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! 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 GRIEG Music Composer Study and Worksheets All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

Students work on research, technology, reading, comprehension and writing skills as they research the life and music of composer Sergei Prokofiev. 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. WHAT’S 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. 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 GRIEG Music Composer Study and Worksheets All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

With these Christmas Music Task Cards, your students will get plenty of rhythm reading practice during your Christmas music lessons. Plan your music lessons and sub-lessons quickly and easily! 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! WHAT’S INCLUDED: 24 Task Cards - printable in color and b/w, Easel digital and Google slides Student Record Sheet With Answer Keys! 16th notes are included in the rhythms These task cards will challenge students on their recognition and knowledge of rhythms and their ability to match a rhythm to a given phrase Task cards are so versatile and can be used for individual, small groups, or whole class activities. Each card is numbered so students can track which cards they have completed. ====== To assemble: ♫ Print and cut along the guidelines ♫ Laminate and use them again and again ♫ Cards may also be printed on card stock 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 Maths Worksheets All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

Music Styles Word Search The word search contains the different music styles throughout time! An answer sheet is included. PRINTABLE FORMAT. Print and hand it out. What’s included in this resource: The word search contains the names of 30 different styles/genres of music. ALSO INCLUDED: An answer key is included in the download! The puzzle can be used as part of a sub lesson or as a springboard activity into a unit on the Music genres. A content packed, valuable resource that is complete and ready to go! 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 String Instruments Word Search Puzzle All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

Music Listening: PETER and the WOLF FOLDABLES What’s INCLUDED: This file contains 26 pages - EIGHT different FOLDABLES in BOTH COLOUR AND B/W PROKOFIEV FOLDABLE: Students’ record facts they have learned about the composer of ‘Peter and the Wolf’ PETER’S FOLDABLE The BIRD’S FOLDABLE The DUCK’S FOLDABLE The CAT’S FOLDABLE GRANDFATHER’S FOLDABLE The WOLF’S FOLDABLE The HUNTER’S FOLDABLE Each foldable comes in BOTH COLOUR AND B/W Students answer four questions about the music/instruments for each of the themes in ‘Peter and the Wolf’ Instructions on how to assemble the foldable is also included! A pic of how the finished foldable will look Excellent addition to your ‘Peter and the Wolf’ studies or listening! Completed foldables can be pasted into student workbooks/listening journals OR displayed on a bulletin board! ♥ CLICK here to check out more quality, ready-to-use resources from the MTR store! You may also like this Music in Film Activities and Worksheets 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

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

Guitar Trio for your Christmas Student Concert! Carol of the Bells - the beautiful Ukrainian Christmas Carol arranged for a guitar trio. This is an easy arrangement of the popular Christmas tune, this resource 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 It will be a wonderful addition to your teaching and concert repertoire. 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 Ensemble: Away in a Manger Guitar Trio All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

Music Word Search of World Instruments- Strings FANTASTIC for word search puzzles! WHAT INCLUDES IN THIS RESEARCH: This Word Search Puzzle contains 30 string instruments of the world. An ANSWER key is provided The puzzle can be used as part of a sub lesson or as an additional resource for your World Instruments unit. PLEASE NOTE: This puzzle is also available in the ‘TEN Instrument Word Search Puzzles’ resource If you are interested in previewing the TEN Instrument Word Search Puzzles. ♥ CLICK here to check out more quality, ready-to-use resources from the MTR store! You may also like this Drums of the World Word Search All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

This Music Word Search of Chinese Instruments is FANTASTIC for word search puzzles! ♫ This Word Search Puzzle contains 30 traditional Chinese instruments. ♫ An ANSWER key is provided ♫ The puzzle can be used as part of a sub lesson or as an additional resource for your World Instruments unit. The puzzle can be used as part of: a sub lesson or; as an additional resource for your World Instruments unit! A content packed, valuable resource that is complete and ready to go! 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 Drums of the World Word Search All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

Music Game: World Music: Drums of the World Word Search Puzzle FANTASTIC for word search puzzles in your music classes! This Word Search Puzzle contains 30 different drums from around the world. An ANSWER key is provided The puzzle can be used as part of: a sub lesson or; as an additional resource for your World Instruments unit! PLEASE NOTE: This puzzle is also available in the ‘TEN Instrument Word Search Puzzles’ resource. If you are interested in previewing the TEN Instrument Word Search Puzzles, click here! A content packed, valuable resource that is complete and ready to go! Suitable for: Years 5-9 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: A Step by Step Approach All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

