Ultimate Substitute Teacher’s Music Resource Guide Contents
Activities for K–2 Teacher Level* Page Number Music Assessment Worksheet ...... 2-3 ...... 2 Understanding Loud and Soft ...... 1-3 ...... 4 Learn to Listen ...... 1-3 ...... 6 The Name Game ...... 1-3 ...... 7 Feel the Beat ...... 1-3 ...... 8 Put on Your Listening Ears ...... 1-3 ...... 9 The Same or Different? ...... 1-3 ...... 10 Count and Clap ...... 1-3 ...... 11
Activities for K–4 Create Your Own Music ...... 1-3 ...... 12 Meet the Classical Composers ...... 1-3 ...... 14 Follow the Conductor ...... 1-3 ...... 16
Activities for Grade 3–4 Songs with Sounds ...... 1-3 ...... 17 Music Assessment Worksheet ...... 2-3 ...... 18 Match the Instruments ...... 1-3 ...... 20 Reviewing Note Values ...... 2-3 ...... 22 Let’s Rest Awhile ...... 2-3 ...... 24 Note Speller ...... 2-3 ...... 26 Musical Crossword Puzzle ...... 1-3 ...... 28
Activities for Grades 3–6 Sing with Do, Re, Mi ...... 2-3 ...... 30 Arranging Simple Songs ...... 2-3 ...... 32 Name That Tune and Other Fun Games ...... 1-3 ...... 34 Musical Memory Add-a-Note ...... 2-3 ...... 37 Music in Images and Words ...... 1-3 ...... 38 Identify the Instruments ...... 1-3 ...... 39 Musical Symbol Search ...... 2-3 ...... 42 The Alphabet Game ...... 1-3 ...... 44 Composer Gallery ...... 1-3 ...... 46 Pass the Rhythm ...... 1-3 ...... 48
iv Activities for Grades 5–6 Teacher Level* Page Number Musical Story Time ...... 1-3 ...... 49 Music Assessment Worksheet ...... 2-3 ...... 50 Who’s Who in Classical Music? ...... 1-3 ...... 52 Draw with Musical Symbols ...... 2-3 ...... 54 Musical Definitions ...... 2-3 ...... 56 Mystery Composers ...... 1-3 ...... 58 Instrument Name Game ...... 1-3 ...... 60 Rhythm Shuffle ...... 2-3 ...... 62 Creative Composing ...... 2-3 ...... 64 Notespeller ...... 2-3 ...... 66 Musical Styles Scramble ...... 1-3 ...... 68 Once Upon a Musical Story ...... 2-3 ...... 70 Musical Crossword Puzzle ...... 1-3 ...... 72 Word Symphony ...... 1-3 ...... 74 Exploring the Orchestra ...... 2-3 ...... 75
Appendix Composers in Music History ...... 78 Glossary of Musical Terms ...... 80 Piano Fingering Chart ...... 83 Parts of the Guitar ...... 84 Guitar Chord Chart ...... 85 Recorder Fingering Chart ...... 86 Music Staff Paper ...... 87
*Teacher Level Level 1—No music knowledge or background Level 2—Some music knowledge (played an instrument or sang in the choir at some time) Level 3—Well-rounded music knowledge (music degree) v Teacher Page Music Assessment Worksheet Grades 3–4
This worksheet is a useful tool to determine what your new class knows, and perhaps more importantly, what they don’t know. If you will be teaching your class for several days, start by using this information sheet to choose which activity you might want to focus on first. Be sure to let the students know this is not a test—you are just gathering information to plan your lessons for the coming days.
STUDENT WORKSHEET: 1. Match the picture of the instrument with its name:
Guitar Piano Violin Flute Trumpet 2. Name the lines or spaces marked on the staff below:
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3. Match the musical symbol with its name:
Quarter Rest � Half Note Œ Whole Note � Quarter Note � 4. What is the value of each note below?
