This is an in-depth research and oral presentation task that would suit students in grades 5-8. It requires students to choose a country and research the instruments and music of that country. Included are: ♦ A list of TIPS and IDEAS for the teacher. ♦ THREE task pages with six criteria areas for students to address. ♦ A marking sheet for assessment purposes. ♦ A table of suggested countries for research and a column to enter student names so you can keep track of the country each student is researching. ♦ A three page list of internet sites where students might find information. My grade 7 and 8 students really enjoy this task and they learn a great deal about the music of many different countries!

If you are teaching transposition, this product would be a valuable addition to your resources! This file contains: ♫ teaching slides ♫ a student note taking page ♫ transposition exercises ♫ answer sheets This resource would suit middle school/junior high school students.

END the school year or START the new year off with these fun reflection and review writing activities for young musicians! Use them to guide your music students to reflect on their progress and achievements this year and make goals for the New Year! This resource contains SIX pages: 1. Questions to help students reflect on their musical journey during the past school year. (2015) 2. This page is a repeat of page 1 but with a heading that does not include a specific year! 3. Encourages students to write about their musical highlights during the past year. 4. Students complete a TEN of the BEST list 5. Questions to guide students in thinking about their goals in music class in the coming school year (2016). 6. This page is a repeat of page 5 but with a heading that does not include a specific year! Excellent for finishing or beginning the school year!

MUSIC DECOR: MUSIC SYMBOLS Set 1 ★ Decorate your music classroom and reinforce music vocabulary and recognition of music symbols. ★ Each poster features the symbol and its name ★ Print off, laminate and use to decorate your music classroom/studio. ★ There are TWENTY-SIX posters in the set. Included in this file: ♫ Bar Line ♫ Double Bar Line ♫ Repeat ♫ Bass Clef ♫ Treble Clef ♫ Alto Clef ♫ Common Time ♫ Cut Time ♫ Fermata ♫ Flat ♫ Double Flat ♫ Sharp ♫ Double Sharp ♫ Natural ♫ Slur ♫ Tie ♫ Staccato ♫ Accent ♫ Staff ♫ Grand Staff ♫ 3/4 Time Signature ♫ 4/4 Time Signature ♫ 6/8 Time Signature ♫ Segno ♫ Coda ♫ Key Signature

MUSIC DECOR: NOTES and RESTS POSTERS Set 1 ♫ Decorate your music classroom and reinforce music vocabulary and recognition of notes and rests. ♫ Each poster features the symbol and its name. There are TWENTY posters: included in this file: ♫ Semibreve ♫ Dotted minim ♫ Minim ♫ Crotchet ♫ Dotted Crotchet ♫ Quaver ♫ Semiquaver ♫ Set of four semiquavers ♫ Set of quavers ♫ Quaver, two semiquavers ♫ Two semiquavers, quaver ♫ Crotchet Triplet ♫ Quaver triplet ♫ Semibreve rest ♫ Whole bar rest ♫ Minim rest ♫ Crotchet rest ♫ Quaver rest ♫ Semiquaver rest ♫ Quaver, crotchet, quaver (syncopation) Print off, laminate and use to decorate your music classroom/studio

This file contains 12 music maze puzzles based on music signs and symbols. • For each question box in the maze there are two answer boxes. If the correct answer is selected, the maze leads to the next question box, but if the incorrect answer is chosen, the maze leads to a dead end. ANSWER sheets are included, making the mazes excellent for self-correcting worksheets/centres/homework etc.

Easy Guitar Trio This is an easy arrangement of the popular Christmas tune, Away in a Manger is arranged for a beginner - intermediate guitar trio. This arrangement will help to build listening skills, rhythmic accuracy and general confidence in ensemble playing, which are essential to all musicians WHAT’S INCLUDED: Arrangement with standard notation and TAB Arrangement with standard notation only Part 1 only Part 2 only Part 3 only THE SCORE: Part 1 has the melody Part 2 is a harmony part with the same rhythm as the melody. Part 3 is very simple - consisting of one note per bar except - towards the end where there is a bar containing three quarter notes. *It will be a wonderful addition to your teaching repertoire. * Double click on the images above for a closer look of what’s included in the resource! ♥ CLICK here to check out more quality, ready-to-use resources from the MTR store! You may also like this GUITAR in the CLASSROOM: Melody All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

