Lesson Plan
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Be An Incredible Songwriter

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners write songs about something incredible they have experienced or know about. They consider topics of events, dreams, ideas, feelings, or animals. They accompany themselves with small musical instruments while performing the songs...
Worksheet
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Past Tense Questions “Did”

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this past tense questions activity, students read groups of sentences starting with did and ending with regular and irregular endings. Students read 2 groups of sentences.
Interactive
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Vocabulary Quiz

For Students 7th - 10th
For this online interactive vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 15 multiple choice questions regarding the vocabulary words that are related to one another. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Lesson Plan
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Peter and the Wolf: Instrument Listening Game

For Teachers All
Listening to this piece of music will foster the students ability to recognize individual instruments and the sounds they create. The art of music inspires the students to become sensitive listeners able to make aesthetic judgements and...
Lesson Plan
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Peter And The Wolf: Instrument Listening Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students match the instruments to the characters they represent in Peter and the Wolf. They also identify the instruments by name from listening to their sound.
Lesson Plan
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American Indians

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the American Indians and the music from their culture. They discuss the music of American Indians and compare that music with the music that we listen to today. Students create rainstick and perform their own...
Lesson Plan
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Peddling Puccini

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the art of the opera. They listen to examples of opera and conduct research to find out more about the opera world. Then they develop advertisements that focus on aspects that might interest young people about opera...
Worksheet
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Winter Clothing Crossword

For Students 1st
For this crossword puzzle worksheet, 1st graders read the 14 clues and use them to find the words to complete the puzzle about winter clothing.
Website
Other

Mark Shepard's Flute Page

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website "you'll find resources for playing the flute and for making simple folk flutes." Includes a "Flute Fingering Chart" that you can download.
Article
Other

Pay the Piper: The Flute

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about playing the flute at this website, which is geared toward young students who are thinking about playing a musical instrument. Includes background information on this woodwind, and links to more information.
Website
Other

J Music: Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information about Japan's traditional bamboo flute, the Shakuhachi. Includes a movie of the instrument being played.
Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: A Midsummer Night's Dream

For Students 9th - 10th
This comedy written around 1596 is a play about four sets of couples and their complicated lives. This site provides fascinating insights into the characters, themes and quotations from the play.
Article
Other

Pay the Piper

For Students 3rd - 8th
A resource for children who want to play a musical instrument, and their parents, this website includes answers to such questions as "Where do you get lessons?" and "How much will a new instrument cost?" Also included are informational...
Graphic
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Book Cover: Simple Flutes

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website "you'll find resources for playing the flute and for making simple folk flutes." Includes a "Flute Fingering Chart" that you can download using Adobe Acrobat.
Graphic
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Double Flute

For Students 9th - 10th
Musician playing a double flute
Activity
Staten Island Children's Museum

Staten Island Children's Museum: Music Camp at Home

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Enjoy doing these outdoor activities with your family such as making a Guiro or kazoo, or learning how to play the flute.
Graphic
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Pay the Piper: The Flute

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about playing the flute at this website, which is geared toward young students who are thinking about playing a musical instrument. Includes background information on this woodwind, and links to more information.
Graphic
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J Music: Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information about Japan's traditional bamboo flute, the Shakuhachi. Includes a movie of the instrument being played.
Graphic
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J Music: Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information about Japan's traditional bamboo flute, the Shakuhachi. Includes a movie of the instrument being played.
Graphic
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J Music: Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information about Japan's traditional bamboo flute, the Shakuhachi. Includes a movie of the instrument being played.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: An Introduction to Kabuki Theater

For Students 9th - 10th
Kabuki was one of the three most popular dramatic forms of Japan, the other two being Noh drama and puppet theater (bunraku). Singers and an orchestra of drums, flutes, wooden clappers, and samisen (a stringed instrument similar to the...