Half Note = ____2 beats � Whole Note = ____4 beats � Quarter Note = ____1 beat 18 � Music Assessment Worksheet
1. Match the picture of the instrument with its name:
Guitar Piano Violin Flute Trumpet 2. Name the lines or spaces marked on the staff below: � � � � � � � ––– ––– ––– ––– ––– ––– 3. Match the musical symbol with its name:
Quarter Rest Half Note ΠWhole Note Quarter Note 4. What is the value of each note below?
Half Note = ____ beats Whole Note = ____ beats Quarter Note = ____ beat Exploring the Orchestra
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Instruments of the Orchestra Pictured above are the instruments found in a symphony orchestra. Identify each instrument picture and write the number of that instrument section next to its name below. The first one has been done for you. ____1 VIOLIN ____ FLUTE ____ VIOLA ____ OBOE ____ CELLO ____ CLARINET ____ STRING BASS ____ BASSOON 8 11
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____ TRUMPET ____ TIMPANI ____ FRENCH HORN ____ CYMBALS ____ TROMBONE ____ DRUMS ____ TUBA ____ CONDUCTOR ____ HARP Composers in Music History
MUSIC OF ANCIENT TIMES Before 500 Monophonic music (Chinese, Greeks, Hebrews) Christian chant
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (500-1450) 590–604 Gregorian Chant 1100–1450 Organum, motets, early rounds
RENAISSANCE PERIOD (1450–1600) Essential composers: 1525–1594 Giovanni Palestrina (Italy) 1548–1611 Tomás Luis de Victoria (Spain) 1571–1621 Michael Praetorius (Germany)
BAROQUE PERIOD (1600–1750) Essential composers: 1653–1706 Johann Pachelbel (Germany) 1659–1695 Henry Purcell (England) 1678–1741 Antonio Vivaldi (Italy) 1685–1750 Johann Sebastian Bach (Germany) 1685–1759 George Frideric Handel (Germany/England)
CLASSICAL PERIOD (1750 -1820) Essential composers: 1714–1788 C.P.E. Bach (Germany) 1732–1809 Franz Joseph Haydn (Austria) 1756–1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austria) 1770–1827 Ludwig van Beethoven (Germany)
ROMANTIC PERIOD (1820–1910) Essential composers: 1797–1828 Franz Schubert (Austria) 1809–1847 Felix Mendelssohn (Germany) 1810–1849 Frédéric Chopin (Poland/France) 1810–1856 Robert Schumann (Germany) 1811–1886 Franz Liszt (Hungary) 1813–1883 Richard Wagner (Germany) 1833–1897 Johannes Brahms (Germany) 1838–1875 Georges Bizet (France) 1839–1881 Modest Mussorgsky (Russia) 1840–1893 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russia) 1841–1904 Antonín Dvořák (Bohemia) 1843–1907 Edvard Grieg (Germany) 78 ROMANTIC PERIOD (1820–1910) Essential composers (cont.): 1844–1908 Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Russia) 1860–1911 Gustav Mahler (Bohemia/Austria) 1864–1949 Richard Strauss (Germany) 1873–1943 Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russia)
IMPRESSIONISM PERIOD (1890–1915) Essential composers: 1862–1918 Claude Debussy (France) 1875–1937 Maurice Ravel (France)
TWENTIETH-CENTURY (1915–current) Essential composers: 1854–1932 John Philip Sousa (United States) 1868–1917 Scott Joplin (United States) 1872–1958 Ralph Vaughan Williams (England) 1874–1951 Arnold Schoenberg (Austria) 1881–1945 Béla Bártok (Hungary) 1882–1971 Igor Stravinsky (Russia) 1891–1953 Sergei Prokofiev (Russia) 1898–1937 George Gershwin (United States) 1899–1974 Duke Ellington (United States) 1900–1990 Aaron Copland (United States) 1900–1971 Louis Armstrong (United States) 1912–1992 John Cage (United States) 1918–1990 Leonard Bernstein (United States) 1932–Living John Williams (United States) 1937–Living Philip Glass (United States) 1943–Living Joseph Schwanter (United States) 1961–Living Wynton Marsalis (United States)
79 Glossary of Musical Terms
Accent ( > ) Make stronger. Emphasize. Bar Line ( ) A vertical line that divides a musical staff into measures.
