Floor Staff Pitch and Rhythm Review

HOW TO MAKE

Step 1:

Using thick tape, make 5 lines across your floor for the STAFF

Make a TREBLE CLEF using tape facing the correct direction

Step 2:

Cut pieces of paper for your cards, (laminate them after you write everything)

Step 3:
Write the different pitches on one side of each card
On the other side, draw the different notes/rests

GAME RULES
Give each student a card, but they can't look at it.
When each student has a card, they will hurry to the correct pitch on the staff.
Then give each person a turn to share what pitch they are, what note/rest they are and how many beats it/they get.

Floor Staff Pitch Review

HOW TO MAKE

Step 1:

Using thick tape, make 5 lines across your floor for the STAFF

Make a TREBLE CLEF using tape facing the correct direction

Step 2:

Cut 27 pieces of paper for your cards, (laminate them after you write everything)

Step 3:
Write on each card: (you should have three sets)
    line E
    space F
    G
    A
    B
    C
    D
    space E
    line F

GAME RULES
Give each student a card (face down)
The student cannot look at it until everyone has gotten one, then you say, "GO"
When the teacher says, "GO" then the students hurry to the correct spot on the staff
The teacher checks to see who got it right and wrong

Floor Staff Zap Game

TO MAKE THE GAME

Step 1:

Using thick tape, make 5 lines across your floor for the STAFF

Make a TREBLE CLEF using tape facing the correct direction

Step 2:

Cut pieces of paper for your cards, laminate them after you write everything

Make 20 cards that say ZAP

Make 2 of each card that has the different notes and rests, I used:

    whole note

    half note

    dotted half note

    quarter note

    eighth note

    double eighth note

    sixteenth note

    4 sixteenth notes

    whole rest

    half rest

    quarter rest

    eighth rest

    sixteenth rest

Make 9 of each card that tells you to move, I used:

    Move 1 step forward

    Move 2 steps forward

    Move 1 line forward

    Move 1 space forward

Shuffle the cards

Step 3:

Make many different 4 beat rhythms on computer paper or poster board, then laminate

GAME RULES:

1. The student must first correctly clap 1 of the 4 beat rhythms

2. The student must pull a card

ZAP cards-the student can't move

RHYTHM cards-the student must correctly identify the name of the note/rest and how many beats it/they get. If they get it correct, they can pull another card (until a zap or move card)

MOVE card-the student must correctly identify the pitch he/she is trying to move to (before moving)

    

Rhythm Clock

Each student has a paper plate (or cut out a circle from construction paper) and creates a rhythm clock.

Whatever notes/rest they are studying, incorporate them into you 4/4 time signature clock
Use brackets in the middle of the clock and add hands, or just draw hands

1. Students should make a rough draft first (on a piece of paper). 
2. They can use all of the rhythm that they've been studying and place the notes/rests wherever they want.
3. After the teacher checks the rough draft, transfer onto the paper plate (or other circular object).

Music Game

Rhythm Musical Chairs 


Have a circle of chairs (one less chair than there are students).
Whoever is standing when the music stops, that person must read and clap a rhythm correctly.
If they do they can stay in the game. If not, they are out.

Plato Quote

End of the School Year Goodie Bags

 

I wrote all of my students names on their own brown paper bag (5th and 6th grade)
My 5th grade students decorated them in one day with markers, crayons, and colored pencils-front and back.

I did awards for my 6th grade students. I teach three 6th grade classes, so some students got the same award from different classes. I then went to dollar tree and got a little prize to go with the award.
Such awards you can find on the internet and Teachers Pay Teachers (for free). A few I used were:
Trendsetter, Best Handwriting, Mustache (must ask questions), Handy Helper, etc.

For my 5th grade students I printed a little paper that said, "Stay Kool This Summer" and tied each one to one (unfrozen) freeze popsicle. 

At the beginning of the school year my students completed a Time Capsule sheet of information about themselves. I put those in the bags as well.

For my 6th graders I added the Oh, The Places You Can Go Poem on a sheet of paper.

For my 5th graders I added a summer calender of events they could do each day.