Composer study notebook page
A free printable notebook page for composer study: space for the composer's life, three facts, the pieces a child heard, and a drawing.
A notebook page is where a child records what they learned about one composer. This page works for any composer, so one stack of copies covers a whole year of composer study.
How to use it
Spend the first week on the life: where the composer was born, when, and what instrument they played. Fill in the top of the page. In the weeks that follow, add one piece at a time to the listening table. Write one thing the child noticed about each piece.
Save the "three facts" box for the last week. A child remembers a fact they chose. Finish with the drawing box: a picture of the composer, an instrument, or a scene from a piece. File the page in a binder behind a tab for the composer's era.
For facts to copy, use our composer fact sheets. Each one gives the years, the country, a short story, and three pieces to play.
Only the sheet below prints. It fits letter and A4 paper. For a clean page, turn off headers and footers in the print window.
Composer study
Circle the era:BaroqueClassicalRomanticModern
Pieces I heard
| Piece | What I noticed |
|---|---|
Three facts I learned
- 1.
- 2.
- 3.
My drawing
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