This straightforward quiz can be used to check for student understanding of reading treble and bass clef notes. To deter cheating, there are four versions of the quiz that look almost identical at first glance... but most certainly are not. (They all include the same 30 notes though, just in a different order.) The alternate versions could also be used as practice activities prior to the assessment. Works for any grade level that has a working knowledge of reading treble and bass clef. This quiz
Introduce and practice treble and bass clef note names with your music students. Each unit packet contains four different practice activities and a unit quiz. Answer keys are included. More details: The first activity in each ("Reading Treble/Bass Clef") introduces the clef and how to read that clef's notes. The second activity ("Treble/Bass Clef Note Practice") is a straight-forward note naming practice. The third activity ("Treble/Bass Clef Spelling Bee") has students name notes while looking
Practice calculating GPA with your high school students with this handout. The grade books provided are meant to look as they appear in PowerSchool. An answer key is provided for how our school calculates GPA (unweighted 4.0 scale), but the activity can be used with any GPA scale if you create your own answer key.
Introduce and practice treble clef note names with your music students. This unit packet contains four different practice activities and a unit quiz. Answer key is included. More details: The first activity ("Reading Treble Clef") introduces the treble clef and how to read treble clef notes. The second activity ("Treble Clef Note Practice") is a straight-forward note naming practice. The third activity ("Treble Clef Spelling Bee") has students name notes while looking for the words spelled out i
Introduce and practice bass clef note names with your music students. This unit packet contains four different practice activities and a unit quiz. Answer key is included. More details: The first activity ("Reading Bass Clef") introduces the bass clef and how to read bass clef notes. The second activity ("Bass Clef Note Practice") is a straight-forward note naming practice. The third activity ("Bass Clef Spelling Bee") has students name notes while looking for the words spelled out in each row.
This bundle of activities is related to calculating grades and reading transcripts. Inside you'll find activities related to calculating GPA, calculating weighted grades, and reading transcripts, both at the high school and college level. These activities are great for a study skills or an academic preparedness class. Also includes a free bonus: a weekly grade check sheet to help students keep on top of their grades.
Help your students understand how to read a high school transcript. This simple activity provides a sample transcript and some questions that require them to locate and interpret the information contained on it. Great for study skills classes!
This bingo game is a simple and fun way to practice identifying music symbols! The provided boards and activities are adaptable to a wide age range. This product includes 48 pre-made boards, 4 blank boards, 35 music symbol cards, and 2 pages of instructions and suggested activities.
This activity is a great way to reflect and refocus for the rest of the year after Semester 1 is over. I personally used it with my study skills class, though it could be adapted to other subjects easily. After students have filled it out, it serves as a great conversation starter for reflecting and setting goals as a class. The first half focuses on finding accomplishments and areas for improvement in academics, extra-curriculars or hobbies, and personal life from the first semester. The second
This set of four worksheets allows students to practice their numbers in Spanish in the form of simple equations. Activities 1 and 2 use only the numbers 1-10, and Activities 3 and 4 use only the numbers 0-20. A fun (and cross-curricular!) way to strengthen number skills!
Celebrate the spooky Halloween season with this fun SAT word practice! Students look up definitions of "spooky" words, and use those definitions to create and play a Bingo game for the chance to win Halloween candy. Practice for standardized testing in a fun way - if you dare!
I originally made this for practicing Spanish numbers, but since I speak Italian as well, I thought it would be great practice for Italian numbers too. Practice the names of numbers from 1-40 in Italian with this fun Bingo game! This package includes 60 boards, 40 number cards, and a page of instructions/variations to keep things interesting. Can work with any grade level understanding numbers 1-40 in Italian.
Practice the names of numbers from 1-40 in Spanish with this fun Bingo game! This package includes 60 boards, 40 number cards, and a page of instructions/variations to keep things interesting. Can work with any grade level understanding numbers 1-40 in Spanish.
To help students understand time signatures better, I would have them complete these simple activities, where they check to see if each measure has the correct number of beats and add notes if needed to fix them. This packet contains practice sheets for 3/4, 4/4, 2/4, and 5/4 time, as well as a "challenge" page mixing all four of them together. They can be used for any grade level with a working knowledge of time signatures. I generally tend to use them in my beginning band class, but have also
This worksheet helps show students how a weighted grade is calculated. The math is broken down step-by-step, and a short practice activity is included. I found this helpful with my high schoolers when introducing the weighted grade system I used.
Reading a college transcript can be a tricky business. This activity helps students decipher and find information on a sample transcript. Two sets of transcripts are included, one to review as a class first, and one to use to complete the activity independently.
This is one of my favorite composition activities to do with my beginning band students! This very simple introduction to composition has students rearrange the eight measures of "Go Tell Aunt Rhodie" into a new order to create new pieces of music. This is designed to work with the "Essential Elements Book," but can work with any book if the melody of "Go Tell Aunt Rhodie" is provided to the students.
Your students will never be bored over summer break - this activity gives them a chance to brainstorm 100 different activities for them to do over the summer. They are split into 10 different categories to help the process, and it's especially fun in groups. I've used it with high schoolers, but middle schoolers could do it as well - be sure to have everyone share their ideas when they're done!
A simple guided way to practice the concept of ties with music students. Breaking it down into this step-by-step process allows students to better understand the function of a tie.