Music Assessment

On January 28th, 1985, dozens of the time period’s most popular musicians gathered in Los Angeles to record a charity song for African famine relief. Setting stylistic differences and egos aside, they collaborated on a song that would make history. This documentary, which debuted at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, examines how the song came to be, who was involved, and the implications of the recording.

This Doc (printable OR digital) asks students 9 thought-provoking questions for during and after viewing the film. This is NOT a guided viewing assignment; it's a series of thought-provoking questions that asks them to consider the film as a whole and to synthesize what they might already know about these musicians and the event with what they saw in the film. They are asked about the title, the lyrics to "We Are The World", the impact of the event, who planned the event and why, the artists who participated, the arrangement of the recording, the public's response, the impact of the song during this particular time period, etc.

I use this with my high school elective "Lyrics as Literature" with 9-12th graders, but I'd feel comfortable using it with upper middle school students as well.

In "Holiday Rhythm Discovery" students will see a rhythm appear on the screen and will be given the opportunity to clap back (or perform back, say back, sing back, however you wish!) the rhythm being displayed. Then, they will see a multiple choice listing of songs -- which song matches the rhythm?

Advance the slide and the correct answer will turn GREEN

9 examples in this, just a little starter kit :)

Nothing like catching two curriculum areas in one. This assignment will help you meet expectations in both music and language. Students are asked to analyze poetry and lyrics, both those used in class and those of their own choosing. The assignment has students looking at: * vocabulary used * structure * techniques * important words * feelings Students are also asked to consider how the poem/music is meant to be performed. They are also asked to consider the background of the poet/musician.

This is a booklet with songs in all the combos to really drill in note names. I have also included some games to play and review.

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-Note Naming Board Games: Piano Lesson

-Middle School Review Games: Music Class

-Musical Worksheets 1

-Music Flashcards

-Music Staff Worksheet: Theatre theme

-Beginner Piano pages and games

-Musical Math

-Piano Technique Checklist: Music Class

-Musical Tic Tac Toe - beginner

-Busy Child Games: Music Class
-Silly Sentences: Bass Clef and Treble clef worksheet printable/digital

Your assignment sheets don't have to be boring! Check out these Halloween-Themed Music Assignment pages you can use with your Piano students throughout the spooky season!

There are 10 different pages for each icon in the set, totaling 50 pages! In this packet, you'll have:

• Detailed Lesson pages that feature:
  • The date of the lesson
  • Space to write an Exercise to work on
  • a 5-Line staff
  • 7 icons for students to color for each day they practice.
• 3 Pages to color an icon for each day they practice (100, 50 and 30 Icons)
• 3 Pages to color an icon for each time they practice (100, 50 and 30 Icons)
• 3 Pages to color an icon for each page they complete (100, 50 and 30 Icons)

This assignment sheet set includes 5 different icons so you can pick and choose which ones you want to use, or you can use all 5 of them! These icons include:

• Bats
• Ghosts
• Skulls
• Jack-o-Lanterns
• and Spiderwebs

Please note, while the resource is reproducible, only the original purchaser may duplicate the pages for their students. The resource is not transferrable to others, but we ask you to refer other people here to purchase their own set.

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Catalog: MTP-MHAS-DG

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This Note Name Speed Tests product on TeachShare is perfect for helping students master note identification. It includes three different tests, each with 45 questions per page, along with answer keys for easy grading:

• Test 1: Treble clef only
• Test 2: Bass clef only
• Test 3: Mixed clefs (treble and bass)

Designed to measure how quickly students can identify notes or see how many they can correctly identify within a set time, these tests are ideal for tracking progress. They can be used repeatedly throughout the year to help students improve their note-reading speed and accuracy.y students can identify notes or see how many they can correctly identify within a set time, these tests are ideal for tracking progress. They can be used repeatedly throughout the year to help students improve their note-reading speed and accuracy.

This product will allow your students to easily understand and analyze the poetic elements in Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock" by breaking it down line-by-line!

Instruct your students to fold the paper in half the long way, and to cut along the black lines into the midline of the paper. They will end up with a long, skinny version of the poem on the front of the flaps, and analysis question inside.

As they read the poem, they will peel back the flap to reveal questions that ask them to analyze the song lyrics for theme, symbolism, characterization, allusion, format, simile, and metaphor.

This foldable includes an answer key! Please ask if you have any questions!

Think your kids know rhythms? Challenge them with matching familiar italiano verbiage in the form of Pizza Rhythms, a printable worksheet for your students!

There are four rhythms that line the sheet (variations of quarter and eighth note pairs) along with terminology on the side. Which italian phrase (topping, style, etc) matches the rhythm? Simply identify and ask the students to write it down, easy as a pizza pie!

