Keynotes Education
The Recorder - B
Make some beautiful music with a lesson about playing the recorder! After learning some of the basic fingering positions and notes, have kids practice their skills with two easy songs.
Fun Music Company
Treasure Island Clues: Scales
Which Beatle received the most fan mail? To answer this music trivia question, young musicians must employ their knowledge of scales, key signatures, and leading notes to find the letters that spell out the name of one of the famous mop...
Fun Music Company
Treasure Island Clues
In order to answer a music trivia question, young musicians must count the number of ties in a melody, name the final note, and use these clues to spell out Charlie Parker's nickname. This activity is not for the birds.
Fun Music Company
Treasure Island Clues: Intervals
You may know about A, B, and C, but now you can include "arrrrr" to the list of music notes to practice! Here is a fun pirate-themed activity in which young musicians determine the intervals of various notes in the treble clef to work...
Music Fun
Practice Boards
FACE it. Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit! (And so do girls.) Provide young musicians with music worksheets that enable them to practice musical notation. The six boards included in the packet are templates that focus on notes, rests,...
Curated OER
Treble Clef Lines and Spaces
In this music worksheet, students fill in the names of the notes that are show on the sheet music. They write the names on lines below each note.
Curated OER
Musical Notes on a Score
In 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.
Fun Music Company
Writing Major Scales
Designed as an assessment of understanding, this one-page learning exercise asks musicians to demonstrate their understanding of scales by drawing C, G, and F Major scales on the provided staffs.
Curated OER
Learning Musical Terms
Students observe and discuss the following musical terms and their symbols: staff, measure, bar line, double bar line, treble clef, bass clef, time signature, common time, cut time, quarter note, half note, dotted half note, whole note,...
Curated OER
Bravo!!
Second graders study and experiment with rhythm and sound. In pairs, they practice reading and performing simple melodies from sheet music. Individually, they choose one piece to perform for the class.
Curated OER
Unscramble the Letters - Music Terms
Pupils receive a worksheet on music terms. As a class, they unscramble a couple before attempt them on their own. They then write the meaning of each to research the meaning of the musical terms.
Curated OER
Music Elements For Second Grade
Second graders are exposed to a variety of attributes of melody in seven lessons of this unit. the notation in treble clef, pitch, and the movements of the melody are presented in these lessons.
Curated OER
Treble Clef Spaces --3
In this music worksheet, students examine 6 staffs of music in the treble clef and name each note on the spaces only. There are examples on the page.
Curated OER
Match the Trucks
Learners discover the many types of delivery work vehicles in the world. In this transportation lesson, students investigate how our local products get here, and where they come from. Learners solve a work sheet based on transportation...
Curated OER
Baga Drum
Students examine a Baga Drum in order to explore the history of the Baga people of West Africa. In this art history lesson, students recognize figures used in Baga Drum design that represent aspects of Baga culture. They also design and...
Curated OER
Locomotor Letters (Numbers or Shapes)
Students practice a variety of locomotor skills and integrate the writing of numbers, letters and shape drawing. Done with music.
Curated OER
The Letter Rr: Alphabet Theme
Pupils complete several cross-curricular activities to learn the letter Rr. In this letter recognition lesson, students complete activities that include geography, music, physical education, science, seasonal, space science, and online...
Curated OER
History of Christmas Carols
Students write the lyrics to their own Christmas carol. Through discussion and lecture, students become aware of the history of two Christmas carols. They memorize the lyrics to carols and perform them in class. Students use their...
Curated OER
Fancy Dribbling
Pupils enter the playing area and pick up a ball of their choice to dribble. Then find a good self space and face the teacher with the ball between their feet. When the music starts they are to dribble all over the playing area.
Curated OER
Spot Jumping
Students practice two-foot take-offs for jumping and a one foot for a hopping. They practice locomotor skill to music.
Curated OER
Hip To Be Square
Pupils explore performing arts by reading a children's book in class. In this body movement lesson, students read the book Dance and create their own artistic impressions based on dancing images from the book. Pupils share their...
Curated OER
Physical Education - Gallop
Students practice galloping. In this gross motor skills instructional activity, students review how to jump and hop using a jump-rope and hopscotch. The teacher shows the steps to gallop and they hold a noodle and pretend as if they are...
Curated OER
Listen, Look, and Move!
First graders are introduced to the movement and singing game "Skip to My Lou". They identify several locomotor activities to perform with the song.
Curated OER
Building a House
Learners investigate the house building process by naming building materials and sequencing the steps.