đ Music Teacher Grades 7 - 12 đ Welcome! Iâm Kim Maloney, creator of MusicTeacherResources. My objective is to provide you with a range of quality, classroom-ready resources. Resources for busy teachers who want the best for their students, and to spend more quality time with the people they love the most!
đ Music Teacher Grades 7 - 12 đ Welcome! Iâm Kim Maloney, creator of MusicTeacherResources. My objective is to provide you with a range of quality, classroom-ready resources. Resources for busy teachers who want the best for their students, and to spend more quality time with the people they love the most!
Students work on research, technology, reading, comprehension and writing skills as they research the life and music of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
There are TWO different activity sheets and TWO versions of each. These are designed to suit different ages/abilities.
There are TWO versions of the first activity sheet. They are THE SAME except for the way the students access the internet to obtain the answers. One uses clickable links to the sites containing the answers, and the other, QR codes.
WHATâS INCLUDED:
This activity sheet contains SIX questions about the life and music of the composer.
An ANSWER sheet is also included!
Depending on the technology available to you in your classroom, the student(s) will click on the links provided OR use a QR reader app to scan the QR code.
Students are to read the information on the website/s to find the answer to the questions.
There are also TWO versions included for the second activity sheet. It has been designed as an independent mini-biography research project.
Students will research FIVE-SIX facts about the composer and record them in the graphic organizer. They will then write an informative paragraph about the life and music of the composer.
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Spice up your Christmas period lessons or sub-lessons with an activity to review note and rest values.
This set of fun and engaging Rhythm Review worksheets will keep students engaged while reinforcing their theory knowledge.
The following versions are provided, giving you the ultimate flexibility:
Landscape, portrait, color, black and white!
PRINTABLE FORMAT: Just print and laminate them for individual, small-group, or whole-class activities. Single pages and TASK CARDS included.
DIGITAL FORMAT: Google slides, color and black and white task cards!
WHATâS INCLUDED:
24 Portrait Printable worksheets (single pages, both colored and black & white)
24 Landscape Printable worksheets (single pages, colored, black & white). This set has different maths equations!
Google slides version
Task Cards
Student response/answer sheets in color and black & white
Teacher answer sheet - single page
Colored answer sheets for both the landscape and portrait versions to project
Teacher Tips and Ideas page
The 24 worksheets include the following:
TEN (10) addition worksheets with an image to color and
TEN (10) subtraction worksheets with an image to color.
These worksheets vary in difficulty so that they can be used with different grade/ability levels.
There are also FOUR worksheets for students to create their own music maths worksheets to share with their music peers/friends.
Have students create a music maths worksheet to exchange with another student.
The student who created the worksheet is also the one who will correct the completed worksheets
This is an excellent activity for higher-order thinking!
Designed to reinforce studentsâ knowledge of note and rest values
The activities become progressively more complex and can be used for several grade levels or differentiation within a class.
A content packed, valuable resource that is complete and ready to go!
Suitable for: Years 7-11
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Music Classroom SOLFEGE Posters KODALY/CURWEN Hand Sign are an excellent visual reminder for students. They are a colorful display in your music room or on your bulletin board.
PRINTABLE FORMAT! There are 13 PRINTABLE posters to laminate and display on your music classroom bulletin board.
WHATâS INCLUDED:
This resource includes 13 posters for the following Kodaly hand signs:
do
ti
la
ti,
la,
so and so,
sol and sol,
fa
mi
re
do
The poster size is 8.5"x 11" in portrait orientation in PDF format.
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Are you teaching a recorder unit? Decorate your music classroom and help support student learning with this clear, colourful set of recorder-fingering posters.
The posters/charts will help reinforce correct fingering and treble pitch note recognition.
There are 41 PRINTABLE pages to print, laminate and display.
Perfect to use as music classroom decor for your music classrooms!
WHATâS INCLUDED:
There is a chart/poster for every pitch from middle C to A above the staff â including #'s and bâs, for the Baroque Soprano Recorder.
Each poster includes the letter name, a visual of the fingering, and the note position on the staff.
The poster size is 8.5"x 11" in portrait orientation in PDF format.
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Are you looking for an engaging resource for your Film Music unit that focuses on listening to and analysing the elements of music and has a film scoring composition project to complete the unit?
