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Study Guide for Lelavision's Physical Music
Students complete activities for physical music analysis. In this physical music lesson, students read the biography for Lelavision musical sculptures, complete a sound and motion activity, and a making music activity. Students also...
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Unscramble the Musical Instruments
Students unscramble musical instrument words. In this instrument lesson, students discuss the different types of musical instruments. They get a worksheet with their names and they need to unscramble them and spell the instruments...
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Musical Mountain
Pupils listen to low, middle, and high pitches of music and identify if they are low, middle, or high. In this musical pitch lesson plan, students visually see low, middle, and high pitches on a mountain.
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Instruments In Action
Learners read and demonstrate eight measures of four beats. In this music reading lesson, students read and demonstrate through movement their mastery of eight measures of four beats. Learners also classify instruments.
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Music (ESL Writing)
In this ESL learning exercise, students trace five questions pertaining to music. Students answer each question using the provided sentence beginning.
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Kitty Tunes
Students compare cat calls. In this wildlife lesson plan, students listen to cat calls and compose their own raps that feature the calls of Florida panthers.
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Survey Says...
Students practice taking surveys to answer different questions about radio. In this communications lesson, students brainstorm to create questions they can ask strangers about how often they listen to their radio. Students turn the...
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African Women: Their Roles and Music
Middle schoolers explore music by African women. In this African society lesson, students compare and contrast the roles of African and American women. Middle schoolers listen to music by African women and analyze the lyrics of the music.
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The Sounds of Rain
Students create rainsticks. In this rainstick instructional activity, students use rainsticks as instruments to create the soothing sounds of rain. This instructional activity contains the directions to creating large and small rainsticks.
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Science of Sound- Music Sandwich
Students investigate the science of sound. In this music activity, students create sound and vibration by constructing a "music sandwich." Students use craft sticks, an elastic band, and a drinking straw to create the musical instrument.
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Using Prior Knowledge from Personal Experiences-Understanding Duke Ellington
Students research the life of Duke Ellington. In this music history lesson, students draw comparisons between the early life experiences of Duke Ellington and themselves. Students work in small groups to compare Ellington's resistance...
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Lesson Plan for Granny Will Your Dog Bite and Other Mountain Rhymes
Sixth graders practice choral reading of poetry. In this creative literature lesson, 6th graders incorporate elements of performing arts into their choral readings of various poems. They discuss musical instruments, facial expressions,...
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Subject/Predicate Song
Students sing a song about the parts of a sentence. In this grammar lesson, students sing a song that defines both the subject and the predicate and how they make a sentence together.
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Under the Sea
Students culminate a science and language arts unit by participating in a performance. In this performance instructional activity, students make costumes and scenery before performing a play entitled, "The Mystery of the Missing Jewel...
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Understanding Story Elements-Who, What, Where
Students create a rap using story details. In this creative writing lesson plan, students examine the use of rap lyrics to list important details of stories. They view a video example, and use their notes to create their own raps based...
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Half Note: Print and Color
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the word "half note", write the word independently, and color the picture of the half note.
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Quarter Note
In this quarter note worksheet, learners 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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Whole Note: Print adn Color
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the words "whole note", write the words independently, and color the picture of the whole note.
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Clef music note
In this clef music note instructional activity, students view a picture of a clef music note and trace and write the word clef. Students trace and write the word 1 time each.
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Memorial Day
Students learn the significance of the song Taps and why it is played at a soldier's funeral. In this Taps lesson plan, students hear the song, discuss its importance, and try and play the tune using other instruments.
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Once I Was a Baby Trout
Students sing a song about the trout life cycle. In this trout life cycle lesson plan, students learn trout vocabulary and make motions while singing this song.
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The Baby Elephant Walk
Students use the song Baby Elephant Walk to practice following a steady beat. In this coordinated movement lesson, students discuss baby elephants and their movements. Students listen to the song 'Baby Elephant Walk' and follow the...
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Character Motivation-Duke
Learners explore a character's motivation in a text. For this characterization lesson, students view a video about Duke Ellington. Learners discuss motivations for Duke Ellington and write sentences explaining Ellington's changes.
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Literature Book: Rat-a-tat-tat
Students explore choral reading. In this oral reading lesson, students listen to the book Rat-a-tat-tat by Jill Eggleton and participate by reading certain parts chorally and adding sound effects with instruments and noise makers.