This is a booklet with songs in all the combos to really drill in finger numbers. I have also included some games to play and review.

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-Music Theory Worksheets 2

-Note Naming Board Games: Piano Lesson

-Middle School Review Games: Music Class

-Musical Worksheets 1

-Music Flashcards

-Music Staff Worksheet: Theatre theme

-Beginner Piano pages and games

-Musical Math

-Piano Technique Checklist: Music Class

-Musical Tic Tac Toe - beginner

-Busy Child Games: Music Class
-Silly Sentences: Bass Clef and Treble clef worksheet printable/digital

In a fast-paced society, you need resources you can quickly pull out and quickly use for your students to work on essential skills...quickly!

We're introducing our new 3-note Big Sight Reading Cards!

This set includes 81 pages of cards that use the notes G, A, and B.

These cards are color-coordinated with popular pitched percussion instruments. Dark Green for G, Purple for A, and Pink for B.

The cool part of these cards is their versatility! How are sight reading cards versatile? Lemme tell you. You can use these cards to:

• Introduce Sight reading individually or in a group.
• Assess Sight Reading skills individually or in a group.
• Composing (or "arranging" a song) for students to play, individually or in a group.

It's almost like how Alton Brown likes to cook, we like to use resources that are "multi-taskers"...so you have more band for your buck!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Please note that while this resource is reproducible, you may only use this with your students. The resource license is not transferrable to other school or teachers.

Catalog: MTP-GBSC-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

This Key Signature Speed Test product is a great tool for helping students quickly identify key signatures. It includes three different tests, each with a focus on different types of key signatures, and comes with answer keys for easy grading:

• Test 1: Flat key signatures
• Test 2: Sharp key signatures
• Test 3: Mixed key signatures (flats and sharps)

Designed to measure how quickly students can identify key signatures or see how many they can correctly identify within a set time, these tests are ideal for tracking progress. They can be used repeatedly throughout the year to help students improve their key signature recognition speed and accuracy.

End of the year review or just starting up with aural theory? Try on "Inspector Interval"!

In this fast paced game, students will do a brief review of how a musical interval is defined and jump right into the contest -- have an interval on the treble clef staff appear and TEAM A or TEAM B will have to name the interval as fast as they can!

There are no qualities of intervals (major 2nd, minor 6th, etc), just interval names by itself. There will always be a grounded "F", so the intervals will be built on top of that

We usually play this game 'around the world' style. We start off on the left side or right side of the the room and the first two people stand up and you flash an interval on the screen. The student who gets the note correct gets to move onto the next child in the class while the other student sits. That student has to make their way through the entire class before being deemed champion... but they could be beat at ANY TIME! You can mix it up, left side, right side, boys/girls, etc. Kids get ultra competitive!

... or use it as an individual activity!

We all know that kids LOVE to color.

We also know that kids LOVE to cut things with scissors!

We know that kids love to color worksheets and cut the worksheets apart too!!

This set of Color and Cut pages are perfect for any student to work on their rhythmic comprehension and to use for composing in class. With the wide variety of note and rest lengths included in the resource, you can use with any grade level once they've learned their quarter notes and 8th notes!

Included in the resource, you'll find the following pages you can print, have students color, and cut out! Below are ways you can use the resource in class:

• 4 Quarter Notes
• 2 Quarter Notes, 2 Beamed 8ths
• 2 Quarter Notes, 1 Beamed 8th, 1 Beamed 16ths
• 2 Quarter Notes, 2 Quarter Rests
• 2 Quarter Notes, 1 Beamed 8th, 1 Quarter Rest
• 4 Beamed 8th Notes
• 4 Unbeamed 8th Notes
• 4 Single 8th Notes
• 2 Beamed 8th Notes, 2 Single 8th Notes
• 4 Beamed 16th Notes
• 4 Dotted Quarter Notes
• 2 Dotted Quarter+8th Note Combos
• 2 8th Note+Dotted Quarter Combos
• 4 Half Notes
• 1 Half Note, 2 Quarter Notes
• 1 Half Note, 2 Beamed 8th Notes
• 1 Half Note, 1 Quarter Note, 1 Beamed 8th Notes
• 4 Dotted HAlf Notes
• 1 Dotted Half Note, 1 Quarter Rest Combo
• 1 Dotted Half Note, 1 Quarter Note Combo
• 1 Dotted Half Note, 1 Beamed 8th Note Combo
• 4 Whole Notes
• 1 Whole Note
• 4 Quarter Rests
• 4 Half Rests
• 2 Half Rests
• 4 Whole Rests
• 1 Whole Rest
• Time Signatures: 4/4, 3/4, 2/4, Common Time
• 4 Common Time Time Signatures
• 4 4/4 Time Signatures
• 4 3/4 Time Signatures
• 4 2/4 Time Signatures
• 2 Final Bar Lines and 2 Repeat Signs
• 4 Final Bar Lines
• 4 Repeat Signs 

Simply print off the pages you want to use with your students and go! You will want to have coloring implements ready, and you can either have scissors ready or some sort of cutting tool an adult will use. 

