The first round of SMART Board files are up for the taking! Please see below or the
SMARTboard Files Page (top tab) to download!
Pumpkin Fat
Students notate the rhythm using pumpkins and ghosts, then using standard notation. Students also notate the song on the 2-line staff using So & Mi (first with pumpkins, then with standard notation). Can also be printed for pencil & paper work or assessment.
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Peas Porridge Hot
Students notate the rhythm, then compose a melody using B, A and G or C Pentatonic. Can also be printed and used as worksheets.
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I-V Harmony
Simple worksheet for students to identify V when they are given I. Can be printed & used as pencil & paper assessment or done as a class on the SMART Board.
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How Are You Today?
Use with a greeting song such as "Hello everybody and how do you do?". Students touch the face that matches what he/she feels and it changes to the page that matches that feeling. Great for non-verbal students or special education.
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Five Little Ducks
Ducks swim away when touched, and they all swim back at the end when mother duck calls!
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Dynamics
Students order dynamics by symbol in order, as well as over a crescendo and decrescendo. Can also be printed as paper and pencil assessment.
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Composing With Boomwhackers
A composition tool for Boomwhackers, beginning with heartbeat & rhythmic notation for little ones, and ending with 5-line staff notation for older students.
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Bow Wow Wow
Notate the rhythm of Bow Wow Wow, and then compose a melody using So and Mi on the 2-line staff.
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Let's Write Rhythms
For beginners learning to notate rhythms in 4/4 time. Students drag eighth notes, quarter notes and quarter rests into the boxes. Can also be used for rhythmic dictation (write what I clap).
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Add Bar Lines & Note Names
Students add bar lines and note names on the 5-line staff.
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Add Bar Lines & Distinguish Between Lines & Spaces
Students add bar lines and label each note as a line note or a space note.
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Add the Bar Lines
A daily edit on time signature - students add the bar lines for 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4 time.
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Daily Edit: Mi, So & La
A simple daily edit or printable worksheet - students colour in the mi, so and la notes with specified colours to assess their understand of where notes "live" on the staff.
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One Potato
Simple visual for One Potato, highlighting the rhythm, accents, time signature, and bar lines.
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Instrument Jeopardy
**Please note: Unfortunately I dont know where I got this lovely template for Jeopardy so I can't give him/her credit! But this template is very easy to edit if you want to delete my questions/answers and add in your own!
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