This Music in Film mini-unit focuses on listening to and analyzing the elements of music with a film scoring composition project to complete the unit. Teaching slides, student worksheets, composition activities and links to videos are included.
WHATâS INCLUDED:
The resource contains 26 printable pages that can be printed individually or combine to create a student workbook. Includes the following :
information on the purpose and function of music in films,
questions requiring studentsâ written response,
images for the student to respond to using music terminology and
a film scoring composition project!
Lesson procedure overview for FIVE lessons to help present the content to your students.
PLEASE NOTE: An answer key is NOT included, as student responses will vary.
A content packed, valuable resource that is complete and ready to go!
Suitable for: Years 7-11
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Are you teaching Key Signatures?
This resource will help you teach key signatures with ease! Teaching slides, student worksheets and short assessment quizzes are included.
**FORMATS AVAILABLE: **
This resource is a ready-to-print PDF worksheet. Suitable for: Years 7-11
WHATâS INCLUDED:
The 37-page file contains:
Teaching slides
Student quizzes
Student worksheets
Answer sheets
These pages will guide students to discover ALL major and minor key signatures!
CONTENT includes:
The order of sharps
The order of flats
How key signatures are drawn in both the treble and bass clef
Relative keys
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32 beautifully bright and colorful Instruments of the Orchestra cards that will make a stunning and educational addition to your music classroom.
PRINTABLE FORMAT. Print, laminate and display on your classroom bulletin board.
WHATâS INCLUDED:
One TITLE Card: Instruments of the Orchestra
Four CATEGORY cards, each in a different color:
The Percussion Family
The Woodwind Family
The String Family
The Brass Family
One card for each family showing all the instruments together.
Included on each card are:
The name of the instrument in bold, colorful letters
A picture of the instrument
The range of the instrument and
A colored border matching that of the category it belongs to, i.e. all string family instruments have a green border.
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RHYTHM PICK & FLIP 2. Contains 16th notes
â« Pick & Flip games are quite popular in many other subject areas, so why not music too!
â« This resource contains 16 Rhythm Pick & Flip Cards PLUS one TEMPLATE for you or your students to draw in your own rhythms.
â« Rhythms used include; dotted half notes, half notes, quarter notes, quarter rests, eighth notes and sixteenth notes
â« Students are to pick the rhythms that contain the correct number of beats as indicated by the time signature, and mark their answers using clothes pegs or paperclips. They then flip the card to check their answers.
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RHYTHM Pick & Flip 1: NO 16th notes
MOZART & HIS MUSIC FOLDABLES
This resource contains TWO different FOLDABLES in BOTH COLOUR AND B/W
1. MEET MOZART FOLDABLE: Studentsâ record facts they have learned about Mozart
2. MOZARTâS MUSIC: This foldable is a perfect accompaniment to foldable 1, or can be used on its own to respond to Mozartâs music during a listening lesson
â« Instructions on how to assemble the foldable is also included!
â« Excellent addition to your Composer of the Month!
â« Completed foldables can be pasted into student workbooks/listening journals OR displayed on a bulletin board.
EIGHT Time Signature charts covering both:
1 Simple Time
2 Compound Time
**Enlarge and laminate to place in a your music room OR copy and distribute as an information handout to your students.
This resource contains TWO different FOLDABLES in BOTH COLOUR AND B/W
1. MEET CHOPIN FOLDABLE: Studentsâ record facts they have learned about CHOPIN
2. CHOPINâS MUSIC: This foldable is a perfect accompaniment to foldable 1, or can be used on its own to respond to Chopinâs music during a listening lesson
â« Instructions on how to assemble the foldable is also included!
â« Excellent addition to your Composer of the Month!
â« Completed foldables can be pasted into student workbooks/listening journals OR displayed on a bulletin board.
This file contains TWO different FOLDABLES in BOTH COLOR AND B/W
1. MEET GERSHWIN FOLDABLE: Studentsâ record facts they have learned about SCHUMANN
2. GERSHWIN âS MUSIC: This foldable is a perfect accompaniment to foldable 1, or can be used on its own to respond to Schumannâs music during a listening lesson
â« Instructions on how to assemble the foldable is also included!
