Composer of the Month: Beethoven

Looking for ways to integrate more listening lessons and music history into your general music class? Here's the first in a colorful Composer of the Month series! This set focuses on Beethoven - it  includes:

• Directions to a Follow Me activity for Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Movement 2, appropriate for grades K-1
• Listening lesson to Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, Movement 2 - for quarter rest, appropriate for grades 1-2
• Worksheet for Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, Movement 2 - includes rhythmic dictation, form, and composition
• Movement activity to Beethoven's Rondo a Capriccio - 50 printable sheets with clip art of Beethoven, with movement directions on each - 25 in color and 25 in black and white; SMART board file with embedded music - appropriate for grades 1-5
• Ode to Joy slideshow for recorders or barred instruments - includes slides with note names inside noteheads along with three versions of the song: a shortened version, a version with high D in the third phrase, and a version with low D in the third phrase. Also includes suggestions for listening to Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and identifying the theme, appropriate for grades 4-5.
• Listening worksheet - can be used with Beethoven piece of your choice
• "Be a composer like Beethoven" worksheet - appropriate for grades 1 and above with separate composition worksheets for each of these concepts: ta and ti-ti, quarter rest, tika-tika, half note, ti-tika, tika-ti, syncopa, and tim-ka
• Beethoven information worksheet which includes biography of Beethoven with follow-up questions, appropriate for grades 2-5
• Composer of the month bulletin board visuals which includes: letters for "Composer of the month;" picture of Beethoven; Beethoven quotes; world map pointing to Germany; visuals for Beethoven's most well-known works; and composer/ conductor/ musician visuals with definitions.
• Did You Know cards - includes 12 different interesting facts about Beethoven. These can be used during music lessons or read on morning announcements during the month Beethoven is being studied
• Directions for the set, with suggestions for children's books

Please note that due to copyright, the only recording included in this set is Rondo a Capriccio (that recording is royalty-free.) You will have to provide the recordings for the other activities.