To use in class, your students can use these to create 1 measure or multi-measure rhythms! Since this does not include bar lines, you can use things like wicky sticks, pipe cleaners, or even popsicle sticks!

Did you know you can earn TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?! It's true! After you've purchased and used this resource, be sure to come back to share your feedback and you can receive TPT credit to use for future purchases!

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Catalog: MTP-CACP-DG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Turn note reading into a lively, competitive game with the Treble Clef Spoons Game! Based on the classic game of spoons, this activity helps students practice spelling and identifying notes in the treble clef while having fun.
How to Play:

1. Set Up:

• Choose whether to play with 3-letter words or 4-letter words. Each word corresponds to note names (e.g., CAB, EFG).
• Deal each student a card with a word on it. Ensure that there’s one less spoon than the number of players and place the spoons in the center of the table.

1. Gameplay:

• Students sit in a circle, and the teacher deals four note name cards to each player. The rest of the note name cards are placed in a draw pile.
• The goal is for students to collect the note name cards needed to spell the word on their card. They do this by drawing one card from the draw pile and discarding one card to the player on their left.
• Students pass cards around the circle quickly, trying to collect the letters they need.

1. Grabbing Spoons:

• As soon as a player successfully spells their word, they grab a spoon from the center of the table.
• Once one player grabs a spoon, all other players must quickly try to grab a spoon too.
• The player who is left without a spoon is out of the round.

1. Winning the Game:

• The game continues until only one player is left or until you decide to start a new round.

Why You’ll Love It:

• Interactive Learning: Reinforces treble clef note reading in a fast-paced, engaging way.
• Customizable Difficulty: Choose between 3-letter and 4-letter words to match your students' skill levels.
• Fun for All Ages: Perfect for young music students who are learning note names, this game combines learning with fun competition.

Perfect for:

• Music Classrooms: A fantastic group activity for reinforcing note reading and spelling in a fun, social setting.
• Piano Lessons: Ideal for individual or small group lessons to practice treble clef note identification.
• At-Home Practice: Parents can use this game to help their child improve note recognition skills while playing.

Add the Treble Clef Spoons Game to your teaching toolkit and watch your students eagerly master their note reading skills through fun and friendly competition!

The follow-up to "Rhythm Wind Up and PITCH!"
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This one will get the kids on their edge of their seats!

You will need 1 thing for this particular game:

• A sticky suction cup ball (or maybe a soft squishy ball)

The students will see a melody at the bottom of their screen and memorize the melodic direction or say it back in their head (just make sure the melodic is not sung out loud). They will then hear a musical example of an endless loop of melodic figures separated by 4 beats each in between rhythms. (Teacher will click the speaker icon to play)

Take a listen...

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One of the melodic figures will be the melody that is on the screen. AS SOON AS THEY HEAR THAT MELODY, they throw their suction cup ball at the target. The first kid who gets it correct is the winner (and make sure you advance the slide to make the target turn green) :)

Obviously, we cannot play this as a class because of

1. The amount of suction cup balls tossed at the screen would be insane

2. Team A v Team B would be a bit more competitive and only two balls would be launched at once

If you don't have a whiteboard/projection screen, you can alternatively have the students raise their hand when they hear it and choose the kid who has their hand up the fastest.

Have a great time with this fast paced game!

In a fast-paced society, you need resources you can quickly pull out and quickly use for your students to work on essential skills...quickly!

We're introducing our new 3-note Big Sight Reading Cards!

This set includes 162 pages of cards that use the notes A, B, and C!

These cards are both in black and white, and color-coordinated with popular pitched percussion instruments: Purple for A, Pink for B, and Red for C.

The cool part of these cards is their versatility! How are sight reading cards versatile? Lemme tell you. You can use these cards to:

• Introduce Sight reading individually or in a group.
• Assess Sight Reading skills individually or in a group.
• Composing (or "arranging" a song) for students to play, individually or in a group.

It's almost like how Alton Brown likes to cook, we like to use resources that are "multi-taskers"...so you have more band for your buck!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Please note that while this resource is reproducible, you may only use this with your students. The resource license is not transferrable to other school or teachers.

Catalog: MTP-ABSM-DG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Add a fun and educational twist to your music lessons with our Staff Spelling Bee! This engaging resource includes five different practice pages to help students master note names and improve their spelling skills using bass and treble clefs.