Guitar Trio for your Christmas Student Concert! We Wish You A Merry Christmas Guitar Trio. This is a lovely arrangement of the popular Christmas song for a guitar trio. This is an easy arrangement of the popular Christmas tune, this resource is arranged for a beginner - intermediate guitar trio and will be a wonderful addition to your teaching and concert repertoire. This arrangement will help to build listening skills, rhythmic accuracy and general confidence in ensemble playing, which are essential to all musicians WHAT’S INCLUDED: Arrangement with standard notation and TAB Arrangement with standard notation only Part 1 only Part 2 only Part 3 only HOW TO USE: It is played through THREE times. The first time all play part 1, which is the melody. The second time Part 1 and Part 2 play, and the third time all parts play. However, this is very flexible - you can enter the parts in any way you wish. It is played through THREE times. A content packed, valuable resource that is complete and ready to go! This resource is suitable for all year levels and not grade-specific! Double click on the images above for a closer look of what’s included in the resource! ♥ CLICK here to check out more quality, ready-to-use resources from the MTR store! You may also like this Christmas Music: Carol of the Bells Guitar Trio All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

Engage your students with these music themed Sudoku puzzles that will help develop deductive reasoning and critical thinking while reinforcing their knowledge of music words and symbols! Included in this pack are TEN music themed Sudoku puzzles. All are 4 x 4 in size for junior musicians in Grades 2-4. The following Sudoku puzzles are included in this pack: ♦ Three 4 x 4 Sudoku NOTE puzzles using the semibreve, minim, crotchet and quaver - both words and symbols are used. ♦ Three 4 x 4 Sudoku REST using semibreve, minim, crotchet and quaver - both words and symbols are used. ♦ Two 4 x 4 Sudoku DYNAMIC puzzles using p, mp, mf and f – includes the Italian term, English meaning and symbol! ♦ Two 4 x 4 Sudoku MUSIC SYMBOL puzzles using treble clef, bass clef, pause (fermata) and sharp – uses the symbol/sign only An ANSWER key is provided for each puzzle. Depending on the students’ grade level and ability they can either draw the missing music symbols only or just the words or both. Print off as needed; laminate a class set or use on your digital projector etc. There are many classroom uses for these Music Sudoku Puzzles!!!

Dotted Notes: Posters and Worksheets This PDF file contains: ♦ THREE anchor charts! ♦ THREE student worksheets ♦ THREE answers sheets The anchor chart I also use for teaching by displaying via the digital projector. The worksheets can be set in class or as homework, to re enforce the concept of dotted notes This resource will work very well on its own or in conjunction with lessons on Time Signatures.

This file contains TEN ‘Crack the Music Code’ Puzzles *** BRITISH TERMINOLOGY and SPELLING are used in this product*** Students must identify the name of the music symbols in order to find the correct letters to answer the riddle! PUZZLE 1 is specifically for a first day/week activity. Students break the music code to reveal the following message: “Welcome to a brand new year of music and fun” Each of the TEN Music Code puzzles has an ANSWER sheet

This set of 12 RHYTHM worksheets actually contains 13 RHYTHM worksheets!! Students are to match the name of the given words to the correct rhythm. The worksheets are for beginners, with the beats of each rhythm adding up to TWO only on all but one worksheet. Each rhythm worksheet is based on a different topic. Topics include: ♫ Breakfast ♫ Christmas ♫ Cities ♫ Musicals ♫ Groundhog Day ♫ Music ♫ Jobs and Occupations ♫ Nature ♫ The Human Body ♫ Winter ♫ Thanksgiving ♫ Superheroes ♫ Halloween An answer key is provided for ALL 13 rhythm worksheets Excellent for rhythm reinforcement or revision and well as developing vocabulary. You can never have too many of these types of worksheets!

♫ Students are to match the name of the given words to the correct rhythm. ♫ Excellent for increasing vocabulary too! ♫ The worksheets are for beginners, with the beats of each rhythm adding up to TWO only. ♫ Each rhythm worksheet is based on a different themes. The themes in this set are: ♫ The Jungle ♫ The Ocean ♫ New Year ♫ Martin Luther King Jr ♫ Rock Bands ♫ Space Travel ♫ The Supermarket ♫ The Weather ♫ Chinese New Year ♫ The Farm ♫ The Kitchen ♫ The Forest An answer key is provided for ALL 12 rhythm worksheet

Set 3 in this BEST-SELLER series The file 12 RHYTHM worksheets Set 3 contains 13 RHYTHM worksheets!! Students are to match the name of the given words to the correct rhythm. The worksheets are for beginners, with the beats of each rhythm adding up to 2 only. Each rhythm worksheet is based on a different topic and ANSWER sheets for each are included. Topics include: o Birthdays o Bugs o Circus o Dance o Driving o Gardens o Money o Rainbow o St Patrick's Day o Summer o Valentine’s Day o Water o World Landmarks Excellent for reinforcement or revision. You can never have too many of these types of worksheets!