â« Excellent addition to your Composer of the Month!
â« Completed foldables can be pasted into student workbooks/listening journals OR displayed on a bulletin board.
Rhythm Cards PLUS Ideas for Class Activities
This item contains 50 Rhythm Cards.
â« Each Rhythm Card contains is four beats consisting of:
*Half notes and rest
*Quarter notes and rest,
*Eighth notes and rest. (quarter note = 1)
â« Also included are ideas for class activities using the rhythm cards!
â« Print off each page, cut out each rhythm and paste onto colored card and laminate for durability!
â« A very useful and flexible resource for classroom and studio music teachers!
CHINESE NEW YEAR Themed Music Worksheets
This PDF file contains 24 worksheets covering the following music concepts:
1. Names of Notes and Rests (4 worksheets but TWO versions. One set using North American terminology and the other using British Terminology)
2. Treble Pitch
3. Bass Pitch
4. Alto Pitch
5. Music Signs and Symbols
Instruments of the Orchestra Word Search
â« This Word Search Puzzle contains 30 orchestral instruments.
â« An ANSWER key is provided:
â« The puzzle can be used as part of a sub lesson or as an additional resource for your Instruments of the Orchestra unit.
PLEASE NOTE: This puzzle is also available in the âTEN Instrument Word Search Puzzlesâ resource
This resource 50 music worksheets aimed at reinforcing studentsâ understanding and knowledge of:
â« MAJOR Key Signatures in the Treble
â« MAJOR Key Signatures in the Bass
â« MINOR Key Signatures in the Treble
â« MINOR Key Signatures in the Bass
â« Relative Key Signatures
Students work on research, technology, reading, comprehension and writing skills as they research the life and music of composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
There are TWO different activity sheets and TWO versions of each. These are designed to suit different ages/abilities.
1.
There are TWO versions of the first activity sheet. They are THE SAME except for the way the students access the internet to obtain the answers. One uses clickable links to the sites containing the answers, and the other, QR codes.
This activity sheet contains SIX questions about the life and music of the composer.
An ANSWER sheet is also included!
Depending on the technology available to you in your classroom, the student(s) will click on the links provided OR use a QR reader app to scan the QR code. (The QR reader app I use is I-nigma. It is a FREE download in iTunes, and I have never had any problems with it.
Students are to read the information on the website/s to find the answer the questions.
2.
There are also TWO versions included for the second activity sheet. It has been designed as an independent mini biography research project.
Students will research FIVE-SIX facts about the composer and record them in the graphic organizer. They will then write an informative paragraph about the life and music of the composer.
Ideal for differentiation in your classroom!
ELTON JOHN biography research worksheets and music listening lesson activities & PRINT and DIGITAL pages provided
Suitable for sub-lessons. Bulletin board pages are also included to create a Musician of the Month display for your Middle and Junior High School Music Students.
-This resource contains:
FOUR different biography research activities. Two online links are included with each activity to help students with their research.
ONE Timeline Research Activity. It contains two online links to help students with their research.
ONE Comparative Listening Activity. Students are provided with links to 4-5 ELTON JOHN songs and a table to complete with descriptions of the elements of music.
TWO Listening Response Activities. Links to the songs are provided.
MUSICIAN of the Month Bulletin Board Pages: ONE portrait image of Elton John and ONE page for each letter of his name.
TEN Easel digital pages with CLICKABLE LINKS.
RESEARCH and LISTENING LINKS are included, making this resource suitable for classroom and distance learning.
Ideal for differentiation in your classroom!
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A useful handout for your students to use as a reference for their rhythm work!
Rhythm Charts: Notes and Rests in Simple Time
A useful handout for your students to use as a reference for their rhythm work.
It is particularly good to use in conjunction with your aural work i.e. rhythm dictations.
You could also print out on A3, laminate and post on your music room wall as a visual reminder
This is the one resource that I am STILL using with all of my music classes after 25 plus years of teaching.
Suitable for: Years 7-11
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**RHYTHM WORKOUT - Free Download **
This file contains TWO pages of rhythm workouts.
Use on a digital projector for students to clap/play or print off as a
class worksheet/homework.
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Music Rhythm Worksheets for Rhythm Reading Practice and Note Value Review
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