Music Essentials

This is a different take on how to teach intervals to beginner students. I have used it very successfully with my grade 4 classes, and they caught onto the concept much sooner than any other way I have taught this concept before.

Students write the name of each note below it. Each measure spells a word. This activity uses lines and spaces on the treble clef.

Students will write the name of the note underneath and each measure spells a word. This worksheet includes ledger lines.

Use these exercises to help your students reinforce their ability to identify notes on the treble staff, and transfer those notes to the alto recorder. This is a great sight reading exercise that will boost your students awareness of linking reading and playing and fills them with confidence. It is also a great assessment tool if you want to make sure your students know the fingering on the recorder without practice time. First we play measures together as a class. Once students have the hang

These color coded exercises will allow your students to become familiar with the fingering on the alto recorder, while they reinforce reading notes in the treble clef.

Use these exercises to help your students learn to identify notes on the treble staff, and transfer those notes to the soprano recorder. This is a great sight reading exercise that will boost your students confidence. It is also a great assessment tool if you want to make sure your students know the fingering on the recorder without prior rehearsal time. First we play measures together as a class. Once students have the hang of it, I allow them to stand in front of the white board individual

Use these color coded exercises to support your students as they learn to sight read notes B,A,G on the soprano recorder.

This power point presentation was made to be used as a school wide Christmas Carol sing-along. There are 16 songs with lyrics, as well as a couple of video clips to keep it interesting. There is no music attached so you will need karaoke versions of the songs from youtube, or a piano player. You can also take out slides of songs to personalize. Enjoy!

Basic worksheet or assessment to help students name notes on the treble clef staff. The spaces and lines are named seperately to begin.

Print and laminate these charts and hang them in your room to help remind your alto recorder students what the fingering is. Notes low F to high G (including Bb) are included.

This presentation is in Power Point. Rhythmic symbols are given and students must name the rhythm and say how many beats are in the rhythm. Every question requires you to click on the forward arrow to move to the next slide, which will show the correct answer. Once the number of beats have been established, it asks how many sounds are in each rhythm and with each new slide, the answers will appear. Notes covered are quarter, ti-ti, tika-tika, dotted quarter, half, and whole. The last slide i