This file contains TEN ‘Crack the Music Code’ Puzzles *** NORTH AMERICAN terminology and SPELLING are used in this product*** Students must identify the name of the music symbols in order to find the correct letters to answer the riddle! PUZZLE 1 is specifically for a first day/week activity. Students break the music code to reveal the following message: “Welcome to a brand new year of music and fun” Each of the TEN Music Code puzzles has an ANSWER sheet

MUSIC ACTIVITIES: COLOUR by MUSIC NOTES and RESTS. Excellent for your Music Lessons! Celebrate Music in Our Schools Month and reinforce music theory note names with these fun educational music worksheets. Excellent for your music lessons and when completed they make a wonderful display in your music room. Colouring sheets are such a favorite with young musicians and perfect to leave for a non-music cover lessons! Suitable for grade levels 3-7 ** WHAT’S INCLUDED:** The 26 colouring pages consist of: 24 colouring pages and 2 templates for the students (or you the teacher) to create their own Music Symbol page. An excellent addition to your music sub tub Double click on the images above for a closer look of what’s included in the resource! ♥ CLICK here to check out more quality, ready-to-use resources from the MTR store! You may also like this Music Theory Worksheets All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

Are you needing help introducing composition? Teaching Middle School and Jr. High School music students how to write a melody is not always easy. The worksheets and activities in this resource set out a step-by-step method that students will understand and enjoy. I have used the process outlined in this resource to teach music composition for many years with my classes, and it works without fail! My students call it my melody writing recipe! PRINTABLE FORMAT This product contains a PDF and a PPT version of the resource. WHAT’S INCLUDED: A NINE-page Teachers Resource that explains in detail, step by step, a process for young musicians to follow when writing their first four-bar melody. A TEN-page Student Workbook I show the slides in the Teachers Resource on a digital projector and demonstrate the information on a whiteboard as we work our way through slides 2 - 9. You may choose to have your students follow and work in their Student Workbooks as you go through the information OR have them watch the demonstration first and then work through their booklet. The students then take the knowledge and process they are learnt to compose TWO 8-bar melodies. The final TWO slides in the Student Workbook can be copied and reused for further melody writing exercises. Students will need to have a little background knowledge of keys and chords Suitable for: Years 7-11 Double click on the images above for a closer look of what’s included in the resource! ♥ CLICK here to check out more quality, ready-to-use resources from the MTR store! You may also like this Music Composition - TEN Melody Writing Projects All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

Help your students understand Stage Fright/Performance Anxiety **what it is, **why it happens and **strategies to control it! This is a 26 page PDF file focusing on Performance Anxiety or Stage Fright The file: Describes the mental, behavioral and physiological symptoms of stage fright. Discusses Fear versus Adrenalin and how performance adrenaline is a necessary and positive part of performance. Gives TEN easy to implement tips/strategies for reducing stage fright. There are also FOUR worksheets and ONE written response page for students to record their individual responses to stage fright! If students understand stage fright they will be more able to control it!

Students work on research, technology, reading, comprehension and writing skills as they research the life and music of composer J.S. BACH 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. There are also TWO versions included for the second activity sheet. It has been designed as an independent mini biography research project. 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. Ideal for differentiation in your classroom! Double click on the images above for a closer look of what’s included in the resource! ♥ CLICK here to check out more quality, ready-to-use resources from the MTR store! You may also like this BEETHOVEN Research Activity Sheets All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

Composing Music is engaging your students in creating - Bloom’s highest level of cognitive learning. This melody writing resource contains TEN music composition tasks with a student evaluation sheet for each composition task. PRINTABLE FORMAT Print and hand it out. WHAT’S INCLUDED: TEN music composition worksheets for middle school musicians! TEN music composition checklists and student review/self-evaluation pages, one for each composition task! TWO Music Composition Portfolio cover pages to choose from. FOUR blank hints and tips pages for students to note down melody writing hints and tips. FOUR pages containing blank manuscript paper. Students can use these pages to notate their ideas or any melody writing examples you give them. FIVE of the tasks are four measures/bars in length, and FIVE are 8 measures/bars. Each task has a different set of requirements for the student to fulfill when composing their melody. Double click on the images above for a closer look of what’s included in the resource! Suitable for: Years 7-11 Hand out compositions as individual tasks or use the Composition Portfolio title page and create a composition portfolio for each student.\ Have the student play their composition to the class or you the teacher choose a few to play for them. ♥ CLICK here to check out more quality, ready-to-use resources from the MTR store! You may also like this MUSIC COMPOSITION: A Step by Step Approach All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License