🍎 Music Teacher Grades 7 - 12 💜 Welcome! I’m 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!
🍎 Music Teacher Grades 7 - 12 💜 Welcome! I’m 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!
VOCAL DEVICES
♫ This resource is a 19 page PDF file containing:
♫ Information pages: the description of 13 vocal devices/techniques.
♫ These pages can be projected onto a screen or printed off to aid teaching and class discussion.
♫ Student note taking pages that reflect the teachers information pages.
♫ I have also included a student workbook cover page so you can collate the student pages into a neat workbook if you wish.
♫ A listening activity that lists 11 songs for students to listen to and describe the vocal device/s used. These can be obtain quite easily from iTunes or YouTube.
♫ An answer key for the Listening Activity
♫ A quiz on Vocal devices
**The answer key to the quiz.
This is a valuable and time saving resource.
Instruments of the Orchestra Foldables: BRASS
This file contains ONE FOLDABLE in BOTH COLOUR AND B/W; however, there are TWO different versions of the inside page of the foldable.
1. Shows the instrument with the parts already labelled
2. Students are required to write in the parts of the instruments themselves
♫ You can choose which inside page you use to suit the ability of your students.
♫ Also included is instructions on how to assemble the foldable is also included!
♫ Excellent addition to your Instruments of the Orchestra unit or general listening lessons!
♫ Completed foldables can be pasted into student workbooks/listening journals OR displayed on a bulletin board.
♫ There are 16 pages in all
MY MUSIC CLASS MEMORY BOOK is an interactive memory book for the end of the year!
♫ Your students will have something to look back on their favorite class - music!
♫ The memory book contains 14 different pages for your students to complete.
♫ Both a colored and a black & white version is included in the download
♫ Each page of the memory book is 1/2 page size
♫ No cutting required, just fold!
**Music Student Information Sheets **
PRINTABLE FORMAT
Print off the individual pages and hand them out to your music students.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
ONE page of TEACHER TIPS describing ways the sheets can be used with your classes/students
TWO x two-page music background information gathering sheets for the beginning of a new year/term.
The two student information sheets are excellent for:
Finding out what musical background/experiences your students possess
Using as a get to know you activity – where students share 2-3 points about their music experiences to the whole class or another student in the class.
Introducing your “musical” self to the students - tell them your musical background and experiences!
Gaining an insight into each students’ literacy level by how well they complete the information
Keeping a copy and revisiting as an End of Year activity for students to evaluate what they have achieved throughout the year and assess how their musical experiences have grown/changed!
PLEASE NOTE: N.B. Both North American and British spelling catered for in this resource. Pages 5 and 6 are repeated using the British spelling ‘favourite’
WHAT TEACHERS HAVE SAID:
“Nice to have a “getting to know you” activity that is geared towards music!” (Thank you, Kendra)
“Great resource to help me get to know my students musical likes and abilities.” (Thank you, Megan)
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You may also like this [MUSIC COMPOSITION: A Step by Step Approach]
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This fun set of Christmas-Themed Music Theory worksheets provides a variety of supplemental practice exercises for your music class.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
This PDF file contains 24 worksheets covering the following music concepts:
Names of Notes and Rests (4 worksheets but TWO versions. One set using North American terminology and the other using British Terminology)
Treble Pitch
Bass Pitch
Alto Pitch
Music Signs and Symbols
Perfect to use as cover lessons!
Suitable for: Years 5-8
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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.
WHAT’S 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 students’ 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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Modulation in music can be a difficult concept for some students to grasp. This is why I have created this resource!
It takes the students step by step through an easy method of understanding modulation and how to incorporate it into their composition work.
This resource makes teaching modulation easy. With explanation slides, examples, student worksheets, practical activities and answer sheets, students are guided to understand this often confusing music concept step-by-step.
This 26-page file that covers modulation in MAJOR KEYS only, to the dominant, subdominant and relative minor keys.
The file contains:
FIVE exercises ask students to write out the dominant, subdominant and relative minor of a given key and state the accidental/s that need to occur.
A teaching slide explaining V7 chords
ONE page of exercises where students name and notate the V7 chord of the specified keys
Teaching slides to explain pivot chords
FOUR pages of exercises where students discover and name the common chords of the specified keys. Two methods for finding the common chords are explained.
ONE page example/explanation for completing the practical exercises.
FOUR written and practical activities where students create and perform an 8-bar progression that modulates.
ANSWER KEYS for the student exercises are provided.
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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!
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You may also like this Music in Film Activities and Worksheets
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Musical Instruments - 47 beautifully presented posters of musical instruments from around the world.
World Instruments Word Wall Cards
This is a PDF file of 48 World Instruments Word Wall Cards
These bright and colorful Music Posters would be an excellent resource for your listening lessons and World Music unit.
