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Music Technology

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students use their practice book to complete their piano lessons. They examine the history of music and complete pages in a workbook. They create their own music by using the computer.
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Musical Phrase Completion

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students get to encounter simple musical notations, basic keyboarding and improvisation. Students exercise on creative thinking skills. Students create their own musical notes.
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Grouping Musical Instruments

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students study about musical instruments and group them into these categories: percussion, strings, woodwinds, and brass. After discussing these instruments, they independently complete the worksheet.
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Steady Beat and Form with Bluegrass and Fiddle Tunes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students utilize listening skills, singing, movement and rhythm instruments in various combinations to reinforce instructional activity concepts. They develop the ability to identify a steady beat and AB patterns found in a variety...
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Caribbean Music

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this music worksheet, learners identify and describe various famous dances and music of the Caribbean. They respond to questions about each of the three types described in the activity.
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Things I Know About Generational Music

For Students 7th - 9th
In this generational music instructional activity, learners complete a graphic organizer with information about music that appeals to various age groups. Students further explore generational music by answering seven short answer...
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Elements of Music

For Students 7th
In this music activity, 7th graders fill in the blanks in 7 sentences that describe the elements of music such as tempo, pitch, decay, and duration. They use the words from a word bank at the bottom of the page. They make a word search...
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Medieval Music (c500 - 1450)

For Students 8th
For this Medieval music worksheet, 8th graders read about the instruments and parts of the music, including harmony, melody, and unison. They answer 7 homework questions based on the reading.
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Activities Using Music From Saint-Saens & Moussorgsky

For Teachers K - 3rd
Student create a fish and listen to music while imagining their fish are swimming.  In this music activity, students identify instruments played and move their fish to the movement.  Students work with kangaroos and elephants...
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Boombox Classroom: Music and Language

For Students 4th - 5th
In this music worksheet, learners identify ways music and language are similar. They answer two multiple choice questions about music. Students think of other languages they use each day. they write the letters used in music notation.
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Caribbean Beats and Blends: A Global Sound Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students listen and respond to various forms of Caribbean music. In this music and culture activity, students clap rhythms and respond to a sung call. Lyrics are analyzed for language blends and repetition. Music and culture from Puerto...
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The Ingredients Needed for a Musical National Park

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify musical sites that are worthy of being included as units of the National Parks System. They anthologize American music from primitive times to today.
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Keyboard centers with Music You Can Read

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play the letters provided in the format "Keyboard/Xylophone/Tone Bells" with the intention of using the "Music Only" format as skills progress. They study fingerings and chords when appropriate to skills.
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Music Walk

For Teachers K
Students walk to music in a circle and learn colors.
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Music Web Quest Record Sheet

For Students 6th - 8th
In this web quest record sheet worksheet, students keep track of essential information about music websites according to traditions, cultural groups, and musical styles.
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Generational Music Communities Survey

For Students 6th - 8th
In this generational music communities survey worksheet, students team up with another classmate and interview then using the 10 short answer questions provided on the worksheet.
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Listening Log - Music Around Me

For Students 6th - 8th
In this listening log worksheet, students access several Internet sites to listen to music about which they record important information and write reflections on it to be shared with their classmates.
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Careers in Music - Letter Writing Checklist

For Students 8th - 9th
In this careers in music worksheet, learners choose a person who works in a music career that interests them. They write a letter to this person asking for more information about his or her career.
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Musical Patterns

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore the concept of patterning using musical instruments. In this music lesson, students identify several instruments and practice playing patterns with them. Young scholars identify the patterning in a musical piece.
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Exploring Musical Instruments of the Orchestra

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers listen to "The William Tell Overture," identify instruments, sounds and other characteristics of the music. They compare and contrast orchestra music to large band music. Students discuss the musical composition and how...
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The Sounds of Music Scavenger Hunt

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this sounds of music worksheet, students explore the Internet to access one specific website to locate the answers to five descriptions of five different instruments.
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Folk Music Word Search

For Students 4th - 8th
In this folk music word search worksheet, students study the list of 12 folk music terms and locate them in the word search in order to solve the puzzle. In addition, students respond to a short answer question.
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Virtual Museum of Musical Instruments

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students incorporate elements of photo composition and demonstrate how to upload digital pictures to the computer. They create their own instrument utilizing resources from home as well as specialized music hardware. They participate in...
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Modes in Music

For Students 9th - 11th
In this musical modes worksheet, students review the modes in melodic compositions. They review a chart of the authentic and plagal modes. They review a melody using the information that is given about the notes that are used. There are...