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Theme Unit

Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     The Bold Style of a Cappella (Very Quick Reader; Grade 5 Readability)

Short Readers
     Ohio's Most Unique Music Festival (Short Reader; Grade 5-7 Readability)
     Improvisation (Short Reader; Grade 8 Readability)

Spanish
     A cappella: un estilo audaz (grades 3-5)
     El exclusivo festival de música de Ohio (grades 5-7)

Graph Drawing Challenge Puzzle

Music Graph Puzzles

Reading Comprehensions
Fiction
     The Homemade Band (Grades 1-2)
     Aaron's Ears (Grades 1-2)
     Learning to Play Piano (Grades 2-3)
     Jake and Jackie Learn Some Musical Terms, Part 1 (Grades 3-4)
     Jake and Jackie Learn Some Musical Terms, Part 2 (Grades 3-4)
     Jake and Jackie Learn Some Musical Terms, Part 3 (Grades 3-4)
     Uncle Amos's Fiddle (Grades 3-4)
     "Sweet Song" - The Mountain Dulcimer (Grades 3-5)
     Harp Story (Grades 4-5)

Non-Fiction
     The Power of Music (Grades 2-3)
     Just Folks - The Music of Ordinary People (Grades 3-5)
     Spoons and Bones (Grades 4-5)
     Music from the Beginning (Grades 5-6)
     The Orchestra versus the Band (Grades 5-7)
     Leonardo da Vinci (Grades 6-8)
     Renaissance Music (Grades 6-8)

Musical Instruments
     What Am I? (Grade 1)
     The Tube That Toots (Grade 1)
     The Pibgorn (Grade 1)
     The Harp (Grade 1)
     Drums (Grades 2-3)
     Who's Harp? (Grades 2-4)
     Violins (Grades 3-4)
     Guzheng (Grades 3-5)
     Erhu (Grades 3-5)
     Pipa (Grades 3-5)
     The Musical Glass (Grades 3-5)
     Woodwinds vs. Brass (Grades 3-5)
     Handmade African Instruments (Grades 3-5)
     Yangqin (Grades 4-6)
     Native American Drums and Flutes (Grades 4-6)
     Bagpipes (Grades 5-6)
     Harps (Grades 6-7)
     Hornpipes and Pibgorns (Grades 6-7)

Biographies
     Twelve Girls Band (Grades 4-6)
     American Musicians (Grades 5-6)
     The Sound of Their Music: Biography of Rodgers and Hammerstein (Grades 9-12)
     Johann Sebastian Bach (Grades 7-8)
     Leonard Bernstein (Grades 9-12)
     Johannes Brahms (Grades 9-12)
     Frederic Chopin (Grades 9-12)
     Anton Dvorak (Grades 9-12)
     Edward Elgar (Grades 4-6)
     George and Ira Gershwin (Grades 9-12)
     Edvard Grieg (Grades 4-6)
     Franz Joseph Hadyn (Grades 7-8)
     George Frideric Handel (Grades 7-8)
     Charles Ives (Grades 7-9)
     Felix Mendelssohn (Grades 7-8)
     Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (Grades 6-8)
     Pyotr Tchaikovsky (Grades 10-12)
     Antonio Vivaldi (Grades 8-9)

Spanish
     Jake and Jackie aprenden términos musicales (segunda parte) (grades 3-4)
     El violín del tío Amos (grades 3-4)
     El poder de la música (grades 2-3)
     Leonard Bernstein: paz y armonía (grades 9-12)
     Biografía de Federico Chopin (grades 9-12)
     George y Ira Gershwin: equipo de trabajo musical (grades 9-12)

Read and Color

Making Music: The Instruments of an Orchestra

The Pianoforte: The Piano

Is it a Violin or Fiddle? (PDF file)

Give a Little Whistle

Books

The ABCs of Baroque Music (Grades 3-5)

Classical Music 1750-1820 (Grades 5-7)

History of Hip Hop (Reading Level 3; Interest Level 6)

How We Play Recorded Music (Grades 4-6)

History of Country Music (Grades 4-6)

Many Faces of Rock Music (Grades 4-6)

The History of Pop Music (Grades 4-6)

Plays:  Reader's Theater Scripts
     I Want to Play the Drums! (Grades 1-2)
     An Instrumental Wish (Grades 1-3)

Book Units
The Story of the Orchestra (Grades 4-8)

Music Puzzles

Conversations - Foreign Languages
Spanish
     An Instrumental Wish - Spanish and English
     What is your Favorite Style of Music? - Spanish and English

French
     An Instrumental Wish - French and English
     I love music! - French and English

German
     An Instrumental Wish - German and English

Italian
     An Instrumental Wish - Italian and English

Funda-blanks
Polka Dot Music (grades 2-3)

Writing

Replying to Letters

Analogies

Music Analogies

Hidden Objects

Music - Hidden Pictures (PDF file)

Musical Instrument Coloring Book
Coloring book of musical instruments (PDF file)
Musical instruments bookmarks (color)

Dugi Dugi Drum (grades 2-6)
Art Project: Make a dugi dugi drum, similar to those from Kenya (PDF file)

Naming Instruments (picture given)
Grades 1-3
     List of instruments, List of instruments (with extra instruments), Spaces for each letter of the instrument's name, Blank only

Grades 4-6
     List of instruments, List of instruments (with extra instruments), Spaces for each letter of the instrument's name, Blank only

Orchestra Instruments
     List of instruments, List of instruments (with extra instruments), Spaces for each letter of the instrument's name, Blank only

Marching Band Instruments
     List of instruments, List of instruments (with extra instruments), Spaces for each letter of the instrument's name, Blank only

Science Project
Music Science Activity

Finish the Story
     Nervous About the Notes (Grades 2-4)
     Save the Music (Grades 3-4)
     What Should I Play? (Grades 3-6)
     Music in the Subway Station (Grades 3-6)
     Piano Girl (Grade 5)
     A Musical Problem (Grades 5-8)

Writing
Draw and Write

Music Draw and Write

Critical Thinking
Music SUDOKU Puzzle

4 by 4 Music Sudoku
     Very easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)
     Easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)
4 by 4 Music Sudoku: Includes Hints (blank boxes have smaller pictures to pick from)
     Very easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys with hints)
     Easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys with hints)
6 by 6 Music Sudoku
     Easy 6 x 6 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)
     Medium 6 x 6 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)

Music Thinking Puzzle
     Draw a sequence of 3 different pictures (easier)
     Draw a sequence of 3 different pictures (more difficult)
     Draw a sequence of 4 different pictures (easier)
     Draw a sequence of 4 different pictures (more difficult)

Dot to dots
Spelling
     Spelling (challenging)

Alphabet
     Alphabet (lowercase letters)
     Alphabet (CAPITALIZED letters)

Counting
     Mixed: Each page count by a different number
     Count by 1's (easier)
     Count by 1's
     Count by 2's
     Count by 3's
     Count by 4's
     Count by 5's
     Count by 6's
     Count by 7's
     Count by 8's
     Count by 9's
     Count by 10's
     Count by 25's
     Completed drawings (no dot to dots)

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