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Composing the Chorus

For Students 7th - 12th
In this composing the chorus worksheet, students listen to Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz comparing the chorus to the verse as they identify the words that apply to the chorus. In addition, students respond to 1 short answer question.
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"Turkish Rondo" From Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

For Students 5th - 6th
In this music appreciation worksheet, learners listen to "Turkish Rondo" from Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Students read about the composer and the piece. Learners follow a "listening map" and complete a...
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"Playful Pizzicat" from Simple Symphony by Benjamin Britten

For Students 4th - 5th
In this classical music worksheet, students listen to "Playful Pizzicato" by Benjamin Britten. Students read about the composer and complete 20 fun activities about the instruments, form, and history of this piece.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify what Tchaikovsky's personality was like and what kind of school he attended first. Then they identify and research what was happening in Russian politics during his lifetime. Students also identify who the...
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A Place for Me in the Field of Music

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to interviews with career musicians. They, in groups, present to classmates the life, music, inspiration, and goals of a favorite composer, performer, or group.
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Classics for Kids

Musical Time Travel

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Young musicians learn more about the greats with a straightforward activity on historical composers. As they click through a navigation guide, they choose a musical time period and a composer from that period before taking a short quiz.
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Musical Composers-Research and Write

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this composer worksheet, students read about what composers do, then research 3 famous composers from the 18th or 19th century, writing a few sentences about each composer.
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Composing questions

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this composing questions worksheet, learners compose questions to answers that are already given to them. Students compose 14 questions.
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Classics for Kids

Fun With Musical Words

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Is concertmaster another term for conductor, or is he or she another person entirely? Learn the specifics of the role of concertmaster with an activity focused on classical music. After learners define the term, they select a piece of...
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Leading Learner

Using Music to Tell a Story or Describe a Scene

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Young composers demonstrate their understanding of the stylistic features of descriptive music, including pitch, tempo, dynamics, rhythm, and timbre, by developing a melody and countermelody for a main character in a story. As part of...
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Unifix Cubes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Unifix cubes are wonderful tools that can be used to model a variety of mathematical concepts. Children will compose number two through eight by placing Unifix cubes on their paper and then coloring in the cubes they used. 
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World's Largest Concert (WLC). Aaron Copland, selected composer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore the life and work of Aaron Copland. . They create a "brochure" about Mr. Copland, one of the composers highlighted in the World's Largest Concert (WLC), and explore and summarize information about the man.
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Can You Compose?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate musical notes. In this music instructional activity, 4th graders compose a short song while clapping the rhythm and singing the syllables using the appropriate notes or rests.
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Passe Compose

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss past weekend activities. They become familiar with the Passe Compose. New vocabulary is intertwined into this activity. Students apply new knowledge to a relevant, but different situation.
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"Marche Militaire" by Franz Shubert

For Students 4th - 6th
In this music appreciation learning exercise, students listen to Marche Militaire by Franz Shubert. Students read about the composer and the piece and complete a one page activity sheet about the music.
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Comparing Composers: Beethoven and Mozart

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students read brief biographies of Mozart and Beethoven and identify the composer identified in each of 15 statements on the student work sheet.
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Compare and Contrast Composers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify various pieces of music that are familiar to them and define how the music made them feel. Then they select their favorite piece of music heard and the activities in which they like to do. Students also attend a...
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Composing From a Thread

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students listen to music composed in the 20th century and discuss varying interpretations. They play a contemporary piece of music and explore techniques available to a modern composer.
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Composing Your Melody

For Students 6th - 7th
In this music instructional activity, learners perform a given melody of four phrases. Students also improvise their own melodies using notes G, A, C, D, and E.
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Tone Poem Composing Project

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners explore role of music in storytelling by watching and discussing effect music has on perception of scene from movie, and using Sibelius program to compose single excerpt of music, considering dynamics, timbre, and articulation,...
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Write About This

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Looking for an easy way to encourage youngsters to write about a variety of different topics? Users simply choose an image to write about from a large selection of beautiful photographs and then compose original opinion pieces and...
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BBC

The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky

For Teachers K - 5th
Over the course of six lessons, scholars try their hand at composing and dancing after a thorough examination of the famous ballet, The Nutcracker, by Tchaikovsky. Participants watch and discuss the performance of two dances, create and...
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Jingles

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Youngsters compose their own jingles using a model pattern. The jingles are meant to be composed for a favorite food. After a class discussion on jingles, and listening to some recorded jingles, learners set out to make up one of their...
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EngageNY

Solving Problems by Function Composition

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Stay composed while solving problems. Learners put their knowledge of compositions to solve problems. To connect with the concept, scholars compose equations to answer questions from real-world situations. Finally, pupils practice using...

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