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Choosing Fonts to Describe Music

Posted Apr 09, 2011 by Cynthia Conn

This is a lesson that integrates technology and music. Through this lesson, students complete several activities, including: 1) recognizing how body language and visual images (paintings and photos) convey emotion or meaning; 2) discussing what fonts are (i.e., styles of text) 3) deep listening and describing musical pieces, including comparing and contrasting musical pieces; and 4) using a template with descriptions about each music piece, students select an appropriate font to match the music.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Technology

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Copland, Sfskids.com

Introducing Tempo

Posted Apr 19, 2011 by Gail Van Ooteghem

My lesson is an introductory lesson on tempo. Students will be introduced to the vocabulary terms of largo, moderato, and presto. Students will relate these terms to their own environment, through movement with their bodies, and then apply this knowledge to music.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5 6-8

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music

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Sfskids.com, Tempo

Native American Music and Rhythm

Posted Apr 19, 2011 by Nicole Dissinger

Students will understand the basics of rhythm and its correlation with Native American music. They will also create their own Native American and know how to develop their own rhythm.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Social Science, Visual Arts

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History, Percussion , Rhythm, Sfskids.com

Music Sets the Tone (Theme)

Posted Apr 19, 2011 by Megan Byrum

Students will explore hyperbole, theme, and morals in this lesson. Students will be able to identify hyperbole and analyze themes in literature. The students will also understand the components in a myth and be able to apply their learning while writing a myth. Students will write myths explaining a natural occurrence using classical music as an inspiration.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8

SUBJECT
Language Arts

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Literature, Sfskids.com

Quilting Your Way through the Orchestra

Posted May 16, 2011 by Dana McBurney

Students will recognize the instruments of the orchestra from sight and sound by utilizing the www.sfskids.org website. They will compare the sounds of different instruments and learn to classify them into four families. Students will make their own fabric square to be sewn into a quilt that will be displayed in the classroom.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Visual Arts

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0

TAGS
Art, Brass, Instruments, Orchestra, Percussion , Sfskids.com, String , Woodwind

Mood Music in Literature

Posted Jun 06, 2011 by Sara R. Stahl

Students will listen to musical selections on the San Francisco Symphony's Kids website. Students will be able to select musical selections that match the mood and tone of a literary piece through examples and explanation.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8 9-12

SUBJECT
Language Arts

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Literature, Sfskids.com

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