Single Note Flashcards
Teaching Ideas
Here is a list of teaching ideas from the Crescendo Music Education competition. Thank to all those who entered - and I hope this sharing helps to invigorate your music programs! (And the winner of 12 months membership was Sam Vimes - Congratulations!)
Debbie
O’Shea - Quick Quiz. Teacher shows 5 cards quite
quickly and students write the letter names. They keep score and try to beat
their PB (Personal Best). You could do a quick Quiz once a week, once a month...You
might create a team competition.
Bronwyn Trezise The kids love Round the World. You can have a champion chart on the door. I would play musical baseball. Two teams of kids and set the field like baseball. Pitcher holds up the flash card. Batter has to name the note. If correct they use the same pitched boomwhacker to hit a nurf ball and then play as normal. If they get it wrong they are out. I have played this as an end of term game with classes and they love it!! They constantly ask to play.
Leonore Hammond I would
toss it at that child who isn't paying attention and say "Ha! You didn't C
that coming did you?!"
Janice A Liddy We do
flash card Friday's at my Friday school. They are supposed to be math but I try
to do music ones and these would be a HUGE HELP! My 4th graders are obsessed
with playing capture!
Laurie Gliem Pairs of
cards could be mixed and laid face down to play a memory game.
Sandy Thiedeman Children
to make pairs and create an 8 note composition. Students to play or sing it to
the class.
Kaethe Grabenhofer Give pairs
of children a set and have them spell words.
Fiona Coleman Round the
world. First to answer note correctly out of two moves to next person. Person
who moves the further seat is the winner. Kids love it as they get excited about
how fast they can answer and goal set for how far they move from the last time
they played. Also good for learning to read the notes better and quicker in random order.
Suzanne Bauer Use as a group activity led by band student(s) where they can
teach/test each other on note names of treble clef, usually it's a group activity
when I have 4 tasks out.
Liz Kutschke These
cards look fantastic! I think maybe I'd use them in a center, where students
can quiz each other, but everyone else's ideas sound great, too! :)
Debbie Roe Play
'Around the World'. (it's like playing 'Around the World' in Math). Two
students are standing or sitting side by side. Teacher holds up a flash card.
The first student to say the correct letter moves over to the next student.
Card is shown. First student to win THAT round continues over to the next. I
usually play it until everyone has had a turn OR until one person goes all the
way around the room. The students LOVE doing this!
Morgan
Lentino These
would be a station for my 4th graders- music memory!
Sam Vimes Use them
as the starting point for reviewing and reinforcing tone sets and tone
relationships. Put one card up and tell the students which tone it is, then
tell them which other tone they need to find e.g. "this is mi, show me
so." Students write it down (show-me boards), then add the other tone
required. Younger students would work within s/m/l, eg start with so and add mi
or la... with older students you could extend to "this is do, find low so
and low la", or "this is low la, find mi and so" etc. You could turn this into a team game as well... have
a giant stave on the floor. Students have to place dots on the appropriate
lines/spaces. Award a point to the first correct team. Ooh! Ooh! And
then I'd also use them for intervals. P4, P5, octave, m3 below etc.
Gemma Bonnitcha I would
use the note cards to play a game of musical chairs. All children sit in a
circle, 8 chairs are placed in the centre with a note card on each.2 opponents
are chosen. I call out a note and the first person to find the chair with the
note on it is the winner and a new opponent is chosen.
