Since we’re on the theme of Christmas activities this week, I thought I’d share about a way to help your students with sight-singing and melodic dictation.
Last week, I used these cards as a waiting room activity for my older students, asking them to write down the names of the 6 tunes from these Christmas Pieces Flashcards that I gave to them. At our Christmas group lesson last year, I also used these for a “Challenge!” game.
This is how we played:
Two teams lined up behind a table. The first person in both lines put their hands behind their back and stood in front of a table with a call bell in the middle. I showed them a Christmas Tune Flashcard and the first person to ring the bell with the correct answer earned a point for their team.
Some of the tunes were difficult for the students, so I told them their team members could help them by clapping the rhythm or quietly helping them sing the tune. The kids had fun and the game became more of a team effort than an individual one, which is often more exciting for the group lesson.
Thanks for reminding me of this. My students had fun with it last year at my group lesson. I think I’ll print 8 to a page and let my older students use it as a Name that Tune “worksheet” during their lab time.
Good idea, Heidi! Thanks for sharing how you might use them. I’m glad they’re helpful.
Hi, I’m getting ready to use the Christmas Pieces Flashcards and I noticed that you have We Three Kings twice. No big deal, but I thought I’d let you know. Thanks for the great resource. We’ve been working on sight singing and this will give them some great practice!
Thank you so much for these lovely carols! I used them to play a Christmas sight reading game with my students and they were perfect.
Excellent! I’m so glad to hear that, Lori! Thank you for using resources from ComposeCreate!