PRINTABLE FORMAT
Enlarge and laminate to place in a your music room OR copy and distribute as an information handout to your students.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
One TITLE Card: Instruments of the World
Four (4) CATEGORY cards each in a different color:
* Aerophone (11 instrument cards)
* Chordophone (10 instrument cards)
* Idiophone (10 instrument cards)
* Membranophone (11 instrument cards)
Print off, laminate, and create a World Music Wall for your classroom!
Included on each card is the name of the instrument in bold, clear colorful letters, a picture of the instrument, the country the instrument is from and a colored border matching that of the category it belongs to i.e. all aerophones have a blue border.
A content packed, valuable resource that is complete and ready to go!
Suitable for: Years 3-6
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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.
WHAT’S 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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**Do your students struggle with key signatures? **
This beautifully presented music class decor set of posters contains ALL major and relative minor key signatures, displayed in the Treble, Bass, and Alto clef, PLUS Bulletin Board letters to spell out KEY SIGNATURES.
*PLEASE NOTE that the key signature posters appear TWICE in the file, in b/w and again with a hint of color! *
PRINTABLE FORMAT! There are 46 PRINTABLE posters to print, laminate and display in your classroom or on your bulletin board.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
46 printable key signature posters in color
46 printable key signature posters in b/w
Printable Bulletin Board letters to spell out ‘KEY SIGNATURES.’
The poster size is 8.5"x 11" in landscape orientation.
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Are you teaching a guitar unit?
I combined the best of the resources I have used over the years with my Year 7-11 guitar classes into this resource! I created these resources for my classes because students of this age don’t want to be playing nursery rhymes.
PRINTABLE FORMAT
Print off the individual pages or combine them to create a student workbook.
WHAT’S INCLUDED in this 27 page file is:
Facts about the guitar information and student answer sheet
Parts of the guitar diagrams, both labelled and unlabeled
Strings and fret diagrams, both labelled and unlabeled
How to read guitar TAB and standard notation. Diagrams and student exercises
TEN pieces to learn and perform – both solo and duo.
LINKS to backing tracks for FIVE of the pieces!
Guitar Pieces included are:
Blues in E
Blues in A (two versions)
Ode to Joy (melody and accompaniment)
Guitar Boogie
Guitar Flow (two versions)
Amazing Grace
Wipe Out
♫ ♫ At least a term’s worth of work in this resource ♫ ♫
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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
WHAT’S 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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Composition Activities for Young Composers!
This is a 25 page PDF file explaining the following melodic devices:
*Augmentation,
*Diminution and
*Real and Tonal Sequences.
Included is:
*Explanation (teachers – digitally project these pages as you teach)
*Examples of each melodic device.
*Exercises (to check student understanding of the concepts along the way. Run these pages off separately or combine with the composition tasks to create a student workbook)
*Answer sheet for all the short exercises
*Eight short melody writing tasks. ( Have students perform and explain the devices they have used to the class
Create and Perform with Percussion Instruments
Here is a series of fun activities for your music class while reinforcing the concepts of:
♦ beat,
♦ rhythm,
♦ performance and
♦ music notation.
This TEN page PDF file contains
1. TWO percussion charts to perform
2. TWO percussion chart templates for students to create their own percussion composition
3. A simple percussion chart to perform to Santana's song, "Smooth" (you need your own copy of the song)
4. An example of how to transcribe the notation on the percussion charts, into standard music notation.
5. The composition task asks students to compose a percussion chart for a song of their choice, organize a percussion band from class members, rehearse and perform their percussion composition to their chosen song.
This activity is best broken up into mini sessions’ over 4-5 days.
DAY 1: Percussion chart and performance to Santana's "Smooth"
DAY 2: Standard notation activity.
DAY 3: Begin own Percussion composition
DAY 4: Organisation of band and rehearsal
DAY 5: PERFORMANCES!!
This resource 50 music worksheets aimed at reinforcing students’ understanding and knowledge of:
♫ Notes
♫ Rests
♫ Dynamics and other
♫ Music symbols.
♦ The worksheets vary in difficulty, so can be used with different grades /ability levels
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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Rhythm is a vital concept for all musicians to understand! It needs constant reinforcement. I begin every lesson with a rhythm workout!
Low-prep Printable worksheets - print and handout to your music students.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
This bundle contains TWO Rhythm Workout Sets.
70 Rhythm Workout pages
Each page has FIVE rhythms. - that’s 350 rhythms. Enough for a whole year!
3.A 2-page BONUS Rhythm Workout file that’s available with this bundle.
That’s an extra activity worksheet in your cover lessons. The rhythms increase in difficulty.
There are TWO pages of Teacher Tips and Ideas for using the rhythms!
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♫ This resource contain TEN puzzles each containing 20-30 words.
♫ An ANSWER key is provided:
♦ Instruments of the Orchestra
♦ Wind Instruments
♦ String Instruments
♦ Drums of the World
♦ Keyboard Instruments
♦ Bagpipes
♦ Percussion Instruments
♦ South American Instruments
♦ Traditional Chinese instruments
♦ Traditional Japanese Instruments
PLEASE NOTE: Each of the TEN Word Search puzzles are available for sale separately!