Trebling Thoughts

When introducing my students to the Kodaly method's solfege street, my students struggled to understand that although Do's house appeared before Sol's on the hill, Do doesn't always go first in the music. I created "Music Tower" or "Solfege Tower" to better illustrate the vertical relationship between the pitches. It includes a slide for each new neighbor in the apartment building: Sol Sol & Mi La, Sol & Mi Do, Mi, Sol & La (I introduce Do as the landlord of the building!) Do, Re, Mi, Sol & La

A complete collection of activities for students to do independently and with a teacher during center time in a general music classroom. The skill progression features "I can" statements for progressive steps for students to be successful at both reading and singing melodies with Do, Re, Mi, Sol & La. Teacher directions for each step are also included. Materials include: Do, Re, Mi, Sol & La Skill Progression Music Tower Do, Re, Mi, Sol & La Do, Re, Mi, Sol & La Worksheets Do, Re, Mi, Sol & La

A complete collection of activities for students to do independently and with a teacher during center time in a general music classroom. The skill progression features "I can" statements for progressive steps for students to be successful at both reading and singing melodies with Do, Mi, Sol & La. Teacher directions for each step are also included. Materials include: Do, Mi, Sol & La Skill Progression Music Tower Do, Mi, Sol & La Do, Mi, Sol & La Worksheets Do, Mi, Sol & La Cards for teacher c

This bundle includes Levels 1-3 of my Sight-Singing Go Fish. To purchase individual levels, click on the links below. My choir students love to work in small groups, so I am working to create sight-singing stations for them. These stations are a work in progress, so as I complete more, I will upload more items. My first project is to create go fish cards for them. I expect the students to sing the solfege for the cards that they are asking their friend for. These go fish cards are leveled as fo

Use this elements of music page in your students' interactive notebooks. We will be doing a "graffiti board" by having students brainstorm sounds they hear in music and writing them all over the whiteboard. Then we will be sorting the descriptive words into the various elements of music. Could also be used to write a definition inside the fold!

A complete collection of activities for students to do independently and with a teacher during center time in a general music classroom. The skill progression features "I can" statements for progressive steps for students to be successful at both reading and singing melodies with La, Sol & Mi. Teacher directions for each step are also included. Materials include: La, Sol & Mi Skill Progression Music Tower La, Sol & Mi La, Sol & Mi Worksheets La, Sol & Mi Cards for teacher center Solfege Go Fis

My choir students love to work in small groups, so I am working to create sight-singing stations for them. These stations are a work in progress, so as I complete more, I will upload more items. These cards allow students to play Jenga with the solfege scale written on the ends of the blocks. I have leveled the cards as follows: Level 1 - Steps and repeats between Do and Sol (all quarter notes) Level 2 - Steps and repeats between Do and high Do (all quarter notes) Level 3 - Steps and repeats

My 1st grade students are doing a music program about baseball, and most of them don't understand the rules! To learn the baseball rules, I made this game to review Mi, Sol and La. The file you will receive upon purchase is a Google Slides presentation. It is completely interactive when you click "Present," checking the students' answers as they play. The game includes 30 different questions, and is set to loop back to the beginning to keep play going when all 30 questions are up. This is design

My choir students love to work in small groups, so I am working to create sight-singing stations for them. These stations are a work in progress, so as I complete more, I will upload more items. My first project is to create go fish cards for them. I expect the students to sing the solfege for the cards that they are asking their friend for. These go fish cards are leveled as follows: Level 1 - Steps and repeats between Do and Sol (all quarter notes) Level 2 - Steps and repeats between Do and

Do you want your students to better understand the music and the history behind this traditional children's song? This set of interactive Google Slides is designed to allow students to independently learn about the song, and complete tasks related to reading the melody and rhythms. This lesson is perfect for distance learning, independent student work, centers, or for a sub! Included tasks for students include: 1. Video introduction to the song 2. Interactive practice activities designed to buil