• 2 Treble Clef Pages: Practice spelling with three-letter and four-letter words.
• 2 Bass Clef Pages: Practice spelling with three-letter and four-letter words.
• 1 Challenge Page: A combined exercise featuring both bass and treble clefs with five or more letter words for added difficulty.

Each page comes with an answer key for easy grading or self-assessment. This versatile resource can be used as a fun classroom game, a targeted practice session, or a valuable homework assignment. Perfect for reinforcing note reading and spelling in a creative and interactive way!

Enhance your students' musical skills and make learning fun with the Staff Spelling Bee!

Reviewing the Percussion chapter with your kids and have discussed unpitched instruments? Pitched instruments and the accessory effects and how to play?

Try this interactive powerpoint that's full of fun with Percussion Jeopardy!

All new categories, all new answers! An authentic jeopardy game board with categories for:

Pitched Percussion

Unpitched Percussion

Percussion FX

Percussion Techniques (How to Play)

Students can elect to pick $200, $400, $600, $800, or $1000 answers. After clicking on the amount, the answer will appear on the next slide. Students (keeping in true Jeopardy! fashion) can answer in the form of a question

"What are Timpani Drums?"

"What are mallets?"

"What is a Piano"

After the money is awarded (You can split sides of your class, boys vs girls, class vs class, however you want it!), there is a link in the bottom right hand corner to go back to the title screen and game board.

After extracting the ZIP file, make sure to install the Jeopardy! font included, or else you'll see random characters all over -- not good eats!

Email me at jasonlitt@gmail.com or leave a comment if you have any questions. Happy Jeopardy...ing!

Do you have students who LOVE to compose, or do you LOVE to teach composing? Well, do we have the resource for you!

HEART SONGS is a set of composing worksheets where students fill in note names into the noteheads of Quarter Notes and Eighth Notes, and the note heads are hearts you can use for the Valentine’s Day season.

In total, there are 46 different pages you can print off and use with your students in classes and lessons. Included are 11 4-beat pages in landscape orientation, and 35 8-beat pages in portrait orientation. There are a good mix of quarter-note and eighth-note combinations throughout the resource.

Simply print off the pages you want to use with students, and go! These pages are perfect to either practice composing, rhythmic reading, and more. Students just need to write in Music Alphabet letters in the heart-shaped note heads and they can play their compositions for you and their friends and family.

Each page also features a spot for students to title their composition and write their name on the page as well. 

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-HSCW-DG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Enhance your students' rhythm skills with Rhythm Note Duration Speed Tests, a fun and effective way to reinforce note duration knowledge! This product includes two different types of speed tests designed to help students quickly and accurately identify the number of beats each note and rest receives, building their confidence and fluency in music reading.

What’s Included:

1. Single Note Duration Speed Test:

• Each square contains one note or rest.
• Students must quickly identify how many beats the note or rest gets.
• Notes and rests included: quarter note, eighth note, half note, dotted half note, whole note, and their corresponding rests.

1. Combined Note Duration Speed Test:

• Each square contains two different notes or rests.
• Students must quickly identify how many beats each note or rest gets, then add them together.
• Notes and rests included: quarter note and rest, eighth note and rest, half note and rest, dotted half note, whole note and rest.

Bonus:

• Answer Key Included: An easy-to-use answer key is provided for both types of speed tests, making it simple for teachers to check students’ work quickly and accurately.

How It Works:

• Engaging Practice: These speed tests are perfect for quick drills, timed tests, or competitive games to see who can identify note durations the fastest.
• Reinforce Learning: The first test focuses on individual note durations, helping students solidify their understanding. The second test challenges them to combine durations, improving their ability to add and recognize rhythms in a musical context.
• Flexible Use: Ideal for classroom activities, homework, or as a fun, timed challenge during lessons.

Why You’ll Love It:

• Boosts Speed & Accuracy: Designed to help students quickly recognize and calculate note durations, essential for sight-reading and performing music.
• Simple & Effective: Easy to implement in any music lesson, with clear instructions and a focus on key rhythmic concepts.
• Versatile Resource: Suitable for a wide range of music students, from beginners who are just learning note values to more advanced students who need a quick refresher.

Perfect for:

• Music Classrooms: A great tool for reinforcing rhythm skills in a group setting, encouraging friendly competition and rapid learning.
• Private Lessons: Use these worksheets as a quick warm-up or challenge to keep students engaged and focused.
• At-Home Practice: Parents can use these speed tests to support their child's music education in a fun and interactive way.

With Rhythm Note Duration Speed Tests, you’ll give your students the tools they need to become rhythm masters. Plus, with the included answer key, you’ll save time and ensure accurate grading. Add this resource to your teaching toolkit and watch as your students' speed, accuracy, and confidence with rhythm notation soar!