Keep students focused and learning with Performance Evaluation and Analysis worksheets for YouTube Video Clips. Excellent for your listening lessons and sub-lessons. Very handy for all music classes! WHAT’S IN THIS RESOURCE: This file contains TWO worksheets that can be used in conjunction with viewing a performance on YouTube: Performance Evaluation Sheet Analysis Sheet (two copies - one with North American spelling and one with British spelling) WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING… Growing Musicians said, “This is a great worksheet to have on hand, especially for substitute plans. The areas for analysis are very extensive, so I may not always ask the kids to fill in every box. It definitely got them thinking instead of mindlessly watching. Thanks so much!” Jill C said, “This is great- simple but better laid out than I would have ever thought of on my own. Great resource for older kids; great way to bring critical thinking to technology use.” ♥ 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

Halloween Music Activities to focus on developing rhythm. We are making rhythm easier and more fun to learn this Halloween season! Students will enjoy these no-prep lessons and worksheets. Excellent Halloween music lessons and cover lessons. The rhythm activities in this resource are a great way to work on listening and notation skills and connect a word’s sound to the correct rhythm. PRINTABLE FORMAT Print off the individual pages as needed or combine them to create a student rhythm workbook. WHAT IS INCLUDED: ACTIVITY 1: Students are to notate short rhythms clapped/played by the teacher into the center of the witch’s bubbling cauldron! A student worksheet and 15 pages of rhythms for the teacher to clap/play are provided for this activity. ACTIVITY 2: Students are to match the TEN Halloween phrases with the correct rhythm. Each rhythm contains four beats and uses the focus rhythms only! ACTIVITY 3: Contains TEN more Halloween phrases for which the students are to write a rhythm that matches the words natural flow. Teacher tips, a student worksheet, and ANSWER sheets are provided for these activities. To check out similar products, click the links below: HALLOWEEN ♥ CLICK here to check out more quality, ready-to-use resources from our TES store! Copyright © MusicTeacherResources. All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Not for public display. ➯ Follow my store to be alerted of new products and sales. CLICK HERE #mtrHalloween #mtrOctober #mtrRhythm #mtrListening

These Halloween Worksheets are a fun and engaging activity to review TREBLE pitch note names during your Halloween Music Lessons. Also suitable for cover lessons. PRINTABLE OR DIGITAL: Choose Your Format - These activities come in 2 different formats. PRINTABLE FORMAT Print individual pages or the set to create a Halloween Treble Pitch Workbook GOOGLE SLIDES These activities can be assigned in Google Classroom or with a link. You can access the Easel version via your purchases page or the product listing page. WHAT’S INCLUDED: 20 TREBLE Pitch review worksheets are provided in the following version: Printable (single pages, both colored and black & white) Google slides Task Cards A student response/answer sheet in color and black & white Teacher answer sheet - single page 20 colored answer sheets to project Teacher Tips and Ideas page Designed to reinforce students’ knowledge of and quick recognition of Note names on the TREBLE staff TO ASSEMBLE TASK CARDS: Print and cut along the guidelines. Laminate and use them again and again. Cards may also be printed on card stock. Print sheets for individual/group work or display the question sheets to the whole class and have the students fill in their answers on the answer sheet! Use this resource as: Individual worksheets Centres Homework A quiz (quiz sheet and answers included) or as, A whole class game!

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

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

Students work on research, technology, reading, comprehension and writing skills as they research the life and music of composer Edvard GRIEG. 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. WHAT’S 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. 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 Music Composer: SAINT-SAENS Music Composer Study and Worksheets All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

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. WHAT’S 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. CHECK OUT the PREVIEW to see a lot more! ♥ CLICK here to check out more quality, ready-to-use resources from the MTR store! You may also like this Music Posters with Kodaly/Curwen Hand Signs - Set 2 All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

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. WHAT’S 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. CHECK OUT the PREVIEW to see a lot more! ♥ CLICK here to check out more quality, ready-to-use resources from the MTR store! You may also like this Music Posters with Kodaly/Curwen Hand Signs - Set 2 All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

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. WHAT’S 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. CHECK OUT the PREVIEW to see a lot more! ♥ CLICK here to check out more quality, ready-to-use resources from the MTR store! You may also like this Music Posters with Kodaly/Curwen Hand Signs - Set 3 All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License