My choir students love to work in small groups, so I am working to create sight-singing stations for them. These stations are a work in progress, so as I complete more, I will upload more items. These cards allow students to play Candy Land with the solfege scale written on the spots on the board. I have leveled the cards as follows: Level 1 - Steps and repeats between Do and Sol (all quarter notes) Level 2 - Steps and repeats between Do and high Do (all quarter notes) Level 3 - Steps and rep

This bundle includes Levels 1-3 of my Sight-Singing Jenga. To purchase individual levels, click on the links below. My choir students love to work in small groups, so I am working to create sight-singing stations for them. These stations are a work in progress, so as I complete more, I will upload more items. These cards allow students to play Jenga with the solfege scale written on the ends of the blocks. I have leveled the cards as follows: Level 1 - Steps and repeats between Do and Sol (all

My choir students love to work in small groups, so I am working to create sight-singing stations for them. These stations are a work in progress, so as I complete more, I will upload more items. These cards allow students to play Candy Land with the solfege scale written on the spots on the board. I have leveled the cards as follows: Level 1 - Steps and repeats between Do and Sol (all quarter notes) Level 2 - Steps and repeats between Do and high Do (all quarter notes) Level 3 - Steps and rep

My choir students love to work in small groups, so I am working to create sight-singing stations for them. These stations are a work in progress, so as I complete more, I will upload more items. These cards allow students to play Candy Land with the solfege scale written on the spots on the board. I have leveled the cards as follows: Level 1 - Steps and repeats between Do and Sol (all quarter notes) Level 2 - Steps and repeats between Do and high Do (all quarter notes) Level 3 - Steps and rep

A complete collection of activities for students to do independently and with a teacher during center time in a general music classroom. The skill progression features "I can" statements for progressive steps for students to be successful at both reading and singing melodies with Mi & Sol. Teacher directions for each step are also included. Materials include: Mi & Sol Skill Progression (18 page PDF, in both color and black & white) Music Tower Sol & Mi (1 page PDF) Mi & Sol Worksheets

Get your students up and moving in this egg hunt activity! O Students will search around the room for different colored eggs, each featuring different levels of difficulty with reading melodies using solfege. When a student finds an egg, they record the number from the melody next to the matching solfege. I make my students find 3 of the blue color before coming to check in with me, and then they are permitted to move to purple if all 3 blue were correct. With 6 levels of note reading, this acti

My choir students love to work in small groups, so I am working to create sight-singing stations for them. These stations are a work in progress, so as I complete more, I will upload more items. My first project is to create go fish cards for them. I expect the students to sing the solfege for the cards that they are asking their friend for. These go fish cards are leveled as follows: Level 1 - Steps and repeats between Do and Sol (all quarter notes) Level 2 - Steps and repeats between Do and

My choir students love to work in small groups, so I am working to create sight-singing stations for them. These stations are a work in progress, so as I complete more, I will upload more items. My first project is to create go fish cards for them. I expect the students to sing the cards that they are asking their friend for. These go fish cards are leveled as follows: Level 1 - Steps and repeats between Do and Sol (all quarter notes) Level 2 - Steps and repeats between Do and high Do (all qua

My choir students love to work in small groups, so I am working to create sight-singing stations for them. These stations are a work in progress, so as I complete more, I will upload more items. These cards allow students to play Candy Land with the solfege scale written on the spots on the board. I have leveled the cards as follows: Level 1 - Steps and repeats between Do and Sol (all quarter notes) Level 2 - Steps and repeats between Do and high Do (all quarter notes) Level 3 - Steps and rep

My choir students love to work in small groups, so I am working to create sight-singing stations for them. These stations are a work in progress, so as I complete more, I will upload more items. These cards allow students to play Jenga with the solfege scale written on the ends of the blocks. I have leveled the cards as follows: Level 1 - Steps and repeats between Do and Sol (all quarter notes) Level 2 - Steps and repeats between Do and high Do (all quarter notes) Level 3 - Steps and repeats