The Story of an Old Piano

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...

Nouns can play many roles in a sentence, and this instructional activity reviews a few ways they can contribute to the structure of a sentence. Twenty questions prompt students to circle each noun and pronoun in the sentence, then label...

Students investigate music and what causes the pitch of a sound.  In this sound properties lesson, students listen to a story about animals and the instinctual pitch they have in their voice and how musicians have that as well.  Students...

Students practice combining relative pitch and reading music. They create, read and perform music on their own as they combine music and art to the concepts of differing pitches and reading music. Each student present their creations to...