Bass Clef ( ? ) F clef. Locates F below middle C on the music staff.
Beat A unit of time or rhythm.
Chord Three or more pitches sounded together.
Clef A sign at the beginning of the staff which indicates the names of the lines and spaces.
Composer A person who writes music.
Conductor The director of a band or orchestra.
Crescendo ( ) Gradually getting louder.
Decrescendo ( ) Gradually getting softer.
Dotted Half Note ( ) = 3 beats. Duet A composition for two musicians.
Dynamics Volume level of the music. How loud or soft it should be played.
Eighth Note ( ) = ½ beat
Eighth Rest ( ) = ½ beat of silence Fermata ( ) Pause. Hold. Fine The end. Flat ( b ) Lowers a pitch ½ step. Forte ( f ) Loud.
Fortissimo ( ff ) Very loud.
Half Note ( ) = 2 beats
80 Half rest ( ) = 2 beats of silence
Harmony When two or more different pitches are played at the same time.
Improvising Adding rhythmic or melodic variations to a song that are not written down in the music.
Instrument Something that makes a musical sound.
Keyboard Instruments Instruments with keys or buttons that are pushed to make a sound (Ex. piano, accordion).
Key Signature One or more flats or sharps that appear at the beginning of a piece of music.
Measure ( ) The space on a music staff between two bar lines.
Melody A musical sentence.
Mezzo Forte ( mf ) Medium loud.
Mezzo Piano ( mp ) Medium soft.
Percussion Instruments that are struck to make a sound (Ex. drums, cymbals).
Phrase A musical sentence, several measures in length.
Piano ( p ) Soft.
Pianissimo ( pp ) Very soft.
Pitch A specific musical tone.
Quarter Note ( ) = 1 beat Quarter Rest ( Π) Π= 1 beat of silence
Repeat Sign ( � ) Go back to the beginning and play again
Rests Musical symbols which indicate silence.
Rhythm The long and short sounds in a musical phrase
Ritardando (rit.) Gradually slowing down.
Round A song that can overlap itself as each part enters in unison at equal time intervals. 81 Glossary of Musical Terms, continued
Scale A series of eight pitches, can be major or minor. Sharp ( # ) Raises a pitch ½ step. Slur ( � � � ) A curved line that connects two or more notes of different pitch.
Staccato ( ) Musical symbol indicating to play a note short and crisply. Staff ( ) Five parallel lines and four spaces on which music is written.
String Instruments Instruments that are plucked or strummed to make a sound. (Ex. guitar, harp)
Tempo The speed of the music.
Tie ( � � ) A curved line that connects two or more notes of the same pitch. Time Signature Tells how many beats in a measure and what kind of note gets one beat.
Treble Clef ( & ) G clef. Locates G above middle C on the music staff. Whole Note ( ) = 4 beats Whole Rest ( ) ( ) = 4 beats of silence.
82 b � # G F G F � � # E b E D � # D b C D � C � B # b A B � # A b A G � b G # F G � F � # b E E D � � # b D C D � � I C L E D D M � � B # b A B � # b A A G � G b # F G � F � # b E E D � # b D C D � C � # b B A B � # b A A G � b # G F G � F � � Piano Fingering ChartPiano Fingering 83 Parts of the Guitar
Rollers
Keys (machines) Head
Nut 1st Fret 1st Fret Bar
6th String 1st String
Fingerboard (fretboard) Neck
Neck
Heel
Side Upper Bout Soundboard (top, face)
Soundhole Waist Rosette Body Binding Strip
Purfling
Bridge Bone (saddle)
Bridge Lower Bout
84 Guitar Chord Chart Strings marked with an X are not played
C C F G7 Am Dm E7
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