheet, students write 10 compound sentences using an independent clause provided. Students underline subjects and verbs in both clauses.
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Famous Sayings: Sentence Writing

For Students 6th - 7th
In this famous sayings instructional activity, students read sayings, then write a 1 sentences answer telling what they think the saying means. Students label their sentences as simple, compound or complex.
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Beat the Wheel

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recall basic multiplication facts by writing answers on a wheel form, competing against other teams to finish the wheels. They review multiplication facts on a Spinning Wheels Web Lesson.
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Write a Number Sentence

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this number sentences practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems by writing accurate number sentences.
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Musical Alphabet - Stepping Down

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use the study sheet to study about the musical alphabet; stepping down. They review what stepping up means and what stepping down means. They then practice using the worksheet provided.
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Music

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders sing the Shaker tune "Simple Gifts" while identifying eighth, quarter, and half notes. They listen to Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring and recall other ballet music.
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Musical Alphabet - Skipping Down

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students review the Musical Alphabet from A to G then review stepping up, skipping up, and stepping down. They discover that a skip down goes from one letter to the next lower letter with one in between.
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Music Drama & Richard Wagner: The Lord Of The Ring

For Teachers 7th
Students study Richard Wagner and his idea of "Music Drama". Students listen to his music, pantomime, and lead "music dramas" to discover Wagner's idea of the world of composition and drama.
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Music Time

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore several different music-related jobs by role playing activities that portray each job. In this music careers lesson plan, students plan a performance where all of them have a specific music related job.
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Boombox Classroom: Music of Appalachia

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this music worksheet, students view pictures of a banjo, mandolin and a dulcimer as examples of instruments from a bluegrass band. They answer three multiple choice questions about Appalachian music.

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